Sligo Orpheus Choir

2012-02-09T11:58:00.000Z

Sligo Orpheus Choir

Gabriel Fauré - Requiem : 'In Paradisum'

2012-01-29T20:06:00.000Z

Sligo Orpheus Choir

2011-12-19T20:35:00.000Z

2011 Proms

Sligo Orpheus Choir

2011-12-01T12:56:00.001Z

Proms Nov 2011

Sligo Orpheus Choir

2011-11-26T13:09:00.001Z

Sligo Orpheus Choir wishes all our Patrons, friends, and Members
and our loyal audience see you in 2012

Beannachtaí an tSéasúir -

2011-11-22T13:30:00.000Z

Carols by Candlelight
DominicanFriary Sligo
Dec at 8pm

Carolsby Candlelight is a wonderful way
Forfamilies and friends to get together
Andcelebrate the spirit of Christmas. Children free

www.sligo-orpheuschoir.blogspot.com

2011-10-06T16:36:00.003+01:00

Sligo Orpheus Choir

2011-09-04T14:50:00.002+01:00

Sligo Orpheus Choir

Rehearsals Resume January 10, 2012

JOIN THE FUN!

Rehearsals for the 2nd half of the 2011-2012 season will begin on Tuesday January 10,th @7.30 Ballinode Community College 2012

If you enjoy performing choral music and want to share the enthusiasm and friendship of fellow singers,contact Raymond Carty 087 7430684

Carols By Candlelight

2011-07-03T08:35:00.000+01:00

Sligo Orpheus Choir

Dominican Friary 11th Dec 2011Sligo Orpheus Choir
Music Director: Austin McManus
St.Marys Community Youth Choir
Conductor: Emma Purcell,
Dominican Friary Sligo
Sun 11th Dec at 8pm
Tickets €10 available from Liber Bookshop,
O'Connell St. Sligo Tel: 071-9142219
Hawk's Well Theatre Booking Office - 071-916 1518
Carols by Candlelight is a wonderful way
For families and friends to get together
And celebrate the spirit of Christmas. Children free
www.sligo-orpheuschoir.blogspot.com
Sligo Orpheus

2011-07-02T22:13:00.000+01:00

Sligo Orpheus Choir

SEASON TICKET OFFER

2011-04-03T20:34:00.001+01:00

Sligo Orpheus Choir Season ticket
Concerts 6 Tickets €70

Sligo Orpheus Choir

Sligo Chamber Orchestra

Austin McManus : Conducting MaryDoran: Mezzo Soprano TaraFinn: Uilleann Pipes

Hallelujah

Handel,Mozart, Faure, Orff, Barber, Horner,Cohen

The Cathedral Sligo

S SundayMay 25th^8.00pm 2012

Tickets €15from Liber Bookshop O'Connell St. Tel:071-9142219

Hawk'sWell Theatre Booking Office - 071-916 1518

 Last night of the Proms 10th November 2012(Limited)

 Carols by Candlelight The Friary Sunday 11th. December 2012

2 complimentary tickets to each concert in our concert season tickets
Season Tickets
Proms tickets go on sale Sept 2012
Sligo Orpheus Choir booking or members

2011-03-25T17:04:00.002Z

Sligo Orpheus Choir

CONCERT Season 2012

2011-01-15T16:51:00.003Z

Joining together Voices of spring Celebrating 400 years of Sligo City

Sligo Orpheus Choir

Sligo Chamber Orchestra Austin McManus:Conductor

MaryDoran: Mezzo Soprano TaraFinn: Uilleann Pipes

Hallelujah

Handel,Mozart, Faure, Orff, Barber, Horner, Cohen

The Cathedral Sligo

SundayMay 25th^8.00pm 2012

Tickets €15from Liber Bookshop O'Connell St. Tel:071-9142219

Hawk'sWell Theatre Booking Office - 071-916 1518

www.sligo-orpheuschoir@blogspot.com

Festival of Flowers June

Festival of Flowers at Lissadel over the June Bank Holiday weekend, i.e. 1st-4th June.2012

The Last Night of the Proms Nov. 2012 Sligo

Carols by Candlelight Dec 2012 Dominican Friary Sligo

Music for Christmas

2010-12-28T20:37:00.000Z

Sligo Orpheus Choir

Polish

2010-07-20T15:17:00.001+01:00

Sligo Orpheus Choir

Dołącz do chóru,

SOPRAN- ALT –TENOR - BAS

40-osobowy chór mieszany "Orpheus" ze Sligo poszukuje chórzystów na nadchodzący sezon koncertowy. Jeśli myślisz, że potrafisz śpiewać, masz mnóstwo entuzjazmu i kochasz muzykę to zapraszamy! Próby odbywają się we wtorki wieczorem o godz.20.

