That's me conducting the Sing Ireland Choir!!!! I attended Sing Ireland’s 45th International Choral Conducting Summer School this summer. I learned so much, made lots of friends and it got emotional. Lets get into it: The Course It was divided up into levels 1 to 6 and there was a different group for school teachers. I went in at level 2, going in with my choral experience, the occasional choral conducting experiences, having studied it a bit of conducting in college under

I have recently been sorting my online content and found a video of myself and John performing with this amazing harpist. It is uploaded on youtube this month as a throw back. It was a bit of an opportunity at the time. She is an All Ireland Feis Ceol winner! She is excellent! So this month I've decided to do my blog on her, to help you guys understand how buzzing we were to play with her! I interviewed her and did some online research for this piece. Overview Emma Benson,

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