Eleven Choirs are set to compete in the Isle of Man Festival of Choirs next month.

The Festival of Choirs takes place on the weekend of 17th-18th October in the Royal Hall at the Villa Marina, culminating in the Sunday finals day where big prize money and trophies will be awarded.

The festival has four separate sections of youth, ladies’, male and mixed-voice choirs, with the first two in each section receiving prizes of ?500 and ?200 respectively.

Each choir will be called on to perform four contrasting pieces of their own choice, one of which must be unaccompanied. Winners of each class go through to the final, with the overall winning choir scooping an additional prize of ?1,500.

Patron of the festival is once again internationally-renowned singer and Isle of Man resident Moira Anderson OBE.

This year’s adjudicator, Andrew Padmore is a popular conductor with choirs and orchestras internationally and is a leading figure in the choral world. He has been described by his critics as “a leading musical force in Yorkshire and by the German press at an International Choral Festival as “the highlight of the festival”. He is the resident conductor and artistic director of the Yorkshire Philharmonic Choir and Yorkshire Chamber Choir.

For further details about the festival please contact Laura Quinn on Laura@festivalofchoirs.im. 

Tickets to see the choirs are just ?6 for the full weekend and are available from villagaiety.com. 

Photo - Chorus Amici who won Choir of the Festival in 2013.