22 - 26 October 2025

Results

International Competition

1st Place – Côr CF1, Wales – 91.4%
2nd Place – UIS University Choir, Colombia – 90.0%
3rd Place – Laetare Vocal Ensemble, Ireland – 89.4%
4th Place – Blagovest Chamber Choir, Latvia – 89.3%
5th Place – Noorus Mixed Choir, Estonia – 88.6%
6th Place – DelicaTon, Germany – 87.6%
7th Place – Chorus Iucundus, Finland – 86.0%
8th Place – Namdal Vocal Ensemble, Norway – 85.1%

 

National Competitions

Female Voice 
1st Place – The Park Singers, Dublin – 90.8%
2nd Place – Thornhill College Alumni Choir, Derry – 90.3%

Male Voice
1st Place – Close Shave Chorus, Glasgow – 87.2%
2nd Place – Portadown Male Voice Choir, Armagh – 86.0%

Mixed Voice 
1st Place – Strabane Chamber Choir, Tyrone – 90.5%
2nd Place – NUI Staff Singers, Galway – 86.5%

Popular, Jazz & Gospel 
1st Place – Ardú A Cappella Chorus, Dublin – 89.4%
2nd Place – Close Shave Chorus, Glasgow – 88.6%

Sacred Music 
1st Place – The Lynn Singers, Mullingar – 92.7%
2nd Place – The Park Singers, Dublin – 90.6%

Vocal Ensemble
1st Place – Octavoce, Edinburgh – 91.9%
2nd Place – The Park Singers, Dublin – 88.2%

Youth Choir 
1st Place – Cross Border Youth Choir, Belfast/Dublin – 93.8%
2nd Place – Codetta Youth Choir, Derry – 91.0%

 

School Competition Results

Primary School Unison
1st Place – Holy Family Primary School, Derry – 90.5%
2nd Place – Holy Family Primary School, Omagh – 88.4%

Primary School Partsong
1st Place – Holy Family Primary School, Omagh – 90.7%
2nd Place – St. Oliver Plunkett Primary School, Derry – 90.1%
2nd Place – Gaelscoil Adhamhnáin – 90.1%

Post-Primary School Unison/2-Part
1st Place – St. Mary’s College, Derry – 90.7%
2nd Place – Presentation Secondary School, Cork – 90.1%

Post-Primary School 3/4-Part 
1st Place – Thornhill College Senior Choir, Derry – 92.2%
2nd Place – Holy Cross College Chamber Choir, Strabane – 91.4%

Special Awards

  • Bernadette Kelly Memorial award for most promising school choir
    St. Louise’s Comprehensive College, Belfast
  • Bishops Daly & Mehaffey award, presented by the Inner City Trust, for an outstanding performance in the school competitions
    Ardnashee School and College, Derry
  • Association of Irish Choirs Conducting Scholarship for the most promising conductor in the national competitions or a participant in the conducting masterclasses
    Jennifer Sterling, Octavoce, Edinburgh
  • CMC award for the best performance of a piece by a composer from Ireland (all choral works found in the Contemporary Music Centre’s online library are eligible for consideration)
    Laetare Vocal Ensemble, Dublin for its performance of The Destroyer by Seán Doherty
  • Derry City and Strabane District Council award for outstanding contribution to the festival
    UIS University Choir, Colombia
  • Bishop’s Gate Hotel award for an outstanding performance of a work composed before 1750 in the International Competition
    Chorus Iucundus, Finland
  • City Hotel award for the conductor of the most interesting and varied programme in the International Competition
    Eilir Owen Griffiths, Côr CF1, Wales
  • Visit Derry award for an outstanding competitive or non-competitive performance by a visiting national or international choir
    Blagovest Chamber Choir, Latvia
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