This year for the first time, the Guido d'Arezzo Foundation will award 3 choirs with a special GUIDONEUM AWARD.

This prize is given to choirs that participated in the Arezzo Polyphonic Competition n the past years and that today are famous and successful.

Here are the 3 choirs that will receive the GUIDONEUM AWARD for 2008:

Consortium Vocal Oslo (NO) - www.consortiumvocale.no

I piccoli Musici di Casazza (I) - www.piccolimusici.it

Joyful Company of Singers (UK) - www.jcos.co.uk