A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES

GET VOCAL COUNTY CHOIR PRESENTS

wITH TENOR ANTHONY NORTON

22Nd JUNE 2013 TRAMwAY THEATRE, BLESSINGTON

GET VOCAL CHOIR

Get Vocal is a choral programme engaging older people in County Wicklow, forming a one county choir funded and supported by Wicklow County Arts Office.

‘Get Vocal’ offers active participation in a choral programme, which is based in several locations in County Wicklow namely Baltinglass, Greystones, Laragh and Tinahely. The four locations throughout the county offer access to as many participants as possible. These regional sections have come together as one county choir to perform tonight in the Tramway Theatre, Blessington.

The choral programme is designed to be fun and accessible and is now in its fourth year. We have over sixty registered participants under the tutelage of Musical Director Amy Ryan and supported by choral facilitators Bridget Kenny and Anthony Norton, both of whom have considerable choral conducting experience.

Get Vocal have performed in the Mermaid Theatre Bray, in Wicklow town as part of the Wicklow Arts Festival ‘Night of a Thousand Voices’, in Killruddery House, Bray as part of the Festival of Nostalgia and in the Bord Gais Theatre Dublin as part of the ‘Rain Falling Up’ performance with conductor Fergus Sheil and the RTE Symphony Orchestra.

A MESSAGE fROM ARTS OffICER JENNY SHERwIN

Wicklow County Arts Office is delighted to once again support and fund the Get Vocal Choral Programme. This programme was initiated by Wicklow County Arts Office and County Wicklow Older People’s Network for the Bealtaine Festival in 2010 to support singing as a means of enjoyment for people countywide. It has proved to be a very successful initiative with over sixty registered members this year, many of whom have been with us from 2010. Apart from the enjoyment of singing, our aim was to maximise the other benefits of choral participation - studies have shown that singing has positive effects on breathing, posture, relaxation, stress relief, physical activity and energy. Both the tutors and the participants have given their upmost in embracing this opportunity and making this a truly uplifting and rewarding experience. I hope you all enjoy tonight’s performance.

Jenny SherwinArts Officer

A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES PROGRAMME

Song: Cheek to Cheek Spoonful of Sugar Feed the Birds A Nightingale Sang in Berkley SquareHail Holy Queen Moon River I’m a Believer As Time Goes By Fame What A Wonderful World You’re the One that I want

from the Movie: Top Hat Mary PoppinsMary PoppinsMan HuntSister ActBreakfast at Tiffany’sShrekCasablancaFameGood Morning, VietnamGrease

Tenor Anthony Norton sings his own personal favourites from the movies.

MEET OUR TEAM

Artistic director – Amy RyanAmy Ryan holds a Master’s degree with distinction in Kodály Music Pedagogy from the Kodály Institute of the Liszt Academy of Music, Hungary, where she also worked as teaching assistant for one year while studying for her Advanced Diploma (distinction) in Choral Conducting, under Professor Peter Erdei. Upon completing her studies, she was awarded the ‘red diploma’ for outstanding academic performance. Amy currently lectures in Aural and Keyboard Skills to both undergraduates and postgraduates at Trinity College, Dublin. Former Conductor in Training with the Irish Youth Choir, she has since worked with many high level choral groups, including

the Irish Youth Chamber Choir, UCD Philharmonic Choir, Lyric Opera Chorus, and Dublin Bach Singers. An active choral singer, she has sung with groups such as the award-winning Mornington Singers, Trinity College Singers, the Irish Youth Chamber Choir, and Dublin Bach Singers. She works as a tutor on the Music Generation choral programme, and is in demand as a workshop clinician in the areas of music education and choral music, most recently giving a series of lectures at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.

Also an experienced cellist, Amy has won many prizes, and performed widely in Europe and the United States. A former tutor on the Get Vocal programme, she was involved in preparing the choir for its performance of Rain Falling Up at the National Convention Centre. Amy is delighted to be working with the choir in the capacity of Artistic Director this year.

Choral Tutor – Bridget KennyBridget Kenny is a music education specialist with specific competency in the delivery of vocal, choral piano and keyboard tuition on both a private and organisational basis. She is a consummate professional with a passion for continued development and life-long learning which ensures that her methodology and competencies meet current and emerging needs of her students. In addition she is a skilled Musical Director and specialist Répétiteur with experience in developing groups and individuals for choral development initiatives in the South East of Ireland.

