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2013 Programme of Events(Publish date 08.05.2013, V8)

Event Tickets Available on door at venues and at local outlets.

www.mayochoral.com

Saturday 11th May

On The Edge – Festival Fringe Event

Date / Time Event / Location Choirs / Artistes

Sat 11th May

8.30pm

Reading Male Voice Choir Concert

Church of the Holy Rosary

Adm e10

In Assoc. with ‘The Gathering 2013’

Reading Male Voice Choir

Mayo Male Voice Choir

St Joseph’s Secondary School Senior Choir

St Gerald’s College Senior Choir

Thursday 23rd May

Festival Opening Concert


Thurs 23rd May

8.30pm

Festival Opening Concert

Castlecourt Hotel, Westport

Adm e10

(Pre‐concert reception for

representatives of choirs and guests

at 7.30pm)

University of New Hampshire Touring Ensemble

Castlebar Gospel Choir

Westport Choral SocietyFestival Opened byMr. Michael Feeney, Mayo Person of the Year.



Friday 24th May

Workshop


Fri 24rd May3pm

Choral Workshop: Gesture

Christchurch, CastlebarAdm e5

This workshop will make you laugh, sing, have

fun – it will investigate how gesture and the non‐verbal communication emanating from the choir

director influences all parts of a choir’s

performance from dynamics to phrasing and

blend to individual vowel length. For choir

members and directors. Presented by Peter

Davies.

Friday Evening ConcertsAll Evening Concerts Start at 8.30pm, except Ballina at 8pm


Fri 24rd May

8.30pm

Fri 24rd May8.30pm

Fri 24rd May8pm

Fri 24rd May

8.30pm

Fri 24rd May8.30pm

Fri 24rd May

8.30pm

Ballintubber Sings!

Ballintubber Abbey

Adm e10Proceeds Ballintubber Abbey Trust Fund

Ballinrobe Sings!

St Mary’s ChurchAdm e10Proceeds Western Care

Ballina Sings!

Inspirational Choral Classics

St Muredach’s Cathedral, BallinaAdm e10Proceeds St Muredach’s Cathedral

Killala Sings!

Cathedral of St Patrick

Adm e10Proceeds In Humbert’s Footsteps Event

SLAVA – Newport Sings!

St Patrick’s Church.

Music from the Russian Orthodox

Choral Tradition

Adm e15 & e10

Swinford Sings!

Swinford Cultural Centre

Adm e10Proceeds Our Lady Help of Christians Church

Members of Ballintubber Abbey Choir.

Oban Gaelic Choir, Scotland.

Uni. of New Hampshire Touring Ensemble, US.

Galway Choral Association.

St. Joseph’s Primary School Choir, Ballinrobe.

St Muredach’s Cathedral Choir

Parish Childrens’ ChoirGuest soprano soloist Lavinia Gilmartin and

violinist Andrew Sheeran.

Hendsemer Krischer, Germany.

Cór Chairlinne.

Lawlor School of Song Choir.

Performed by Resurgam and

Cór Mhaigh Eo.

Enchiriadis Chamber

Enchiriadis Ladies ChoirHarmonia

Swinford Church Choir

Francie McNicholas

Mayo School of Music Youth Choir



Saturday 25th May

CompetitionsAdm e5 (allows entry to all competitions)

All choirs will be seated in each venue for the duration of the competition,with the exception of choirs who are participating in another competition and may have to

leave immediately after their performance in order to get to the next in time.


Sat 25th May

3pm

Premier Competition A

GMIT, CastlebarIn Assoc. Mayo Naturally

Adm e5 (allows entry to all competitions)

Featuring winning choirs of other competitions

Sat 25th May9.10am

Four Part Choirs Competition B

GMIT, CastlebarIn Assoc. Mayo County Council


Moy Singers

Castlecomer Male Voice Choir

Portadown Male Voice Choir

Cantóirí (Dublin)

University New Hamphshire Concert Choir

Tullamore Academy Chamber Choir

Enchiriadis Chamber Choir

Sat 25th May11.am

Choirs from Ireland Competition C

GMIT, CastlebarIn Assoc. Mayo County Council


Cantairi Avondale

Enchiriadis Chamber ChoirCantóirí (Dublin)Tullamore Academy Chamber Choir

Galway Choral Association

Cill ÁodaÍn Choral Society

Cór Chairlinne (Carlingford)

Sat 25th May

9.10am

Female Voices D

Royal Theatre, CastlebarAdm e5 (allows entry to all competitions)

Enchiriadis Ladies Choir

Ballina Chamber Choir

St. Patrick's Alumni Choir

Sat 25th May10.10am

Male Voices E

Royal Theatre, CastlebarIn Assoc. Ashford Castle


Wicklow MVC

Mayo Male Voice Choir

Castlecomer MVC

Cantorion Colin Jones

Portadown MVC



Sat 25th May

11.50am

Sacred Music Competition F

ChristchurchIn Assoc. Mayo County Council


St. Patrick's Alumni Choir

University of New Hampshire Singers

Portadown Male Voice ChoirTullamore Academy Chamber Choir

Galway Choral Association

Enchiriadis Chamber ChoirCantairi Avondale

Sat 25th May

2pm

Gospel Competition G

ChristchurchIn Assoc. Mayo County Council


Cór Chairlinne (Carlingford)

