Four-day Choral Festival to get underway in city

The inaugural City of Derry International Choral Festival begins on 24th October.
By The Newsroom
Published 18th Oct 2013, 10:58 BST

The four-day festival will bring local, national and international choirs and artists to the city for a celebration of everything choral music has to offer.

School and national competitions will take place from Thursday through to Sunday (24th -27th) and Saturday night, 26th October, will see seven choirs of international standing take to the stage of the newly refurbished St. Columb’s Hall to compete for the bespoke International Trophy, designed by local artist and sculptor Maurice Harron.

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The International Competition will be adjudicated by a panel of choral directors from Norway and the UK..

The seven competitors hail from Belarus, England, Ireland and Italy . Tickets for all competitions and concerts from the Millennium Forum Box Office on 0044 2871 264455 or online at www.millenniumforum.co.uk.

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