2026 Season
DLCS Unplugged
DLCS Unplugged is our first concert with a focus on unaccompanied singing, where the beauty of voices in harmony takes centre stage.
This special concert is held in support of The Alzheimer Society of Ireland, whose vital work supports people living with dementia and their families across Ireland.
Tickets: from €20 are available on Eventbrite and at the door.
Choruses From Handel's Messiah
From Dublin to Vienna. First performed in Dublin, Ireland in 1742, Dún Laoghaire Choral Society brings Handel’s Messiah to Vienna.
Tickets: Admission free - Donations can be made to Peterskirche.
The Dream Of Gerontius
Experience Edward Elgar’s most profound music, a monumental work that draws listeners into a dramatic and emotional vision of faith, doubt, fear, and hope.
Venue & Time: To Be Confirmed
Tickets: Will be available on Eventbrite and at the door. More information to follow.
DLCS Spring Baroque concert
Join Dun Laoghaire Choral Society and organist Fergal Caulfield for our Spring Baroque concert
Under the direction of John Doyle, Dun Laoghaire Choral Society invites you to join us along with organist Fergal Caulfield for our Spring Baroque concert.
We will be joined by the exceptionally talented Aisling Kenny, Soprano; Kelli-Ann Masterson, Soprano; Francesco Giusti, Counter-Tenor, Conor Prendiville, Tenor and Eoin Foran, Baritone, for what promises to be a wonderful afternoon of music that will move and uplift the soul.
The concert will begin with Johann Sebastian Bach's Jesu, meine Freude (BWV 227), the longest and most musically complex of Bach's six motets. This comforting and at times cheerful motet was written in 1723 for the funeral of Johanna Maria Käsin, the wife of Leipzig’s postmaster.
The concert will follow with the much-loved Albinoni Adagio in G minor, performed by organist Fergal Caulfield. This popular and well-known piece has a complicated history, with questions about who, in fact, composed it. Although typically referred to as the Albinoni Adagio, the work was largely composed by musicologist, Remo Giazotto, who based it on a 'Trio Sonata' composed by Tomaso Albinoni. This popular piece will be familiar to many audiences who may have heard it in a film score or the version recorded by rock band, The Doors in 1968.
The final piece for this progamme is Georg Friedrich Handel's exuberant and rich Dixit Dominus (HWV 232). Composed by Handel when he was just 22 years old, this piece is known for its festive richness, leaving audiences moved, invigorated and uplifted by the stylistic variety of the work.
The Garden of Earthly Delights
The concert also includes a wonderful solo piano performance by Fergal Caufield of Liszt’s “Après une Lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonato”
Verdi Requiem
Dun Laoghaire Choral Society, in partnership with Co-Orch Dublin and Cantairi Avondale, are delighted to present Giuseppe Verdi's epic masterpiece Verdi's Requiem.
This production brings together a 75-piece symphony orchestra led by celebrated violinist Michael D'Arcy and over 100 singers conducted by Dun Laoghaire’s own John Doyle, one of the most exciting Irish conductors of his generation. Acclaimed Irish soloists Sandra Oman (Soprano), David Howes (Bass), Raphaela Mangan (Mezzo-soprano) and David Lynn (Tenor) will complete the ensemble.
All proceeds will go towards our charity partner the Marie Keating Foundation who do incredible work to support those diagnosed with cancer.
‘Verdi’s Requiem is a once in a lifetime work, the Olympia is a once in a lifetime venue, and April 1 is going to be a once in a lifetime performance. 200 performers giving it everything they have in one of the greatest works of dramatic music ever written. Never mind Spinal Tap - THIS is turning the amp to 11! And, it’s all in aid of a fantastic cause - the Marie Keating Foundation. What’s not to love!’
Bach to School
Tickets available here and at the door. €15/€10/€8 for groups of 8 or more.
Lust for Life and Lunch
Sunday's Lust for Life & Lunch concert has been rescheduled for March 25th at 3.30pm in St Patrick's RC Church in Monkstown.
Tickets from Eventbrite at the door or in the restaurant of your choice
Messiah for All
It's almost that time of year again and tickets are on sale for our annual Messiah for All concert on December 2nd in Monkstown Parish Church.
We are delighted to welcome back soloists Kelli-Ann Masterson, soprano, Dominica Williams, mezzo-soprano, Peter O'Reilly, tenor and Eoghan Desmond, bass. Tristan Russcher will play the organ.
