Who will be BBC Northern Ireland School Choir Of The Year junior and senior winners?
Six excited school choirs from across Northern Ireland showcase their talents as they compete to win in the live final from the Ulster Hall, Belfast on Sunday 7 April at 2pm and will be recorded for the first time for BBC NI television.
Published: 5 April 2019
Presenters John Toal and Kerry McLean introduce the six finalists as they perform in front of an audience, while four judges including special guest judge Carrie Grant have the difficult task of choosing which choirs win the Junior and Senior titles of BBC Northern Ireland School Choir Of The Year.
Sixty-two choirs have battled it out over the course of the past eight weeks and six schools from across Northern Ireland will be taking part in the live final with three competing respectively in the junior and senior categories.
Competing in the junior section will be: Pond Park Primary School, Lisburn; Macosquin Primary, Coleraine and Ebrington Primary School, Londonderry.
And in the senior section: Carrickfergus Grammar School; Dalriada School, Ballymoney and Thornhill College, Derry.
The awards to the two schools will be made by guest judge Carrie Grant, vocal coach and television presenter.
The rest of the judging panel will be made up of Ciaran Scullion, Head of Music, Arts Council for Northern Ireland (ACNI); Richard Yarr, Senior Producer Classical Music, BBC Radio Ulster, and Andrew Nunn, Musical Director with the Ulster Youth Choir.
Each choir will be invited to perform two songs and the judges will decide which two choirs from the junior and senior categories would go head to head to pick up the two titles.
The two-hour live radio programme also includes a performance from the Ulster Youth Chamber Choir, followed by flautist Andrew Douglas, one of the recipients of the BBC NI/ACNI Young Musicians’ Platform Awards, accompanied by Ruth McGinley.
BBC Northern Ireland School Choir of the Year is produced in association with the Ulster Youth Choir, and supported by ACNI.
The winning choirs will feature across a range of programming and events during this year.
If you missed the programme, catch it again via the BBC Sounds app. And for additional content check out Twitter #SCOTY and pictures go to: bbc.co.uk/scoty
In addition there will be a special TV highlights programme on Sunday 14 April, BBC One Northern Ireland at 5.30pm.
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