Bethany High School: A 40 strong mixed voice choir directed by Ms. Fritchley & Robert Khin. Specialise in perfect four part harmony.

The Revelations: The merging of mature tenor voices to create good and clean harmony. More than ten years old.

Indiranagar Methodist Church: Full, voices 30 strong, ideal church choir, conducted by Indira mahadevan and Andrew B. Johann.

Sawyers: (Chennai, Madras), Family Singers have been singing together for many years, this is their debut in Bangalore.

Jyothi Nivas College: Wendy Dickson conducts this 35 strong Women's college choir which always truns out awesome 3 part harmony. They have very many concerts to their credit.

Phoenix: (Mysore) This 20 strong mixed group of talented youngsters have been successful in reproducing the music of Yanni with perfect mix of synthesusers, clarinets, violens, guitars & percussion. A big hit at last year's Festival.

Chromatix: A clean young band, sings mostly own compositions. Unique voices, original harmony.

Baldwin Girl's School: An established school choir, 45 strong, under the direction of V. Abraham and Aubrey Mitchel.

The Tabernacle Quartet: An intergral part of Glorious, mixed voice harmony.

Kodaikanal International School: The famous 30 strong mixed choir, known for their versatility under the able direction of Alfred and Bonnie-Belle Pickard.

Common People: (Chennai, Madras), the most sought after group from MCC (Madras Christian College), Acappella singers, have established themselves as the best in their field.

Glorious: A 45 strong, 8 year old choir. Their repertoire ranges from Western classical to contemporary gospel pop music. Their keyboard player Pretam Koilpallai, is just fantastic on the paino, rendering Western classical music.He compares to great guys like Dizzy Sal, J.T. Williams, and any serious performer.

Bishop Cotton Girls School : Controlled, smooth harmony, 40 strong choir under the direction of Sunalini Ramesh.

Bangalore Male Voice Ensemble: A very positive, 15 member male group directed by Richard Nathaniel, specialises in singing spirituals.

Symphonia: A very seasoned, 35 strong wholesome choir, has presented many concerts, a wide repertoire. An honour to have them at this festival. Conducted by Gladys Mohanraj.

The Chariots: (Pune), a 15 strong male voice ensemble. All the members are Africans, presently based in Pune (Poona). Presents acappella harmony. The Leader is Bright Isabirye. (This was the most enjoyable group that performed, an experience not matched, natural and they all enjoy their music).

Bishop Cotton Women's Christian College: Present a different harmony, an audio visual presentation under the direction of Shilpi Choudhury.

Phonex: (Mysore)

Christ College: Holders of the Basel Mission trophy for the best college choir, this 40 strong group sings enthralling, lively songs.

Adithi Mallya School: Making their debut into the choral scenes of Bangalore, under the able direction of Evie Taraporewalla and Judith Roby Bidappa.

Kodaikanal International School:

The Minstrels: (Trichy), more than 20 years old, this 30 member male voice choir last came to Bangalore in 1980. Renowned for their perfect harmony, this choir is conducted by Harry Pandyan.

Common People: (Madras)

Glorious:

Bishop Cotton Boy's School: One of the oldest school choirs of Bangalore, 40 strong, now under the direction of V.Abraham and E.D. George.

Christian Medical College: (Vellore), Talented group of youngsters in the medical field, eagerly awaited at the festival for the third time in a row.

East Parade Church: An established 35 strong church choir with exceptional good tonal quality. Sings Western classical to barbershop favourites. Conducted by Sujith Mathews.

Sawyers: (Madras)

The Chariots: (Pune)

Frank Anthony Public School: A 30 piece brass band, easily the best school band in the city, conducted by V.Narayan.

Banaswadi Bible Church: Group of dedicated youngsters singing contemporary gospel songs under the direction of Danny Sathyadas.

Bangalore School of Music: Celebrating their 10th Anniversary this year (1997). have presented many good concerts and have even performed with world famous L. Subramaniam. Conducted by V.Abraham.

National Law School: A group of extremely talented youngsters, specialising in Beatles and other songs and harmony of the 60's.

Mount Carmel College: Under the able guidance of Priya Mohanraj, this group of dedicated youngsters present the different aspects of good female vocal harmony. One of the best enjoyable performances of the Festival. A list of the performers is found in the MCC Home Page.

The Minstrels: (Trichy)

Glorious:

Choral music brings to mind stately cathedrals and pipe organs and anthems. The Festival of choirs was brought to its birth in 1993, with a view to revive the steadily declining trend in harmony singing, by including 'fun' songs with rhymes ranging from rock and roll to reggae to rap.

The last four years have proved to be a tremendous success with an overwhelming turnout of both participants and music loving audiences. The meeting ground echoes the view that harmony singing exists more in the mind than in the voice.

Thus encouraged, "The Fifth Festival of Harmony- 97' was on.

Advances in psychiatric treatment have made it possible to effectively control serve mental illness. However, a small percentage who are mentally disturbed and emotionally sensitive do not feel ready to cope with the outside world, even after treatment in hospitals.

The Half Way Home run by the Medico Pastoral Association is a transition place that encourages constructive living ans build on resources and skills under the guidance of caring professionals.

Residents are motivated to take up work or training outside the Home as they approach the end of their stay in the Half Way Home. If for some reason they are still not in a position to return to their homes, they have the option of joining the Navajeenan Hostel, also a part of the Medico Pastoral Association.

Medico Pastoral Association is also involved in projects like suicide prevention education programmes, mental health programmes in schools, training in counselling and psychotherapy and workshops for self awareness.

All donations to the Medico Pastoral Association are exempted from Income Tax under Section 80G of the Income tax Act 1961.

Medico Pastoral Association, Pottery Road, Frazer Town, Bangalore 560 005, Phone: 080-5477375

In August 1992, 50 members of the East Parade Malayalam Pastorate of the Church of South India, Bangalore came together to form this Society. Empacs cncentrates on slum development in Lingarapuram, Bagaluru, Bypanahalli areas of Bangalore with the community entry strategy focussed on rendering assistance to brain injured children. Day care rehabilitation facilities are being extended to brain damaged children at the centre in Lingarajapuram.

Empacs beleives that the environment (both physically and social) holds the key which determines the extent to which an individual's disadvantage turns into an actual disability or handicap. This is why Empacs deeks to combine both curative and preventive aspects in the health care of brain damaged children.

Registered as a Charitable Society under the Karnataka Societies Registration Act of 1960, Empacs has secured exemptions under Section 12A and 80G of the Income Tax Act, by which all donations made to the Society are exempted from Income tax.

Empacs Charitable Society, C/o. East Parade Church, M.G. Road, Bangalore 560 001 Phone: 080 3334847