It's a fantastic seasonal favourite in Monkstown, come along and sing your heart out to Handel's amazing choruses.
Tickets can be bought here
LUX ET PAX, Masterworks of Light and Peace
Dun Laoghaire Choral Society presents its first concert under the direction of new Music Director John Doyle.
We decided to revisit some of our favourite works in this first performance with our new MD: Mozart's Coronation Mass and Vivaldi's Gloria as well as Randall Thompson's Alleluia and Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus.
We are delighted to be performing in Monkstown Church, Dublin home to many of our wonderful performances over the years.
Soloists for this concert are
Kelli-Ann Masterson, Soprano 1 (Vivaldi & Mozart)
Amy Ní Fhearraigh, Soprano 2 (Vivaldi)
Bríd Ní Ghruagáin, Alto (Vivaldi & Mozart)
Peter O Reilly, Tenor (Mozart)
Eoghan Desmond, Bass (Mozart)
Tickets are available here and at the door on the night. €20 and €15 for students.
Come and support us as we start our new choral journey under John's baton.
CHORAL FUSION presents Vivaldi
Westward-bound to Galway for the second Vivaldi concert in our CHORAL FUSION series.
Tickets can be bought on Eventbrite and at the door
CHORAL FUSION presents Vivaldi
The third in our series of five double-choir CHORAL FUSION concerts, together with Galway Baroque Singers and Fishamble Sinfonia. Featuring the glorious music of Vivaldi:
Beatus Vir RV 597
Kyrie in G Minor RV 587
Lauda Jerusalem RV 609
Dixit Dominus
Tickets cost €20 (€15 Conc) and can be bought on Eventbrite and at the door
CHORAL FUSION Double Choir Series
Dun Laoghaire Choral Society and Galway Baroque Singers present the second concert in their CHORAL FUSION series, a series of double-choir music concerts that are being performed in Dublin and Galway between November 2016 and March 2018.
After the magnificent choruses of Handel's Solomon in the first CHORAL FUSION concert, this time the choirs turn to Lully (1632-1687) and Purcell.
Lully's Te Deum is his best-known sacred work, first performed at Fontainebleau just outside Paris on 9th September, 1677. The Te Deum calls for high pomp and considerable resources. Contemporary reports speak of the large forces (as many as 300 musicians, including chorus, orchestra, trumpets and drums) assembled to perform the work, even at the beginning of the eighteenth century. The success of the Te Deum is almost unique in the history of seventeenth century sacred music. Lully's Miserere mei Deus is another of his most famous motets, large-scale multi-movement works, structured in double-choir format with strongs divided into six parts.
Purcell's ‘My heart is inditing of a good matter‘ was specially composed for the coronation of King James II on April 23rd 1685. iI’s a large-scale composition that uses four-part strings, eight-part choir and eight soloists.
The two choirs, Dun Laoghaire Choral Society and Galway Baroque Singers will be joined by some of Ireland's finest young soloists and the exciting young orchesestra that is Fishamble Sinfonia.
David Brophy conducts.
Tickets are available here and at the door. They cost €20 and €15 for students.
CHORAL FUSION Double Choir Series
Dun Laoghaire Choral Society and Galway Baroque Singers present the second concert in their CHORAL FUSION series, a series of double-choir music concerts that are being performed in Dublin and Galway between November 2016 and March 2018.
After the magnificent choruses of Handel's Solomon in the first CHORAL FUSION concert, this time the choirs turn to Lully (1632-1687) and Purcell.
Lully's Te Deum is his best-known sacred work, first performed at Fontainebleau just outside Paris on 9th September, 1677. The Te Deum calls for high pomp and considerable resources. Contemporary reports speak of the large forces (as many as 300 musicians, including chorus, orchestra, trumpets and drums) assembled to perform the work, even at the beginning of the eighteenth century. The success of the Te Deum is almost unique in the history of seventeenth century sacred music. Lully's Miserere mei Deus is another of his most famous motets, large-scale multi-movement works, structured in double-choir format with strings divided into six parts.
Purcell's ‘My heart is inditing of a good matter‘ was specially composed for the coronation of King James II on April 23rd 1685. It’s a large-scale composition that uses four-part strings, eight-part choir and eight soloists.
