HONORS AND AWARDS
The Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir has been awarded medals and prizes from competitions all over the world, including:
2017: Llangollen International Eisteddfodd
2014: Chorus America, Washington D.C. Conference
Chorus America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming
2013: International Youth Music Festival, Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
Grand Prix Award for Choral Music.
First Place in the Children's Choir category.
First Place in the Contemporary category.
First Place in the Jazz, Spiritual and Gospel category.
2010: Kathaumixw International Choral Festival, British Columbia.
First Prize in Contemporary Music.
Second Prize in Children's Choir category.
2008: Grand Prix St. Petersburg Choral Festival.
Gold Medal in the Spiritual/Gospel/Jazz category.
Gold Medal in the Folklore category.
Gold Medal in the Children's Choir category.
2006: Hong Kong International Children’s Choral Festival.
Gold Medal in the Children's Choir category.
Gold Medal in the Contemporary category.
Silver Medal in the Folk Music category.
2003: 42nd International C. A. Seghizzi Choral Competition, Gorizia, Italy
Special Prize for the highest score of equal-voiced choirs.
Silver Medal in the Contemporary category.
2002: Children as the Peacemakers Choir of Angels Award.
Special award presented to Ensemble for taking initiative to raise funds for September 11 victims.
2000: International Choir Olympics, Linz, Austria
First Prize in Contemporary Music (in a field of competition that included 360 adult and children’s choirs)
Gold Medal in the Contemporary category.
Gold Medal in the Children’s Choir and category.
Gold Medal in the Gospel/Spiritual category.
1998: 33rd International Festival of Choral Song, Miedzyzdroje, Poland.
Grand Prize; Special Award for Artistic Interpretation.
1997: 2nd International Children’s & Youth Choir Festival, Giessen, Germany.
Gold Medal Award
Outstanding Conductor Award – Robert Geary.
1997: Des Moines International Children’s Choir Festival, Iowa USA.
Best of Choirs Award.
First Prize in Contemporary category.
Second Prize in Folk category.
1996: Kathaumixw International Choral Festival, British Columbia.
First Prize in Contemporary Music.
1992: Kathaumixw International Choral Festival, British Columbia.
First Prize in Contemporary Music.
1991: International Peace Child Award to Robert Geary for co-founding the Golden Gate International Children’s Choral Festival.