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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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