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BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Category Finals 2008

Ferry Cross the Mersey

Caption: Hereford Cathedral School Chamber Choir sang "Ferry Cross the Mersey" on the ferry to launch the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Category Finals, part of Liverpool’s European Capital of Culture celebrations.

Credit: Jason Lock


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Blackadder Serenade

Caption: Howard Goodall, the government's National Ambassador for Singing, was serenaded with the his own theme to Blackadder by The Voice Squad Seniors, in an impromptu performance after a fire alarm went off during the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Youth Category Final at Liverpool Philharmonic Hall.

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Taplow Youth Perform

Caption: Youth Category winners Taplow Youth Choir perform onstage at the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Youth Category Final.

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Taplow Youth Judges

Caption: Youth Category winners Taplow Youth Choir celebrate going through to the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Grand Final with judges Howard Goodall, Paul Gladstone Reid, Mary King, Vasily Petrenko and host Aled Jones!

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Taplow Youth Celebrate

Caption: Youth Category winners Taplow Youth Choir celebrate going through to the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Grand Final.

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Cottontown perform

Caption: Adults Category winners Cottontown Chorus perform onstage at the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Adult Category Final.

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Cottontown Judges

Caption: Adult Category winners Cottontown Chorus celebrate going through the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Grand Final with judges Paul Gladstone Reid, Howard Goodall, Mary King, host Aled Jones and judge Vasily Petrenko.

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Cottontown celebrate

Caption: Adults Category winners Cottontown Chorus celebrate going through to the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Grand Final.

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Masquerade perform

Caption: Children's Category winners Masquerade perform onstage at the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Children’s Category Final.

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Masquerade judges

Caption: Children's Category winner's Masquerade Junior Choir celebrate going through to the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Grand Final with judges Paul Gladstone Reid, Howard Goodall, Suzi Digby, Vasily Petrenko and host Aled Jones!

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Masquerade celebrate

Caption: Children's Category winners Masquerade celebrate going through to the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Grand Final.

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Scunthorpe perform

Caption: Open Category winner's Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir perform onstage at the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Open Category Final.

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Scunthorpe judges

Caption: Open Category winner's Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir celebrate going through the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Grand Final with judges Howard Goodall, Vasily Petrenko, Paul Gladstone Reid,Suzi Digby and host Aled Jones!

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Scunthorpe celebrate

Caption: Open Category winner's Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir celebrate going through to the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Grand Final.

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Dieci perform

Caption: Wildcard winners Dieci perform onstage at the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Open Category Final.

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Dieci celebrate

Caption: Dieci are delighted to win a wildcard place at the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Grand Final.

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Voice Squad Seniors perform

Caption: Wildcard winners The Voice Squad Seniors perform onstage at the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Youth Category Final

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Voice Squad Seniors perform

Caption: Wildcard winners The Voice Squad Seniors perform onstage at the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Youth Category Final

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Grosvenor Chorale perform

Caption: Wildcard winners Grosvenor Chorale perform onstage at the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Adult Category Final

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Grosvenor Chorale perform

Caption: Wildcard winners Grosvenor Chorale perform onstage at the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Adult Category Final

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Grosvenor Chorale perform

Caption: Wildcard winners Grosvenor Chorale perform onstage at the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Adult Category Final

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Westminster V John Fisher

Caption: Members of rival choirs, Westminster Boys' Choir and John Fisher R C Comprehensive School Boys' Choir 'square up' to each other before the Children's Category Final.

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Westminster V John Fisher

Caption: Members of rival choirs, Westminster Boys' Choir and John Fisher R C Comprehensive School Boys' Choir 'square up' to each other before the Children's Category Final.

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Westminster V John Fisher with David

Caption: Members of rival choirs, Westminster Boys' Choir and John Fisher R C Comprehensive School Boys' Choir enjoy some healthy competition with David Lawrence.

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The competition explained

 

1. Auditions
From January to April 2012 choirs will compete in their allocated Audition venue having entered one of four categories.. Find out more.

2. National Selection
The National Selection Stage is effectively a moderation round where judges listen again to all of the Choirs of the Day from the Auditions. They will select four choirs in each category to go through to the Category Finals. This stage does not include a live event.
3. Category Finals
Four choirs in each category will perform Manchester’s Bridgewater Hall on 6 October 2012. There will be two shows – the Children and Open Finals and the Youth and Adult Finals. Judges will select one winner in each category. Together with two ‘Wildcards’ selected from the remaining finalists, the four category winners will compete at 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 2012 at the Royal Festival Hall on 28 October, broadcast on BBC Radio and TV. The winning choir will receive a trophy and will commission a new choral work, supported by BBC Radio 3.
Find out more.

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