Irish Church Music Summer School 2009

Ruby Jubilee of the

Irish Church Music Association

Cumann Ceól Eaglasta na hÉireann

The 40th annual Summer School of the Irish Church Music Association will take place from

Monday July 6th to Friday July 10th 2009

at St Patrick’s College Maynooth

The Guest Director this year will be Kevin O’ Carroll, son of the late Fintan O’ Carroll.

Kevin has been involved in the musical life of Waterford for over thirty years both as a conductor and French horn player. As a student he was awarded a series of musical scholarships to both the Schola Cantorum in Mullingar as well as the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin. More recently he has studied conducting with the internationally renowned conducting pedagogue and clinician, Dr. John Dickson at Texas Tech University, USA. He has also worked with David Hill (King’s College, Cambridge), Tim Brown (Clare College, Cambridge) as well as the well known British composer and conductor Bob Chilcott.

The Summer School will host directors in varying fields of liturgical music:

Kevin O'Carroll - Choral Direction

Fr Liam Lawton –
Parish and Contemporary Music

Colin Mawby –
Liturgical Composition and Special Choir

Mary Amond O’ Brien – Music in the Classroom

Máire Ní Dhuibhir – Irish in the Liturgy

Eoin Tierney, Regina Deacy and David Connolly – Organ Tutorials

Sarah Waldron – Cantor Training

There will be a recital by the Dublin based choir Fuaimlaoi directed by Ronan McDonagh on Wednesday evening the 8th of July in the College Chapel.

It promises to be a very enjoyable and fulfilling week.

For Application forms and more information please contact:

Tomás Kenny
Registrar
Irish Church Music Association
National Centre for Liturgy
St Patrick’s College, 
Maynooth, Co. Kildare

Website: www.irishchurchmusicassociation.com

Phone: (01) 708-3478
Mobile: (086) 236-6521