Choir of the Year 2010

DATES ANNOUNCED

The dates and venues for the area selection stage of the competition are as follows:

Saturday 20 February 2010 Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester

RESULTS
Choirs of the day:
Children's Category: Poco Amabile
Youth Category: Arden Youth Choir
Adult: Bel Canto
Open Category: EAGA Gosepl Choir, Cottontown Chorus, Ysgol Glanaethwy Senior Choir

Highly commended:
Congleton High School Choir
Ysgol Glanaethwy Junior Choir

Sunday 28 March 2010 - Milton Keynes Theatre

Saturday 17 April 2010 - The Anvil, Basingstoke

Sunday 18 April 2010 - The Anvil, Basingstoke

Sunday 25 April 2010 - Victoria Rooms, Bristol

Saturday 8 May 2010 - Usher Hall, Edinburgh

Sunday 16 May 2010 - Warwick Arts Centre

Saturday 22 May 2010 - Harrow Arts Centre

Sunday 23 May 2010 - St David's Hall, Cardiff

Saturday 5 June 2010 - Sheldonian Theatre, Oxford

The competition explained

1. Area Selection Stage
The first stage of the competition is a festival of song across the UK! The best choirs on each day will go through to National Selection. Find out more.

2. National Selection
The National Selection Stage is a recording round where judges listen to all of the Area Selection Stage winners and put through six choirs from each category to the Category Finals

3. Category Finals
Six choirs in each category will perform at Birmingham Symphony Hall with the chance to win their category and go on to compete in the Grand Final. Find out more.

4. Grand Final
The final show-down! The best six choirs will compete for the title Choir of the Year 2010 at the Royal Festival Hall, broadcast on BBC Radio and TV. Find out more.

5. Voting and Judging
What are our Judges looking for?. Find out more.