OPENING GALA CONCERT - Verdi Requiem Saturday 29th April Sunday 30th April Wednesday 26th April, 8pm, City Hall CORK FLEISCHMANN SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA Cara O’Sullivan (Soprano), Raphaela Mangan (Mezzo Soprano), Owen Gilhooly (Tenor), John Molloy (Bass). NATIONAL COMPETITIONS: SACRED TRAIL: FESTIVAL CHORUS: MIXED VOICE, CHAMBER & YOUTH CHOIRS - Cork City Hall, 9.30am €5 UBC University Singers [Canada] - Holy Cross Church, Mahon, 10.00am (East Cork Choral Society, Cór Cois Abhann & Cantairí Mhuscraí) Keith Pascoe (Conductor) Mukogawa Women’s University Junior & Senior High School Chorus Club CHORAL SYMPOSIUM: [Japan] - Church of the Resurrection, Farranree 10.30am PRE CONCERT PERFORMANCE: Choir Voicing Workshop with Kevin O’Carroll Band of 1 Brigade Jubilant Gospel Girls [Italy] - St. Columba’s Church, Douglas, 11.00am Captain Brian Prendergast (Conductor) - Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music, 10am FREE Madrid Male Chorus [Spain] - St. Michael’s Church, Blackrock, 11.00am Tickets: €20, €25, €30 The Composer Speaks with Dr. Rhona Clarke Choros Amici [England] - St. Patrick’s Church, Rochestown, 11.00am - Doolan Room (217), CIT, Cork School of Music, 11.15am FREE The Swingles [UK] Voice Production with Majella Cullagh Maynooth University Chamber Choir [Ireland] Thursday 27th April, 8pm, Cork City Hall. - St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral, Cork City, 11.15am - Doolan Room (217), CIT, Cork School of Music, 1.30pm FREE Grammy Award-winning a cappella supergroup will wow audiences with an Codetta [Ireland] - Cathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne, 11.30am eclectic programme of pop and jazz inspired music - a must-see show! “Stunning reinventions of songs by the likes of John Martyn, Elbow and FRINGE CONCERTS: Century Voice Choir [Taiwan] - Church of the Incarnation, Frankfi eld, 11.30am Mumford & Sons, with subtle beatboxing and audacious harmonies... superhero EVENT GUIDE Choirs at Christchurch III: Guys And Dolls [Ireland] Female Chamber Choir Sv. Zlata Meglenska [Macedonia] singing to truly raise goosebumps.” - THE GUARDIAN - Triskel Christchurch, 1.00pm €10/€8 conc. - Church of the Most Holy Heart of Mary, Ballinhassig, 11.30am Tickets: €15, €20, €25 New Dublin Voices [Ireland] Evivakören [Finland] - Church of the Real Presence, Curraheen, 11.30am - Diseart Chapel, Dingle, 8pm €15 Chamber Choir Ireland Cywair [Wales] - Christ the King Church, Turners Cross, 12.00pm [Festival Choir In Residence] The Great Mystery CHORAL TRAIL: Flori Canti [France] - Church of the Annunciation, Blackpool, 12.00pm Friday 28th April, 7.30pm, St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral. Paul Hillier (Conductor) Jubilant Gospel Girls Italy Bodeča Neža Girls Choir [Italy] - Our Lady Crowned Church, Mayfi eld, 12.00pm “Imaginatively programmed… exemplary standards… - CIT Blackrock Castle Observatory, 12.00pm FREE The Carrigaline Choral Group [Ireland] truly world-class” - CULTURE NORTHERN IRELAND Afternoons in the Atrium - Clayton Hotel, 1.30pm-6pm FREE - St. Francis Church, Liberty Street, 12.00pm Tickets: €20 The Wall of Sound England Falun Chamber Choir [Sweden] - St. Joseph's Church, Glanmire, 12.00pm - Evening Echo O ce, Oliver Plunkett St., 3.00pm FREE Evocations - New Dublin Voices [IRELAND] Friday 28th April, 10.30pm, Century Voice Choir Taiwan NATIONAL COMPETITIONS: Cathedral St. Mary & St. Anne (North Cathedral) - Market Lane, Oliver Plunkett St., 3.00pm FREE Female Voice Choirs, Male Voice Choirs & Ireland’s Choir Of The Year Evocations, noted for its sacred and refl ective atmosphere presents - Cork City Hall, 9.45am €5 The Wall of Sound England - Old Oak, Oliver Plunkett St., 3.30pm FREE one of Ireland’s top award-winning chamber choirs. Light, Jazz & Popular Music - Cork City Hall, 1.40pm €5 Jubilant Gospel Girls Italy - GPO, Oliver Plunkett St., 4pm FREE Tickets: €15 Church Music - St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral, 2.30pm FREE Vokalensemble “Crossover” Germany - Keane’s Jewellers Oliver Plunkett St., 5.00pm FREE International Fleischmann Gala AWARDS CEREMONY: Saturday 29th April, 3pm & 8pm, Cork City Hall. The Wall of Sound England - Electric Bar & Restaurant 6.00pm FREE Adjudication of Fleischmann International Trophy Competition