Once each year, the member choirs of AICSA gather for an Intervarsity Choral Festival (IVCF). The first such combined festival occurred in 1950, when MUCS travelled to Sydney for a short rehearsal camp and a combined concert with SUMS. Since that time, the IVCF has expanded to sixteen days - often presenting two concerts - and attracting up to 400 participants. From time to time, a smaller festival, lasting up to ten days is held in addition to the IVCF, and these are known as Minifests.

Australian Intervarsity Choral Festivals

IV#

Festival

Location

Dates

Major Combined Works

Singers

01

SIV1950

Sydney

28 May-2 June

[individual items only]

103

02

MIV1951

Melbourne

26 May-2 June

Brahms Song of Destiny

160

03

BIV1952

Brisbane

?? May-6 June

Parry Blessed Pair of Sirens

190

04

SIV1953

Sydney

30 May-6 June

Vaughan Williams Festival Te Deum

245

05

MIV1954

Melbourne

29 May-4 June

Vaughan Williams 'Credo' from Mass in G minor

247

06

BIV1955

Brisbane

26 May-3 June

Mozart Requiem

249

07

SIV1956

Sydney

25-31 May

J.S. Bach Singet dem Herrn

302

08

MIV1957

Melbourne

31 May-7 June

Oldroyd A Spiritual Rhapsody

216

09

BIV1958

Brisbane

28 May-5 June

Purcell Te Deum

287

10

SIV1959

Sydney

26 May-5 June

Vaughan Williams Mass in G minor

251

11

MIV1960

Melbourne

25 May-3 June

Tony Hewitt-Jones Seven Sea Poems

294

12

BIV1961

Brisbane

23 May-1 June

Vaughan Williams Festival Te Deum

285

13

SIV1962

Sydney

22 May-31 May

Vaughan Williams Dona Nobis Pacem

291

14

AIV1963

Adelaide

21 May-30 May

Beethoven Mass in C

280

15

MIV1964

Melbourne

20 May-28 May

Verdi Requiem

356

16

BIV1965

Brisbane

18 May-27 May

Mozart Requiem

343

17

PIV1966

Perth

23 May-3 June

J. Haydn Nelson Mass

288

18

SIV1967

Sydney

22 May-2 June

J.S. Bach Magnificat; Orff Carmina Burana

282

19

HIV1968

Hobart

13 May-25 May

Schubert Mass in G

218

20

AIV1969

Adelaide

26 May-6 June

Handel Solomon

236

21

MIV1970

Melbourne

17 May-31 May

Brahms Alto Rhapsody; Brahms German Requiem

224

22

CIV1971

Canberra

14 May-28 May

Mozart Mass in C minor

256

23

BIV1972

Brisbane

14-27 May

Bruckner Mass in E minor
Colin Brumby Celebrations and Lamentations

250

24

PIV1973

Perth

12 May-25 May

Beethoven Mass in C
Beethoven Christ on the Mount of Olives

179

25

AIV1974

Adelaide

19 Aug-31 Aug

Malcolm Fox Three Steps in a Lush Lunar Foxtrot
Orff Catulli Carmina

247

26

SIV1975

Sydney

17 Aug-31 Aug

Verdi Requiem

405

27

HIV1976

Hobart

8 May-24 May

Donald Hollier The Revelation of St John the Divine

109

28

CIV1977

Canberra

20 Aug-3 Sept

Monteverdi Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610)

143

29

MIV1978

Melbourne

13 May-27 May

Rossini Stabat Mater
Berlioz Te Deum

197

30

BIV1979

Brisbane

18 Aug-31 Aug

Handel Dixit Dominus
Colin Brumby Three Baroque Angels
Mozart Requiem

150

31

PIV1980

Perth

26 Jan-9 Feb

Rachmaninov Vespers
Bruckner Mass in E minor

138

32

AIV1981

Adelaide

22 Aug-5 Sept

Elgar For the Fallen
Bernstein Chichester Psalms
Bobrowitz/Porter The Creation
Kodály Psalmus Hungaricus

