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It is a mark of their consistent excellence,
that for the past 10 years the choir has had the honour of
being invited to sing with the RTE Concert Orchestra under
the directorship of conductor Proinnsias O Duinn. Although
singing with orchestral accompaniment is the most lavish event
of their musical year, GBS has always sung music for unaccompanied
voices or voices with keyboard accompaniment. In this capacity,
they sing regularly in Galway, captivating audiences with
imaginative and unusual performances, presenting choral singing
remarkable for its beauty of sound and sensitivity of phrasing.
The choir has competed at many festivals throughout
Ireland winning major awards at Sligo, Limerick and Navan.
At the Cork International Choral festival they received the
premier national award three times and were placed third in
the International section of that festival in 1998. They were
also nominated as Choir of the Year in Navan that same
year and went on to take part in the International Eisteddfod
in Llangollen, Wales in 1999. Galway Baroque Singers had the
honour of singing at the honorory conferring ceremony of Nelson
Mandela at NUI Galway in June 2003. Lighter works are also
performed from time to time; the choir particpated in a concert
entitled "Broadway to Ireland" in Leisureland in 2004, where
songs from musicals were performed. As every chorister has
undoubtedly experienced, there is a wonderful unity and joy
in singing together and we in GBS, who come from a wide spectrum
of Galway living, are drawn together every Wednesday night
to sing "de anima" - from the soul.
"an excellent blend of voices-clear
tone and excellent intonation"
" beautiful choir, blended and musical"
..from audication
at the Cork Choral Festival, 2003
where Galway Barqoue Singers were the Winners of the Mixed Voice
Choir Section
"The Galway Baroque Singers are
one of the few choirs in this country to have
a distinctive identity in their sound....blended and balanced choral
tone"
..Martin Adams, Irish
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