Syllabus of Competitions
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Choir
- 1.01 Folens Publishers' School Choir of the Year €3,000 Award and Trophy
- 1.02 Oliver O'Brien Award
- 1.03 Florence Culwick Memorial Cup
- 1.04 Ladies Choirs
- 1.05 Mixed Voice Choirs
- 1.06 Corn Hardebec
- 1.07 Dublin County Choir Award for Youth Choir (3-part min.)
- 1.08 Lombard Murphy Cup for Church Music
- 1.10 IMRO Post Primary Choirs Award
- 1.11 Youth Choir - Two Part
- 1.12 Cóir Iarbhunscoile - Dhá, Trí nó Ceithre Pháirt
- 1.14 Turner Huggard Memorial Cup
- 1.16 Alice Yoakley Quirk Cup
- 1.17 Sacred Music: Post-primary Schools Choirs
- 1.18 Ite O'Donovan Award
- 1.19 Junior Choirs - Unison
- 1.20 Cóir Aon Ghutha
- 1.21 School Choirs - Unison
- 1.22 Cóir Bhunscoile - Dhá Pháirt
- 1.23 Primary Schools Choirs - Two part
- 1.24 Sacred Music: Children's Choirs
Senior Solo Singing
- 3.01 Count John McCormack Vocal Recital
- 3.02 Gervase Elwes Memorial Cup
- 3.03 Plunket Greene Cup
- 3.04 Lieder Prize
- 3.05 Percy Whitehead Cup
- 3.06 Nancy Calthorpe Cup
- 3.08 Dermot Troy Trophy
- 3.09 German Government Cup
- 3.10 Denis O'Sullivan Medal
- 3.11 Thomas Moore Cup
- 3.12 Milne Cup
- 3.13 Bradbury Cup
- 3.14 Dramatic Cup and €5,000 Margaret & Tony Quigley Awards
- 3.15 Mrs. P.J. Geoghegan Memorial Cup
- 3.16 Joseph O'Mara Memorial Cup
- 3.17 Senior Musical Theatre & Rathmines & Rathgar Cup award
- 3.18 The Young Cup
- 3.19 The Vincent O'Brien Memorial Cup
- 3.21 John McCormack and Margaret Burke-Sheridan Cups & Bohemians Awards
- 3.22 Soprano Solo
- 3.23 Mezzo-Soprano Solo
- 3.24 Contralto/Countertenor Solo
- 3.25 Tenor Solo
- 3.26 Baritone Solo
- 3.27 Bass Solo
- 3.30 Corn Cuimneacháin Mhic Cathmhaoil
Junior Solo Singing
- 4.01 The Kitty O'Callaghan Trophy
- 4.02 Junior Vocal Recital
- 4.03 Paul Deegan Cup
- 4.04 Boys Vocal Solo
- 4.05 Boys Vocal Solo (Treble)
- 4.06 Buachaillí
- 4.07 Girls Vocal Solo (A)
- 4.08 Girls Vocal Solo (B)
- 4.09 Girls Vocal Solo (C)
- 4.10 Girls Vocal Solo (D)
- 4.11 Cailíní (A)
- 4.12 Cailíní (B)
- 4.13 Junior Musical Theatre and Rathmines & Rathgar Award
Special Competitions
- 6.01 Elsner Memorial Cup
- 6.02 Rhoda Coghill Cup
- 6.03 Chamber Music Cup
- 6.04 Junior Chamber Music Cup
- 6.05 Contemporary Irish Music Cup
- 6.06 Family Ensemble
- 6.07 Corn Uí Shé
- 6.08 Nancy Calthorpe Memorial Prize
Senior Solo Strings
- 7.01 Arthur Catterall Cup
- 7.02 Arthur Darley Memorial Prize
- 7.03 Senior Violin
- 7.04 Senior Viola
- 7.05 Aileen Gore Cup & RTÉ lyric fm €1,500 award
- 7.06 Clyde Twelvetrees Cup
- 7.07 Senior Violoncello
- 7.08 Double Bass
- 7.09 Bach Prize (Cello or Viola)
