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Last year Alice Halstead and Harry Bradford beat young hopefuls competing to become BBC Radio 2's Young Choristers of the Year 2008. Now Radio 2 is looking for the successors to their title, to affirm and encourage the contribution young people make to choirs and music groups in places of worship across the United Kingdom.

The winners, a boy and a girl, will receive a trophy, and lessons with one of the UK's leading singing coaches. There will normally be opportunities for them also to appear both on national radio and television during the year.

Entrants must be over 11 and under 17 years old on 1 August 2009, and should be a treble, soprano or alto singing regularly in a choir or music group at services of worship of any denomination. The closing date for entries is 31 July 2009. Full details of the competition rules can be found on the application form.

The final will take place on Friday 23 October at St Paul's Cathedral in London, and will be broadcast on Radio 2 on Sunday, 1 November.

APPLICATION FORM

Download the 2009 Radio 2 Young Choristers application form (in PDF format). For information on how to download Acrobat Reader for PDF files visit the BBC Webwise site.