“Hymnathon” Sandford ;Recital at St Ann’s; Jubilee music St Paul’s; Winners of composers award; Requiem for John Birch; JAM Concert
“HYMNATHON” Sandford
Raise your Voice to Raise the Roof!
Sandford Parish Church, Saturday 9th June, 10.30 a.m. to 5.00 p.m. Sing a wide variety of hymns, accompanied by David O’Shea and Barbara Dagg, assisted by local organists and choirs, incl. members of the Alexandra Association Parents Choir and the Beechwood Schola Cantorum
Performances by:
St Ann’s Choir, Dawson Street (10.30 a.m.)
and the Ranelagh Singers (2.30 p.m.)
Come along, to sing or to listen, for as long or as short as you like!
Admission free – donations sought in aid of essential works to be carried out on The Rectory, Sandford Close
www.sandford.dublin.anglican.org
www.therectorysandfordclose.com
Lunchtime Recital at St Ann’s, Dawson Street
A lunchtime recital of ‘Stanford’s Biblical Song’ with Rory Musgrave (baritone) and Charles Marshall (organ) takes place in St Ann’s Church, Dawson Street, DUBLIN, on Monday June 11 at 1.15 pm. Admission is free but donations are accepted. For further information contact: 01–6767727.
Jubilee music St Paul’s
Telegraph report –
Winners of NCEM composers award
The winners of the NCEM Composers Award 2012 have been announced. The top prizes were awarded to 16-year-old Alex Woolf from Cambridge for Lux Aeterna (for the under-18 category) and to Benjamin Rowarth, aged 20, for Where is thy God? (in the 19-25 category).
The competition’s brief was to compose a new piece of music inspired by the ‘In Nomine’ theme from John Taverner’s Missa Gloria Tibi Trinitas. Competitors were told to create the composition with The Tallis Scholars’ unique sound in mind.
Woolf and Rowarth were chosen from seven finalists by a jury including The Tallis Scholars director Peter Phillips, BBC Radio 3’s Chris Wines and NCEM director Delma Tomlin.
http://www.rhinegold.co.uk/magazines/choir_and_organ/news/choir_organ_news_story.asp?id=1436
Requiem for John Birch
A Requiem Mass for John Birch was held on 15 May at All Saints Church, Margaret Street, London, where Birch had been organist and choirmaster during the 1950s. In his sermon, the Very Revd Nicholas Frayling, Dean of Chichester, told of Birch’s deep faith and of his appointment as director of music at Chichester Cathedral during the time of Dean Walter Hussey.
Roderick Swanston gave a warm tribute sharing memories of Birch’s wit, love of art, and fine hospitality.
A special service was held at the same time in St Michael and All Angels Church in Observatory, Cape Town, where Birch wintered during the last ten years of his life.
JAM Concert
The Junior Academy of Music (JAM) at the School of Creative Arts presents their exciting end-of-the-year concert. During the morning more than 130 children from four different JAM programmes will be showcasing their musicianship through choir singing, brass band playing as well as through performing with current digital technologies. Everyone welcome. Entrance free of charge. JAM CONCERT I 16 Jun 2012 10:15am – Whitla Hal, QUB, Belfast
Organiser Telephone : 028 9097 5337