Oregon pip Dubs to take festival crown

The University of Oregon Chamber Choir last night pipped Irish ensemble New Dublin Voices to the coveted top prize in this year’s Cork International Choral Festival.

Using a stringent marking formula, the international jury judging the Fleischmann International Trophy Competition gave the US choir 92.67% and the Dublin choir 90.11%.

It was a climatic end to a highly successful festival involving some 5,000 musicians, 1,000 of them international, performing in 122 different ensembles in 63 venues around Cork.