A new season begins for Dun Laoghaire Choral Society!!
Open Night is done, new members welcomed and we have already started work on some superb Bruckner & Brahms.
Watch this space for concert dates!! #DunLaoghaire #choralmusic #dlcs #dlcschoral
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🎵 🇮🇹 We are ready for an Opera Extravaganza! 🎵 🇮🇹
Join us THIS SUNDAY evening @ 7:30PM in the Church of Ireland, Monkstown, Co. Dublin for a fun-filled evening of opera, including some of your favourite choruses AND Mascagni's iconic 'Cavelleria rusticana' in its entirety!
You can see the Sicilian peasant vibes from the photos - it’s going to be fabulous!
Tickets on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/DLCSOpera2025 / or at the door - but arrive early to secure your spot!
See you there 🧡
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🦋 Enjoy Puccini’s ENCHANTING Humming Chorus at our Evening of Opera! 🌸
🎟️ Tickets on sale now: https://tinyurl.com/DLCSOpera2025 / or on the door
#DLCS #dlcschoral #Puccini #HummingChorus #AnEveningOfOpera #opera #semistaged #Monkstown #churchofireland
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🔔 Delight in Leoncavello’s JOYFUL Bell Chorus at our Evening of Opera! 🔔
🎟️ Tickets available now from Eventbrite https://tinyurl.com/DLCSOpera2025 / at door
#dlcs #dlcschoral #Leoncavello #BellChorus #monkstown #churchofireland #southdublin #choral
@barrymward.bsky.social @dunlaoghairetown.bsky.social
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✨ Revel in the POWER of Verdi’s ‘Va, Pensiero’ at our Evening of Opera ✨
🎟️ Tickets on sale now from Eventbrite:
https://tinyurl.com/DLCSOpera2025
#dlcs #dlcschoral #AnEveningOfOpera #Verdi #VaPensiero #monkstown #monkstownvillage #churchofireland #dunlaoghairechoralsociety #dunlaoghaire #dunlaoghaireconsort #southdublin
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Join us for the unmissable drama of Opera!
When: Sunday 25 May @ 7.30 PM
Where: Church of Ireland, Monkstown, Co. Dublin
Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/DLCSOpera2025
#dunlaoghairechoralsociety #dlcs #dlcschoral #mascagni #opera #monkstown #monkstownvillage #churchofireland #love #betrayal #loss #passion #joy #hope #serenity
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🌟 Get ready for the magic of opera! 🌟
Join Dun Laoghaire Choral Society for An Evening of Opera at Monkstown Church of Ireland on Sunday 25 May.
Experience Mascagni's thrilling Cavalleria rusticana and other semi-staged opera choruses in a fresh, exciting departure for DLCS!
🎵 A performance not to be missed! 🎵
Tickets are ON SALE NOW!
https://tinyurl.com/DLCSOpera2025#dunlaoghairechoralsociety #dlcs #dlcschoral #mascagni #opera #semistaged #monkstown #churchofireland
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🧡 MEET OUR SOLOISTS 🧡
RAPHAELA MANGAN, MEZZO-SOPRANO
We are delighted to welcome Raphaela back to Dun Laoghaire Choral Society for our performance of Handel's Messiah on 8 December at the Church of Ireland in Monkstown, Co. Dublin.
RAPHAELA'S BIOGRAPHY
For Raphaela's latest biography please see our Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1369842714372766&set=a.645928416764203
TICKETS: some tickets will be available on the door at the concert. Online tickets are no longer available.
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As part of his time in the Irish National Opera Studio, Eoin covered mainstage productions in both Cosi Fan Tutte and Don Pasquale along with masterclasses with the likes of Simon Keenlyside.
Recent engagements include the role of Steward with Opera Collective Ireland in Doves Flight, Taddeo in L’italiana in Algeri by Rossini, Marco in Puccini’s Gianni Schicchi and Nazarene in Salome by Strauss.
Tickets: on the door. Online tickets are sold out.
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Tenor and bass heads...
