Special evening of music at the Linenhall
Cathal Gavin will perform with the Cill Aodáin Musical Society.
The award-winning Cill Aodáin Choral Society will perform two special concerns at the Linenhall Arts Centre on Wednesday and Thursday, January 10 and 11 next, commencing at 8pm each day.
The community-based choir has over 50 members from Kiltimagh and surrounds, under the musical direction of Finóla Higgins, and will be joined on the night by special guest tenor Cathal Gavin from Swinford.
Founded in 1998, the Cill Aodáin Choral Society has explored a wide variety of musical genres, won awards in several choral competitions around Ireland and performed with many well-known Irish artists in concert and on national television. The choir, along with their musical director, performed in the EU building in Brussels in 2013 as part of the celebrations of Ireland's presidency of the EU.
In 2016, they took part in the National Choral Project and sang in Collins Barracks on Easter Sunday as part of the 1916 commemorations. The choir, as part of a massed choir, recorded “One Hundred Years a Nation” with David Brophy and the National Symphony Orchestra.
In April 2017, the choir travelled to Croatia to participate in the 7th International Festival of Choirs and Orchestras, in the Istria Peninsula. That same year they also travelled to Rome during Easter week and sang at a mass in St Peter's.
Cathal Gavin has enjoyed great success in recent years. The 20-year-old, Swinford-born tenor, promises to dazzle audiences with his mesmerising voice, which has been described as a “a powerful voice that transcends beyond his years and translates across generations through his multi genre style”.
Log onto www.thelinenhall.com to get your tickets, priced €20.
