Choir of the Year 2012

2012 AUDITIONS

Sunday 4 March 2012 Newcastle Theatre Royal

Results - Choirs of the Day
Youth Category: Cantores Amabile Girls' Choir Lincoln Minster School Chamber Choir Adult Category: Northern Spirit Singers Les Sirenes Open Category: The Alleycats
AM session: 10.00-13.30 (end time is approximate)

	Choir name	Choir Category

	Tees Valley Youth Choir	Youth

	Cantores	Youth

	The Academy at Shotton Hall	Youth

	Voices of Hope	Adult

	Millegro Contemporary Choir	Adult

	Northern Spirit Singers	Adult

	Amabile	Youth

	Lady Lumley's School	Youth

PM session: 14.30 -18.45 (end time is approximate)

	Choir name	Choir Category

	Durham Harmonics	Open

	Les Sirenes	Adult

	Coro Edina	Adult

	The Strathcarron Singers	Adult

	The Alleycats	Open

	Lincoln Minster School Chamber Choir	Youth

	St George's Singers	Youth

	East Renfrewshire Intermediate Choir	Youth

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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.