Galway Gospel

Sat 25th May1.30pm

Celtic and Gaelic HRoyal TheatreIn Assoc. Gnó Mhaigh Eo


Oban Gaeilic ChoirCantairi Avondale

Tullamore Academy Chamber Choir


Sat 25th May1.30pm

Barbershop Chorus i

Linenhall Arts CentreIn Assoc. Mayo County Council


No Half Measures

Tone Cold Sober

Athlone A. Cappella

Sat 25th May

11.40am

Barbershop Quartet J

Linenhall Arts CentreIn Assoc. Mayo County Council


AutotunesClose 'N Time

Nota Bene

Note‐Orious 4

Gala Concert and Massed Choir Rehearsal


Sat 25th May4.30pm

Sat 25th May

8.30pm

Gala Concert Rehearsal

Massed Choir Rehearsal

Gala Concert

Royal Theatre, CastlebarIn Assoc. Royal Theatre.

ADM e12. Tickets from RoyalTheatre 094 9023111 or from

theatre website:http://www.royaltheatre.ie

For choir members only:

Saturday, 4.30pm, Royal Theatre

Featuring winning choirs from the competitions

and guests, with compere Tommy Marren, and

afterwards ‘Le Cheile’ with the ‘Lucky Pluckers’ –

a showcase of the best of Mayo’s traditional Irish

music and dancing – with a twist!



Saturday 25th May

Short Outdoor PerformancesWeather Permitting. Adm free.

Date / Time Event / Location Choirs / ArtistesSat 25th. 10.30am

Sat 25th 11.00am

Sat 25th. 11.30am

Sat 25th

. 12noon

Sat 25th. 12.30pm

Sat 25th 1pm

Sat 25th 2.30pm

Sat 25th 3.40pm

Sat 25th 4pm

Mayo Memorial Peace Park, C’bar

Westport ‐ under the big clock! Top

of Bridge St. (Junction of Shop Street,

Bridge Street and Mill Street)



Heneghan’s Health Food Plaza,

Ellison St, Castlebar


Plaza Leo Doherty Menswear, C’bar

Elvery’s, Bridge St, Castlebar


Castle Street, Castlebar

Cor Chairlinne

Hendsemer Krischer

Castlecomer Male Voice Choir

Oban Gaelic Choir, Scotland


Portadown Male Voice Choir

Wicklow Male Voice Choir

No Half Measures

University New Hampshire Touring Ensemble

Cor Le Cheile

Hospital Performances

Date / Time Event / Location Choirs / ArtistesSat 25th. 2.30pm Mayo General Hospital, Castlebar Galway Choral Association



Sunday 26th May

Dawn Chorus

Date / Time Event / Location Choirs / ArtistesSunday 26th

May 5.15am

Sunday 26th May 8am

Ballina – Moy Singers DawnChorus in Association with

‘Bealtaine’

New Bridge overlooking river Moy

Castlebar ‐ Mayo International

Choral Festival Dawn Chorus in Association with ‘Bealtaine’

Lough Lannagh Carpark, Castlebar.

Free Adm. If weather is not kind,

Macalla Hall, Lough Lannagh Village.

Rehearsals for the Castlebar Dawn

Chorus, 8am, Sun 5th, 12th and 19th

May, Lough Lannagh Car Park or

Macalla Hall if weather is not kind.

For More details, contact Miriam Lavelle, 0863306543

Castlebar:

Open to all – come along to welcome in the dayand sing a few songs to celebrate creativity as

we age. No singing experiences necessary, just a

sense of fun! Duration half hour approx. We are

expecting many individual choir members of the

festival choirs to come along and join in the sing‐song (message to choirs ‐ informal dress).

Meet for a coffee afterwards in The Galway

Roast, Market Square, sponsors of the event.

Church ServicesChoirs will sing at the following church services:


Saturday 25th

Evening 7pm

Sunday 26th May, 10.30am

Sunday 26th

May, 12noon

Sunday 26th

May, 10am

Church of the Holy Rosary,

Castlebar

Church of the Holy Rosary,

Castlebar

St. Mary’s Church,

Westport

St. Aloysius Church,

Breaffy

Castlebar Gospel Choir

Castlebar Parish Choir

Cantorion Colin Jones, Wales

University of New Hampshire Chamber Touring

Ensemble, USA.

In Association with:The Gathering 2013, discoverireland.ie, Failte Ireland,

Mayo County Council, RTÉ lyric fm.LEADER, South West Mayo Development Company,

under the Rural Development Programme 2007-2013, and the

Irish Government National Development Plan, 2007-2013,and Midwest Radio.

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