All-day choir practice: Saturday 9 November 2024
📸 Helen Coughlan
https://tinyurl.com/DLCSbrahms2024 / door
#dlcs #dlcschoral #johndoyleconductor #fergalcaulfield #brahms #dalkey #singallday #tea #gazpacho #olives -
Just under one week to go...
Music or magic? Is there any difference?
Join our wonderful conductor, soloists, orchestra, Mendelssohn and Brahms as they cast their spell, with a little help from their apprentices...
💫 🧙 👩🎤 👨🎤 🎻
https://tinyurl.com/DLCSbrahms2024 / door
#dlcs #dlcschoral #johndoyleconductor #fergalcaulfield #aislingkennysoprano #eoinforanbaritone #dunlaoghaireconsort #brahms #mendelssohn #dalkey #singallday #tea #gazpacho #olives
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L-R: John (hidden), John's bag, Fergal, sopranos, tenors (somewhere), basses (elsewhere), altos, Brahms...
All-day choir practice: Saturday 9 November 2024
📸 Helen Coughlan
#dlcs #dlcschoral #johndoyle #fergalcaulfield #brahms #dalkey #singallday #tea #gazpacho #olives
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Tickets are still available but selling fast now... 🔥
Join us for a beautiful concert: https://tinyurl.com/DLCSbrahms2024
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Just under two weeks to go...
We hope to welcome you to our celebration of Romantic- era music by Johannes Brahms and Felix Mendelssohn, directed by John Doyle and starring soprano Aisling Kenny, baritone Eoin Foran and the Dun Laoghaire Consort 💫 🧙 👩🎤 👨🎤 🎻
https://tinyurl.com/DLCSbrahms2024 / door
#dlcs #dlcschoral #brahms #mendelssohn #dalkey #johndoyleconductor #AislingKennySoprano #eoinforanbaritone #dunlaoghaireconsort
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Huge thanks to The Queens Dalkey for letting us hang a corriboard on their railings. Our concert is over the road at the Church of the Assumption on 17 November, so it's a short hop back to The Queens afterwards for some much-needed refreshment...
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Johannes Brahms, Photograph (1894), by Marie Köstlin, Frau Fellinger (1849-1925)
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We are delighted that our wonderful band - the Dun Laoghaire Consort, which comprises some of the top musicians in the country - will be performing String Symphony No. 3 in E minor by Felix Mendelssohn at our Brahms' Requiem concert on 17 November.
Another great reason to join us for what promises to be a magical afternoon! 🎻🎻🎻
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Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/DLCSbrahms2024 (plus some tickets on the door but those always sell fast, so booking in advance is strongly recommended)
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As a dedicated recitalist, Aisling has performed a diverse range of repertoire, including women’s songs at the University of California Irvine with pianist Lorna Griffitt, Dowland’s lute songs with Thomas Dunford in Paris and Kilkenny, and numerous collaborations with historical harpist Siobhán Armstrong.
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In addition to performing Brahms' Requiem with us, we can now announce that our wonderful band - the Dun Laoghaire Consort, which comprises some of the top instrumentalists in the country - will be performing String Symphony No. 3 in E minor by Felix Mendelssohn at our concert on 17 November.
Another great reason to join us for what promises to be a beautiful concert! 🎻🎻🎻
Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/DLCSbrahms2024
#dlcs #dlcschoral #brahms #johannesbrahms #mendelssohn #felixmendelssohn #dalkey
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🎺 Just a reminder that our MESSIAH FOR ALL tickets are also on sale and selling fast! 🎺
Tix €25/€20: https://tinyurl.com/DLCSmessiah2024
Some tickets will be available at the door but early booking is advised, as door tickets sell out rapidly.
We hope you will join us for a wonderful Baroque Messiah.
Love to sing and own a Messiah score? Sing along to the choruses with us! Just bring your score and ask our door crew to show you to seats reserved for singers.
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Joining us in Dalkey on 17 November are two outstanding soloists: Soprano Aisling Kenny and Baritone Eoin Foran.
