Choirs

Codetta

Past highlights include two Prom performances in the Royal Albert Hall in London, Last Night of the Proms in Belfast and special guest choir for the 2015 BBC Sports Personality of the Year, which was broadcast to an audience of more than eight million viewers. In May 2016, Codetta performed with Barry Douglas and Camerata in the Kennedy Centre, Washington and in 2017 Codetta won the Fleischmann International Trophy at the Cork International Choral Festival.

The choir performs regularly with the Ulster Orchestra, including annual performances of Handel’s Messiah and most recently, a recording of the soundtrack to the film, Lost Lives. In April 2023, Codetta presented concerts in Tequila and Guadalajara as part of a short tour of the Jalisco area of Mexico.

An annual highlight for the choir is their participation in the City of Derry International Choir Festival in October, with recent performances including Verdi’s Requiem, Bruckner’s Mass in E minor and Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana. They most recently performed the very moving and powerful A Child of Our Time by Michael Tippett as part of the festival programme 2024.

Codetta Junior

The members are drawn from schools throughout the Derry City and Strabane District Council area and meet for weekly rehearsals throughout term time. The choirs had their origins in what were previously the City of Derry Civic Choirs.

The Codetta Junior Choir comprises young singers aged 7-11. They meet for a weekly rehearsal, 5.00-6.00 pm each Tuesday evening in the Model PS. The choir follows a programme of Kodaly-based learning and explores a wide range of varied and exciting repertoire. The choir members have regular performance opportunities throughout the year, with one of the highlights being the annual Codetta Sings Christmas concert in December, when they join with the other two Codetta choirs.  

Codetta Youth

The members are drawn from schools throughout the Derry City and Strabane District Council area and meet for weekly rehearsals throughout term time. The choirs had their origins in what were previously the City of Derry Civic Choirs.

The singers in the Codetta Youth Choir are drawn from post primary schools throughout the Derry city and district area, as well as pupils from schools in Donegal. The choir rehearses weekly during term time at 6.15-7.30 pm in the Model PS and performs regularly at concerts, functions and festivals throughout the year.

Codetta Youth Choir has enjoyed extraordinary success since its formation in September 2017, including prize-winning performances at international festivals in Derry, Cork and Cardiff. In recent years they’ve performed with members of Tenebrae, Chanticleer, VOCES8 and The Marian Consort. They also work and perform regularly with singers of a similar age in the ground-breaking choral project involving the North Belfast Youth Choir.