Dalriada choir scoop semi-final place
Over the course of the next six weeks choirs from across Northern Ireland will be battling it out for a place in the final. Presented by John Toal and Kerry McLean, the series, part of BBC Music NI, will culminate in a live final from the Ulster Hall, Belfast, on Sunday 17 April.
Competing for a place were, Junior category: Ebrington Primary School, Londonderry; Macosquin Primary School, Coleraine; Lisnagelvin Primary School, Derry; Bellaghy Primary School; Limavady Central Primary School and Longtower Primary School, Derry.
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Hide AdIn the Senior category, the schools were: Coleraine Grammar School; Dalriada School, Ballymoney; St Mary’s College, Derry; Thornhill College, Derry and Wallace High School, Lisburn.
However it was Ebrington Primary School and Dalriada School who impressed the judging panel, made up of Richard Yarr, Senior Producer Classical Music, BBC Radio Ulster; Ciaran Scullion, Head of Music, Arts Council of Northern Ireland and Rebekah Coffey, soprano and coach with the Ulster Youth Choir.
The competition, now in its second year, is produced in association with the Ulster Youth Choir, and supported by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
The winning choirs will feature across a range of BBC Radio Ulster’s programming and events during this year.
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Films and photos of the choirs’ performances will be online at bbc.co.uk/schoolchoiroftheyear