7 września 2010 o godz. 20:00

Adres: ‘Ballinode Community College Sligo SLIGO.

want to join the choir

2010-01-24T20:41:00.005Z

Want to Join the Choir

contact 0877430684

Music for Christmas

2009-08-28T22:15:00.005+01:00

Christmas would not be Christmas without the Tradition of Christmas Carols sung by a Choir. It brings back memories of childhood, presents, and good will and peace towards all. This year Sligo Orpheus Choir invite all to experience again the memories of yesteryear on Sunday Dec.11^th at 8pm.in the Dominican Friary High St. Sligo young and not so young to make this a Christmas of welcome and of hope. Carols by Candlelight is a wonderful way for families and friends to get together and celebrate the spirit of Christmas. Sligo Orpheus Choir, Musical Director Austin McManus, St Mary’s Community Youth Choir, Conductor Emma Purcell and Sligo Chamber Orchestra all combine to weave the magic of Christmas through the beauty of carols the enchantment of children’s voices and the story of Christmas Tickets €10 (children accompanied by Adult Free) from Liber Bookshop O’Connell St.Sligo Tel; 071 91 42219 Hawks Well Theatre Booking office Tel; 071 91 61518 and Church Door

Contacts

2009-06-08T13:27:00.009+01:00

Stephen McManus Chairperson

Helen McManus Secretary

Charles Roberts Treasurer

Patrons & Friends

2009-06-08T13:15:00.015+01:00

If you would like to support Sligo Orpheus Choir you could consider becoming a Patron or Friend. The S.O.C.Patrons and Friends scheme was introduced both to enable concertgoers to contribute towards the running of the choir and as a means of involving them more closely in the Choirs activities. Sligo Orpheus Choir greatly values this support. If you become a Patron or Friend, you will be entitled to:

• Priority booking for all our concerts

• Acknowledgement of your support in our programmes.

There are additional privileges for Patrons, and special packages can be designed for commercial sponsors.

• Corporate Patrons €150

• Patrons Help us do more ~ become a friend

As a Friend you will receive the following benefits:
 2 complimentary tickets to each concert in our concert season (6 tickets)

• Acknowledgment in concert programme

 Option to advertise in future concert programmes

If you, a member of your family, or a friend of yours would like to become a Friend of Sligo Orpheus Choir, or if you would like to give an acquaintance the gift of Music This year, we offer Season subscription Tickets €60 for our three concerts. You will, as Patrons receive 2 complimentary tickets to all our concerts during our concert season and acknowledgment in our program. Your valued contribution will help enrich the musical repute of the region while promoting Sligo’s long held choral reputation.

• Contact Caroline Peacock 0862053574

Sponsors
Sligo Borough Council County
Sligo County Council
Sligo V.E.C.
E.S.B.

Musical Director

2009-06-08T13:14:00.003+01:00

Austin McManus M.A. (contab) was born and raised in Manchester, England. Having started his musical education on the viola, he soon took up violin, recorder, voice and keyboard studies. As a straight “A’s” student he went on to study Music at Cambridge. He was also an Instrumental Exhibition holder at Cambridge, specialising in baroque violin and attending classes at the Royal College of Music in London.

Austin has performed on four continents notably Japan where he resided for several years and learned to speak read and writes fluent Japanese. He has appeared on television in countries as varied as Japan, Greece, Australia and Ireland including an appearance on the Late Late show in 2005. In 1996 he had the honour of singing for His Holiness Pope John Paul 11 in the Vatican in Rome.

Austin is currently Musical Director of Sligo Orpheus Choir and Director of Music of St. Clare’s Church Manorhamilton. He is Leader of Sligo Early Music Ensemble, and leader of the Bazzini String Quartet and a member of the Innisfree String Quartet. Austin also values teaching and has students of viola and violin in Sligo Donegal Leitrim and Cavan.

Our History

2009-06-08T13:00:00.007+01:00

Sligo Orpheus Choir has a proud history and a fine tradition, founded in 1975 to continue Sligo’s fine reputation in choral singing. Sligo Orpheus Choir has established itself as the foremost choir in the North West for the quality of its performance and its range of programming. The choir has performed regularly at the National concert hall Has sung Haydn’s Creation with the English Festival Orchestra Conductor Sir David Wilcox at the Royal Albert Hall .The choir and has performed with Irelands foremost conductors and orchestras it has made many successful T.V. appearances, The choir’s extensive and varied repertoire range from A Cappella to the mainstream choral repertoire

Handel’s Messiah
Haydn’s Creation
Mendelssohn’s Elijah
Vivaldi’s Gloria
Mozart’s Requiem in D minor
Mozart’s coronation mass
Schubert Mass in D
Gounod Messe solennelle (Sainte -Cecile}
Gabriel Faure Requiem in D minor op48
Carl Orff's Carmina Burana
Proms at the Model
The choir has competed at many festivals throughout Ireland winning major awards at Sligo and Chester Lighter works are also performed from time to time concerts with the band of An garda Siochana and the Band of the Western Command

WELCOME TO SLIGO ORPHEUS CHOIR WEB SITE

2009-04-11T16:03:00.001+01:00

Sligo Orpheus Choir has a proud history and a fine tradition founded in 1975 to continue Sligo’s fine reputation in choral singing. The Choir has established itself as the foremost choral Group in the North West for the quality of its performance and its range of programming They have performed regularly at the National concert hall Have sung Haydn’s Creation with the English Festival Orchestra Conductor Sir David Wilcox at the Royal Albert hall.The choir and has performed with Irelands foremost conductors and orchestras it has made many successful TV. appearances, The choir’s extensive and varied repertoire range from A Cappella to the mainstream choral repertoire .

Handel’s Messiah
Haydn’s Creation
Mendelssohn’s Elijah
Vivaldi’s Gloria
Mozart’s Requiem in D minor,
Mozart’s coronation mass Schubert Mass in D
Gounod Messe solennelle (Sainte -Cecile}
Faures Requiem

Lighter works have been performer from time to time with the Garda Band and with The band of the Western Command