Munster Express Online

Christ Church Cathedral will be filled with the sound of young voices on Sunday 14th March, when the De La Salle Senior Choir, together with the Liberty Christian Chorale from Texas will perform a coffee concert at 12 noon. The Liberty Christian Chorale was established in 2008 and has grown to 45 members.

The Chorale toured the Northeast United States last year in January. Performances included; singing the National Anthem at a New York Knick’s game, St. Paul’s Church at Ground Zero, the Shelter for Creative living in Washington D.C. and the Washington National Cathedral. Their programme will include Amazing Grace-Northern Version, arr. By Valerio and Buechner and Ave Maria by Jaakko Mantyjarvi. The De la Salle Senior Choir from Waterford is a male voice choir using only the deeper voices of the tenors and basses, under the musical direction of Br. Ben Hanlon. The choir has built up a fine reputation since then singing regularly in concerts and competitions. The group has performed with the NSO in the National Concert Hall and last year won 1st place at the Limerick Church Music Festival and 2nd place in the Equal Voice Competition at the Cork International Choral Festival.

For their Coffee Concert in the cathedral, they will perform Ag Chrisot an siol by Sean O Riada and Alleluia mo Shlanaitheoir by Liam Lawton. Christ Church Cathedral, Sunday 14th March at 12 noon (duration one hour). Tickets €7 / €5 seniors and juniors / €12 family.