Last Choir Standing

Come and Sing Elijah

On Sunday 22 February 2009, the BBC National Orchestra and Chorus of Wales will be hosting a day of rehearsals of Mendelssohn's Elijah, all leading to a final performance that afternoon. This spectacular FREE event will take place in St David's Hall, Cardiff, and will involve choirs and choruses from around Wales.
www.bbc.co.uk/wales

Sing The Nation

Sing The Nation is a festival to get the UK singing; all kinds of people singing all kinds of music in all kinds of places. From Southampton to Swansea, Hackney to Hull, Glasgow to Belfast, there will be events to tempt even the reticent, to burst into song. From late July through August 2008 there will be public singing events in museums, libraries and parks across the nation.
www.singthenation.org

World Choir Games

The World Choir Games is a two-yearly event organised for amateur choirs from all over the world – often referred to as the Choir Olympics! The 5th World Choir Games will be held in Graz, Austria in 2008 with more than 400 ensembles from over 90 nations taking part.
www.worldchoirgames.info

BBC Proms

The BBC Proms is an annual music festival running from mid-July to mid-September and comprising over seventy Prom concerts at a variety of venues – culminating in the famous 'Last Night of the Proms' at the Royal Albert Hall. Many of the concerts feature vocal and choral music.
www.bbc.co.uk/proms

City Sings Gospel International Gospel Music Festival

A mixture of home grown talent and internationally renowned choirs and individuals - the City Sings Gospel (CSG) project set out to promote and develop gospel music and arts in the North West, encouraging the community to create gospel choir groups, musicians and soloists as a contribution to Liverpool’s European Capital of Culture status in 2008.
www.csg08.com

Radio 3 Choir of the Year

One of the UK’s largest amateur choral competitions takes place every two years. Open to all, the competition is free and aims to encourage participation in singing across all age groups and local communities.
www.choiroftheyear.co.uk

BBC Songs of Praise School Choir of the Year

The Songs of Praise School Choirs Contest aims to introduce a new generation to the pleasures of singing, to breathe new life into classic hymns and songs and to showcase some of the UK's best young singers.
www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/songsofpraise/events/school_choirs/

BBC Radio 2 Young Choristers of the Year

Held every year, the competition is open to 11-16 years old who sing regularly in a choir or music group at services of worship of any denomination.
www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/youngchorister08

Three Choirs Festival

One of the world’s oldest classical choral music festivals takes place every year and rotates between the three cathedral cities of Gloucester, Worcester and Hereford.
www.3choirs.org

Gospel Festival Amsterdam

The annual Amsterdam gospel festival welcomes national and international acts for two days of worship and inspirational music.
www.gospelfestival.nl

Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod

A festival of music, song and dance. Competitors from more than fifty countries come together for one week to stand side by side through music, while each evening the Pavilion plays hosts to concerts by world-class artists.
www.international-eisteddfod.co.uk

National Eisteddfod of Wales

A Welsh cultural festival of music and poetry over eight days every August. Choral music is a key part of the festival with a range of choirs performing and competing from youth choirs to the BBC National Chorus of Wales.
www.eisteddfod.org.uk

Cheltenham Music Festival

A classical music festival with a commitment to celebrating new work and young artists featuring many choral performances, concerts and workshops.
cheltenhamfestivals.com/whats_on/music_festival.html

The London Sangerstevner

A Scandinavian style, non-competitive choral festival, with a series of rolling concerts running during the afternoon and early evening. All choirs are welcome to take part, whether large or small, sacred or secular, whole choirs or parts of choirs.
www.sangerstevne.org.uk

North Wales Choral Festival

The festival aims to bring together choirs from across the UK and Ireland to compete in the most welcoming and friendly of atmospheres.
www.northwaleschoralfestival.co.uk

BBC Big Sing

The Songs of Praise Big Sing is an annual extravaganza from the Royal Albert Hall introducing some of the top names in music and a choir of over one thousand voices.
www.bbc.co.uk/religion/programmes/songsofpraise/events/big_sing

The Star Awards UK Gospel Talent Show

The STAR Awards aim to discover and celebrate the unsigned and unheard singing/ song writing talent in the UK's Gospel Music industry.
www.thestarawards.co.uk

Bangor International Choral Festival

Set in Bangor near Belfast, the festival offers classes in Youth, Mixed, Ladies and Male Voice Choirs, Ladies and Mens' Barbershop, plus Madrigal, Sacred and Light Entertainment Sections, with the Open Choral Competition offering a top prize of £1000.
www.bicf.co.uk

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