Under the direction of John Doyle and accompanied by the Dun Laoghaire Consort, our performance of Brahms' Requiem promises to be a concert to remember. We hope to see you there! 💕
Tickets: €25 (full) / €20 (conc.):
https://tinyurl.com/DLCSbrahms2024NB Some tickets will be available on the door but EARLY BOOKING IS ADVISED, as door tickets tend to sell out fast.
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Tickets are NOW ON SALE for the FIRST CONCERT of our 2024-25 season:
Johannes Brahms, 'Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem), Op. 45'.
Likely penned as a deeply personal response to the deaths of his mother and his friend Robert Schumann, Brahms' moving and evocative work offers comfort and solace to those left behind.
Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/DLCSbrahms2024
Some tickets will also be available on the door.*
* EARLY BOOKING IS ADVISED, as door tickets tend to sell out fast.
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TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE FOR OUR BELOVED 'MESSIAH FOR ALL' !
We look forward to welcoming you to our seasonal favourite! Bring your score if you wish to sing along with us! 💕
Tickets: €25 (full) / €20 (conc.): https://tinyurl.com/DLCSmessiah2024
Some tickets will also be available on the door. *
Date: Sunday 8 December 2024
Time: 5 PM
Venue: Church of Ireland, Monkstown, Co. Dublin* EARLY BOOKING IS ADVISED, as we were unable to accommodate everyone on the door last year.
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SAVE THE DATES and WATCH THIS SPACE!
👩🎤👨🎤 🎻🎺Details coming soon.
Follow us for more...
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🧡 TONIGHT @ 7.30 PM! ALL WARMLY WELCOME 🧡
THIS THURSDAY 12 SEPT. @ 7.30 PM
Come sing with us for the evening! 🌙
Get a feel for what we do and have a friendly cuppa with us 🍵
All welcome 💕
Tickets: priceless
Details: 👇Eircode: A94 H9D6
Buses: 7 / 7A / S8 to Monkstown (3-minute walk)
DART: Salthill and Monkstown (5-minute walk)
🅿️: adjacent residential roads#dlcs #dlcschoral #dlcsopenevening #dlcstasternight #monkstown #quakermeetinghouse
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Embodiment.
When we sing, our body-mind is our instrument...
First rehearsal of the season: Th 5 Sept. 2024
Video: Helen Coughlan
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'Join DLCS for beautiful music; amazing Choral Director; fantastic accompanist; friendship and a lot of laughs!' Linda: Soprano 2
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Sing with us for an evening ⭐️ Come to our Taster Night! 🌙
When: Thursday 12 September @ 7.30 PM
Where: Quaker Meeting House, Monkstown, Co. Dublin (A94 H9D6)
Tickets: Priceless
You are all warmly welcome 💛🧡❤️
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A little taste of what we do...
A snippet of Vivaldi's Gloria from our Bach-Vivaldi concert on 24.3.24 🎵
Video: Helen Coughlan (original audio/video)
A. Vivaldi, Gloria, performed by Dun Laoghaire Choral Society at our Bach-Vivaldi Concert, Church of the Assumption, Dalkey, Co. Dublin, Republic of Ireland on 24 March 2024#dlcs #dlcschoral #TasterNight #openevening #opennight #monkstown
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Come along to our Taster Night Experience on Thursday 12 September (details on image 👆) and sing with us! ✨
Have a chat and a cuppa 🫖 with our lovely choir members and immerse yourself for the evening in some of the beautiful music we sing 👩🎤
The event is free of charge.
If you have any queries about Taster Night, membership, or the choir in general, please email Denise at [email protected]
Looking forward to greeting you warmly on Taster Night 💕
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2 sleeps 🌙🌙
* Sumptuous music...
⚡️🌊🌾🔥🌄
* Sublime soloists ☀️⭐️
* First class band... 🎻🎺
* Super-talented conductor 🔥✨
* A chorus of 80 souls... 👩🎤👨🎤Please spread the word 💕
Tickets: €25/€20: https://tinyurl.com/elijahDLCS / door
@followers
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Three weeks today 🌞
We are sooooo looking forward to singing this epic tale!
