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Choral Conducting Summer School

Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:27:21 +0000

Choral Conducting Summer School – closing date for applications, Wednesday 21^st July

The Association of Irish Choirs, University of Limerick presents its 30^th Annual Choral Conducting Summer School for all conductors, teachers, students, choral enthusiasts and musicians. The Summer School will take place from Sunday 15^th to Friday 20^th August in the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance in the stunning surrounds of the University of Limerick. Artistic Director is Bernie Sherlock and guest master teachers are Peter Erdei and Gabriella Thész. Course tutors include Martin Barrett, Ite O’Donovan and Bernie Sherlock. The course is delivered on 5 levels, beginner to advanced so there really is something for everyone. The closing date for applications is Wednesday 21^st July. Please find application forms and repertoire at www.aoic.ie

Please contact AOIC aoic@ul.ie or 061 234823 for further information

The Gillette Chamber Singers Drogheda

Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:59:45 +0000

The Gillette Chamber Singers
Thursday 24 June at 8.00pm
Tickets €15 (to include complimentary interval refreshments)

The Gillette Chamber Singers is a vocal ensemble comprised of musicians from Gillette, Wyoming and the surrounding area who enter the group through audition. Although greatly varied in their musical backgrounds and training, each member possesses a love of performing great and varied traditional choral music.
The ensemble will perform a selection of music from many and varied sources in St. Peter’s during their tour of Ireland in June 2010.
The programme will include a selection from the following
The Sounding Sea Eric Barnum
Polly Wolly Doodle Gail Kubik
O Lord God Paul Tschesnokoff
Ubi Caritas Maurice Duruflé
You Are the New Day John David
Seek Not Afar for Beauty Leland Sateren
My Soul’s Been Anchored in the Lord Moses Hogan
When I Fall in Love Kirby Shaw
Lux Arumque Eric Whitacre
Ezekiel Saw De Wheel Moses Hogan
O Magnum Mysterium Morten Lauridsen
We Shall Walk Through the Valley in Peace Moses Hogan
Oh Shenandoah James Erb
The Old Church Steven Paulus
Nun danket alle Gott Pachelbel
Tickets: tel: 041 9838791; email: Bookings

Song for Mark

Fri, 19 Mar 2010 08:05:22 +0000

“The Song of Mark”

Sunday March 28th at 7.00p.m.

As Lent comes to an end and the joy of Easter approaches, what better way to prepare for the greatest feast in the Christian Year than to join

“The Dundalk Gospel Choir”

“St. Nicholas Children’s Choir”

“Musicians and soloists”

under the direction of Pamela O’Connor Moneley

in an evangelic journey from the triumph of Palm Sunday through the loneliness of the crucifixion to the elation of Easter morning.

The high vault ceilings of St. Patrick’s Church will ensure that this most unique Gospel Music will be experienced in a suitable setting, making it a memorable night. It will truly be a Holy Week!

Donations welcomed at the door.

Setanta Choir Christmas Concert

Wed, 09 Dec 2009 09:54:53 +0000

Clermont Chorale Concert and CD Launch

Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:40:50 +0000

Sunday 13 December 2009 at 4pm

Heritage Centre Carlingford

Clermont Chorale concert and Cd Launch

Clermont ChoraleClermont Chorale was formed in 2003 and has 30 members, drawn from all parts of County Louth. It rehearses every Tuesday night at Dundalk Institute of Technology.

The choir was awarded 1^st prize in both the National Open Competition and the National Competition for Light, Jazz and Popular Music in addition to the Perpetual Trophy for the Performance of Contemporary Choral Music and the Pilib O Laoghaire Memorial Trophy at various visits to the Cork International Choral Festival. It was awarded 2^nd prize in the Premier National Competition in 2008 and 2009.

Clermont Chorale was awarded Silver at the Verona International Choral Competition 2008, competing against choirs from Russia, Italy, Slovenia, Puerto Rico, Germany, Japan, Switzerland,England and the US

Music Director: Ronan Dennedy.

Tickets €12.00 Concessions €8.00

Clermont Chorale will be using the occasion to launch their first CD ‘Clermont Chorale In Concert’, Price €10.

Further information and Bookings:

Please Contact us on 042 9373454

Email: info@carlingfordheritagecentre.com

New Dublin Voices – Something Beginning with B

Sat, 14 Nov 2009 15:59:33 +0000

New Dublin Voices
Something beginning with B.

Imagine confining yourself to a single letter.

“Platoon” and “Peter Pan” in a month watching only films starting with “P”. Cornflakes and carrot-cake on a day devoted to food beginning with “C”.

For their winter concerts on November 21, 22 & 28, the international award-winning New Dublin Voices have done just that: everything in the concert begins with “B”.

What could have been a constraint in fact proved liberating. NDV burrowed deeply into all that “B” has to offer and came up with a wonderful programme embracing the new – the 2008 surround-sound effect of Sea Swell by Irish composer Enda Bates – and old – madrigals by Bennet in the 16th century – and the familiar – Brahms, Bartók, Britten and Bernstein – and the excitingly obscure – an incredible, unforgettable piece by one Wolfram Buchenberg.

And to round things off, some Beatles, some Barbershop. And The Barber of Seville.

“B” there!

Carlingford Heritage Centre, Louth
Sun Nov 22nd @ 7pm

Programme includes

Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia

Brahms: Drei gesange op 42

Buchenberg: Klangfelder

Bates: Sea Swell

Bernstein: Warm-up

Biebl: Ave Maria

€16/€12 (con) at the door or www.ctb.ie 0818 205 205

For further information please contact Lucy Champion at +353 87 983 2553 or lucy6603@yahoo.co.uk

About New Dublin Voices

New Dublin Voices was founded by conductor Bernie Sherlock in October 2005. It has since become a leading Irish chamber choir presenting concert programmes that are fresh, innovative, and exciting, ranging widely in style and period from the medieval to the contemporary. The choir takes special pleasure in exploring the often weird and wonderful music of living composers, and has given numerous Irish and world premieres.

Competitive successes include National Choir of the Year at the Navan Choral Festival (2006, 2007, 2009), several awards at the Cork International Choral Festival, including National Choir of the Festival in 2006, and various prizes at Dublin Feis Ceol.

Awards in 2009 include the Grand Prix at the 12th Budapest International Choir Competition, third prize at the International Chamber Choir Competition in Marktoberdorf, Germany; third prize and the special prize for the best interpretation of the set work (Laudatio Domini by Kokkonon) at the 3rd Harald Andersen Chamber Choir Competition in Helsinki, Finland; and the inaugural ESB Feis Ceol Choir of the Year.

www.newdublinvoices.net

St.Peters Male Voice Choir new CD

Mon, 02 Nov 2009 12:25:36 +0000

The launch of the St Peters Male Voice Choir new Christmas CD “ So This Is Christmas” takes place tomorrow night 3/11/09 in the Westcourt Hotel West St Drogheda at 7. 30pm. The presenter will be Deirdre Purcell of Lyric FM and producer Brian Masterson will also be in attendance. All are welcome.

The annual Christmas concert takes place in St Peters Church Of Ireland on Monday 7th, Tuesday 8th, Thursday 10th, and Friday 11th of December. Tickets are €25. If there is anyone interested in tickets please let me know as there is a big demand for tickets at present and it may be hard to facilitate everyone. I would like to thank every one for their continued support particularly in the present economical circumstances we all find ourselves in.