benefits

… of the Westerwald Choir Association

  • Implementation of honors for many years of management work in the choirs and at association level
  • Performance of honors of deserving singers for 25, 40, 50, 60 … active choral singing
  • Support for children's and youth choirs through annual grants and project-related grants
  • Adult choirs through grants for project-related measures, in particular in the field of children's and youth choirs and choir education measures
  • regular choir projects with the district children’s choir ‘Westerwälder Spatzen’ and other project choirs at district level
  • biennial performance of children's and youth choir concerts of CV Westerwald
  • biennial implementation of choral projects – e.g. Choraktiv “Actively experience and enjoy choral singing” as an open-air event
  • Execution of the Westerwälder Chorfest
  • Conduction of Vice-Chair Conductor Courses
  • Implementation of various work workshops with external speakers to support the work of the association's board of directors
  • Conducting workshops of a thematic and vocal nature, e.g. voice training seminars, project choirs
  • Conducting active press and promotional activities for choral singing
  • Ensuring active information transfer to the choirs of the CV
  • Performance singing, including group criticism singing, group concerts
  • Implementation of regional measures of the singers' region and the choir association Rhineland-Palatinate
  • Guarantee of insurance cover (liability, accident, legal protection)
  • Guarantee of discounted GEMA bills for performed choral events
  • Consulting and support services for choral issues
  • Conducting choral coaching measures (training, education and further training of choirs, choirmasters in the voice-forming, stylistic and performance-practical sector)

… for Members

  • Increasing the importance of the work on the cultural heritage "Song" through regional and supra-regional presentation of the amateur music movement to the population and politicians
  • Advice and support through conferences and publications in musical, organizational and task law terms
  • Training of choral conductors and thus a decisive contribution to the continued existence of choral music making in our country
  • Performance of Federal Performance Singing Candoro and Lets Sing for the performance classification and evaluation of choirs
  • Honours of singers, choirmasters, board members and associations by means of honor pins and/or certificates
  • Grants for children's and youth choir work
  • Liability and legal protection insurance for all statutory association events
  • Accident insurance for the active and choir conductors
  •  Possibility to take out supplementary car insurance for active persons and board members on a voluntary basis
  • Insurance for personal injury, property damage and financial loss as tenant of premises and facilities
  • Adoption of GEMA fees for children's and youth choirs
  • Takeover of GEMA fees for serenades, family evenings, place concerts, Christmas parties etc. for all choirs
  • Billing of the concerts of all choirs with GEMA and associated savings of 20 % for GEMA fees (see also the "Annual Contribution Explanatory Notes")
  • 20 % Discount on U-VK remuneration rates for entertainment and dance music with musicians
  • Further education events for choirmasters, board members and musical weekends for children and young people
  • Note donations for real anniversaries as well as financial start-up aids for new start-ups of children's and youth choirs
  • Organisation and design of the ceremony for the awarding of the Zelter plaque to choirs that have existed for at least 100 years (alternating with the Palatinate Choir Association)
  • Reference to the association magazine of the choir association Rhineland-Palatinate ‘Singing Land’