116

33

SIV1982

Sydney

8 May-22 May

Beethoven Missa Solemnis

172

34

MIV1983

Melbourne

14 May-28 May

Verdi Requiem

247

35

PIV1984

Perth

21 Jan-5 Feb

Fanshawe African Sanctus

142

36

HIV1985

Hobart

20 Jan-3 Feb

J.S. Bach Magnificat

113

37

BIV1986

Brisbane

23 Aug-7 Sept

Howells Hymnus Paradisi

131

38

AIV1987

Adelaide

22 Aug-6 Sept

Vaughan Williams Mass in G minor

128

39

SIV1988

Sydney

13 Aug-28 Aug

Martin Wesley-Smith Songs of Australia
Mahler Symphony No. 8 in E flat

245

40

CIV1989

Canberra

1 July-13 July

Brahms Shicksalslied
Verdi Four Sacred Pieces
Kodály Missa Brevis

128

41

PIV1990

Perth

20 Jan-4 Feb

Holst Hymn of Jesus
Colin Brumby Three Baroque Angels
Handel Dixit Dominus

137

42

MIV1991

Melbourne

18 Jan-3 Feb

Rachmaninov Vespers
Mozart Requiem

206

43

HIV1992

Hobart

18 Jan-1 Feb

Schütz Psalm 150
Monteverdi Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610)

101

44

BIV1993

Brisbane

3 July-18 July

Tallis Spem in alium
Rutter Requiem

93

45

AIV1994

Adelaide

21 Jan-6 Feb

Elgar The Dream of Gerontius

153

46

SIV1995

Sydney

20 Jan-5 Feb

Orff Carmina Burana
Vaughan Williams A Sea Symphony

252

47

CIV1996

Canberra

5 July-21 July

Pärt Te Deum
Walton Belshazzar's Feast

159

48

PIV1997

Perth

25 Jan-9 Feb

Vaughan Williams Mass in G minor
Janáček Glagolitic Mass

147

49

MIV1998

Melbourne

23 Jan-8 Feb

Prokofiev Alexander Nevsky
Timothy Sexton An Australian Alleluia

241

50

50IV

Hobart

3 July-18 July

F. Martin Mass for Double Choir
Cherubini Requiem in C minor
Andrew Schultz Southern Ocean
Poulenc Gloria

125

51

BIV2000

Brisbane

30 June-16 July

Roxanna Panufnik Westminster Mass
Verdi Requiem

161

52

AIV2001

Adelaide

26 Jan-11 Feb

Bernstein Mass

167

53

SIV2002

Sydney

19 Jan-3 Feb

Rachmaninov Vespers

152

54

CIV2003

Canberra

4 July-20 July

Victoria Requiem
Monteverdi Vespro della Beata Vergine (1610)

143

55

PIV2004

Perth

6 Feb-22 Feb

Dvořák Stabat Mater

170

56

MIV2005

Melbourne

21 Jan-6 Feb

Cassat Flesh to Stone; Howells Requiem
Bruckner Mass in E minor; Kodály Missa brevis

201

57

AIV2006

Adelaide

20 Jan-5 Feb

Ramirez Missa Criolla; Haazen Missa Luba
Fanshawe African Sanctus
Handel Israel in Egypt

164

58

BIV2007

Brisbane

29 June-15 July

Stanhope Pirramimma, Rachmaninov Liturgy of St John Chrysostom
Orff Trionfi: Carmina Burana, Catulli Carmina, Trionfo di Afrodite

59

SIV2008

Sydney

18 Jan-3 Feb

Australian compositions;
Vaughan Williams Serenade to Music

132

60

60IV

Hobart

5 July-18 July

James Penberthy Bedlam Hills
Matthew Orlovich The Blue Gum Forest (commissioned work)
Borodin Polovtsian Dances; Tchaikovsky 1812 Overture
Don Kay Northward the Strait (premiére of revised work)

110

61

CIV2010

Canberra

15 Jan-24 Jan

Pieces from the Red Book of Monserrat
Victoria Missa Ave Maris Stella
Whitacre Cloudburst

108

62

PIV2011

Perth

24 June-9 July

Tchaikovsky Vespers
Desenclos Requiem (Australian première)

63

MIV2012

Melbourne

29 June-15 July

Berlioz Grande Messe des Morts
Brahms Ein Deutches Requiem

186

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