Competitive Categories

Thursday & Friday Competitions​

THURSDAY

Primary Schools/Children’s Choir of the Year

• Repertoire: Two contrasting pieces

• Time: Maximum 9 minutes

• Prize: Trophy

Primary Schools/Children’s Choir Folk Competition

• Repertoire: Two contrasting pieces where the music and/or ​​text is inspired folk traditions 

• Time: Maximum 10 minutes

• Prize: Trophy

FRIDAY

Secondary Schools/Youth Choir of the Year

• Repertoire: Two contrasting pieces

• Time: Maximum 10 minutes

• Prize: Trophy

Secondary Schools/Youth Folk Competition

• Repertoire: Two contrasting pieces where the music and/or ​​text is inspired folk traditions 

• One piece from the choir’s own folk music tradition

• Time: Maximum 10 minutes

• Prize: Trophy

National Workplace Choir Competition​​​​​​​​

• Programme: 2 contrasting pieces 

• Time: Maximum 10 minutes

• Age Limit: none

• Prize: Workplace Choir Perpetual Cup  

Saturday Competitions

Folk Music

• Programme: Two contrasting arrangements of traditional folk songs, one of which must be from your country of origin. 

• Piano and up to three other accompanying instruments allowed

• Time: Maximum 10 minutes

• No. of members: Minimum of 8 singers per ensemble

• Prizes: 1st €300 / 2nd €100

Open Category 

• Programme: 2 contrasting pieces.

• Piano may be used to accompany if required.

• Time: Maximum 10 minutes

• No. of members: Minimum of 8 singers per ensemble

• Prizes:    1st €300 / 2nd €100

Sacred Music Competition

• Programme: Two contrasting pieces of Sacred music

• Piano may be used to accompany if required. For one piece, two additional instruments may also be used if required.

• Time: Maximum 10 minutes

• No. of members: Minimum of 8 singers per ensemble

• Prizes:    1st €300 / 2nd €100

Small Ensemble

• Programme: 2 contrasting pieces 

• Time: Maximum 10 minutes

• No. of members: Maximum of 12 singers per ensemble

• Prizes:    1st €200

Barbershop Quartet

• Programme: 2 contestable songs from the barbershop repertoire

• Time: Maximum 10 minutes

• Prizes:    1st €200

Barbershop Chorus

• Open to Mixed, Female & Male Choruses

• Programme: 2 contestable songs from the barbershop repertoire

• Time: Maximum 10 minutes

• No. of members: Minimum of 8 singers per ensemble not including conductor

• Prizes:  1st €300 / 2nd €100                                  

Non-Competitive Category

• Programme: 2 contrasting pieces 

• Time: Maximum 10 minutes