December Updates
Christmas celebrations as a new season beckons!
Our Upcoming Concerts
Celebrate Christmas
Tickets are selling fast for our Christmas concerts with Soprano Ailish Tynan. Enjoy festive music, songs, and carols at St. Mary’s Cathedral Limerick at 1pm and 7.30pm on Friday 15 December. ICO also visits Ferns, Co. Wexford on Saturday 16 December, home to Conductor, Karen Ní Bhroin.
An Evening for Friends at the Hunt Museum
We are delighted to host a joint event with The Hunt Museum for Friends to include a complimentary pre-concert drinks reception and pre-concert talk. Meet Conductor, Karen Ní Bhroin, as she chats with ICO’s Matthew Draper ahead of our evening Christmas Concert on the 15 December. Remember, we are currently offering a 10% discount on new or renewed memberships so don’t miss out!
Sing Out With Strings (ICO Schools) / ICOYO (ICO Youth)
Le Chéile N.S. will host its Sing Out With Strings school Christmas concert on 13 December. Later that day the children collaborate on a project Scales and Scéals with Narrative 4. St. Mary’s N.S. hosts its Christmas concert on 15 December. Meanwhile, ICOYO will celebrate Christmas on Friday 22 December at St. Mary’s Cathedral at 3pm. Come along, support and enjoy some festive cheer!
RTÉ Lyric FM
If you missed Marty Whelan in conversation with Conductor, Karen Ní Bhroin you can listen here. Our Christmas celebration with Ailish Tynan will broadcast on The Full Score presented by Liz Nolan on Thursday 21 December (1.30-4.00pm).
The Stones Of Life
We are back next year on 9 and 10 February, in Limerick and Dublin as rising star Killian Farrell conducts us in two all-time great symphonies. Prokofiev’s Classical Symphony, full of vitality and fun is paired Mozart’s thrilling Jupiter in all its grandeur. Deirdre Gribbin’s The Stones of Life sung by Sharon Carty will sweep you to places beyond your imagination! Read about our Spring Season 2024 here.
ICO Online
Matthew Draper caught up with CEO Gerry Keenan to get the latest ICO news (watch here). He also spoke with Soprano, Ailish Tynan (see above) and Conductor, Karen Ní Bhroin (watch here) ahead of our Christmas concerts. Watch out for some video shorts coming up as Sophia Kottesova and her mum tell us about the impact Sing Out With Strings has had on their lives (watch here).
