First practice of the new term
Return to practice at 8pm for everyone. Dominican College, in the hall.
June – August 2011
Dolce takes a well deserved break for the Summer!
Dawn Chorus 2011
Singing in a choir can bring you to unexpected places, at unexpected times. Like Dollymount Strand, for instance, at seven o’clock on a Sunday morning in May. Yes, this was our second year participating in The Dawn Chorus, an event in which Active Retirement groups combine with choirs to welcome with song a Summer daybreak,…
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Annual Summer Night Out
The New Ross Experience 2011
Sunday 22nd May…9.30 am…. Dominican College Griffith Avenue…Lovely bright sunny morning…We’re all on the bus (well, most of us..some are travelling separately..). Lorcan does a roll-call, and away we go. The journey to New Ross passes pleasantly and we arrive in good spirits.We find the restaurant where a snack lunch awaits us (well organised, Lorcan)…
DetailsCork Coral Festival 2011
Were you there? (…to the tune of ‘There was an old person of Cromer’…) ‘There was… there was… a choiiiir, from Dublin Who went… who went… to Cork, for an International Choral Festival. When… they heard the results… They jump- They jump- They jump- They jump-pt Over the moon. But… can they do even better…
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Competition Success in Cork Choral Festival 2011
Dolce was delighted and proud to be awarded 1st prize in the National Open Competition and 2nd prize in the Church Music Competition in the recent Cork International Choral Festival. Performing “Were You There?” (traditional, arranged by Paul Harte) and “There was an Old Lady of France” and “There was an Old Person of Cromer”…
DetailsMasterclass with Dr. Albert Bradshaw
The much anticipated workshop by Dr. Albert Bradshaw took place on Thursday 9th April. Some of us were already acquainted with the teacher, choirmaster and adjudicator, others waited with some trepidation. We were well primed by our own conductor Deirdre in advance. After a short warm-up the maestro went to work weaving his magic and creating…
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