CMC's trophy at the Cork International Choral Festival has been won by PfizerPfonics.

Under their conductor, Bernadette Kiely, the choir sang Michael McGlynn's Incantations in the Premier National Competition in Cork's City Hall. This is the second year running that the choir has won the trophy, 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 competition is open to choirs from the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland, and the festival took place this year from 29 April to 3 May.

CMC's elegant modern trophy in silver and wood was specially commissioned from young Irish silversmith Annette Lappin.

Posted: 11 May 2009