ACADEMY CHAMBER CHOIR SCOOP THREE AWARDS AT PRESTIGIOUS CORK CHORAL FESTIVAL

 

 

Congratulations to: The Academy Chamber Choir who took Second Place in the Premier National Competition for Chamber Choirs at the Cork International Choral Festival. As it was the choirs first time to attend this prestigious festival they were overjoyed with the award. However, the success over the weekend in Cork was not to cease there.

They went on to win The John Mannion Memorial Trophy a special Award for the performance of a piece in the Premier Competition for Chamber Choirs as well as the Perpetual Trophy for the Performance of Irish Contemporary Choral Music a special award for the performance of an original choral work by an Irish composer written after 1975.

Their recent masterclass in Moate with the composer Colin Mawby proved even more fruitful as it was his wonderful choral work Angelus Domini which secured them these two major accolades.