and ‘’Witness some of the world’s top amateur choirs’’ Flori Canti [France] - The Maldron Hotel, 6.30pm FREE Presentation of Festival Awards. Performances by Ceoltóirí Mhuscraí & the Tickets: €15, €20, €25 winner of Fleischmann Trophy - Cork City Hall, 5.15pm FREE (Incl. Entry to Both 3pm and 8pm sessions) €10 for 3pm session ONLY SACRED TRAIL: Closing Gala Concert Voices Of Cork [Ireland] - St. Joseph’s SMA Church, Wilton, 6.00pm FREE FRINGE CONCERTS: Sunday 30th April, 8pm, Cork City Hall The Clerks Choral of St. Mary’s Collegiate Church, Youghal, Vokalensemble “Crossover” [Germany] ‘’A joyful celebration of song and colour’’ - St. James’ Church, Ballinora, 7pm FREE sings The O ce of Compline in Plainsong - Church of St. Anne, Shandon, 6pm FREE Tickets: €20, €25, €30

GALA CONCERTS: CHORAL TRAIL: International Fleischmann Gala Session 1 & 2 - Cork City Hall, 3pm/8pm Afternoons In The Atrium - Clayton Hotel, 1.30pm-6pm FREE 3pm Session only €10 8pm Session €25/€20/€15 [Includes admission to Session 1] GALA CONCERTS: CLOSING GALA FESTIVAL FEATURES: The Festival weekend is brought to a soaring climax in a vibrant celebration of culture and song. Festival Food Market - Emmett Place, 10am-6pm FREE - Cork City Hall, 8pm €30/€25/€20 The Big Sing with Gemma Sugrue - Come and be a part of Cork’s largest Choir! Cork City Hall, 12.00pm FREE FESTIVAL FEATURES: Festival Club - Clayton Hotel, 10pm-2am €5* Festival Club - Clayton Hotel, 10pm-2am €5 (Free with a Festival Lanyard) Join us in Cork for fi ve days of Athens 18th Junior High School Choir [Greece] FRINGE CONCERTS: - Cork City Library, 1.00pm FREE Music at the Freemasons’ Hall: song & spectacle! Athens 18th Junior High School Choir [Greece] Female Chamber Choir SV.Zlata Meglenska [Macedonia] - , 3.30pm FREE & Evivakören [Finland] - Freemasons' Hall, Tuckey Street, 1.10pm FREE #LoveChoral... Jubilant Gospel Girls [Italy] - The Shelbourne Bar, 6.00pm FREE St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral Organ Recital relish in and be captivated by the Festival highlights at our main Gala Female Chamber Choir Sv. Zlata Meglenska [Macedonia] - St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral, 1.10pm FREE Concerts every night throughout the festival… - Cork Airport, 7.35pm FREE #Loveharmony... CHORAL TRAIL: follow the Choral Trail, as it winds its way around Cork city and county, GALA CONCERT: Mukogawa Womens University Junior & Senior High School Chorus Club staging a fabulous array of national and international choirs… The Swingles [UK] [Japan] - Blarney Castle*, 10:00am *Park admission Fees apply Falun Chamber Choir [Sweden] - Blackpool Library, 10.30am FREE The Swingles have won fi ve #LoveSinging... Bodeča Neža Girls Choir [Italy] - Tory Top Library, 11:00am FREE Grammy® awards and appeared various opportunities to participate: at the much loved Big Sing in Star Wars trilogy. Verdi’s Requiem is one of those pieces of the classical Century Voice Choir [Taiwan] - Cork City Library, 12.45pm FREE repertoire that are known to far more people than they even realize, on numerous fi lm and TV Cork City Hall, the Festival Club always ends in a sing-song; and at our Athens 18Th Junior High School Choir [Greece] Church performances and national competitions... and its majesty will bring the 2017 Cork International Choral Festival to soundtracks, including Sex and - CIT Blackrock Castle Observatory, 1:00pm FREE a wonderful start. Our Opening Gala is kindly sponsored by First South the City, Milk, Grey’s Anatomy and #LoveListening... Credit Union Ltd. Glee. Their repertoire has grown The Wall Of Sound [England] - , UCC, 1.00pm FREE to include a huge variety of music, Vokalensemble "Crossover" [Germany] - Crawford Art Gallery, 1.45pm FREE consider the concepts and opinions of musical experts at our Choral - Cork City Hall, 8pm €30 / €25 / €20 Symposium and Friendship Concerts bringing a wide variety of including new original songs, and they have released more than 50 Bodeča Neža Girls Choir [Italy] nationalities together in the universal language of music… recordings - most recently the audacious Deep End and holiday album - Keane's Jewellers, Oliver Plunkett St., 2.30pm FREE Yule Songs vol. II. At a time when a cappella music is more popular than Falun Chamber Choir [Sweden] - Library, 2.45pm FREE Make