{"id":3251,"date":"2018-02-25T09:45:43","date_gmt":"2018-02-25T09:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/middleeastevents.com\/blog\/?p=3251"},"modified":"2018-02-25T09:45:43","modified_gmt":"2018-02-25T09:45:43","slug":"choirfest-middle-east-to-return-for-2018-with-1900-students-taking-part","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/choirfest-middle-east-to-return-for-2018-with-1900-students-taking-part\/","title":{"rendered":"ChoirFest Middle East To Return For 2018 With 1,900 Students Taking Part"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ChoirFest\u00a0Middle East, the annual Dubai festival which celebrates\u00a0the rich diversity of\u00a0choral music will return from 26<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0February \u2013 17<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0March. This year, ChoirFest have a staggering 1,900 students from 50 schools taking part in the competition, making it the biggest choral competition in the region.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Headlining the festival will be the award-winning Australian quartet<strong><em>The Idea of North<\/em><\/strong><em>\u00a0<\/em>performing on the gala evening and finalists&#8217; announcement at the Dubai British School in Jumeirah Park Dubai on Thursday 1<sup>st<\/sup>\u00a0March. Tickets are on sale now on Platinumlist<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/2ERfgfh\">http:\/\/bit.ly\/2ERfgfh<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Celebrating their 25<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0year, the award-winning quartet &#8216;The Idea of North&#8217; is widely recognised for their distinct sound and style, as well as their incredible ability to cross multiple genres: jazz, folk, gospel, pop, classical and comedy. With twelve albums in the catalogue, a significant international fan base, the Idea of North continue to produce many award-winning recordings. Their 2010 release, a collaboration with jazz great James Morrison, won the 2010 ARIA award &#8220;Australian Recording Industry Association&#8221; for &#8216;Best Jazz Album&#8217; followed by the 2013 ARIA award also for &#8216;Best Jazz Album&#8217;. They are best seen live to appreciate their passion for music and ability to connect with their audience. As James Morrison so aptly puts it; &#8220;<em>A cappella is sometimes thought of as being minimalist, but when you can sing and entertain like The Idea of North, a band would just get in the way<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3252 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image002.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"346\" height=\"145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image002.png 346w, https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/image002-300x126.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For more information about ChoirFestME, how to participate and tickets go to: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.choirfestme.com\">www.choirfestme.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ChoirFest\u00a0Middle East, the annual Dubai festival which celebrates\u00a0the rich diversity of\u00a0choral music will return from 26th\u00a0February \u2013 17th\u00a0March. This year, ChoirFest have a staggering 1,900 students from 50 schools taking part in the competition, making it the biggest choral competition in the region. &nbsp; Headlining the festival will be the award-winning Australian quartetThe Idea of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3252,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3251","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3251"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3253,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3251\/revisions\/3253"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3251"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.middleeastevents.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}