The choir took part in the Senior Children Choir’s Class of the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod in Wales, home of the famous ‘Choir of the World’ Competition.
They competed against choirs from Australia, Russia, USA, Ukraine, South Africa, Wales and England. This is the choirs ever performance in an international festival: To be chosen to compete in the finals, 100’s of choirs from around the world send in CD’s, from which 14 choirs are chosen to compete on the prestigious Royal Pavilion Stage in Llangollen.
Competing against some of the worlds finest choirs, the Bradford Girls’ Choir came a commendable 8th place (out of 14) which for their first international competition was a great achievement. The adjudicators praised the choirs tuning, diction and presentation noting that with further experience in such events, the choir would continue to improve.
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The Bradford Girls’ Choir is a choir run by the Diocese of Leeds, and is directed by Christopher McElroy (Assistant Director of Music, Diocese of Leeds.) There are 50 girls (aged 10-17) in the choir drawn from St Josephs Catholic College, Yorkshire Martyrs, Holy Family Keighley and catholic primary schools in Bradford and Keighley. The Bradford Youth Choir (of which they are part) is the largest Catholic Youth Singing Program in the country, and attracts attention nationwide: Christopher McElroy was recently interviewed by Aled Jones on BBC R3 about the program.
The choir have just returned from a weeks tour to France, where they performed concerts in Paris and Lourdes (In the Rosary Basilica, to an audience of over 1000 people!)
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