The Blue Choir of Sam Ratulangi University is a students choir of Indonesia that consists of around 50 singers selected from full-time engineering students at Sam Ratulangi University. Between auditions, each new choir meets around six times to learn new repertoire, tour both urban and rural parts of North Sulawesi, provide choral workshops for schools and to tour internationally. The choir has received international attention and critical acclaim from overseas audiences but limited publicity in Indonesia itself. Their repertoire, although widely varied in style, age and language, specifically emphasises works by Indonesian composers and music from Asia Pacific and other cultures. Performances by the choir regularly include commissioned works showcasing these uniquely North Sulawesi and Indonesian traditions.

History Blue Choir was founded in 1989 with the name "The Bureau of Students Choir, Engineering Faculty", and legally became a student organization of the Faculty of Engineering, Sam Ratulangi University September 27, 1996, and began to use the name of "Blue Choir" in 1999. The choir presently has about 60 singers from four majors including civil engineering, architecture, mechanical engineering and electrical engineering with informatics joined in 2007 then urban planning joined in 2008 and they perform an extensive repertoire from Latin works to Contemporary Asian and Western song. The choir also occasionally participates in national and international choir competition and hold concerts in various churches the whole year. Nowadays, Blue Choir has renowned as one of the best choir in North Sulawesi.

Achievements Year Competition Category Award Location 2002 18th ITB Choir Festivals University & Public Mixed Choirs Successfully Participants (1st Round) Bandung, Indonesia 2004 19th ITB Choir Festivals University& Public Mixed Choirs 6th Placed (Silver Diploma) Bandung, Indonesia 2005 Male Competition "Yudea Bermazmur" Male Choirs 1st Prize Manado, Indonesia 2006 4th World Choir Games Musica Sacra Golden Diploma (1st Round), Silver Medal (2nd Round) Xiamen, People's Republic of China 2006 4th World Choir Games Gospel & Spiritual Silver Diploma (1st Round) Xiamen, People's Republic of China 2007 Held a "Christmas Concert" collaborated with Manado State University Choir Manado, Indonesia 2008 Genezareth Bermazmur Mixed Choirs 1st Prize Bitung, Indonesia 2008 Tomohon Choir Competition Mixed Choirs 3rd Prize Tomohon, Indonesia 2009 1st Parahyangan International Chamber Choir Competition Folklore 8th Prize Bandung, Indonesia 2009 1st Parahyangan International Chamber Choir Competition Classic & Art Song 6th Prize Bandung, Indonesia 2012 23rd ITB Choir Festival Mixed Choirs Silver Medal (2nd Round) Bandung, Indonesia 2012 23rd ITB Choir Festival Folklore Silver Medal (2nd Round) Bandung, Indonesia 2013 3rd Asia Pacific Choir Games Musica Contemporanea Category Winner (2nd Round) Manado, Indonesia2016The 1st Lanna International Choir CompetitionFolkloreSilver Medal Lever IXChiang Mai, Thailand

Publication of choral works List of Choral Works sung by Blue Choir of Sam Ratulangi University in several competitions and concerts: Years Choral Works Composers Genre Language / Origin Notes 2002 Elegi Kehidupan Ronald Pohan Contemporary Indonesian 2004 Siluet Ronald Pohan Contemporary Indonesian 2004 Locus iste Anton Bruckner Romantic Latin 2004 Set Me As A Seal Rene Clausen Contemporary English 2004 People Need The Lord Tom Fettke Contemporary English 2005 Rejoice The Lord Is King John Purifoy Contemporary English 2005 O magnum mysterium Morten Lauridsen Contemporary Latin 2006 Doa Bapa Kami (The Lords Prayer) Perry Rumengan Contemporary Indonesian Premiered 2006 Cantate Domino Claudio Monteverdi Renaissance Latin 2006 Chillun' Come On Home Noble Cain Spiritual English 2007 Dumbelle (Rain Chant) Rodolfo Delarmente Contemporary, Folk song Tagalog (Philippines) 2007 Sing A Song Of Sixpence John Rutter Contemporary English 2008 Pamugun Francisco F. Feliciano Contemporary Tagalog (Philippines) 2008 Wade In De Water Allen Koepke Spiritual English 2008 Timor Et Tremor Terry Schlenker Contemporary Latin Indonesia's Premiered 2008 Plenty Good Room Rene Clausen Jazz English Indonesia's Premiered 2008 Ave Maria Joan Szymko Contemporary Latin 2008 Pencapaian Sejati Perry Rumengan Contemporary Indonesian Premiered 2008 Noche De Paz Cesar Carrillo Hymn Portuguese 2009 War Song Shin’ichirō Ikebe Contemporary, Folk song Maori (New Zealand) 2009 Dung Nene, Dung Tete Jimmry Kalantouw & Mario Carundeng Folk song Minahasa (Indonesia) 2009 Loquebantur - Variis Linguis Thomas Tallis Renaissance Latin 2009 Amazing Grace Eriks Esenvalds Spiritual English Asia's Premiered 2009 Lux Aurumque Eric Whitacre Contemporary Latin 2010 Kondalilla Stephen Leek Contemporary, Folk song Aborigin (Australia) 2010 Ov'e Lass', Il Bel Viso? Morten Lauridsen Contemporary Italian 2011 Yamko Rambe Yamko Agustinus Bambang Jusana(Arr.) Contemporary, Folk song Kemtuk, Gresi, Namblong (Indonesia) 2011 Ding Dong Merrily On High! (French Traditional) Christmas Folk song English 2012 Ipaphonia Branko Stark Contemporary (undefy) 2012 Kalejs Kala Debesis Selga Mence Contemporary, Folk song Latvian 2013 Nascatur Pax Kentaro Sato Contemporary Latin World's Premiere2016Dung Nene', Dung Tete'Jimmry Kalantow & Mario CarundengFolk songMinahasa (Indonesia)2016Kalwedo BasudaraeChristian TamaelaFolk songAmbonese (Indonesia)2016Yamko Rambe YamkoAgustinus Bambang JusanaFolk songKemtuk, Gresi, Namblong (Indonesia)

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