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BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Grand Final 2008

Caption: Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir celebrates winning the BBC Radio 3 Choir Of The Year

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Caption: Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior celebrates winning BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year with (from left) Paul Gladstone Reid, Mary King, Howard Goodall, Josie D’Arby, Aled Jones, Suzi Digby and Vasily Petrenko

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Caption: Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior celebrates winning BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year with (from left) Paul Gladstone Reid, Mary King, Howard Goodall, Josie D’Arby, Aled Jones, Suzi Digby and Vasily Petrenko

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Caption: Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir deliver their winning performance onstage at the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Grand Final

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Caption: Scunthorpe Co-operative Junior Choir deliver their winning performance onstage at the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Grand Final

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Caption: School children from the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year ‘Taking the Stage’ project, in association with Sing Up, perform in the foyer of the Royal Festival Hall as visitors arrive at the Grand Final.

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Caption: School children from the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year ‘Taking the Stage’ project, in association with Sing Up, perform in the foyer of the Royal Festival Hall as visitors arrive at the Grand Final.

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Caption: School children from the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year ‘Taking the Stage’ project, in association with Sing Up, perform in the foyer of the Royal Festival Hall as visitors arrive at the Grand Final.

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Caption: School children from the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year ‘Taking the Stage’ project, in association with Sing Up, perform in the foyer of the Royal Festival Hall as visitors arrive at the Grand Final.

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Caption: School children from the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year ‘Taking the Stage’ project, in association with Sing Up, perform in the foyer of the Royal Festival Hall as visitors arrive at the Grand Final.

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Caption: School children from the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year ‘Taking the Stage’ project, in association with Sing Up, perform in the foyer of the Royal Festival Hall as visitors arrive at the Grand Final.

Credit: Robin Bell / Imagewise


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Caption: School children from the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year ‘Taking the Stage’ project, in association with Sing Up, perform in the foyer of the Royal Festival Hall as visitors arrive at the Grand Final

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Caption: School children from the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year ‘Taking the Stage’ project, in association with Sing Up, perform in the foyer of the Royal Festival Hall as visitors arrive at the Grand Final

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Caption: School children from the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year ‘Taking the Stage’ project, in association with Sing Up, perform in the foyer of the Royal Festival Hall as visitors arrive at the Grand Final

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Caption: School children from the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year ‘Taking the Stage’ project, in association with Sing Up, perform in the foyer of the Royal Festival Hall as visitors arrive at the Grand Final

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Caption: School children from the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year ‘Taking the Stage’ project, in association with Sing Up, perform in the foyer of the Royal Festival Hall as visitors arrive at the Grand Final

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Caption: School children from the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year ‘Taking the Stage’ project, in association with Sing Up, perform in the foyer of the Royal Festival Hall as visitors arrive at the Grand Final

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Caption: The winners of BBC1’s Last Choir Standing Only Men Aloud perform onstage at the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Grand Final

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Caption: The winners of BBC1’s Last Choir Standing Only Men Aloud perform onstage at the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year Grand Final

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Caption: Wildcard choir Deici performs onstage at the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Grand Final.

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Caption: Wildcard choir Deici performs onstage at the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Grand Final.

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Caption: Youth Choir of the Year, Taplow Youth Choir performs onstage at the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Grand Final.

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Caption: School children from the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year ‘Taking the Stage’ project, in association with Sing Up, perform with David Lawrence in the foyer of the Royal Festival Hall at the Grand Final

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Caption: School children from the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year ‘Taking the Stage’ project, in association with Sing Up, perform with David Lawrence in the foyer of the Royal Festival Hall at the Grand Final

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Caption: School children from the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year ‘Taking the Stage’ project, in association with Sing Up, perform with David Lawrence in the foyer of the Royal Festival Hall at the Grand Final

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Caption: School children from the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Year ‘Taking the Stage’ project, in association with Sing Up, perform in the foyer of the Royal Festival Hall as visitors arrive at the Grand Final

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Caption: Wildcard choir The Voice Squad Seniors perform onstage at the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Grand Final.

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Caption: Wildcard choir The Voice Squad Seniors perform onstage at the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Grand Final.

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Caption: Wildcard choir Grosvenor Chorale performs onstage at the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Grand Final.

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Caption: Wildcard choir Grosvenor Chorale performs onstage at the BBC Radio 3 Choir of the Grand Final.

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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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