- 7.10 Classical Guitar
- 7.11 Guitar Bach Prize
- 7.13 Senior Harp (Concert)
- 7.14 Corn Uí Chearbhalláin (Lever)
Junior Solo Strings
- 8.01 St Cecilia Cup
- 8.02 Terry O'Connor Trophy
- 8.03 Junior Violin (A)
- 8.04 Junior Violin (B)
- 8.05 Junior Violin (C)
- 8.06 Junior Violin (D)
- 8.07 Junior Violin (E)
- 8.08 Junior Viola (A)
- 8.09 Junior Viola (B)
- 8.10 Junior Violoncello (A)
- 8.11 Junior Violoncello (B)
- 8.12 Junior Violoncello (C)
- 8.13 Junior Violoncello (D)
- 8.14 Junior Violoncello (E)
- 8.15 Junior Classical Guitar (A) & Kevin Fitzpatrick €5,000 Bursary
- 8.16 Junior Classical Guitar (B)
- 8.17 Junior Classical Guitar (C)
- 8.18 Junior Harp
- 8.19 An Chruit (A)
- 8.20 An Chruit (B)
- 8.21 An Chruit (C)
Senior Solo Pianoforte
- 9.01 Morris Grant Bursary
- 9.02 Hamilton Harty Cup
- 9.03 John A. Pigott Memorial Cup
- 9.04 Nordell Cup
- 9.05 Anthony Glavin Trophy & Awards
- 9.06 Huban Cup and Patrick Brennan €1,000 Award.
- 9.07 Mrs. M. T. Heneghan Memorial Cup
- 9.08 John Benson Memorial Cup
- 9.09 Esposito Cup
- 9.10 Senior Pianoforte Solo
- 9.11 Mabel Swainson Pianoforte Award
Junior Solo Pianoforte
- 12.01 Patricia Read Memorial Cup
- 12.02 Dorothy Stokes Cup
- 12.03 Claud Biggs Memorial Cup
- 12.04 Junior Concerto
- 12.05 Rhona Marshall Cup (Final)
- 12.06 John Field Cup
- 12.07 Junior Pianoforte Solo (A)
- 12.08 Junior Pianoforte Solo (B)
- 12.09 Junior Pianoforte Solo (C)
- 12.10 Junior Pianoforte Solo (D)
- 12.11 Junior Pianoforte Solo (E)
- 12.12 Junior Repertoire
Organ
- 13.01 Sr. Catherine McCauley Perpetual Cup
- 13.02 Fitzgerald Trophy
- 13.03 Senior Organ
- 13.04 Junior Organ
- 13.05 Stanford Prize
Senior Woodwind
- 14.01 McCullough Cup & RTÉ lyric fm €1,500 award
- 14.02 Senior Flute
- 14.03 Senior Woodwind
- 14.06 Senior Saxophone
- 14.07 Senior Recorder
Junior Woodwind
- 15.01 Junior Flute (A)
- 15.02 Junior Flute (B)
- 15.03 Junior Flute (C)
- 15.04 Junior Clarinet (A)
- 15.05 Junior Clarinet (B)
- 15.06 Junior Oboe
- 15.07 Junior Bassoon
- 15.08 Junior Saxophone
- 15.09 Junior Recorder - Descant (A)
- 15.10 Junior Recorder - Descant (B)
Senior Brass
- 16.01 Senior Brass Recital
- 16.02 The Walton Cup
- 16.09 The Anchor Cup
Junior Brass
- 17.01 Junior French Horn (A)
- 17.02 Junior French Horn (B)
- 17.03 Junior Trumpet/Cornet (A)
- 17.04 Junior Trumpet/Cornet (B)
- 17.06 Junior Brass Instrumental
- 17.11 Junior Brass Ensemble Cup
Conducting
- 19.01 Orchestral Conducting
- 19.02 Choral Conducting
Percussion
- 20.01 Junior Percussion
- 20.02 Senior Percussion
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Syllabus
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