Athlone Choral Society will celebrate 30 years of song with a summer concert, featuring special guests Iontas Choir and Daren Lane, in St Mary’s Catholic Church on Saturday, May 27, at 7pm.
During its 30 years, numerous choristers from the Midlands have been welcomed and sang with the Athlone Choral Society. While many have come and gone, Athlone Choral Society are excited that some of the members from that inaugural group will perform on Saturday night. Athlone Choral Society have also been fortunate to welcome many new members, some of which will make their debut this weekend.
Athlone Choral Society are most grateful to the Iontas choir members, their musical director Giselle Foley, Moate Community school and of course the wonderful parents that support their teenagers to develop their musical potential and also wish to thank Daren Lane for his wonderful contribution this year and in times previous. A special word of thanks is also expressed to Andrius Kozlovskis, the musical director who has been with Athlone Choral Society for 10 years.
Information and tickets for the summer concert are available on the event website at: https://www.eventcreate.com/e/acssummerconcert. A limited number of tickets will also be available on the door on the evening.
About Athlone Choral Society
Athlone Choral Society is an active community choir with over 40 members from across the Midlands. The repertoire of the choir is a mix of classics and modern. They are a four-part choir and at times the musical director will stretch the choir to six!
If you would like to understand more about the choir or if you are interested in joining for the coming season (September 2023 ) please come and chat to a representative after the concert or email [email protected].
About Iontas
Music in Moate Community School boasts a long and successful tradition. Iontas is a four-part mixed choir where students must audition to be a member. This choir has been very successful over the last few years, participating at Sligo Choral Festival, Arklow Choral festival, Feis Ceoil and the Interschools music festival at Wesley winning first and second place.
They are also the reigning champions of the last All Island Choir Competition in 2014. They have been invited to sing at many prestigious events such as the 1916 commemoration mass in Collins Barracks where they met President Michael D Higgins.
The choir have also performed live on the ‘Afternoon Show’ on TV3 as well as many events in the locality.
They have been honoured to perform at the following events, namely the ACCS National Convention of Principals and Deputy Principals, the Annual Conference of the Inspectorate and in December 2019 and the National Missing Persons Day in Kings Inn.
Iontas are delighted to perform with Athlone Choral Society on this very special evening of their 30th anniversary.
