Secondary Schools National Choral Festival Macroom, Co. Cork Date February 29, 2009

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1 Arklow Music Date 28 Feb - 8 March, 2009 Children, youth & adult choirs, also ensembles. Youth Choral Day 2 April. Senior Choral Day 8 April. Eileen Clandillon Office 29 Main St. Arklow Co. Wicklow Closing date 16 January, 2009 Tel no invermorefestivalservices@msn.com Venue(s) St. Maryʼs College Wesley College Interschools Music Date 6-7 March, 2009 School choirs, solo & ensemble instrumental Anna Miller Wesley College Ballinteer Dublin 16 Closing date 30 January, 2009 Tel no , anna.miller@wesleycollege.ie Web: Venue(s) In the school Limerick of Church Music Date 29 Feb - 2 March, 2009 School choirs, church choirs, community choirs & youth choirs. Plainchant and sacred music Orla Colgan Ballyvelogue Patrickswell Co. Limerick Closing date 11 January, 2009 Tel no ballyvelogue@eircom.net Venue(s) 3 Churches in Limerick Secondary Schools National Choral Macroom, Co. Date February 29, 2009 New competition for schools with regional heats in Jan. in Listowel, Galway, Waterford, Dublin & Mullingar. Finals in Macroom on 29 February Administrator; : Ann Dunne The Briery Gap Cultural Centre Macroom Co. Closing date 21 November, 2008 Tel no brierygap@eircom.net Web: Venue(s) Belfast; Dublin; Westmeath; Kerry; Waterford; ; 27 February: All Ireland Final See our website for details

2 Feis Ceoil Date 23 March - 3 April, 2009 Classes for all choir types, children, youth & adult. Carmel Byrne or Laura Gilsenan Feis Ceoil Office 37 Molesworth St. Dublin 2 Closing date 5:30pm, 15 December, 2008 Tel no info@feisceoil.ie Web: Venue(s) RDS. St. Maryʼs, St.Bartholomewʼs Church, Dublin. Date Feis Maitiú 6 February, 2009 (Adult choirs); 2-3 March, 2009 (School choirs); Irish music & school choirs Adult an school choirs Tim McCarthy & Kathleen OʼRegan Father Matthew Hall. Fr. Matthew Street Closing date 26 November, 2008 Tel no feismaitiu@eircom.net Venue(s) Father Matthew Hall,. Coleraine International Choral Date March, 2009 Adult, youth, children, barbershop & light entertainment Co-ordinator, Alex Carmichael Coleraine Borough Council 66 Portstewart Road Coleraine BT 52 1EY, Northern Ireland Closing date 7 November 2008 Tel no leisure@colerainebc.gov.uk Web: Venue(s) University of Ulster, Coleraine. Fintan OʼCarroll Feis Date 20 March, 2009 Junior & Senior youth choirs only. Instrumental classes in April. Julie Quinlan Fintan OʼCarroll Feis C/O WIT Music School College St. Campus Waterford Closing date 30 January, 2009 Tel no jquinlan@wit.ie cmobrien@wit.ie Venue(s) College St Chapel, WIT, Waterford

3 Oireachtas na Cásca & Pan Celtic Date April, 2009 Both festivals will run their own classes for all choir types, children, youth & adult in Irish & other celtic languages. Various workshops available. Máirín Nic Dhonnchadha 6 Stráid Fhearchair Baile Átha Cliath 2 Closing date Check with organisers Tel no Fax eolas@antoireachtas.ie donegaltourism@eircom.net Web: Venue(s) Various, Donegal Town Bangor International Choral Date 29 April - 2 May, 2009 Competitions for adult, youth, schools & Special Needs schools. Also Barbershop & Light Entertainment. Joan Houston Director 71 Bryansford Meadow Bangor Co. Down, Northern Ireland BT20 3NX Closing date 11 February, 2009 Tel no bangorchoral@aol.com Web: Venue(s) St. Comgallʼs Parish Centre, Bangor. International Choral Date 29 April - 3 May, 2009 Schools, youth, adult national competitions & International Trophy Competition. Lucy Healy-Kelly International Choral Civic Trust House 50 Popeʼs Quay Closing date 31 January, 2009 for National Competitions Tel no info@corkchoral.ie Web: Venue(s) City Hall, St. FinBarreʼs Cathedral Bord na Mona Navan Choral & National Choir of the Year Date April, 2009 Classes for all choir types, children, youth & adult. Boyne Valley National Choir of the Year competition. National Youth Choir of the Year. Ernest McBride Eagle Lodge Hurdlestown Kells Co. Meath Closing date 28 t March 2009 Tel no Fax: Web: Venue(s) ernies@eircom.net Solstice Centre, Navan, Co. Meath.

4 Feile an tsamhraidh Date May, 2009 Classes for all choir types, children, youth & adult. Louise Baker 68 Rosary Place Midleton Co. Closing date 30 March, 2009 Tel no / louise.moloney@iolfree.ie Web: St. Colmanʼs Community College, Midleton, Co. Venue(s) Midleton GAA Hall, Midleton, Co. AIMS Choral Date May, 2009 Range of competitions for adults & childrens choirs including barbershop, gospel, & sacred music. Margaret Rossiter 11 Ard Alainn New Ross Co. Wexford Closing date 20 March, 2009 Tel no marrossiter@eircom.net Web: Venue(s) New Ross, Co. Wexford IABS Barbershop Convention Date 2-4 October, 2009 Barbershop Quartet & Chorus competitions for male & female voices. Marie Power 5 Kilgarve Gardens Ballinasloe Co. Galway Closing date 1 June, 2009 Tel no marietpower@gmail.com Web: Venue(s) Sligo Clarion Hotel Sligo International Choral Date October, 2009 Male & Female voice choirs, mixed voice, sacred music, barbershop & gospel music Administrator Sligo International Choral Business Innovation Centre Institute of Technology Campus Ballinode, Sligo Closing date 1 July, 2009 Tel no ; sligochoralfest@eircom.net Web: Venue(s) Sligo I.T., Sligo Park Hotel, Clarion Hotel Sligo

5 Kilcoole Music Date 6-8 Nov and Nov, 2009 Competitions for instrumental, orchestral and choral classes for adults & children. Clare Kilbride Windy Ridge Kilquade Greystones Co. Wicklow Closing date 2 October, 2009 Tel no Venue(s) St. Patrickʼs Hall, Kilcoole, Co. Wicklow