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01/10/2025 / 17/10/2025 by Eoin McAuley
Our rehearsals take place in Wesley House, Leeson Park at 7:30pm every Thursday. It seems odd to be thinking about Christmas already, but we are working on the pieces for our Christmas concert. There’ll be lots of new stuff to learn and old favourites to remember. New Members are welcome. If you think you might […]
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01/02/2021 / 01/02/2021 by Eoin McAuley
Ian Kelly, who died on 13th January 2021, was a committed and much-loved member of the Culwick Choral Society. Ian served as a committee member of the Society in many roles and as President from 1989-1993. Through his auspices, the Culwick rehearsed in the Presbyterian Centre in St Stephen’s Green and Merrion Square, prior to […]
17/12/2020 / 21/12/2020 by Eoin McAuley
Magda O’Connell, who died on 5th December 2020, was a committed and much loved member of the Culwick Choral Society for 28 years. Magda joined the choir as a soprano in 1992. One of her first choral performances was in the Bach Mass in B Minor with the Irish Chamber Orchestra at the National Concert Hall in 1993, and, over […]
18/12/2019 / 18/12/2019 by Eoin McAuley
Olive Smith – A Musical Visionary, written by the subject’s daughter, Gillian Smith, tells the life story of Olive Smith, founder of the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland, and surveys the history of the development of classical music in Ireland in the second half of the 20th century. Olive became a member of the Culwick […]
11/12/2019 / 05/09/2025 by Eoin McAuley
Our Musical Director, Bernie Sherlock, conducted her last concert with the Culwick Choral Society at the National Concert Hall on Thursday 5th December 2019. The concert was very well received with a standing ovation at the end, a fitting tribute to a great director. Bernie has been at the heart of the Culwick Choral Society for the […]
01/12/2019 / 08/01/2020 by Eoin McAuley
Thursday 16th January 2020 Do you love to sing? The Culwick Choral Society is recruiting new members. For over 120 years the Culwick Choral Society has maintained an unbroken tradition of music-making in Dublin. The choir sings the classical choral works as well as premiering new compositions each year and we perform regularly in the […]
09/10/2019 / 09/10/2019 by Eoin McAuley
I joined the Culwick Choral Society last January and I’m really glad I did! Everyone was so welcoming and helpful and it was obvious that there was a real sense of community in the choir. I felt a bit out of practice musically but the choir members showed me the ropes in a very considerate […]
02/08/2019 / 23/09/2019 by Eoin McAuley
Would you like to join a choir? Culwick Choral Society is looking for new members in each of its sections. We are a large choir that sings big choral works in some of Ireland’s finest venues. We are friendly and welcoming and we work hard at being one of Ireland’s finest large choirs. Our musical […]
16/05/2019 / 16/05/2019 by Eoin McAuley
I joined the choir in 2011 through a friend of mine. It was my first time joining a Choral Society and, coming from a non classical background, I had no idea what to expect. It soon became obvious that I was joining a very special club. I was greeted with open arms and in spite […]
04/05/2019 / 04/05/2019 by Eoin McAuley
I joined the Culwick in 1987, making me one of the longest serving members in the choir. At that time, conductor Colin Block expanded the size of the choir from 40 to 120 members, so there was lots of new blood. I was given four weeks to learn the work for my first concert – […]