We seldom get to let loose on a work of such filmic proportions... ⚡ 🌊 🌾 🌙 🌄
Please spread the word 💕
Tickets: €25/€20: https://tinyurl.com/elijahDLCS / door
#dlcs #dlcschoral #mendelssohn #elijah #dunlaoghaire #southdublin #dublin #choirs #stmichaelschurchmarineroad
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We are delighted to announce our wonderful soloists for Mendelssohn's Elijah on 26 May. Biographies coming soon...
Eoin Foran, baritone, as Elijah
Aisling Kenny, soprano
Raphaela Mangan, mezzo-soprano
Conor Prendiville, tenorHow lucky are we to perform this colourful, moving choral work alongside such accomplished artists?
We can't wait! 💛🧡❤️
Tickets: €25/€20: https://tinyurl.com/elijahDLCS / QR code 👇 / door
#dlcs #dlcschoral #elijah #eoinforan #aislingkenny #raphaelamangan #conorprendiville
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RARELY PERFORMED IN IRELAND! DON'T MISS OUT!
Felix Mendelssohn's thrilling oratorio ELIJAH - sung in English - tells the dramatic Biblical tale of charismatic prophet Elijah battling the Israelites' idolatrous worship of heathen deity Baal, god of storms and fertility... ⚡ 🌩️ 🍃 🍇
And then there's Elijah's arch-enemy, Queen Jezebel...
Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/elijahDLCS / on the door!
We look forward to welcoming you to this vivid and moving choral masterpiece 💕
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SAVE THE DATE: SUNDAY 26 MAY!
Tickets for our May concert - Felix Mendelssohn's epic ELIJAH - are now on sale on Eventbrite: https://www.eventbrite.ie/d/ireland--dublin/dun-laoghaire-choral-society-elijah/
Elijah is a magnificent choral work and rarely sung in Ireland, so this will be a wonderful opportunity to experience it live!
#dlcschoral #dlcs #Elijah #Mendelssohn #DunLaoghaire #StMichaels
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Curious about Bach and how he composed music? Come to our pre-concert workshop!
NOW OPEN TO ALL!
If you're a Leaving Cert. Music student and don't have a language oral that afternoon, it will help with your Music exam.
Fun, informative, and time and a fiver well spent! 💕
#dlcs #dlcschoral #bach #cantata78 #leavingcertificate #musicexam #dalkey #palmsunday2024 #vivaldi
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UPDATED UPDATE!
We are opening our Bach workshop to ALL!
Tickets: http://tinyurl.com/DLCSBachtoSchool2024
STUDENTS: €5 fee covers workshop and concert.
NON-STUDENTS: €5 fee covers workshop only. Concert tickets can be bought separately: http://tinyurl.com/DLCSSpringConcert2024
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LOOKING FOR BAROQUE CHORAL MUSIC THAT'S FAMILIAR AND DIFFERENT?
Feed your soul with Vivaldi's delightful Gloria plus two gorgeous motets and a cantata by J. S. Bach - just as exquisite but less frequently sung in this part of the world.
Tix: http://tinyurl.com/DLCSSpringConcert2024 / QR code / on the door at the concert
#dlcs #dlcschoral #bach #vivaldi #motets #cantata #dalkey #dunlaoghaire
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A HEARTFELT THANK YOU to all who so kindly spread the word about our Messiah for All in Monkstown. We had a full, happy house, apart from a few seats where visibility was just too poor! 💕🎺✨🎶
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🎺🔥🎺🔥🎺🔥
Our MESSIAH FOR ALL tickets are now at 🔥 'Almost full' and 'Few tickets left' 🔥 on Eventbrite.
While there will be some tickets available on the door, we highly recommend buying your tickets in advance to avoid disappointment.
Our Eventbrite entry also contains full details of our concert.
Tickets/details: https://tinyurl.com/dlcsmessiah23 or scan the QR code on the image
Thank you 💕
#DLCS #dlcschoral #handel #Haendel #Messiah #messiahforall #monkstown #dublinevents
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Our MESSIAH FOR ALL tickets are 🔥 'Going fast' 🔥 on Eventbrite.
