Valencia City Council has been holding theInternational Wind Band Contest “City of Valencia”, hereinafter the CIBM, themost important such contest in the world, since the late nineteenth century.

The purpose of the CIBM is to promote and encouragemusical activity as a fundamental part of our cultural heritage, maintainingthis tradition, and to give Valencians access to a rich, diverse program ofmusical activities.

It is within this framework that the Valencia CityCouncil establishes the rules which will govern the 136th edition of the CIBM in2024, on a competitive basis and in accordance with the stipulations of section17 of Spanish Law 38/2003 of 17 November, the General Subsidies Law.

2.- APPLICABLE LEGAL REGULATIONS

1.  This edition of the CIBM will be regulated by thestipulations of: Spanish Law 38/2003 of 17 November, the General Subsidies Law;Spanish Royal Decree 887/2006 of 21 July, which governs the Regulation of theGeneral Subsidies Law; and the Second Additional Provision of the GeneralSubsidies Ordinance of Valencia City Council and its Public Bodies, as well asthe contents of this rules document.

2.  The CIBM prizes will becompatible with other subsidies, grants or income for the same purpose, issuedby any public administration or public or private bodies, whether national,based in the European Union, or international.

3.- BUDGETARY PROVISION

The funds for the prizes ofthis edition of the CIBM, in accordance with the amounts detailed in section 12of this document, will be charged to the budget line BP630 33020 48100 “TRANSF.PREMIOS, BECAS, PENS, ESTUD. INVESTIG.” or equivalent, for a total amount ofSEVENTY-ONE THOUSAND EUROS (€71,000).

1. The funds given to the windbands taking part in the CIBM 2024, the amount of which will be determined whenthe participation draw is finalized, in accordance with the amounts detailed insection 11 of this document, will be charged to the budget line BP630 3302022609 “ACTIV. CULTURALES Y DEPORTIVAS” or equivalent.

2. The funds given to members of the jury of theCIBM 2024, in accordance with the amounts detailed in section 17 of thisdocument, will be charged to the budget line BP630 33020 22609 “ACTIV.CULTURALES Y DEPORTIVAS " or equivalent.

The CIBM will take place on 18, 19, 20 and 21 July2024, in the Palau de la Música of the city of Valencia.

Each of the different divisions taking part in thisedition of the CIBM will perform on the following days:

5.- ORGANIZING COMMITTEE ANDEXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

The Organizing Committee is the CIBM’s governing body,responsible for planning, organizing, executing and coordinating specific tasksto develop the CIBM.

The Executive Committee reports directly to theOrganizing Committee and is responsible for the technical and artistic directionof the CIBM as well as the secretariat, coordination of internal and externalrelationships, logistics and producing the event.

6.- PARTICIPANTS: AMATEUR WINDBANDS

1. Amateur wind bands may takepart in the CIBM.

Consequently, wind bands,instrumental groups or artistic groups belonging to conservatories orprofessional music schools cannot take part. Also barred from entry are windbands formed solely to take part in the CIBM and those composed of a selectionof musicians from a particular municipality, region or area. Moreover, youthwind bands are also unable to take part.

Upon the OrganizingCommittee’s request, bands will have to supply evidence of their amateur statusby means of a sworn declaration signed by the wind band’s representative.

2. In accordance withthe stipulations of section 13 of Spanish Law 38/2003 of 17 November, andsection 27 of the Regulation which governs said law, wind bands which complywith the specific participation requirements detailed in these rules cannotreceive any of the CIBM prizes if any of the reasons for exclusion listed inthe aforementioned legislation apply to them.

7.- PARTICIPATION OF WIND BANDS WITHFOREIGN NATIONALITY

The Organizing Committee reserves the right to issue aformal invitation to those foreign amateur wind bands who apply to participatein the CIBM, granting them immediate entry without having to take part in thedraw for a place. The Committee will respect the quotas detailed in section 9of these rules.

In the event more foreign bands apply to take partthan may participate in each division, the Organizing Committee will decidewhich bands will take part, taking into account their quality and history.

Direct invitations to foreign bands are justified bytheir being in the public interest to preserve the international character of the event.

2. To constitute a division there must beat least two (2) bands competing in it; registration alone will not suffice.Should only one (1) band register in a division within the registration periodstipulated in these rules, this band will be encouraged to participate eitherin the preceding or subsequent division. If there is only one (1) band in adivision due to the withdrawal of the others, the division will be cancelledfor competition purposes and the remaining band can withdraw from the CIBMwithout penalty.

