New Dublin Voices: Home for Christmas

Fresh from sweeping all six available prizes at Flanders-Maasmechelen, Belgium's elite international choral competition, New Dublin Voices now brings all its energy and colour to the music of Christmas.

Also winners of last year's Lyric fm Choirs for Christmas competition, New Dublin Voices and its conductor Bernie Sherlock honour the spirit and tradition of Christmas with a beautiful selection of carols and songs – lively and quick, or deep and contemplative, very ancient and very new, old favourites, new sounds. There will be the world premieres of new carols by Irish composers Stephen Gardner and Jonathan Nangle, and the centerpiece is Benjamin Britten's moving and sublime A Ceremony of Carols.

New Dublin Voices is home for Christmas, performing in three different Dublin venues beginning December 9^th in the National Concert Hall's John Field Room, and continuing on December 14^th in Christ Church Cathedral. Music will be interspersed with seasonal readings, and the Saturday Family Matinée – the earlier of two concerts in Draíocht on December 17^th – will feature a few surprises for kids (of all ages!).

Details:

Friday, Dec. 9                         NCH John Field Room, 1.05 pm

                                             €16 / €12 (conc.)

                                             (www.nch.ie)

Wednesday, Dec. 14               Christ Church Cathedral, 8 pm

                                             €15 / €10 (conc.)

                                             (www.newdublinvoices.com/tickets)

Saturday, Dec. 17                   Draíocht (Blanchardstown) 3 pm AND 8 pm

                                             €15 / €10 (conc.) / €40 (Family of 4)

                                             (www.draiocht.ie)

A Tale of Two Masses: November Concerts in Waterford and Dublin

 In its first visit to Waterford, the internationally acclaimed and multi-award-winning chamber choir New Dublin Voices and its conductor Bernie Sherlock explore a Tale of Two Masses written almost 500 hundred years apart: the sublime Missa Aeterna Christi Munera by Palestrina, and the prophetic and unconventional Missa Tiburtina by Giles Swayne.

"I'm delighted that New Dublin Voices is giving what I am fairly sure will be the Irish premiere of my Missa Tiburtina - a piece dating from 1984 (the height of the Thatcher years) which looks at a religious ritual with which we are familiar, in the context of the realities of a greedy & divided world." (Giles Swayne)

Fresh from its clean sweep of 6 awards at the 11th International Choir Contest of Flanders-Maasmechelen in Belgium (including Choir of the Festival and Best Contemporary Work), NDV will also pay tribute to Waterford-based composer, Ben Hanlon, who has written two works in the last two years for the choir. New Dublin Voices will also perform a selection of other sacred pieces including Beati Quorum Via by Stanford and Z. Randall Stroope’s The Conversion of Saul, his graphic and electrifying depiction of Paul’s experience on the road to Damascus.

Christ Church Cathedral Waterford, Saturday November 5th at 8pm.

This programme will be repeated in Dublin in St. Ann’s Church Dawson St, on Friday November 11^th at 8pm.

Tickets: €15/€10 (conc.) available at the door

or

contact info@newdublinvoices.com

New Dublin Voices Sweeps the Board in Belgium!

The Irish chamber choir New Dublin Voices swept the boards at a major international choral competition in Belgium over the weekend.

New Dublin Voices, a non-professional chamber choir under the direction of conductor Bernie Sherlock, was competing in the biennial International Choir Contest of Flanders-Maasmechelen where it not only won first prize but also swept all other available prizes: best performance of the specially commissioned set work, best folksong, best performance of a contemporary piece (O frondens virga by the Irish composer Ben Hanlon), the Audience Prize, and Choir of the Festival.

11 choirs in all – from Germany, Russia, Latvia, Hungary, Belgium, the Netherlands and Spain, as well as Ireland – were selected to take part in the competition which was judged by an international panel of 5 adjudicators. Performances were spread over the two days and the results were announced late on Sunday night. New Dublin Voices, which receives no sponsorship or government funding, amassed close to €4000 in prize money.

"I'm delighted we hit our top form this weekend and did so well," said conductor Bernie Sherlock. "Apart from anything else, New Dublin Voices needs the money! This means we can start planning to travel somewhere else next year."

Click here for the official results.

Auditions

Auditions for new members - September 2011

Rehearsals in City Centre Tuesday evenings

The multi-award-winning chamber choir New Dublin Voices is currently auditioning for a small number of vacancies. We are looking for experienced singers who read music well and enjoy singing challenging choral music, mostly a capella.

What to do

Please email info@newdublinvoices.com with relevant information about your choral experience. You will then be contacted about an audition.

Summer Concerts

Multi-award-winning chamber choir New Dublin Voices presents:

SUMMER CONCERTS

A selection of highlights from the past year

NEW DUBLIN VOICES

Conductor, Bernie Sherlock

St. Thomas' Church, Mount Merrion

Saturday, June 11^th @ 8pm

University Church, St. Stephen's Green

Thursday, June 16^th @ 8pm

In 2010/2011, New Dublin Voices drew more crowds, did more world and Irish premieres, performed more strange and intriguing pieces as well as great classics, won more prizes, launched 2 CDs, and continued making sure audiences enjoyed listening as much as NDV did performing.

Now, to wrap up another wonderful season, NDV is giving two Dublin concerts full of highlights from the past 9 months. The wide range of NDV's repertoire will be on display, and there will be something for everyone.

€15 (€10 conc.) at the door

Or reserve in advance via info@newdublinvoices.com