The selection of singers was made amongst the 92 singers who expressed interest and availability in joining this session, following a call sent to all singers who participated in a session between 2016 and 2019. The final selection features 48 singers coming from 34 countries who will represent the World Youth Choir at the American Choral Directors Association National Conference 2021, taking place in Dallas, Texas (USA).

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The process was conducted based on each singer's audition material submitted for previous sessions, performance during the session they participated in (based on observations from the WYC manager, section leaders and conductor) and overall ability to be a representative of the programme. Furthermore, the jury also took into consideration the complementarity of the voices of the singers selected in order to create a cohesive group in each section and for the whole choir and, whenever possible, to amplify the diversity of countries represented in the World Youth Choir. 

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A pre-selection was made by the session manager Inês Moreira and Vice-president Victoria Liedbergius, which was then reviewed and approved by the three artistic advisors of the World Youth Choir Foundation: Daniel Mestre on behalf of the European Choral Association – Europa Cantat, Cristian Grases on behalf of the International Federation for Choral Music and Géraldine Toutain on behalf of Jeunesses Musicales International.

The choice was often hard for the selection committee and the singers selected have now a heavy responsibility in representing the World Youth Choir at the ACDA national conference 2021. Many others could be also part of the choir and not being selected does not diminish their skills. We deeply thank the continuous interest and involvement of all our former singers and invite those still eligible to apply for future projects.