CMC’s trophy at the Cork International Choral Festival has been won by Killorglin Youth Choir from County Kerry. Under their conductor, Muireann Joy, the choir sang Seóirse Bodley’s I will walk with my love in the City Hall in Cork on Saturday 1 May. This is the first time that the trophy has been won by a youth choir, and the Contemporary Music Centre congratulates them on their success.

The Contemporary Music Centre's perpetual trophy is awarded annually at the Cork International Choral Festival for the best performance of an original choral work by an Irish composer written after 1975. The elegant modern trophy in silver and wood was specially commissioned from young Irish silversmith Annette Lappin. The festival takes place each year in April/May with a closing date normally in January of the same year. The competition is open to choirs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland.