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Christmas Concert – 14th December

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Once again Bray Choral Society will perform a Christmas Concert this year.  The concert takes place in Christ Church, Church Road, Bray (a change to our usual venue) on Saturday the 14th of December at 8.00pm.  This year the proceeds from the concert will go to the very worthy Bray based Five Loaves homeless charity (http://www.whfiveloaves.com/ ).  We hope to have a full house on the night in order to maximise the benefit to Five Loaves.

The wonderful singing of the choir will this year be enhanced by a small orchestra courtesy of Alan Smale and friends (http://www.deganitrio.com/alan-smale/ ).  The programme for the concert will feature a wide range of Christmas carols, both familiar and not so familiar.  There will also be the obligatory sample of Messiah choruses.  There will of course be opportunities for the audience to join in the singing.  As always the choir and orchestra will be conducted by our own Frank Kelly.

It promises to be a night that will get participants in the festive mood for the Christmas season.

Tickets: €15 from a choir member or on the door

We hope to see you there.

Meet and Greet – 20th August 7.30pm – New members welcome

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Do you like to sing? Do you want to improve your health? Would you like to make new friends? Be brave, check us out.

Come along to Bray Choral Society’s open evening in the Martello Hotel, Bray Seafront, on Tuesday 20th August. Call in anytime between 7.30 and 9.30pm to find out more and talk to members about their experience of being a member of the choir. No singing required on the night. All over 18s welcome.  Do not worry if you cannot read music, many existing members do not, as we provide learning tracks to use alongside the score. 

We rehearse each Tuesday evening from 7.30 – 9.30pm in St Kilian’s School, Boghall Road, Bray, during school term time. We sing a wide variety of choral works, from classical to contemporary. In February 2019, we performed the Irish premiere of Howard Goodall’s ‘Invictus A Passion’ in both Dublin and Bray, and these choir members have been invited to premiere the work again in New York’s Carnegie Hall in 2020! 

The Society performs at least two concerts a year, Christmas and early summer, and holds various social evenings and events. We like to travel also, and most recently members participated in the Prague Summer Choral Meeting in early August.

We look forward to seeing you on the 20th August, you can find us on Facebook. Go on try us out, no commitment required until you are happy to join us.

Summer Concert – Mozart Extravaganza

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You can never have too much Mozart.  From the beautiful simplicity of the short Ave Verum Corpus to the complexity of the Great Mass in C minor, there is nothing quite like Mozart.  His different works have the ability to both energise us and to calm us.  There are studies which suggest it can lower our blood pressure and even help us in exams.

So why not come along on the 3rd June to the Holy Redeemer Church in Bray for a Mozart Extravaganza and experience it live for yourself.  The society accompanied by the Degani Orchestra lead by Alan Smale will perform the Great Mass in C minor along with other choral and instrumental Mozart works.  The Great Mass is considered one of the big challenges for a choir and the society’s members are rehearsing well for what promises to be a vibrant concert.

Save the date, tell your friends and come and join us on the night, you won’t regret it.  Remember the wonderful music of the movie Amadeus, well this will be more of the same!