Click here for the 2024 entries to Choirs for Christmas!

*COMPETITION NOW CLOSED

We really look forward to hearing your performances and sharing your music making with the nation this Christmas!

As always, a selection of submissions will be chosen for airplay on Weekend Classics with Claudia Boyle from December 7th.

Listen back to last year's overall winner:


Prizes:

BEST OVERALL CHOIR : €750

BEST OVERALL RUNNERS UP: €200

BEST YOUTH CHOIR: €200

BEST COMMUNITY / CHORAL SOCIETY CHOIR: €200

BEST PRIMARY SCHOOL CHOIR: €200

BEST SECONDARY SCHOOL CHOIR: €200

BEST PERFORMANCE OF A CONTEMPORARY IRISH CHORAL WORK*: €200 *Composed within the last 10 years - may include one of the RTÉ lyric fm Christmas Carols Commissions. A selection of scores can be downloaded below:

Adam Lay yBounden by Sebastian Adams

Christmas Day by Elaine Agnew

Curoo Curoo by Elaine Agnew

Stars of Wonder by Linda Buckley

Draíocht na Nollag by Linda Buckley with Music students of Presentation Secondary School, Cork

COMPETITION TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF ENTRY

Entry Conditions:

  • All choirs - school, college, amateur and semi-professional - choral societies and chamber choirs are welcome to enter
  • All music entries must be in MP3 format only and submitted by e-mail only - No other format will be accepted
  • Please listen back to your recording and ensure that it is suitable for airplay, requires no editing and shows the choir at their best!
  • Please note by submitting your entry you are agreeing to RTÉ lyric fm publishing all details submitted
  • Entries must be sent to choirs.lyricfm@rte.ie and must include the following:
  1. A correctly labelled MP3 recording (Please save the MP3 with the full name of the choir, town and county i.e. St Brigid's National School Choir, Castlebar, Co.Mayo)
  2. A high-res jpeg picture of the choir (labelled correctly as above)
  3. A short choir biography (maximum 350 characters)
  4. Details of the piece performed including title and composer and / or arranger
  5. Please submit details of any additional instrumentalists in the recording i.e. accompanist
  6. Full contact details for the choir director
  7. Mobile phone number
  8. Postal address
  9. E-mail address
  10. Where applicable, please provide your social media account names/handles on Facebook, Instagram,X or TikTok.
  11. Optional - send in a video of your choir to be featured on the RTÉ lyric fm social media pages! (preferably made in portrait with a 9:16 aspect ratio and the ideal dimensions being 1080×1920 pixels.)
  12. Please do check this list twice: Ensure you attach all the above details in one email - incomplete entries or multiple emails with incomplete details will be deemed invalid

*COMPETITION IS NOW CLOSED*