Would some kind person who is at the Cork Choral Festival, and has the inclination, be so kind as to post the results of the competitions here for those of us...
Dear Friends. Thought you might be interested in the Programme for The Boyne Valley Honey National Choir Of The Year Competition to be held in St. Mary's...
Ernest Mc Bride
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May 2, 2004 7:50 am
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Thursday 13th May at 8 p.m. in St Mary's Church Angelsey Rd Ballsbridge D.4 Pieces from Bach, Mozart,Jones and Faure plus Folk and Renaissance choices.Guest...
Following David's request, here are the results as far as I can remember them (sorry about the schools sections - I didn't get to hear them): International...
Brendan O'Connor
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May 4, 2004 8:24 am
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Thanks Brendan, I'm sorry I wasn't there. The lack of interest in the National competitions is difficult question to answer. I do have one or two theories...
David et al., I don't know why these sections have lost the support that was there say even 5 years ago. The rivalry and excitement of being in those...
Brendan O'Connor
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May 4, 2004 9:23 am
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The simplest answer to this is that we reap as we sow... Choral music in this country continues to be peripheralised as an artform. How could there be interest...
Michael McGlynn is dead right. I had the great good fortune to be taught sol-fa in primary school; I took it for granted; how many kids get that now? Not that...
Andrew Robinson
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May 4, 2004 6:05 pm
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To fill in the gaps for Brendan... ... choir came ... Second place went to Dublin Airport Singers Incidentally, there were 15 entries in this competition....
Like you Andrew, I also had the good fortune to be taght sol-fa in Primary School, mind you at the time, I hated it !!!!, it must have been one of the most...
Robin Heather
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May 4, 2004 11:15 pm
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I didn't have the good fortune to learn solfa in school. Both my national school and secondary schools were sadly lacking in the music departments. My...
I have to agree with David. This conversation is very similar to the one, after the Cork Choral Festival last year. Maybe the strength of our choirs lie in...
Certainly Michael is right when he says we reap what we sow but we can't let this preclude us from exploring repertoire and trying to develop the standards....
Brendan O'Connor
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May 5, 2004 8:35 am
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Dear Bernie, Yes, there was a similar brief chat after last Cork but I didn't get a clear answer to my question then and I am no wiser this year as to what the...
Brendan O'Connor
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May 5, 2004 11:08 am
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Dear Choral and Musical Conoisseurs, just to remind you about the Croatian choir Cantores Sancti Marci concert on May the 8th, starting time 15:00, in The Shaw...
Corrected Programme with apologies to The Kill Singers for leaving them out the first time!! Dear Friends. Thought you might be interested in the Programme for...
Ernest Mc Bride
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May 6, 2004 11:05 pm
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The winner of the Boyne Valley Honey National Choir of the Year Competition at Navan today was: Cantairi Oga Atha Cliath from Dublin Musical Director: Brian O...
Ernest Mc Bride
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May 10, 2004 10:13 pm
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Thanks To all the Competitors/Choirs that took part in the Navan Choral Festival.2004 50. Choir Performances in total. 9. Choirs in the Mixed Voice...
Ernest Mc Bride
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May 10, 2004 10:14 pm
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Press Release NATIONAL CHAMBER CHOIR CHINA/IRELAND CULTURAL EXCHANGE 2004 May 2004…The National Chamber Choir of Ireland (NCC) is delighted to announce its...
National Chamber Choir
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May 11, 2004 8:44 am
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Can anyone help please? I would like to start printing out some choral arrangements and stuff I've done over the years and don't know anything about how to go...
Derek Verso
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May 13, 2004 9:01 pm
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Sibelius is the one you want. It will cost you about 700 euro, but it's your only man. Fergus O'Carroll will be glad to sell it to you. ... From: Derek Verso ...
Interesting... how does Sibelius work? I use a free programme - Finale Notepad at the moment to do up simple arrangements. It's great to start off with...
ciara
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May 14, 2004 9:05 am
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Greetings Derek Good to see you on this e-group, David's suggestion is a good one, however, I suggest you speak with Eugene Griffin, David Leigh and Andrew...
Robin Heather
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May 14, 2004 9:06 am
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I found a very easy to use, and fairly inexpensive (about USD$40, if I remember correctly), programme called Noteworthy (www.noteworthysoftware.com). It's...
Dear Derek, With appologies to David's recommendation, before you go spending a very useful € 700, let me recommend you a friend of mine's website which is a...
With Sibelius you can use either the mouse, the computer keyboard or a midi piano keyboard to enter you chosen notes. If you are a very accurate keyboard...
I agree with David Maxwell about Sibelius 2 I use it too - it is an extremely good programme. You can do any sort of music with it and the quality of the final...
For those of you in the Kildare area.....why not come along to ... NEXT SUNDAY 23rd MAY 7.30pm ST Brigid's Cathedral, Kildare SONGS OF PRAISE for Ascension ...
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