Results

International Competition Results

1st Place – Eller Girls’ Choir, Estonia – 94.1%
2nd Place – Laetare Vocal Ensemble, Ireland – 89.5%
3rd Place – Chantage, England – 88.3%
4th Place – Collegium Vocale, Norway – 87.7%
5th Place – Mundus Cantat, Poland – 83.2%
6th Place – Sjøland Chamber Choir, Denmark – 78.3%

National Competition Results

Female Voice 
1st Place – Cappella Lyrica, Cork – 86.3%
2nd Place – CanBelto Ladies, Dublin – 82.6%

Male Voice
1st Place – Portadown Male Voice Choir, Armagh – 82.6%
2nd Place – Rosemount Male Voice Choir, Derry – 80.8%

Mixed Voice
1st Place – Lumina, Waterford – 88.5%
2nd Place – Strabane Chamber Choir, Tyrone – 88%

Popular, Jazz & Gospel 
1st Place – Rosemount Male Voice Choir, Derry – 83.1%
2nd Place – Cantamus, Derry – 82.8%

Sacred Music
1st Place – Codetta Youth Choir, Derry – 86.6%
2nd Place – St. Mary’s Pro-Cathedral Girls’ Choir, Dublin – 86.3%

Vocal Ensemble
1st Place – The Codettes, Derry – 84.9%
2nd Place – Classic Harmony, Wicklow – 84%

Youth Choir
1st Place – Cappella Lyrica, Cork – 87.8%
Joint 2nd Place – Cross Border Youth Choir, Belfast/Dublin & Codetta Youth Girls’ Choir, Derry – 87.4%

School Competition Results

Primary School Unison 

1st Place – Holy Family Primary School, Omagh – 87.1%
2nd Place – Nazareth House Primary School, Derry – 85.4%

Primary School Partsong 

1st Place – Holy Family Primary School, Omagh – 90%
2nd Place – Nazareth House Primary School, Derry – 85.5%

Post-Primary School Unison/2-Part 

1st Place – St. Mary’s College, Derry – 88.9%
2nd Place – Thornhill College Junior Choir, Derry – 86.4%

Post-Primary School 3/4-Part 
1st Place – Thornhill College Senior Choir, Derry – 91.4%
2nd Place – Holy Cross College, Strabane – 88%

Special Awards

The Bernadette Kelly Memorial Award for most promising school choir – St. Joseph’s Boys’ School, Derry

The Bishops Daly & Mehaffey Award, presented by the Inner City Trust, for an outstanding performance in the school competitions – Thornhill College Senior Choir, Derry for their performance of Cantate Domino by Rupert Lang

Association of Irish Choirs Conducting Scholarship for the most promising conductor in the national competitions or a participant in the conducting masterclasses – Kevin Boushel

Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland Award for the best performance of a piece by a composer from Ireland – Laetare Vocal Ensemble, Ireland for their performance of The Old Woman by Rhona Clarke

Derry City and Strabane District Council Award for outstanding contribution to the festival – Melodies and Memories/The Glissando Greats

Bishop’s Gate Hotel Award for an outstanding performance of a work composed before 1750 in the International Competition – Eller Girls’ Choir, Estonia for their performance of Fair Phyllis by John Farmer

City Hotel Award to the conductor of the most interesting and varied programme in the International Competition – Róisín Blunnie of Laetare Vocal Ensemble, Ireland