Bridget holds a H.Dip in music education along with LLSMD. ALSMD. Dip. in Sacred Music (NUI Maynooth). She is Musical Director of St. Joseph’s Church Choir, Templerainey and teaches piano and keyboard both privately and in local schools. Bridget has being with the Get Vocal Choral Programme since its initiation four years ago.

MEET OUR TEAM

Choral Tutor – Anthony NortonAnthony studied singing, piano, ‘cello and conducting at Trinity college of Music London before embarking on a career as a singer. He began his career with The Scottish Opera before moving to Teatro La Scala Di Milano, where he was resident for a number of years. Following this Anthony performed in many other operas throughout Europe.

At home in Ireland, Anthony has appeared with all the major companies and ensembles including Britten’s Serenade for Tenor, Horn and Strings with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of Alexander Annisimov with whom

he has also performed the tenor solo in Orff’s, Carmina Burana. He has appeared with Opera Ireland in The Merry Widow and La Boheme, Wexford Festival Opera in The Threepenny Opera by Weill, Co-Opera’s production of La Traviata and Figaros Wedding for Opera Theatre Company. For Dublin City Council’s Opera InThe Open, he has playedTamino in Mozart’s Magic Flute, Pylade in Gluck’s Iphegenie en Tauride, Admeto in Gluck’s Alceste, the title role in Mozart’s Idomineo and Rodolfo in Puccini’sLa Boheme. Anthony has performed numerous oratorios throughout the country and regularly performs in recital with some of Ireland’s leading pianists and chamber musicians. As one of The Three Irish Tenors, Anthony has toured throughout the world, giving numerous concerts in the USA, Canada, UK, France, Portugal, Monaco and as far afield as The Bahamas, Mexico, India and Taiwan.

As a Stage Director, he has collaborated with many renowned companies including Opera Ireland, and was the founding artistic director of Dublin City Council’s “Opera In The Open”. Anthony has gained notable recognition as a voice teacher and enjoys a busy career teaching voice and performance skills to singers, presenters, teachers and actors. He is one of the founding tutors for Irish Vocal Master Classes and has developed and facilitated numerous workshops on presentation, performance and voice. As well as teaching at his private practice, he is also a lecturer in performance arts education at The Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts, an associate lecturer in the faculty of performing arts at Edgehill University and a regular facilitator of masterclasses and workshops at numerous institutions of third level education in both Ireland and the UK. Anthony also directs An Cor Choir, Dublin, The One Microsoft Choir, Ireland and is a tutor for the Get Vocal County Choir. He runs workshops and classes for choirs and vocal ensembles and has facilitated classes in numerous festivals and venues throughout Ireland and the UK.

OUR CHOIR

Baltinglass Sectional: Maureen QuigleyMary Hickson Mai Quaid Kathleen Osborne Josie Dooley Renee Wall Sean Smith Mary Hayes Tony Norton Kenneth Hannon Breda HicksonMary O’Beirne Brian SchweppeRose Lawlor Violet Galvin

Greystones Sectional: Ann Dowling Patricia Coleman Linda LinnieRuth BrackenCathleen MoranGabrielle KellyMarie KellyMary Ryan Cathy LuptonDeirdre KeeganAngela Buckley Peggy SmithAnne Lacey Greg WalshMary Lou ByrneElizabeth Farrell

Laragh Sectional: Mollie Byrne May Kenna Betty Shea Pat MurphyTony CullenAine Schwalm Nora FlemingMary Murphy Bridie StaceyMary PierceRuth McCullaghMargaret O’Toole

Tinahely Sectional: Elizabeth DonohoeMaureen HoldenAnnette KeatingMaggie WalkerDolores Cahill Alice KinsellaBreda MurphyAnne MooreMarcella MoriartyKathleen MonaghanKatie LingerfelterDeclan StauntonFrancis CullenKevin O’ConnorHarry KavanaghJudith Crosby

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MUSICIANS

Bridget Kenny – pianoTommy Donoghue – BassDes Lacey – Percussion

A SPECIAL THANK YOU TO

Get Vocal County Choir members – for all their hard work and enthusiasm Amy RyanBridget KennyAnthony NortonTramway Theatre for all their help and supportMags Ryan for all her hard work

ACKNOwLEdGEMENTS

The Courthouse Arts Centre, TinahelyShoreline Leisure Centre, GreystonesThe Parish Centre, BaltinglassThe Brockagh Centre, LaraghTommy DonoghueDes LaceyAnn Catherine NolanWicklow County Arts OfficeWicklow County Council