The Atlanta Music Project (AMP) Senior Youth Choir has been crowned a “Category Winner of the World Choir Games – The Open Competition” at the 2024 World Choir Games in Auckland, New Zealand. The award was announced on July 13 in Auckland.
For its competition performance, the AMP Senior Youth Choir was also awarded the “Golden Diploma Level VI” with an overall score of 26.39 – out of a possible 30 – the highest in its competition category. In addition, its score was the second highest awarded on the night, of all the choirs in The Open Competition. The AMP Senior Youth Choir was led by Atlanta-based composer and conductor B.E. Boykin.
The AMP Senior Youth Choir competed in and won the O4 Youth Choirs category, which is open to mixed and equal voices choirs with singers between the ages of 12 and 25. The winning AMP Senior Youth Choir consisted of 38 singers, with the oldest member aged 20 years old, and the youngest aged 14 years old.
There were seven choirs in the O4 Youth Choirs category. Including the AMP Senior Youth Choir, there were two choirs from the Philippines, two from Australia, two from New Zealand, and one from Canada. The five jurors for the category hailed from Australia, New Zealand, the People’s Republic of China, Japan, and Italy, respectively.
“My heartfelt congratulations to our conductor B.E. Boykin and the Atlanta Music Project Senior Youth Choir,” stated Aisha Moody, Co-Founder & Chief Program Officer of AMP. She added “This extraordinary, international recognition signals a new era for the Atlanta Music Project. Our young singers have set a new bar for musical excellence for themselves and for future generations of AMP students. Traveling, touring and winning international competitions is now the expectation at AMP, rather than the exception. Our outstanding AMP choral faculty also deserve our recognition and gratitude for their pedagogical skill and unwavering belief in our children’s abilities to be young musicians of the highest caliber.”
“This is a historic achievement for the Atlanta Music Project,” said Dantes Rameau, Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer of AMP. He continued, “Thanks to our generous donors and supporters, AMP’s young singers have been offered the opportunity to access musical opportunities of the highest renown, such as the World Choir Games. And through their own determination, their commitment to excellence, and their world-class artistry, they have stepped onto the international stage, for the first time, and earned the top prize. I could not be more proud of this group of outstanding young Atlantans.”
After successfully submitting an application and audition tape, this was AMP’s first appearance at the World Choir Games which started in 2000 and is the largest international choral festival and competition in the world.