3. In both Division Three and Division Two, three(3) places will be reserved for foreign bands or Spanish bands from outside theAutonomous Region of Valencia, and three (3) places will be reserved for bandsfrom the Autonomous Region of Valencia. In Division One and the HonoraryDivision, one (1) place will be reserved for a foreign band, and another one(1) for a Spanish band from outside of the Autonomous Region of Valencia or,depending on which bands register to take part, two (2) foreign bands or two (2)Spanish bands from outside the Autonomous Region of Valencia, and three (3)places for bands from the Autonomous Region of Valencia. In the HonoraryDivision, when deciding which bands will be allowed to participate in the CIBM,priority will be given to the registered bands which have taken part in theCIBM the greatest number of times during the last 25 editions of the CIBM, aswell as their results during said appearances. Unfilled places which werereserved for foreign bands, or Spanish bands from outside the Autonomous Regionof Valencia, will be occupied by bands from the Autonomous Region of Valencia.Likewise, places reserved for bands from the Autonomous Region of Valenciawhich are not filled will be occupied by foreign bands and Spanish bands fromoutside the Autonomous Region of Valencia. In the event of there being a freeplace in the division next to that in which bands have registered, theOrganizing Committee (before the participation draw for the division in whichthe bands have registered takes place) can encourage the bands registered inthis division to take part in the next division. If various bands accept theoffer, there will be a draw to decide which of them is given the free place.

1. The order in which theparticipating bands perform will be decided by public draw.

2. At the beginning of theirperformance, each wind band may play a piece of music chosen from among thosesuggested by the Organizing Committee on the day of the public draw. Thisperformance will be outside of the official competition, will take place on thestage and will be around five (5) minutes long. 

3. For the official competition, each band will perform thecompulsory pieces chosen by the Organizing Committee, and a free-choice piece.Bands must first perform the compulsory piece or pieces in the order stipulatedby the Organizing Committee, and then the free-choice piece. Valencia CityCouncil does not assume responsibility for any legal matters that may arise asa result of the use made of the free-choice pieces by participating bands.

4. The length of the free-choice piece will be as follows:

10. FACILITIES, ORGANIZATION ANDPERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS

1. The stage on and facilitiesin which the CIBM will take place will be the same for all bands participatingin the same division.

The facilities will be thesole responsibility of the Organizing Committee and no changes may be made tothem by anyone other than the Committee.

When performing their pieces,participating bands will be obliged to use the instruments provided by the CIBMOrganizing Committee (piano, harp, celesta and percussion instruments such askettledrums, xylophone, bass drum, etc.). Appendix I of these rules contains aclear list of each instrument the Organizing Committee will loan toparticipating bands for the CIBM.

2. Prior to the CIBM,participating bands may request permission from the CIBM organizers to performa technical test of the instruments with which they will be supplied for themusicians who must use them.

Valencia City Council will pay participating bands thefollowing amounts for their performance: 

The total value of the prizes awarded by Valencia CityCouncil is seventy-one thousand euros (€71,000), which will be distributed, inaccordance with the jury’s scoring, as follows:

The artistic director and representatives ofparticipating bands are obliged to go up onto the stage to receive any prizeswon. The CIBM organizers will convene all the representatives and conductors onstage for the announcement of the results and will give each participating banda certificate of participation and public thanks. Bands whose representativesdo not go up on stage to receive their prizes will only receive 50% of the cashprize won.

Prior to receiving their prizes, the recipients mustbe up-to-date with their tax and social security obligations, as well as anyMunicipal Tax Authority obligations. To this end, by participating in the CIBMbands give their express consent to allow Valencia City Council to requestdetails electronically from the Social Security and Tax Authorities regardingthe status of their contributions.

When issuing the prizes the current Spanishlegislation regarding income tax will be taken into account so any appropriatedeductions can be made.

Prizes will be paid via banktransfer to the account details provided by the beneficiaries on the “Solicitudde Alta y Mantenimiento en el fichero de personas acreedores, cesionarias,terceras y personal propio” (“Application to create or update a record forcreditors, assignees, third parties and staff members”) form, whichparticipating bands can find on the Valencia City Council web portal.

13.-REGISTRATION

1.  The registrationperiod will be ten business days from the date of publication of the notice ofthe contest in the BOP (Official Provincial Gazette).

2. Registration will becompleted through a specific application form which will be available on theValencia City Council web portal.

3. In their application, inaddition to the information detailed in section 66 of the LPAC, bands muststate their chosen division, the title of their free-choice piece, its length,composer and, where appropriate, the transcriber (only transcriptions of pieceswhose use has been authorized by the copyright holder will be admitted), aswell as the title of the piece of music they will perform outside thecompetition. Applications must be accompanied by a recent photograph and ahistory of the band that focuses on the last ten years (including details suchas participation in competitions or contests, prizes won, recordings made,festivals they have taken part in, etc.) and a biography of the conductor.

