Delightfully distracted in my new(ish) National Youth Choir Northern Ireland - NYCNI office yesterday.
Pipe Band rehearsals at #CampbellCollege Arts Council of Northern Ireland Campbell College #Belfast Belfast City Council

Another fantastic initiative from the wonderful Finghin Collins and Music for Galway/Cellissimo Having just returned from Galway I can testify to great excitement in anticipation of this festival !!

‘There’s a disbelief at how I’ve ended up’ ⁦Guardian Books⁩ theguardian.com/books/2024/apr…

Join us at The Playhouse for EDI Conference 🎟
Cultivate, Connect, Create on Equity, Diversity & Inclusion

Speakers include; (from top left)

𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥 𝐀𝐫𝐮𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚
Anti-Racism & Climate Justice Activist

𝐃𝐫. 𝐍𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐚 𝐓𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐁𝐄
Arts Ekta

𝐀𝐧𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐥…

Happy St Patrick's Day everyone. The countdown has started for our #imaginebelfast #festival when we kick off our 132 #Belfast events on Monday. Now's the time to get booking before we sell out even more shows! Use imaginebelfast.com

Siún Ní Raghallaigh resigns as chair of RTÉ board – The Irish Times irishtimes.com/politics/2024/…

ONE MORE SLEEP until the 3rd NORTH BELFAST FESTIVAL! Join us tomorrow for the start of a weekend packed with talks, walking tours, exhibits, workshops, performances and more! Many events free...

LOOK NORTH and you'll find us!

Programme and ticket info: tickettailor.com/events/thenort…

Singing, musicianship, camaraderie and a whole lot of fun !! Arts Council of Northern Ireland

Our A.D Andrew Nunn will run the NYCNI Girls' Choir course from 1st-5th April at Campbell College, Belfast.
Registrations are still open: nycni.org
NYCNI Girls Choir perform; A Choral Flourish- Linda Spevacek. Conductor: Andrew Nunn, Accompanist:
Gail Evans

An amazing opportunity to join the NYCNI Boys' Choir.

I have just discovered the work of Irish composer Rhona clarke and this is really wonderful.
The Kiss for SATB choir by Rhona Clarke on #SoundCloud
on.soundcloud.com/uwYAkE8aYwGU2z… Ciaran Scullion

‘O Love' by #ElaineHagenberg sung by the National Youth Choir Northern Ireland - NYCNI Training Choir. Conductor: Andrew Nunn
Accompanist: Gail Evans Recorded live at Campbell College, Belfast on 21st July 2023. Arts Council of Northern Ireland

Happy New Year to our talented & hard working staff and choir members; to the schools & teachers that welcome us during the year; to Arts Council of Northern Ireland our funders, sponsors & patrons who continue to support us; we are so grateful to you all. Here's to National Youth Choir Northern Ireland - NYCNI's 25th year : 2024 !!

Between the showers.
#Connemara

'Hope is not optimism, which expects things to turn out well, but something rooted in the conviction that there is good worth working for.'
~ Seamus Heaney

Deer Taking Shelter in Winter
🎨 Gustave Courbet

We won’t stop speaking out about Gaza’s suffering – there is no climate justice without human rights | Greta Thunberg and Fridays for Future Sweden | The Guardian theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

‘A mega-mechanism for bonding’: why singing together does us good theguardian.com/science/2023/d…

Alison McNeill conducting Royal Scottish National Orchestra Youth Chorus in Claire McCue 's 'Scotland-it all belongs to me !' We premiere Claire's commission for National Youth Choir Northern Ireland - NYCNI 'The Big Folk & The Wee Folk', a song-cycle based on N.Ireland's Folklore and natural attractions, in July.

youtu.be/nJAXoW8shRs?si…

Opportunity to become a Board Member of National Youth Choir Northern Ireland - NYCNI
Ciaran Scullion Jo Wright

Open Auditions: NYCNI will be holding an open audition evening in Belfast on Thursday, 1st February.
Venue TBC We'll email you a time once you've registered.
To book: nycni.org 'Request an Audition'
Arts Council of Northern Ireland