The two choirs, Dun Laoghaire Choral Society and Galway Baroque Singers will be joined by eight soloists for this performance: Mihaela Loredana Chirvase, Rory Costello, Rory Dunne, Ciaran Fennelly, Grainne Logue, Martha O'Brien, Kevin Neville and John McKeown. The choirs will accompanied by the exciting young orchestra that is Fishamble Sinfonia.
David Brophy conducts.
Tickets are available here and at the door. They cost €20 and €15 for students.
"The Armed Man, A Mass for Peace"
Dun Laoghaire Choral Society is delighted to have been invited to perform Karl Jenkins' fantastic work "The Armed Man, A Mass for Peace", in a repeat performance of last year's sell-out "Concert for Peace" at Knock Basilica.
Composed to mark the millennium in 2000, Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace is a powerful and compelling phenomenon in contemporary music, bringing the audience on an inspirational journey from the cacophony of conflict to a final message of hope and peace. It is a dramatically engaging work, vividly setting to music extracts from the Christian Eucharist and using influences and inspirations from all over the world, including poems by Kipling and Tennyson.
DLCS will be joined again by the Ballina Chamber Choir, Cor Mhaigh Eo and soprano Anne Marie Gibbons as well as the RTE Concert Orchestra, conductor David Brophy
Tickets are available from the NCH box-office: www.nch.ie
Messiah for All
Save the date for our annual Messiah-for-All singalong, a seasonal favourite in South County Dublin. Grab your score and come and sing this glorious choral work with us, our soloists and conductor David Brophy. The atmosphere is fantastic and it is a great way to kick off the Christmas season. Proceeds always go to local charities and a donation to Monkstown Parish Church
David has recently taken over the musical direction of our children's choir, The SuperTones, and they will also be performing at this year's concert.
Soloists for this year's Messiah are some of the best young singers in the country. DLCS enjoys giving them the opportunity to sing this iconic work under the direction of Ireland's leading conductor, David Brophy. They are
- Sarah Brady, Soprano
- Bríd Ní Ghruagáin, Alto
- Andrew Gavin, Tenor
- David Howes, Bass
The organist will be Tristan Russcher.
Tickets are available on Eventbrite here or at the Post Office in Monkstown and at the door. They cost €25 for limited reserved seating on the balcony facing the altar, €20 for unreserved seating in the rest of the church (pews and side balconies). €10 for students.
CHORAL FUSION Double Choir Series presents Handel:Solomon
DLCS and Galway Baroque Singers are delighted to bring our first concert in our CHORAL FUSION Double-Choir series to Galway. We will be performing Handel's Solomon in Galway Cathedral, just a week after our performance in Dublin.
Universally recognised as one of Handel's finest masterpieces, Solomon features magnificent choruses, but more importantly containing rapturous love music, nature imagery, affecting emotion and the vividly portrayed dramatic scene of Solomon’s famous judgement over the disputed infant.
We are delighted to bring the same four soloists to Galway who will sing with us in Dublin - they will be named here shortly, and the choirs will again be accompanied by Fishamble Sinfonia. David Brophy conducts.
Tickets for the Galway concert are available here on Eventbrite and will also be available at the door. They cost €20 for general admission and €15 for students.
CHORAL FUSION Double Choir Series presents "Solomon" by Handel
Dun Laoghaire Choral Society and Galway Baroque Singers are delighted to launch CHORAL FUSION, a series of Double-Choir music that will be performed in Dublin and Galway between November 2016 and March 2018.
The first concert in the series is Solomon, by Handel, universally recognised as one of Handel's finest masterpieces. Featuring magnificent choruses, but more importantly containing rapturous love music, nature imagery, affecting emotion and the vividly portrayed dramatic scene of Solomon’s famous judgement over the disputed infant.
The two choirs will be accompanied by some of Ireland's best young soloists in Ireland: Sarah Brady, Soprano, Amy Ní Fhearraigh, Soprano, Bríd Ní Ghuragáin, Alto, Fearghal Curtis, tenor, Andrew Gavin, tenor and Kevin Neville, bass and by the exciting young orchestra that is Fishamble Sinfonia
Tickets are available on Eventbrite here and will also be available at the door. They cost €20 for general admission and €15 for students.
Conductors Course
Back by popular demand, DLCS is holding its Conductors Course from 23-26 June 2016, under the direction of our Music Director and Ireland's leading conductor, David Brophy.
