Vocal Octet “Bi-Bi Singers”
Bielsko-Biała, Poland
Dominika Jurczuk-Gondek - conductor
Competition Section
| Title | Composer | Lyrics |
|---|---|---|
| Modlitwa (gdy dziatki idą spać) / A prayer ( when children go to sleep) | Wacław z Szamotuł (1524-1560) | Wacław z Szamotuł |
| Nigra sum sed Formosa / I’m black but beautiful | Jacobus Gallus (1550-1590) | Jacobus Gallus |
| Kiss from a rose | Seal (b. 1963) | Seal |
| Rum Dum Dum | Dragan Suplevski (1933-2001) | Dragan Suplevski |
| Kołysanka / Lullaby | Jan Maklakiewicz (1899-1954) | Konstanty Ildefons Gałczyński (1905-1953) |
| Yesterday | Lennon (1940-1980) / McCartney (b. 1942) | Lennon / McCartney |
Vocal octet “Bi-Bi Singers” was founded in 2012 in Bielsko-Biała (Poland). The conductor is Dominika Jurczuk-Gondek. She is a graduate of Silesia Music University in Katowice. Outside of conducting she is a vocalist and violinist in the Polish folk & rock band “Grupa Furmana.”
All choralists are amateurs who love singing and want to empart upon the listeners their joy of singing.
Their repertoire contains Renaissance, Modern, and Folk songs. At Christmas time in Poland there is a tradition of singing Christmas carols, and so the Bi-Bi singers perform many carols at that time. They also are invited to perform at masses in the churches and the official meetings city hall.
They participate in choral festivals in Poland. Most recently, they achieved “gold string” in the Choral Competition in Niepołomice (Poland).
Bielsko-Biala is a town located in southern Poland near Beskidy mountain close to the borders with Czech Republic and Slovakia. It’s called the capital of Podbeskidzie region. Bielsko-Biała is composed of two former cities on opposite banks of the Biała River. In the past there were a lot of textile plants in the town but nowadays the town is rather known for producing cars in Fiat plants.
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