CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL COMPOSITION COMPETITION

Christ Church cathedral recently announced its second annual composition competition. This is for a sacred piece for choir and organ or a cappella choir lasting between 5 and 10 minutes long, for soprano, alto, tenor and bass (or a maximum of one split per part).

The first prize is €700 and second prize €300, and the winning composition will be performed by the cathedral choir at evensong on Trinity Sunday (the cathedral's patronal festival) as part of the Christ Church Festival in June 2007. The performance will be recorded and released as part of the “Live at Christ Church” series of CDs produced by the cathedral.

The competition will be judged by Dr Robert Saxton of Oxford University, and compositions submitted to him will be anonymous. The competition is open to all Irish Irish nationals and those resident in Ireland as of 1 January 2007. Applications should be received by the 4 April 2007, and the outcome of the final round will be announced on 15 May 2007.

For further information please contact the acting assistant organist at Christ Church, Tristan Russcher by phone: +353 1 6778099 or email: assistantorganist@cccdub.ie.

Full details of the Composition Competition 2007 are available online.

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