In 2016-2017 over 40 young composers from schools throughout the island of Ireland came together to create a brand new canon of choral music as Composers in the Classroom. This month, Chamber Choir Ireland and the Contemporary Music Centre are delighted to commence the 2017/2018 iteration of the education project. Over the next four months, eight … Continued
Composers in the Classroom is an education project presented by Chamber Choir Ireland & The Contemporary Music Centre that brings established Irish composers into second-level schools throughout the island to coach students in the creative process of composing for a choir. Previous participant and composer Garret Sholdice reflects on his early involvement in the project … Continued
Deadline: Fri 13 Oct 2017 – 17:00 Chamber Choir Ireland is the country’s flagship choral ensemble and national chamber choir under the internationally celebrated and multi-award-winning conductor Paul Hillier as Artistic Director. The Contemporary Music Centre is Ireland’s resource organisation for contemporary music, documenting, developing and promoting new music from Ireland at home and abroad. Following … Continued
Chamber Choir Ireland’s new Autumn/Winter season brochure, detailing upcoming concerts and Learning & Participation opportunities. **New Season Announcement** We’re launching our new season brochure and we thought we’d give you an online preview of some of the fantastic concerts and Learning & Participation opportunities that we have coming up! The coming months will see … Continued
Tyler Chartash is from Maryland, USA and he undertook a summer internship with Chamber Choir Ireland as part of the EUSA programme which builds and implements customised, academically-directed internship programs in Europe for educational partners. He wrote a blog post halfway through his internship which can be read here The following blog post covers his last few … Continued
