Choir FAQs

Choir Application

Frequently Asked Questions

  • The Choir Application may be completed online by clicking here.

  • There is no fee to apply for participation in the International Choral Festival of Missoula.

  • There is no participation fee for choirs once they are selected.

  • The International Choral Festival is a completely non-competitive event, based on the idea of bringing people together to share in friendship and harmony. Thus, no prizes are awarded to participants of the Festival.

  • All choirs are responsible for arranging and paying for their own travel to and from Missoula, and for sightseeing trips or other travel that is not part of the Choral Festival. Once in Missoula, international choir members are provided with food, lodging, and local transportation by host families during Festival week. Social functions for all participating choirs and host family members are included at no charge.

  • Information will be provided to USA choirs about dormitory and hotel accommodations, but the choirs are responsible for making arrangements.

  • Choirs will perform at least once per day during the Festival days.  Performance times vary from 10 to 25 minutes, with concerts being both indoors and outdoors.  On the last day, all choirs will take part in the Finale Concert, during which each choir will sing one selection, and then combine with other choirs to form a massed chorus for the finale.

  • The Housing Committee will give you a Festival itinerary specific to the needs of your guests when you arrive to pick up your guests at the Airport.

  • The MICF can sometimes arrange a limited number of "Outreach" concerts for a choir in one or more towns in western Montana in the days before or after the Festival. These arrangements depend on the availability of host communities, as well as available grant funding which allows us to offset the costs. Outreach concerts are arranged by request, on a case-by-case basis. Choirs interested in Outreach concerts are encouraged to contact the Festival office as far in advance of the Festival as possible. If grant money is not available to MICF to fund this program, then it will be the responsibility of the choir to fund their travel and other expenses of Montana outreach concerts. Our outreach concerts are free admission and choirs do not get paid to perform.

  • If a choir wants to perform anywhere outside of Montana, it is the choir's responsibility to arrange and pay for any such concerts.

  • MICF will arrange for all transportation during the Festival for international choirs.  If needed, the Festival can provide local transportation for U.S. choirs from their hotel to rehearsals, performances, and all Festival sponsored social events. The Festival office can help with arranging this.

  • The average July temperature in Missoula, according to the National Weather Service, is 66.9 F/19.39 C. The average high temperature is 83.6 F/28.67 C and the average low is 50.2 F/10.11 C. You can plan on very warm days and cooler nights. We experience the most amount of sunshine during July and rain is infrequent.

  • The entire state of Montana is in the UTC time zone/GMT -7 hours. You will also sometimes see reference to "MST", or "Mountain Standard Time".

  • Missoula is conveniently located between Yellowstone National Park to the south, and Glacier National Park to the north.  Each park offers endless opportunities for sightseeing, hiking and walking on trails, wildlife viewing, and a choice of accommodations to suit every budget.  We recommend choirs plan to spend an extra couple of days to explore one of these parks.  The Festival does not however offer travel planning services, but we are happy to answer any questions about sightseeing in Montana.