‘O Holy Night’ Christmas Concert, St. John the Baptist Church, Kinsale, Cork – Sat 14th Dec 2013, 8pm
Dan was delighted to perform at a Christmas Concert entitled ‘O Holy Night’, held at St. John the Baptist Church in Kinsale, Cork in aid of the local branch of St. Vincent de Paul. It was a fantastic night of varied repertoire of music. The main artists on the night were the ‘Allegria Chamber Orchestra’, ‘City of Cork Male Voice Choir’, ‘Chorus of Opera Cork’, Fiona O’ Reilly (Soprano), Margaret Collins (Soprano) and Dan Twomey (Tenor). The orchestra and choirs were conducted by Frank...
read moreAnnual ‘Carols by Candlelight’ Concert, Fota House, Cork – Sun 8th Dec 2013, 8pm
Dan performed at the now annual ‘Carols by Candlelight’ Concert at the enchanting Fota House on Sunday 8th December 2013. He performs solo and as part of ‘The Carrigaline Choral Group’ every year at this concert and they were joined this year by ‘Voci Nuove’ Chamber Choir of which Dan is also a member. Claire Heffernan, a member of ‘Voci Nuove’ performed by playing the harp and also sung beautifully! It was a wonderful night of entertainment and the audience did go home very happy...
read morePerformed in the wonderful city of Vienna in Austria from Wed 27th Nov – Mon 2nd Dec 2013
Dan travelled to the wonderful city of Vienna to perform as part of the Chamber Choir ‘Voci Nuove’ from Wednesday 27th November to Monday 2nd December 2013! The accomplished chamber choir were invited to perform there by a mixed choir in Vienna called ‘Amerlingcor’. ‘Voci Nuove’ had many rehearsals with ‘Amerlingcor’ while in Vienna and performed at a number of engagements over there, fitting in nicely with the Christmas Markets which were taking place there at that time. See below a poster for...
read morePerformed at ‘Teen Spirit’ Concert, Christ the King Church, Turners Cross, Cork – Sun 24th Nov 2013, 5pm
Dan was delighted to perform as part of the ‘Teen Spirit’ Concert which took place at the Church of Christ the King at Turners Cross in Cork City on Sunday 24th November 2013. The concert was organised by the Diocese of Cork & Ross and ‘Teen Spirit’ is based on an idea that developed in the Diocese of Kerry where teenagers were encouraged back into the wider church through the medium of singing together which really worked for them. The same idea is being adopted by the Diocese of Cork and Ross now to help...
read morePipe Organ Re-dedication Concert, St. Mary’s Parish Church, Buttevant, Cork – Fri 22nd Nov 2013, 8pm
Dan was delighted to be asked to perform at an Organ Re-dedication Concert at St. Mary’s Parish Church in Buttevant in North Cork on Friday 22nd November 2013. There is a beautiful Pipe Organ in this historic church which has been recently restored by Padraig O’ Donovan, a Cork based Organ Builder. Dan performed on the night a varied repertoire from religious to secular music at the Re-dedication Concert and the newly restored Pipe Organ really complimented the repertoire he chose. Dan performed ‘Ave Maria’...
read moreConcert at St. Francis Church, Cork City – Fri 15th Nov 2013
Dan was delighted to perform at a Concert held at St. Francis Church, Liberty Street, Cork on Friday 15th November 2013. He performed along with Siobhan Coakley (Soprano), Chorus of Opera Cork and City of Cork Male Voice Choir. The Musical Director on the night was Frank Buckley and accompanist was Frances Kelleher. All proceeds from this concert will go to CLA (Children’s Leukaemia Association). Here is a poster advertising the...
read morePerformed in Concert at the INEC Killarney – Fri 8th Nov 2013, 8pm
Dan was honoured to be asked to perform at a concert at the INEC in Killarney in memory of the late Aine Nic Ghabhann who passed away suddenly earlier this year. Aine was a well known character in the music world and Dan is privileged to be the current holder of the ‘Aine Nic Ghabhann Award for Vocal Repertoire’ from the competition, ‘Feile an tSamhraidh’ in Midleton, Cork in 2013. The concert was a great success and the INEC being such a big venue is hard to fill but was very full on the night in question. Other...
read morePerformed at ‘The Harris Family Gathering’, Innishannon, Cork – Sun 3rd Nov 2013, 2.30pm
Dan was delighted to be perform at a Family Gathering of his ancestors, The Harris Family of Curra, Upton in Cork. The descendants of the Harris which is very extensive, will had a gathering which was marked down as an event for the year of ‘ The Gathering 2013’. The day begun with a Mass Celebrated at 2.30pm at St. Mary’s Church in Innishannon by Right Rev. Monsignor Gearóid Dullea, descendant of the Harris Family and cousin of Dan. Dan performed a varied repertoire of sacred music at this Mass, remembering those from...
read morePerformed in Concert at the Aula Maxima in University College Cork on Saturday 2nd Nov 2013, 8pm
Dan was delighted to perform at a ‘Concert of Light Classical Favourites’ in aid of a very worthy cause, ‘The Nathan Kirwan Trust’ on Saturday 2nd Nov 2013 at the historic Aula Maxima in University College Cork. He performed along with Cristin Curtin (Soprano), City of Cork Male Voice Choir and Chorus of Opera Cork. The conductor on the night was Frank Buckley and the accompanist on piano was Annabel Adams. See more details on the below...
read more‘Voci Nuove’ Chamber Choir, International Winners of the ‘City of Derry International Choral Festival’ – October 24th – 27th 2013!
Dan is a member of the renowned Cork Chamber Choir ‘Voci Nuove’ who were overall winners of the International Competition and Sacred Music Competition at the ‘City of Derry International Choral Festival’ on Oct 24th – 27th 2013! ‘Voci Nuove’ performed in two competitions at the festival , the International Competition on Saturday 26th Oct at St. Colum’s Hall and the National Sacred Competition on Sunday 27th Oct at the First Presbyterian Church in Derry. See the listing of the results of all competitions on the...
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