National Competition Applications Reminder
The deadline for receipt of applications for the National Schools, Youth and Adult Competitions is on January 31st 2010. Read more...
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Choral News
- Madrigal '75 Vocal Ensemble presents Duan Nollag. Sat Dec 19, 8pm, CIT Cork School of Music
-Get into the spirit of Christmas as local choirs and bands perform on Cork's Grand Parade this weekend as part of'Christmas in Cork'.
- AOIC and Limerick's University Concert Hall present 'Carols for All'. Sun Dec 20, 3pm. €10/€8
- Should your choir wish to publicize an event in our newsletter, please email us.
While every effort is made to assure accuracy of our informatoin, we advise readers to verify all details.
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Choral Festival Commission featured in Sweden
We are proud to announce thatGráinne Mulvey's Stabat Mater, commissioned for the 49th Cork Int. Choral Festival, was featured in this year's ISCM World New Music Days in Sweden, where it was performed by the Dansk Radio Vokalensemblet. More information...
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The Gift Voucher for Culture Vultures!
 Cork Culture Vouchers are gift vouchers that can be used with the Cork Choral Festival as well as all other arts companies in Civic Trust House, including the Cork Midsummer Festival, Corcadorca Theatre Company, Cork Jazz Festival and many more! A single voucher gives you the chance to choose from the many festivals, workshops, training courses, equipment hire and publications which Civic Trust House has on offer.Vouchers can be made to any value you like and each one comes presented with a limited-edition artist-designed calendar with dates of the festivals highlighted. Read more...
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Open Sing-Along
On Friday October 9th Cork International Choral Festival and the Association of Irish Choirs invited visitors to Civic Trust House for a lunchtime sing-along in celebration of National Choral Singing Week whilst marking World Mental Health Week.
Read more and see video...
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Sponsorship Opportunities
4,500 voices... 85 performances... from more than 20 countries... for 5 days in Cork! If your company is interested in being part of something extraordinary in 2010, please
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Lucy Healy-Kelly for more information.
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Festival Highlight CDs
A wonderful compilation of CDs, featuring concerts and extracts from competitive performances since 1994 have been produced. The Festival continues to produce a CD each year, featuring the highlights of the previous year's Festival. If you would like to purchase any of our CDs, please send us an email. We can post them out to anywhere in the world for just €15! Click here for a full list of CDs and track lists.
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We wish you a merry Christmas!
December 2009
| The days are dark and cold, and the budget news was grim… but just like Santa’s elves, here at the Choral Festival we’re hard at work at the moment to ensure that there are treats in store to lift our spirits! April may now seem like a whole decade away, but once Christmas festivities have passed, the Choral Festival is just around the corner - and what a festival it will be. |
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Next year will see choirs from as far afield as Japan and Singapore make the journey to Cork, who are sure to bring some Eastern colour as they join with the legions of other international and Irish choirs. 2010 also marks the centenary of Prof Fleischmann, which the Festival will be celebrating with a very special Opening Concert and other events marking the occasion.
Between this and then we’d like to take the opportunity to wish you and yours a very happy and peaceful Christmas and new year and a wonderful 2010 ahead.
Fleischmann International Trophy Competitors announced!
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All across the world, 12 choirs are now preparing for their visit to Cork this April. With over 30 applications received for this prestigious international competition, the selected choirs for 2010 will join us from far countries such as Singapore, Philippines and Japan as well as Ireland, Germany, Norway, Finland, Czech Republic, Slovenia. In addition to their participation in what is sure to be an outstanding competition for this internationally renowned award, each choir will fill the city with colour and song in a variety of performances throughout the week - find out more here and see which choirs you just don't want to miss!
And that's not all that you'll find there at the moment, as the very first sneak preview of the 2010 Festival Programme is also live now!
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Be a Friend, Join a Friend!
| The 2010 Choral Festival is just around the corner, and in these dark winter days, Friends of the Festival can already start to look forward to 5 days of celebration and song to lift your spirits in April! |
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But that's not the only reason for Friends to celebrate: Next year will also be a year when every penny counts, and so we want to offer you an excellent value way to show your support for the Festival while also sharing the experience with someone new…and saving yourself some money too!
Any Friend of the Festival for 2010 who joins up a new Friend will receive a 25% discount on their own Friend scheme – and also a 25% discount for the new Friend!Whether it's a double or a single Friend, you still get all the benefits of your Friends scheme at this special reduced cost, and so will the new Friend you bring on board. Friends of the Festival is already a bargain deal, with benefits including Gala Concert tickets, Priority Seating, a Festival Club Pass, a Festival Programme and much more.
Or why not make this the ideal Christmas gift for Choral aficionados and newcomers alike? We will prepare a special festive Friend of the Festival pack to be sent to the recipient of your choice, which can then be paid for together with your own Friend subscription – it couldn't be easier! What better gift than 5 whole days filled with world-class concerts and performances? All costing you only €75 for an individual or €130 for a double, while also receiving the same discount on your own Friend package.
This offer is also open to new Friends of Festival so why not join together with someone else, and both enjoy the benefits of 25% off your Friend packages!
Return of the Seán O'Riada Trophy competition
| The Cork International Choral Festival together with the National Chamber Choir of Ireland are delighted to announce the return of the Seán O’Riada Competition in 2010. The Seán O’Riada Competition is a composition competition which invites the submission of new works from Irish composers. |
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The winning composition, as selected by an independent assessment board, will become a featured work at the Seminar for New Choral Music at next year’s Festival. The National Chamber Choir of Ireland, conductor Paul Hillier, are artists in residence at the Seminar and the selected work will receive its premiere performance by the NCC during the festival in addition to featuring at a Seminar session in the presence of the composer, and being added to the list of Seminar compositions. For further information on the Seán O’Riada Competition, please contact the Festival office at 021 4215125 or by email to
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Take part in an Anúna workshop in Cork!
On Friday 30th April and Saturday 1st May 2010, Cork International Choral Festival are offering National Adult Choirs and School Choirs the unique opportunity of working closely with conductor and composer Michael McGlynn and the renowned choir An, when they include a McGlynn piece for performance in competition at the Festival.
These workshops will facilitate an understanding of how Anúna’s particular vocal sound is achieved, how the presentation of the music is developed and how it can be incorporated into the general vocal preparation of all choirs.
The Workshop Session for School Choirs will take place on Friday 30th April 2010 and will include actual workshop performance opportunities for a number of selected school choirs who have chosen a piece by McGlynn for performance in competition at the Festival. Members of interested school choirs, their conductors and any interested teachers, school groups, conductors, and general audience are also welcome to attend.
The Workshop Session for National Adult Choirs will take place on Saturday 1st May 2010 and will include actual workshop performance opportunities for a number of selected choirs who have chosen a piece by McGlynn for performance in competition at the Festival. Members of interested choirs, their conductors and any additional interested conductors and general audiences are also.Members of interested choirs, their conductors and any additional interested conductors and general audience are also welcome to attend.
The national competition deadline is still several weeks away, so for the chance for your choir to take part, include a McGlynn work in your plans. See www.cmc.ie for a list of compositions.
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