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The Cloughmore Male Voice Choir is always requiring new members, so if you have an interest in singing why not join us on Wednesday evenings at 8.00 pm in the Art Centre, Newry
If you are interested please phone John at 02840623412 or E-mail to jstoole@sky.com
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The Cloughmore Male Voice Choir has pleasure in announcing the appointment of Mary McCague B.A(Hons),LRIAM, H.Dip(Ed), M.Sc, M.Mus(Perf) as Musical Director to the Choir as 1st September 2009Mary McCague studied piano with Dr. John O Conor, harpsichord with Gillian Smith and violin with Rev. Brendan McNally. Awarded Scholarship of Trinity College, Mary went on to graduate with a First Class Honours degree in Music and Irish. She also holds a Higher Diploma in Education and a Masters in Multimedia, all from TCD, as well as a Masters in Music Performance from the Royal Irish Academy of Music/DCU.
A multiple first prize winner at the Dublin Feis Ceoil, Mary is in great demand as a soloist, accompanist, chamber and orchestral musician and has performed in some of the most prestigious concert halls in Europe and America, including Carnegie Hall. She has also performed as soloist throughout Ireland in concert platforms which include the National Concert Hall, the National Gallery, the Helix and the RDS. Mary regularly works with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and the Irish Chamber Orchestra. She is a founder member of the Alpha Quartet and Celtic Rose and regularly on tv shows such as the Late Late Show with acts as diverse as Kanye West, Katherine Jenkins, Westlife and Il Divo.
In addition to performing, Mary is a music lecturer at the Dundalk Institute of Technology and is currently pursuing postgraduate studies in conducting in St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra.
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The Gala Summer Concert was held on 10th June in the Newry City Hall,
to bid farewell to Colette Hart Lavery our musical director, who retires after 25 Years of dedicated service to the Choir.
The Guest Soloist for the evening was David Martin (Tenor)who performed a beautiful programme well suited to his voice. From Light Opera he sang "You Are My Heart's Desire"and "Vienna City Of My Dreams"and the more modern song "Bring Him Home" from Les Miserables. In the second half of the evening he treated the audience to two romantic Neopolitan songs "Come Back To Sorrento" and " O Solo Mio" which he rendered in Italian. For the final number he sang " Nessan Dorma"with the Choir backing him and the audience erupted Cheers and foot stamping.
Patrick Coyle the accompanist for the Choir, had the piano moved out on to the stage and gave a recital of subdued gentle music. Rachmaninoff's "Prelude in G flat" was very delicate and pensive. The piece by Liszt was subtitled "Forest Murmurs" followed by his own compositions "Sunrise On Annamakerrig Lake"ending with Chopin's "Polonaise in A". Patrick brilliance and shy manner has endeared him to the Cloughmore audience.
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The Cloughmore Male Voice Choir is celebrating another milestone in its remarkable history. Colette Hart-Lavery has completed twenty five years as musical director, a wonderful example of voluntary service. She was at the beginning of her teaching career when one of her pupils told her that her father sang in a male voice choir and that they needed a new musical director. Colette agreed to fill the vacancy and found herself with a choir somewhat depleted in numbers.
She built up the membership and still in keeping with the traditions of the choir introduced new music to the repertoire. Her expert choral teaching and her thoroughness paid off bringing renewed life to the choir. Under her direction there were two concerts a year, a CD called “Reflections”, performances with top class soloists and with other choirs. There were engagements to sing at many different venues, the most prestigious being at Aras An Uachtarain official residence of President Mary McAleese in Dublin.
Colette is leaving the choir to pursue her studies and we wish her well. She will be greatly missed by the choir and her audience of faithful fans who looked forward to the concerts at Christmas and in the Summer.
The “Gala Concert” on Wednesday 10th June will be a celebration of her accomplishment over twenty five years with the Choir.
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Musical Director Colette Hart-Lavery with members of the Choir
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