a date now with the 63rd Cork International Choral Thursday 27th April ever, The Swingles are recognised as masters of their craft and will surely Flori Canti [France] - CIT Blackrock Castle Observatory, 3.00pm FREE Festival and come together for fi ve days of song in Cork! bring a wonderful energy to Cork City Hall. UBC University Singers, British Columbia [Canada] - Cork City Hall, 8pm €25 / €20 / €15 - Old Oak, Oliver Plunkett St., 3.00pm FREE Vokalensemble “Crossover” [Germany] - L’Atitude ‘51, 5.30pm FREE NATIONAL COMPETITIONS: Jubilant Gospel Girls [Italy] - Electric Bar & Restaurant, 6.00pm FREE Wednesday 26th April Schools Section 2 [Post-Primary Equal Voice] Friday 28th April Madrid Male Chorus [Spain] - GPO, Oliver Plunkett St, 6.00pm FREE - Cork City Hall, 11am €5 The Wall Of Sound [England] - The Shelbourne Bar, 6.00pm FREE Laetare Vocal Ensemble [Ireland] NATIONAL COMPETITIONS: SYMPOSIUM FRINGE: EDUCATION: - Market Lane, Oliver Plunkett St., 6.30pm FREE The Art of A Cappella Masterclass with "The Swingles" Madrid Male Chorus [Spain] - Everyman Theatre Bar, 7.30pm FREE Schools Section 1 [Primary] & Section 3 [Post-Primary Mixed Voice] 20th Composers in the Classroom Performance - Curtis Auditorium, - Millennium Hall, - Cork City Hall, 11.00am CIT Cork School of Music, 11am FREE Cork City Hall, 10am FREE GALA CONCERTS: - Cork City Hall, 2.30pm €5 COMBINED ENTRY Core Singing with Dr. Trish Rooney Chamber Choir Ireland [Ireland] - Doolan Room (Room 217), CHORAL SYMPOSIUM: Chamber choir Ireland is delighted FRINGE EVENTS: CIT Cork School of Music, 5pm FREE SEMINAR ON NEW CHORAL MUSIC to return to this annual festival Choirs At Christchurch I: as Choir-in-Residence, under with Chamber Choir Ireland & Paul Hillier Flori Canti [France] conductor Paul Hillier, showcasing FRINGE CONCERTS: - Curtis Auditorium, - Triskel Christchurch, 1.10pm FREE the world première performances Choirs At Christchurch II: Cork School of Music, 2pm FREE of a CCI/CICF jointly commissioned Vokalensembe “Crossover” [Germany] Alexander Technique Workshop with Mary Shorten work by David Fennessy, and City Shower by John FRIENDSHIP CONCERTS: and Jubilant Gospel Girls [Italy] - Curtis Auditorium, Lonergan, the winner of the Seán Ó Riada Composition Mukogawa Women’s University Junior - Triskel Christchurch, 1.10pm FREE CIT Cork School of Music, 5.15pm FREE Competition, in our annual Gala Concert. & Senior High School Chorus Club Japan - St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral, 7.30pm €20 - St. Brigid’s College, Kilkenny, 6pm FREE FRIENDSHIP CONCERTS: FRIENDSHIP CONCERTS: New Dublin Voices [Ireland] Flori Canti France UBC University Singers, British Columbia Canada GALA CONCERT: Evocations, our late night concert - Carrignafoy Community College, , 11:00am FREE - Killavullen National School, 10.00am FREE noted for its sacred and refl ective OPENING GALA - Verdi Requiem Irish Youth Choir Ireland Meet & Greet - International Non-Competitive Choirs atmosphere, presents an award- Verdi’s Requiem is one of the most frequently performed major choral - Glanmire Community College, 12.00pm FREE - Cork City Hall, 11:00am FREE winning chamber choir, founded works and will be brought to life through the voices of Cara O’Sullivan by conductor Bernie Sherlock in Irish Youth Choir Ireland Jubilant Gospel Girls Italy (Sporano), Raphaela Mangan (Mezzo Soprano), Owen Gilhooly (Tenor), 2005, whose concerts range in style - Edmund Rice College, 2pm FREE - St. Brogan’s College, Bandon, 1.30pm FREE John Molloy (Bass) and the Festival Chorus comprised of East Cork and period from to medieval to the Choral Society, Cór Cois Abhann and Cantairí Mhuscraí. The masterwork Century Voice Choir Taiwan contemporary. NDV is a regular has been staged and performed in the world’s most renowned places, CHORAL TRAIL: - Ashton School, Blackrock Road, 2.00pm participant in competitions, both and sections can even be heard in countless advertisements and movies Jubilant Gospel Girls [Italy] Meet & Greet - Fleischmann International Trophy Competitive Choirs internationally and at home and are committed to attracting new audiences. - including Quentin Tarantino’s Django Unchained or the notorious - , 10:30am FREE - Cork City Hall, 4:00pm FREE - Cathedral of St. Mary & St. Anne [North Cathedral], 10.30pm €15