Old Columban Society
News
[ 09 June 2010 ]
2010 AGM
The Annual General Meeting of the Society is being held this evening, St Columba's Day, starting at 6.30pm in the Kildare Street and University Club, St Stephen's Green, Dublin 2. All members are, of course, welcome.
[ 06 May 2010 ]
2010 OCS Bulletin
Our annual magazine, the Old Columban Society Bulletin, is now available online via the members' area. Sign in on the right-hand side of this page, put in your username and password, and then you can download the Bulletin on the right under 'Download OCS Bulletins'.
The paper version of the magazine is currently at the packers, and will be posted out shortly to all members; if you do not receive yours, please contact the Secretary.
The paper version of the magazine is currently at the packers, and will be posted out shortly to all members; if you do not receive yours, please contact the Secretary.
[ 21 April 2010 ]
20-year reunion
OCs who left in 1990 who are interested in a reunion due to be held on September 11th in Dublin, should contact Anna Nichols via e-mail at oldcolumban1990@yahoo.co.uk, or by mobile phone at 00-353--86-8141888 or by post at Covehill, Sandycove, Kinsale,Co. Cork.
[ 15 February 2010 ]
Cramer Consort Concert
On March 2, at 8.00pm, in the Trinity College Chapel in Dublin, there is the inaugural concert by the Cramer Consort, directed by Colm Carey (left SCC in 1988), with Peter Barley (Organ) and members of the Campanile Consort.Programme - James MacMillan – Missa Brevis, Christus Vincit; Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina – Missa Brevis, Motets;Kenneth Leighton – Kyrie (from Missa de Gloria, Dublin Festival Mass), Scherzo and Passacaglia.
Tickets €15, €12 (Concession), €5 (Student).
The Cramer Consort is a flexible project-based ensemble, and while the founding members are all UK based consort singers, the aspiration is to have performers drawn from both Ireland and the UK - instruments as well as voices depending on the programme.
Tickets €15, €12 (Concession), €5 (Student).
The Cramer Consort is a flexible project-based ensemble, and while the founding members are all UK based consort singers, the aspiration is to have performers drawn from both Ireland and the UK - instruments as well as voices depending on the programme.
[ 27 January 2010 ]
Benjamin Russell
Many congratulations to recent OC Benjamin Russell, who yesterday came fifth
in the final of the prestigious Veronica Dunne International singing
competition at the National Concert Hall in Dublin, and at 21 was the
youngest of the finalists, who came from all over the world. He also
won the Dame Joan Sutherland Prize for most promising young singer.
Click here for the full details.
