The choir life in Šumperk area

This thesis deals with choir life as an important part of music in the district of Šumperk with a special respect to children's choirs. This topic is introduced to the reader in the first chapter which reviews generally the choir tradition of the region. A separate chapter is dedicated to choir festivals and competitions which describes chiefly an international festival Krajina zpěvu (The Land of Singing) that in terms of its extent and significance surpassed the bounderies of the district. Special attention in the thesis is paid to five children's choirs whose participation in the choir life there is the most outstanding. Their activities are introduced in individual profiles with pictures and short biographies of the choir conductors. At the end of the thesis the current situation of school choirs is assessed. This thesis depicts the overall tradition of choir life in Šumperk region and describes the development of children's choir singing from its beginning till the present time. In this respect it is a unique and complex source of information on an important part of local music life