On Sunday 25th of February 2018, Setanta Choir celebrated the 40th Anniversary of its foundation, with a Gala Concert at St. Patrick’s Church, Dundalk. Seventy five choir members, four soloists, and The RTÉ Concert Orchestra, conducted by gifted conductor David Brophy delivered a programme which…
Meet Grace Wynne, Setanta’s accompanist since 2017. Grace Wynne is a teacher of music as well as an accomplished performer. She qualified as a music teacher from Trinity College Dublin following the completion of her degree there in which she specialised in music composition. During this…
Singing with Swedish Visitors Setanta Choir joined with Cor Chairlinne of Carlingford and Carpe Vocalis, from Skene in Sweden, in this special concert in St Michael’s Hall, Carlingford on 5th May. Carpe Vocalis had made the initial contact as they wished to combine a short visit to Ireland…
On Sunday December 11th Setanta took their places in their favourite performance venue, Carlingford Heritage Centre, for the annual Christmas Concert. They had been working hard since early September preparing the programme, which this year included The Fantasia on Christmas Carols’ by Vaughan Williams. Fantasia on Christmas Carols…
Setanta Summer Concert 2016 ‘SOLD OUT’ Friday the 13th turned out to be a very good day for Setanta! For an organisation like ours one of the best moments has to be when you see a sign over your concert poster that it is ‘SOLD…
In November 2015 Setanta travelled to Prague where they took part in the Advent Choral festival. With its magnificent architectural treasures, Christmas lights and illuminations, this was a magical venue in which to perform. Meeting and singing with choirs from all over the world, the…
Setanta Choir is a non-profit organisation, and much of the money raised on public performances and events goes to benefit many charities both local and abroad. Additionally, the choir like to offeer a fundraising opportunity to a local charity by performing in public around the…
Well attended and much appreciated Our concert on Sunday May 10th in the Redemptorist Church, Dundalk was a great success. As always, it was well attended and very warmly received. On this occasion Setanta Choir joined the members of St. Joseph’s Senior choir for an…
Celebrating 35 years of choral singing in 2014, Setanta Choir decided to award a bursary to promote choral singing to the next generation of singers as a way of celebrating this milestone in their history. They teamed up with with Create Louth, the arts service…
Report on Carnegie The Trip of Lifetime; Setanta sing in Carnegie Hall Setanta recently returned from a very successful trip to New York were they took part in a performance of ‘The Peacemakers’ in Carnegie Hall. At the end of May 2014 an email from Distinguished…