Schools

Primary School Big Sing
Thursday 23 October, Millennium Forum, 10:00

Led by Laura McFall, this fun workshop for young voices will explore the building blocks of singing and musicality. The schools will also experience a very special performance by one of the festival’s visiting international competitors.

Post-Primary School Competitions and Big Sing
Friday 24 October, Millennium Forum, 10:00 – 14:30

Post-primary schools from across the country will battle it out in two competitions for unison and part singing. The choirs will also be treated to an exhilarating Big Sing workshop with the Humanophones.

POST-PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPETITIONS

Unison/2-Part Competition

Thornhill College Year 8 Choir, Derry (Margaret McCay)
1. Andrea Ramsey: Grow, Little Tree
2. Harry Belafonte, arr. Mark Hayes: Turn the World Around

Dominican College Junior Choir, Portstewart (Sarah Minihan)
1. Andrea Ramsey: Grow, Little Tree
2. Greg Gilpin: Whisper

St. Cecilia’s College, Derry (Ryan Quinn)
1. Mark Burrows: O Lux Beatissima
2. Original Glee, arr. Adam Anders and Peer Astrom, adapted Mac Huff: Hit Me With Your Best Shot/One Way or Another

Thornhill College Junior Choir, Derry (Margaret McCay)
1. French Canadian Folksong, arr. Emily Crocker: J’entends Le Moulin
2. Jacob Narverud: Love Never Leaves

3/4-Part Competition

Coláiste Muire, Ballymote, Sligo (Charles O’Connor/Rosario Heaney McGreal)
1. John Rutter: A Clare Benediction
2. Harry Warren, arr. Pete Schmutte: Chattanooga Choo Choo

Lumen Christi College SSA Choir, Derry (Mark Bradley)
1. J. Kern, arr. Julie Gaulke: All the things you are
2. Duke Ellington, arr. Mac Huff: It don’t mean a thing (if it ain’t got that swing)

Foyle College, Derry (Emma Moore)
1. Eric Whitacre: Seal Lullaby
2. Bob Chilcott: Buffalo Gals

Thornhill College Senior Choir, Derry (Elizabeth Quigley)
1. Ola Gjeilo: Northern Lights
2. Rupert Lang: Cantate Domino

St. Cecilia’s College, Derry (Ryan Quinn)
1. Little Mix, arr. Andy Beck: Wings
2. Stephen Sondheim, arr. Jacob Narverud: Children Will Listen

St. Mary’s Secondary School, Ballina, Mayo (Regina Deacy)
1. Dan Forrest: There is faint music
2. Charlotte Botha: Cantate Domino