Hereford Cathedral Junior School’s Junior Chamber Choir win the Barnardo’s National Choir Competition 2015

10 Apr 2015

Hereford Cathedral Junior School’s Junior Chamber Choir have won the Barnardo’s National Choir Competition 2015 in London’s prestigious Royal Festival Hall!

Following more than 350 entries from choirs all over the UK, the School’s Junior Chamber Choir was one of only 18 selected in the junior age category.  The choir sang ‘We are the young’ and ‘Hey Diddle’ for a panel of five judges (videos of their song on available at: http://www.herefordcs.com/Choir-Champions-1), all of whom are choral specialists.  They brought the Royal Festival Hall to life and clearly impressed the judges with their energy, positivity and excellent singing.  By winning, the Junior School choir is now invited to sing in November’s Young Supports Concert at the Royal Albert Hall, London.

The choir received excellent feedback from Douglas Coombes MBE and he has offered to write a song especially for them​ as the winning choir.

Miss Rachael Toolan, Hereford Cathedral Junior School’s Head of Music said:“We were competing against 17 excellent choirs within our section and so we were truly honoured to be selected as the winners. We are all delighted!”