To apply for a place, please complete the application form here
Soloist Auditions
DLCS and Music Director will be holding auditions for soloists to take part in our forthcoming series of concerts for double choir. These concerts will take place in Dublin and Galway between November 2016 and March 2018.
The auditions will take place in Dublin (venue tbc) on Sunday May 20th.
Participants in the auditions must prepare one Handel aria and another 17th century aria of your choice in either French, Italian or German.
If you would like to take part, please contact our secretary Paraic for further details:
The Italians are Coming!
DLCS is delighted to welcome The Waldensian Choir of Turin for a choral exchange between Dublin and Turin on April 23rd (Dublin) and May 2nd (Turin).
The joint choirs will sing a variety of choral masterpieces from Mozart, Bach and Stanford.
Tickets will be on sale here and at the door.
Special Offer: Bring your ticket from our Spirit of America concert (9th April) to this concert and get your ticket at the discounted rate of €5 at the door!
Open Night
Everyone is welcome to attend our annual Open Night, led by Music Director David Brophy. Come along and get a taste of what it's like to sing in one of Dublin's most dynamic and active choirs, under the direction of Ireland's leading conductor, David Brophy.
Music will be provided on the night.
The Spirit of America
Dun Laoghaire Choral Society and David Brophy present a concert of American choral music.
Messiah for All
There are still some tickets available for tonight's concert and will be on sale at the door.
If you have already bought tickets using PayPal and did not receive them in the post, they will be available for collection at the door.
Bring along your score and sing the choruses or simply sit back and take in the atmosphere and joyous singing.
David Brophy conducts and we are delighted to welcome back some of the wonderful young soloists who sang with us during our Complete Mozart Mass series of concerts in 2014/2015:
Maria McGrann, soprano
Carolyn Holt, alto
Andrew Gavin, tenor
David Howes, bass.
Tristan Russcher will play the organ and the choir will also be accompanied by trumpets and timpani.
Tickets are available for purchase at the door tonight.
The Triumph of Oriana
A concert of sacred and secular music from Elizabethan England. The programme includes William Byrd's amazing Mass for Four Voices and a short selection of 16th century madrigals by composers such as Weelkes, Farmer, Morley, Tomkins.
The choir will be conducted by David Brophy.
Having originally conceived this Saturday's concert of Elizabethan music as a programme of two halves, the Music Director of Dún Laoghaire Choral Society (David Brophy) has taken the decision to amalgamate these halves. In doing so the concert duration has been somewhat reduced, presenting abundant riches from the Elizabethan choral tradition in a programme spanning roughly one hour. With this in mind, all tickets originally priced at €20 are now reduced to €10, while concession tickets, previously priced at €15, are now reduced to €5
SingSational!
Dun Laoghaire Choral Society is hosting SingSational! a celebration of all things singing, on the 18th of September next, Culture Night. The event will take place in Dun Laoghaire - the exact venue and time is still to be confirmed but it will be early evening time.
The idea is to gather together as many choirs from the Dun Laoghaire Rathdown County Council area as possible for a workshop/performance. We're inviting choirs of all ages and abilities from the church, school and community choirs and we hope that that family and friends and members of the public will come along too.
The event will be led by DLCS's Music Director, David Brophy. David is probably Ireland's best-known conductor and we can guarantee that he will make it a memorable event for all involved! David will lead a sort of workshop, with fun vocal warm-ups, some training in vocal technique, breathing etc and of course we will do some singing! The repertoire has not yet been confirmed but we will probably sing the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel's Messiah and Mozart's Ave Verum, amongst others. Music will be available here for download a bit closer to the time.
If your choir would like to be a part of this event or if you have any queries, please complete the form on our dedicated SingSational page and we will be in touch.
Dun Laoghaire Organ Concerts
Dun Laoghaire Choral Society and conductor David Brophy are delighted to perform at the opening of the 2015 series of Organ Concerts in St Michael's Church, Dun Laoghaire.
We will be performing with organist Fergal Caulfield, a regular pianist and organist with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra and the RTE Concert Orchestra. Fergal also happens to be our repetiteur so we are particularly delighted to perform with him on this occasion.
The programme includes works by Couperin, Messaien, Gounod and Dumont and Duparc.
Further details on this festival can be found on www.dunlaoghaireorganconcerts.ie