Results 2025

POST-PRIMARY SCHOOL COMPETITIONS

Unison/2-Part
First Place – Thornhill College Junior Choir, Derry – 92.25%
Second Place – St. Cecilia’s College, Derry – 91.13%

3/4-Part
First Place – Lumen Christi College, Derry – 94%
Second Place – Thornhill College Senior Choir, Derry – 93.88%

NATIONAL EQUAL VOICE COMPETITIONS

Upper
First Place – Côr Merched Cwm Rhondda, Wales – 88.5%
Second Place – Vox Orbis, Galway – 88.4%

Lower
First Place – Harmony Federation, Dublin – 86.9%
Second Place – Harmony Bro, Clare – 82.1%

NATIONAL MIXED VOICE COMPETITION

First Place -Trinity College Singers, Dublin – 92.6%
Second Place – Fabre Ensemble, Dublin – 89.6%

NATIONAL LIGHT, POP AND JAZZ COMPETITION

First Place – Fabre Ensemble, Dublin – 93.4%
Second Place – Trinity Belles, Dublin – 91.5%

NATIONAL SACRED AND GOSPEL COMPETITION

Cór Linn, Dublin – 93.0%
Vox Orbis, Dublin – 90.9%

NATIONAL YOUTH CHOIR COMPETITION

Cór Linn, Dublin – 94.2%
Loinnir Chamber Choir, Clare – 90.6%

NATIONAL CHOIR OF THE FESTIVAL

Cór Linn, Dublin

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION

UST Singers, Philippines – 94.9%
Laetare Vocal Ensemble, Ireland – 91.6%
UCC Singers, Ireland – 90.1%
INTA Mixed Choir, Estonia – 87.3%

SPECIAL AWARDS

Bernadette Kelly Memorial award for most promising school choir
St. Mary’s Secondary School, Ballina, Co. Mayo (conductor Regina Deacy)

Bishops Daly & Mehaffey award for an outstanding performance in the school competitions
Thornhill College Senior Choir (conductor Elizabeth Quigley) for their performance of Cantate Domino by Rupert Lang

Sing Ireland Conducting Scholarship for the most promising conductor in the national competitions or a participant in the conducting masterclass
Margaret Ross

Contemporary Music Centre award for the best performance of a piece by a composer from Ireland
University of Santo Tomas Singers, Philippines (conductor Fidel Gener Calalang Jr.) for their performance of The Destroyer by Seán Doherty

Derry City & Strabane District Council award for outstanding contribution to the festival
Cairde Community Choir, Belfast

Bishop’s Gate Hotel award for an outstanding performance of a work composed before 1750 in the international competition
University of Santo Tomas Singers, Philippines (conductor Fidel Gener Calalang Jr.) for their performance of Come away, sweet love by Thomas Greaves

City Hotel award to the conductor of the most interesting and varied programme in the International Competition
Ben Jacob, University College Cork Singers, Ireland

Visit Derry award for an outstanding competitive or non-competitive performance by a first-time participant
INTA Mixed Choir, Estonia, conductor Inta Roost