From: "Patrick, Whit" Date: Fri, 7 May 1999 08:40:56 -0700 Subject: All Music Contests
I haven't followed the MARS Contest thread that closely, but get the sense there is some frustration about it.
Barbershop singers have a very well defined system for judging chorus and quartets in competition. It would be reasonably easy to adapt SPEBSQSA contest rules to any musical venue. There is enough objectivity in the judging process to make the unavoidable subjectivity palatable (sp?).
You might take a look at resulting scores for recent contests at