Alma is a newly-formed chamber choir based in Blackrock, Cork City. Founded in September 2024, the choir brings together a talented group of experienced choral singers and musicians. Alma performs a wide variety of music, from classical works and folk song arrangements to arrangements of popular music and gospel. Alma's conductor, Grace Bergin, studied conducting with Peter Erdei at the Kodály Institute and the Liszt Academy, Hungary and with Alan Cutts in Ireland. She was a participant on the inaugural NCH Female Conductor Scheme, and was the founder-conductor of the TU Dublin Operatic Society, where she conducted The Medium by Menotti, and Handel's Acis and Galatea. As a singer, Grace has performed with Anúna, Mornington Singers, the Irish Youth Chamber Choir, and was a Lay Vicar Choral in Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin.
The Festival's Choral Trail is a unique and exciting opportunity for choral music lovers to experience the magic of choral performances in unexpected and delightful locations. As you join the trail, you will have the chance to encounter visiting choirs from different parts of the world, showcasing their diverse talents and styles in pop-up performances […]
Led by: Thérèse O'Sullivan In this workshop Thérèse will provide useful insights into how choirsand singing groups can incorporate movement into their vocalstorytelling and singing practices.
The Festival's Choral Trail is a unique and exciting opportunity for choral music lovers to experience the magic of choral performances in unexpected and delightful locations. As you join the trail, you will have the chance to encounter visiting choirs from different parts of the world, showcasing their diverse talents and styles in pop-up performances […]
Join St Fin Barre’s Cathedral Choir for the service of Choral Eucharist. Throughout the years music has played an important part in the liturgy of the Cathedral. Eucharist is celebrated by Christians around the world as a memorial of the death and resurrection of Jesus. Welcome to Saint Fin Barre's Cathedral, a magnificent piece of […]
The organ was built in 1870 by William Hill & Sons. It consisted of three manuals, over 4,500 pipes and 40 stops. The main organ utilised a tubular-pneumatic action, with tracker action for the other two manuals. It was in place for the cathedral’s grand opening on Saint Andrew’s Day, 1870, and positioned in the west […]
Situated near the heart of Cork, St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral is the most recent ecclesiastical site located where the saint is believed to have founded his monastic school in the 7th century. The building contains more than 1,260 sculptures, a 24-lb cannonball, a legacy of the Siege of Cork in 1690 and an organ that […]
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