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We are glad to announce the 2021 committee of Comhaltas Japan. The Annual Meeting took place on Sunday, 7th February 2021 via Zoom, and the following committee members were elected.
Thank you everyone who have participated to our “Féile Tokyo 2020 Online” !!
駐日アイルランド大使館よりお祝いのメッセージをいただきました！
ポール・カヴァナ駐日アイルランド大使 Mr, Paul Kavanagh ; Irish Ambassador to Japan
My warm congratulations to you, your CCÉ Japan colleagues and external partners/ participants for this past weekend’s series of Workshops/ Webinars on important aspects of Irish music and dance. I was only able to join for a period during two of them. They were terrific. It is a thrill to see that the Féile Tokyo 2020 Online attracted such strong participation/ viewership. I wish you all continued success in your wonderful efforts to consolidate and grow the already strong interest in Irish culture among people here in Japan.
We(CCÉ Japan) are happy to announce that we will hold a virtual competition of Irish traditional music. This competition is open to all musicians who reside in Asia and play traditional Irish music.
Entrants are requested to present a recorded performance that will be reviewed by a qualified adjudicator (Mr. Colin McGill from Co.Laois, Ireland) .
The fee is 1,000 JPY per entry.
If you are an international participant and interested to join, please contact us before 15th November by mail from here.
The rules will comply with those of CLÁR NA gCOMÓRTAS 2020. The categories of this competition are as follows.
1-17: SOLO INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC COMPETITIONS
18-22: SLOW AIRS
23-24: DUETS AND TRIOS
【Adjudicator】 Colin McGill Colin McGill from county Laois in Ireland plays the Piano Accordion. He has won numerous all-Ireland titles on the accordion. He has travelled extensively throughout Europe, USA, Russia and Australia playing for Irish dancing competitions. He teaches Piano Accordion, Piano in the local Comhaltas branch and participates in traditional sessions and has adjudicated at all levels of fleadh competitions.
《Fee》￥1,000 par one entry, one person.
ex.1) When you entry 2 solo category, it will be ￥2,000.
ex.2) When you entry duo category with your friend, it will be ￥1,000 for each person.
《Payment》
We will let you know our bank account for payment after your entry by e-mail.
However, if you have difficulty in international bank transfer, let us know from here.
③Post your video（by e-mail）
《Shoot your video》
Please make sure to record video, not only audio of your play.
Fix your camera to record your face and instulment.
Do not stop recording until you finish all of required tunes.(One entry, One file)※It is not allowed to edit your video oraudio.
（It is OK to cut the blank part before/after playing）
《Post your video》
Please use cloud strage (Google drive/ One drive / Drop Box etc...) to upload your video, and share us the link.
＜Ex.＞Google Drive
■Mail Title：“Music Competition2020, （Name）”
■Mail Boby：（Name） /（Category） /（URL）https://~~~~
■Mail To：ceol@comhaltas.jp
①～③Deadline：15th November
④Result：December
After the Scoring, we will send you score sheet by E-mail(that you submitted in entry form)
※No postal mail will be sent this time.
This comtetiotion doesn't define lanking though, we'll send "Gold" prize for everyone who reached the line of 85% of score.
We'll publish all "Gold" players via SNS afterwords(Name with photograph).
We Accept only three categories below for this competition. Please note other catrgories won’t be accepted this time.
1-17: SOLO INSTRUMENTAL MUSIC COMPETITIONS
18-22: SLOW AIRS
23-24: DUETS AND TRIOS
Note:【18-22：SLOW AIRS】
In the rulebook, it says ”Each Competitor shall submit a list of airs to the adjudicator and play as outlined in Age Groups A-D”. However, this competition doesn’t require the list beforehand. Please select One tune for age group A, Two tunes for age group B,C,D by yourself and play.
ルールブックでは”Each Competitor shall submit a list of airs to the adjudicator and play as outlined in Age Groups A-D”（各出場者が審査員にエアのリストを提出し、年齢グループAからDに述べられた通りに演奏すること）とありますが、今回のオンライン音楽コンペティションではリストの提出は不要です。年齢グループAは１曲、年齢グループB,C,Dは２曲のエアを各自で選曲して演奏してください。
