The
Competition
BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year 2008 is closed for entries.
All choirs have been notified whether they have got through
or not to the Area Selection Stage.
Choir of the Year, the UK's largest singing competition,
was launched in 1984 and created by Kallaway to provide
a nationwide shop window for the best of amateur singing
groups. The BBC has been a broadcast partner throughout
the competition’s history and BBC Radio 3 has supported
it directly since 2004.
Since the competition began 120,000 singers from over
2,000 choirs have taken part, singing in front of live
audiences totalling nearly 75,000 people. Open to all,
the competition is free and is hoped will encourage participation
in singing across all age groups and local communities.
 Open
to any group of singers from 8-100
Open
category
Live
judging
No
age or style restrictions
No
restrictions on choice of music
The entry period will run from Monday 3 September to
Sunday 18 November and this year even more choirs are
given the opportunity to enter and be heard in the preliminary
round.
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