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Sunday, 24 May 2009 09:00 |
Choir Barbeque In The RadissonThe choir are holding a barbeque in The Radisson Hotel, Galway, on Saturday evening, June 20th. Tickets are €25 per person and the more members, former members, patrons and friends who can make it, the better! |
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Wednesday, 20 May 2009 18:49 |
June Concerts ProgrammeThe programme for the June performances with the RTE Concert Orchestra has been announced. With this year being the 250th anniversary of Joseph Haydn's death, his compositions feature strongly in the programme. Also featuring will be Karl Jenkins' The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace. The programme in full: Haydn: Te Deum in C major (H. XXIII:c2) Haydn: Missa in Tempore Belli (H. XXII/9) Jenkins: The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace Performers: RTE Concert Orchestra (Proinnsias Ó Duinn, conductor) Galway Baroque Singers (Audrey Corbett, director) Lynda Lee (soprano) Chloe Hinton (mezzo soprano) Ross Scanlon (tenor) Jeffrey Ledwidge (bass) The concerts take place on June 11th in Leisureland and June 12th in the National Concert Hall. You can find full details of the concert programme in our Diary and Performances pages. |
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Sunday, 17 May 2009 14:00 |
Raymond O'Donnell and David Grealy to perform at Dun LaoghaireRaymond O'Donnell and David Grealy, both of whom have associations with the choir, will be performing as part of the 2009 Dun Laoghaire Summer Organ Concerts series.  | Raymond has been director of music at Galway Cathedral since 1994, and down through the years, he has been a frequent accompanist with the choir. Indeed, he travelled and performed with us on our recent tour of Italy. Raymond will be performing on Sunday, July 19th. |  | In Autumn 2008, David became organ scholar at Westminster Cathedral. Before heading to the UK, David was organ scholar at St. Mary's in Dublin, where he worked with the renowned Palestrina Choir. Before he left Galway to undertake his studies, he was a member of our bass fraternity, and pulled the ocasional shift as accompanist. David will be performing on Sunday, August 30th. |
Click here to visit the Dun Laoghaire Organ Concerts website |
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Wednesday, 07 January 2009 18:00 |
Cuckoo Savante Release Debut AlbumCuckoo Savante, featuring Morgan Cooke of this parish, release their debut album this month, entitled "Lennonstown Lies". To launch the album, the band are playing Róisín Dubh on Friday, January 9th at 9PM - admission is free. |
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Friday, 28 November 2008 14:58 |
Audrey Corbett Conferred With Honorary Degree
On Friday, November 28th 2008, Audrey Corbett was the recipient of a Masters in Music (honoris causa) from NUI, Galway, in recognition of her services to music in Galway The choir was invited to perform in her honour at the ceremony.
On behalf of everyone in the choir, we wish to congratulate Audrey on her award and say how very proud we are of our beloved taskmaster!
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