During the registrationperiod, the compulsory pieces for each division will be available to all bandsat the CIBM Office (located on Avenida del Cid, 37 – accesorio), where bandscan also make any other enquiries about the CIBM.

14.- PARTICIPATION AND TIMINGS

1. Before a preselection ofregistered bands takes place, each of them will be informed of the date andvenue of the participation draw, in which bands will be drawn from among thoseregistered and preselected, in the event that the number of bands registered inany division exceeds the quota detailed in these rules.

2. After the first draw, theorder in which the participating bands will perform will be decided by a seconddraw. During the same meeting the compulsory-piece scores will also be handedout.

3. Bands not drawn to takepart may participate in the following year’s edition of the CIBM by reserving aplace in the appropriate division. Should more than one band be excluded fromthe same division, the band which receives the place will be chosen by draw.

4. Bands which, onceregistered and included in the draw, do not participate in the competition,except in cases where there is a serious and justified reason understood by theOrganizing Committee, will be banned from taking part in the CIBM for a periodof three consecutive years.

15.- DOCUMENTATION TO BE PRESENTEDBY PARTICIPATING BANDS

The Committee will adopt appropriate measures toprovide information, and send and receive the equipment of both the Spanish andforeign bands taking part in the CIBM.

Participating bands must submit the followingdocumentation:

“Solicitud de Alta yMantenimiento en el fichero de personas acreedoras, cesionarias, terceras ypersonal propio” form. Before 12 March 2024 via the Valencia CityCouncil web portal.

“A history of the band andbiography of its conductor, in digital format (Word document), a maximum of 300words each”. Before 12 March 2024 to cibm@valencia.es.

“Six original copies of theband’s free-choice score. If any of the pieces is a transcription it must beaccompanied by written permission for the use of the piece from its copyrightholder.” Before 10 March 2024 to the CIBM Offices (located at Av. delCid, 37 – accesorio).

“A certified list of theparticipating musicians as referenced in section 16, point 3 of these rules”. Before 24 June 2024 to the CIBM Offices (located atAv. del Cid, 37 – accesorio).

16.-BAND MEMBERS

The following points regulate the activities of theparticipating bands' members:  

1. A Supervision Committee will be set up that will becomposed of members appointed by the Federation of Musical Societies for theAutonomous Region of Valencia (hereinafter FSMCV) and one delegate from eachparticipating band.

The Supervision Committee will be the body in chargeof overseeing and supervising the members of the participating bands. For thispurpose, the Supervision Committee will be empowered to adopt all measuresnecessary in order to carry out investigation, supervision, and monitoringactivities, and to request and obtain any documents they deem necessary fromthe participating bands.

Musicians will be identified by the display of theiroriginal national identification document or another official original documentwhich accredits their identity.

2. The FSMCV will only carry out said supervision activities, applying theMembership Criteria (chapter III) established in the “Contest Regulations” inforce at the time, in the divisions of the CIBM in which only bands whichbelong to the FSMCV are taking part.

3. In divisions in which bands which are FSMCV membersand bands from elsewhere (both overseas bands and Spanish bands from outsidethe Autonomous Region of Valencia) are performing, the supervision system willbe determined by the FSMCV and will be based on the accreditation of amusician’s effective and real membership of a band.

To accredit the real andeffective membership of its musicians, bands must send, before 24 June 2024, acertified list of their musicians (listing their name, place of birth, NationalID card/passport number and musical instrument) issued by the band secretaryalong with the president’s approval. Said list must contain a maximum number ofmusicians as follows:

17.- COMPETENT BODY FOR THEASSESSMENT OF THE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES: THE JURY

List of percussion instruments made available by theOrganizing Committee to bands taking part in the CIBM:

·       1. SET OF 5 KETTLEDRUMS (professionalmodel: 20" 23" 26" 29" 32")

·       2. 2 CONCERT BASS DRUMS (largeand medium suspended symphonic model)

·       3. GLOCKENSPIEL (withoutpedal)

·       4. GLOCKENSPIEL (with pedal)

·       5. VIBRAPHONE (3 octaves 1/2 withvibration motor)

·       6. XYLOPHONE (4 octaves)

·       7. MARIMBA (5 octaves)

·       8. TUBULAR BELLS

·       9. TAM-TAM (40”)

·       10. GONG (32’’)

·       11. TUNED CASTANETS (2 octaves)

·       12. 3 BRAKE DRUMS

·       13. 8 PERCUSSION TRAYS WITHSTANDARD FOAM

·       14. BABY GRAND PIANO (includingtuning)

·       15. COUNTERWEIGHT DIGITAL PIANOWITH AMPLIFICATION

·       16. HARP (with spare strings)

·       17. CELESTA

·       18. 4 DOUBLE BASS STOOLS

·       19. 1 KETTLEDRUM STOOL