Recent Performances
Carols for Christmas 2008
John Field Room of the National Concert Hall, Dublin on the 12th of December at 1.05pm.
Carols for Christmas 2008
Draoícht, Blanchardstown on the 20th of December at 4.00pm and 8.00pm. Please note that the matinée performance will be especially for children, and those who like to sing along are most welcome.
The Spatial Music Collective
The Spatial Music Collective presents a concert of contemporary choral works featuring new compositions by
Michael Fleming,
Daniel Jacobson,
Jonathan Nangle,
Ian McDonnell,
Linda Buckley,
Enda Bates, and
Liam Grant
Trinity College Chapel, Dublin, 30th January, 2008
Carols for Christmas 2007
National Concert Hall, Dublin, 14th December, 2007
St Peter's Church, Drogheda, 15th December, 2007
Draíocht, Blanchardstown, 19th December, 2007
Childhood
St George's Church, Belfast, 11th November, 2007
National Gallery, Dublin, 17th November, 2007
Carols for Christmas 2008
For the Friends of the National Gallery of Ireland on Wednesday the 10th of December, 2008.
Concerts for 2009
2009 Details to follow shortly
1560s / 1960s concert in Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin
Two decades, separated by four centuries, both hugely rich in music and incident...
Season Highlights 2009
PRESS RELEASE
New Dublin Voices
Conductor, Bernie Sherlock
Season Highlights 2009
Unitarian Church, St Stpehen's Green
Sat May 23rd @ 8pm
Multi-award-winning chamber choir New Dublin Voices looks forward to seeing old friends and new ones at its end-of-season concert featuring highlights from a whole year of exciting concerts and national and international festivals.
Admission: €15 & €10 con
For further information please contact Cliona Donnelly at +353 85 7817503 or at clionadonnelly@hotmail.com
New Dublin Voices was founded by conductor Bernie Sherlock in October 2005. It has since become a leading Irish chamber choir, presenting concert programmes that are fresh, innovative, and exciting, ranging widely in style and period from the medieval to the contemporary. The choir takes special pleasure in exploring the often weird and wonderful music of living composers, and strongly believes that NDV performances win over audiences to new music. NDV has given the Irish premières of many contemporary pieces including James Macmillan Cantos Sagrados and Penderecki Stabat Mater, and premieres of seven new works by Irish composers.
The choir has been a regular participant in competitions since 2006. Awards won include National Choir of the Year in 2006, 2008 and 2009 (Navan Choral Festival); National Choir of the Festival at the Cork International Choral Festival 2006 (and three other awards); the Schütz Trophy in the Fleischmann International Trophy Competition in Cork 2007; first-prize in both mixed-choir competitions at the Dublin Feis Ceoil in 2006, 2007, 2008; three first-prizes and the Rosebowl Award at the 2008 Bangor International Choral Festival; the prize for 'Best New Work' at the 2008 Florilège Vocal de Tours (France); and the inaugural first-prize from Lyric fm for best performance of a specially commissioned Christmas carol. More recently New Dublin Voices won the inaugural ESB Feis Ceoil Choir of the Year as well as 1st prize in the Mixed Choir Competition and Best Adult Choir. In April the choir competed in the 12th Budapest International Choir Competition where it won the chamber choir competition and then the Grand Prix. Bernie Sherlock received a prize for the best conductor at the competition.
NDV has appeared on television regularly. Recent engagements include featuring with The Priests at their debut Armagh concert which was broadcast nationwide in the USA and Canada on the PBS network. The choir was also honoured to be invited to perform at the official launch in October 2008 of the Arts Council's first ever policy document for choral music, Raising Your Voice.
The singers who make up New Dublin Voices come from many backgrounds but share in common high levels of experience and musicianship, a commitment to attracting new audiences, and above all a love of performing excellent choral music.
Dublin ~ Louth ~ Galway Concerts (Something beginning with 'B')
Imagine confining yourself to a single letter.
"Platoon" and "Peter Pan" in a month watching only films starting with "P". Cornflakes and carrot-cake on a day devoted to food beginning with "C".
For their winter concerts on November 21, 22 & 28, the international award-winning New Dublin Voices have done just that: everything in the concert begins with "B".
What could have been a constraint in fact proved liberating. NDV burrowed deeply into all that "B" has to offer and came up with a wonderful programme embracing the new – the 2008 surround-sound effect of Sea Swell by Irish composer Enda Bates – and old – madrigals by Bennet in the 16th century – and the familiar – Brahms, Bartók, Britten and Bernstein – and the excitingly obscure – an incredible, unforgettable piece by one Wolfram Buchenberg.
And to round things off, some Beatles, some Barbershop. And The Barber of Seville.
"B" there!
St. Ann’s Church, Dawson St.
Sat Nov 21st @ 8pm
Carlingford Heritage Centre, Louth
Sun Nov 22nd @ 7pm
St. Augustine’s Church, Galway
Sat Nov 28th @ 8pm
Programme includes:
Britten: Hymn to St Cecilia
Brahms: Drei gesange op 42
Buchenberg: Klangfelder
Bates: Sea Swell
Bernstein: Warm-up
Biebl: Ave Maria
€16/€12 (con) at the door or www.ctb.ie 0818 205 205
For further information please contact Lucy Champion at +353 87 983 2553 or lucy6603@yahoo.co.uk
About New Dublin Voices
New Dublin Voices was founded by conductor Bernie Sherlock in October 2005. It has since become a leading Irish chamber choir presenting concert programmes that are fresh, innovative, and exciting, ranging widely in style and period from the medieval to the contemporary. The choir takes special pleasure in exploring the often weird and wonderful music of living composers, and has given numerous Irish and world premieres.
Competitive successes include National Choir of the Year at the Navan Choral Festival (2006, 2007, 2009), several awards at the Cork International Choral Festival, including National Choir of the Festival in 2006, and various prizes at Dublin Feis Ceol.
Awards in 2009 include the Grand Prix at the 12th Budapest International Choir Competition, third prize at the International Chamber Choir Competition in Marktoberdorf, Germany; third prize and the special prize for the best interpretation of the set work (Laudatio Domini by Kokkonon) at the 3rd Harald Andersen Chamber Choir Competition in Helsinki, Finland; and the inaugural ESB Feis Ceol Choir of the Year.
Carols for Christmas (John Field Room)
1.05pm Our annual lunchtime concert under the biggest chandelier in Ireland! You can expect some old favourites, some snazzy harmonies, some beautiful solos, and to leave with a smile on your face :-)
Carols for Christmas (St Ann's)
8pm For the first time we're doing a full-length Christmas concert in the city centre. A number of the choir's members will be doing solos interspersed throughout our usual selection of old favourites and more unusual Christmas pieces.
Come along for some mistletoe-tapping and plenty of Christmas cheer :-)
Carols for Christmas (Draíocht)
3pm (family matinee) & 8pm
Click here to go to the Draíocht website where you can book tickets, read the blurb and watch a video of the choir...
