Results

International Competition

1st place – Eller Girls’ Choir, Estonia – 93.8%
2nd place – Embla, Norway – 90.6%
3rd place – The Washington and Lee University Singers, USA – 89.7%

National Competitions

Female Voice
1st place – Dulciana Vocal Ensemble, Dublin – 92.1%
2nd place – The Choir Studio, Newry – 88.3%

Male Voice
1st place – Johns’ Boys Male Chorus, Wales – 90%
Joint 2nd place – Close Shave Chorus, Glasgow and Portadown Male Voice Choir, Armagh – 86.9%

Mixed Voice
1st place – Continuum Youth Choir, Dublin – 92%
2nd place – Trinity Singers, Dublin – 90.3%

Pop, Jazz and Gospel Music
1st place – The Choir Studio, Newry – 91.6%
Joint 2nd place – Continuum Youth Choir, Dublin and Johns’ Boys Male Chorus, Wales – 91%

Sacred Music
1st place – Continuum Youth Choir, Dublin – 93.2%
2nd place – Johns’ Boys Male Chorus, Wales – 90.2%

Vocal Ensemble
1st place – Dynamics, Wicklow – 90.1%
2nd place – Haraya Choir, England – 86.4%

Youth Choir
1st place – Continuum Youth Choir, Dublin – 94.6%
2nd place – Belfast Philharmonic Youth Choir – 91.9%
Joint 3rd place – Codetta Junior Choir, Derry and North Belfast Youth Choir – 89.4%

National Choir of the Festival
Continuum Youth Choir, Dublin

School Competitions

Post-Primary School Unison/2-Part 
1st place – St. Mary’s College, Derry – 89.7%

Post-Primary School 3/4-Part 
1st place – St. Mary’s College, Derry. – 92.4%

Special Awards

Bernadette Kelly Memorial award for Most Promising School Choir – St. Leo’s College, Carlow (conductor Carrie McCarthy)

Bishops Daly & Mehaffey award for an outstanding performance in the school competitions – Coláiste Muire Ballymote Choir, Sligo for their performance of A Red, Red Rose in the 3/4-Part Competition (co-directors Charles O’Connor and Rosario Heaney-McGreal)

Sing Ireland Conducting Scholarship for the most promising conductor in the national competitions or a participant in the conducting masterclass – Susanne O’Reilly, Mount Merrion Parish Children’s Choir, Dublin

Contemporary Music Centre award for the best performance of a piece by a composer from Ireland – The Park Singers, Dublin (conductor Órla Gillan) for their performance of ‘He Is Mine’ by Sean Doherty

Derry City & Strabane District Council award for outstanding contribution to the festival – The Big Belfast Choir (conductor Aoife Cormacain)

Bishop’s Gate Hotel award for an outstanding performance of a work composed before 1750 in the international competition – Eller Girls’ Choir, Estonia (conductor Kulli Lokko) for their performance of Sing Ye To Our Lord a New Song by William Byrd.

City Hotel award to the conductor of the most interesting and varied programme in the International Competition – Külli Lokko, Eller Girls’ Choir, Estonia

Visit Derry award for an outstanding non-competitive performance by a visiting national or international choir – The Washington and Lee University Singers, USA (conductor Shane Lynch) for their performance of Ezekiel by Stacey Gibbs

Airporter award in recognition of an exceptional contribution to the festival made by a first-time participant – Johns’ Boys Male Chorus, Wales (conductor Aled Philips)