Co. Wexford Children’s Choir Singfest

The Co. Wexford Children’s Choir Singfest is a unique choral programme, which celebrates the participation of young people in high quality choral music experiences. The Singfest provides over 200 children from Co. Wexford primary schools with the opportunity to experience an enjoyable range of age appropriate repertoire, in an inclusive and non-competitive environment. The classroom choirs then join forces towards the end of the programme to perform together in a massed choral setting. Each year, the Singfest features a guest and assistant artistic director. The 2009 / 2010 Singfest was themed as Acrobatic Operatics and took place at Wexford Opera House during April.

Phone: 00353 5391 76279
Email: rosaleen.molloy@wexfordcoco.ie
Website www.wexford.ie/arts

Enniscorthy Choral Society

Enniscorthy Choral Society is a community based choir founded in 1993 under the musical direction of Donagh Wylde who has continued to direct us to the present day. We are a mixed voice choir (SATB) and perform in local venues of all denominations. We have always travelled to Competitions and continue to do so, our last outing being to Sligo International Music Festival. We have also travelled abroad and have sung in Prague, Vienna and Wales on numerous occasions. We are about 40 members and we practice every Monday night  at 8.00 in Colaiste Brid in Enniscorthy. New members are always welcome subject to audition.

Conductor: Donagh Wylde
E: secretary@enniscorthychoralsociety.com
w: www.enniscorthychoralsociety.com

Rowe Street Choir is a long established choir attached to Rowe St Church. A small mixed choir, it provides music for church liturgies throughout the year, highlights being the liturgies of Easter and Christmas, and the yearly Festival Mass. After a number of entries into choir competitions in the 1990s, subsequent wins including the Open Competition at Cork Choral Festival, the choir recently returned to the competition circuit under its current Musical Director, Helen Gaynor. A 2010 entry into the Sacred Music competition of the Arklow Music Festival won them the Morgan Kinsella Perpetual Cup. “Fine choir, excellent balance and well produced vocality – such a rounded and blended choral sound. . . Singing of a very high standard” – extract from the comments of John Fitzpatrick, adjudicator at Arklow. The choir has an extensive repertoire, singing music from the Middle Ages through to contemporary, and prides itself on achieving a good standard of choral singing, both accompanied and unaccompanied.

Location: St Peter's College, Wexford

Conductor: Helen Gaynor

Vocare

Vocare is a mixed choir, founded by Waterford-born composer Sue Furlong. We rehearse in Wexford town, every Tuesday from 7.30 to 10p.m. Founded in Sept 2007, Vocare has quickly become an important addition to the musical life of the area. Our website, www.vocare.ie gives further information on our activities and repertoire. New members are welcome to contact us.

Location: Wexford town
Conductor: Sue Furlong
E: rochemich@eircom.net
W: www.vocare.ie