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The Cloughmore Male Voice Choir's Summer Concert will take place in the Newry City Hall on the 10th June 2009
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Our Musical Director Colette Hart-Laverty has indicated that She will retire after 25 years of loyal service to the Cloughmore Male Voice Choir, (See Above Item)
Colette has chosen the programe for this concert from all the songs that she has enjoyed teaching the Choir over all those years.
The accompanist Patrick Coyle from Newry will acompany the soloist as well as the choir, and will also present a piano recital.
Known as Ireland's Golden Voice hails from the border town of Dundalk in County Louth. He is known to perform with incredible stamina, agility, and flexibility. He is described as having "a beautiful Italian quality in his voice, a remarkable sound, and a fantastic vocal range". David began his vocal training studying with Geraldine McGee in Dundalk before being accepted to study with Dr Veronica Dunne and Ms Jeannie Reddin in the Leinster College of Music and Drama. Winner of The Denis O Sullivan Medal (Sligo), The Tenor Solo and the Joseph O' Mara Memorial Cup in Dublin, among other prestigious awards and achievements, David successfully completed Il Corso Di Canto E Perfezionamento Lirico in Montalto Ligure, Northern Italy. He has performed the lead tenor roles in the several full stage productions including, "The Lilly of Killarney", "The Gypsy Baron", "Pink Champagne", and the first ever performance of Goethe’s Singspiel “Claudine von Villa Bella”. His repertoire in Oratorio, in addition to many sacred Songs and Aria's, includes Mozart’s Requiem K626, and Handel’s Messiah. In his career to date, David has gained a wealth of experience in concert and stage performance, singing tenor roles in excerpts from opera such as La Fille du Regiment, La Boheme, Cavalleria Rusticana, I Pagliacci, Lucia Di Lammermoor, La Traviata, and many more. His repertoire is extensive, performing on TV and Radio on many occasions, in the National Concert Hall, and in many theatrical venues around Ireland and UK. His latest appearances in 2009 were Friday 10 April in Saint Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin, in aid of the Carmichael Centre for voluntary groups, where he performed Handel's Messiah Parts 2 & 3, with soloists Virginia Kerr (Soprano), Philip O'Reilly (Bass), Cora Newman- Riley (Contralto), the Goethe-Institute Choir and The Dublin Orchestral Players, Conducted by John Dexter, and The Monsignor Peter Shields Memorial Concert, Darver Castle, Co Louth, He is currently on tour with The 3 Tenors (Le Voci) in venues around Ireland. For further information on his scheduled performances please visit www.davidmartin.ie or www.threetenorsireland.com
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