While there will be some tickets available on the door, we highly recommend buying your tickets in advance to avoid disappointment.
Tickets/details: https://tinyurl.com/dlcsmessiah23
Thank you 💕
#dlcs #dlcschoral #Handel #Haendel #Messiah #Messiahforall #Monkstown #Dublinevents
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Got one of these, no matter how well-loved (aka bashed up)? Why not bring it to our 'Messiah for All' on 10 December in Monkstown and sing the choruses with us? We'd love to see you (and hear you!) there 💕
Tickets/more info. https://tinyurl.com/dlcsmessiah23
#dlcs #dlcschoral #messiah #messiahforall #handel #haendel #monkstown #dublin #dunlaoghaire #dublinevents #singing
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Faster than a Ryanair turnaround, we're now preparing for our much loved MESSIAH FOR ALL in Monkstown! (See 👇)
Tickets/more info.: https://tinyurl.com/dlcsmessiah23 or via the QR code on the image
Bring your score and sing along with us, or sit back and immerse yourself in this timeless choral work.
Hope to see you there 💕
Unfortunately, we are unable to accommodate babies and young children at our concerts.
#dlcs #dlcschoral #handel #haendel #messiah #messiahforall #monkstown #dunlaoghaire
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🎺 DOOR TICKETS FOR PUCCINI 🎺
PLEASE COME EARLY TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT tomorrow night if you wish to buy tickets on the door.
Ticket sales have been flying! We are nearly at full capacity.
There are also a few (very few!) tickets still available at https://tinyurl.com/dlcsopera
Looking forward to seeing you there! 💕
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SEVEN SLEEPS to 😇 SAINTS AND SINNERS 😈 ... our concert of glorious Italian music 🦋 🌙
Donizetti, Leoncavallo, Mascagni, Puccini and Verdi are the ✨ stars ✨ in our firmament next Sunday night.
Tix/details: https://tinyurl.com/dlcsopera / or via QR code on image
Looking forward to your company 💕
#dlcs #dlcschoral #puccini #verdi #donizetti #mascagni #leoncavallo #dalkey #dalkeyparish #dunlaoghaire #monkstown
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🌟 MEET OUR SOLOISTS 🌟
BASS: REDMOND SANDERS
We are delighted to welcome back outstanding bass soloist Redmond Sanders for our 'Saints and Sinners' concert on 19 November in Dalkey.
For more about Redmond:
https://instagram.com/redmondsandersmusic/?hl=en
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Rehearsing... 🦋
Tickets, full prog. + details: https://tinyurl.com/dlcsopera
#dlcs #dlcschoral #puccini #donizetti
#mascagni #verdi #leoncavallo #messadigloria #dalkey #dunlaoghaire #dlr #choir #musicindublin #operachoruses #opera -
OPERA FANS! 🦋
Join us for 😇 Saints and Sinners 😈 - a colourful night of opera (and wannabe opera!) for choir and soloists with #Puccini #Mascagni #Leoncavallo #Verdi + #Donizetti 🌟
John Doyle, conductor
Conor Prendiville, tenor
Redmond Sanders, bassDun Laoghaire Consort
Tix/deets/prog: https://tinyurl.com/dlcsopera or QR 👇
See you there! 💕 🎭
Please share 📯 Thank you.
#dlcs #dlcschoral #dalkey #dunlaoghaire #opera #choir #WexfordFestivalOpera #IrishOpera #irishoperafans #northernirishopera
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John Doyle, conductor
Conor Prendiville, tenor
Redmond Sanders, bassDun Laoghaire Consort
Tickets: https://tinyurl.com/dlcsopera
Looking forward to seeing you 💕
Please share 🎺
#dlcs #dlcschoral #puccini #mascagni #verdi #leoncavallo #donizetti #dalkey #dunlaoghaire #choir #opera
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😇 SAINTS AND SINNERS 😈
Let us welcome you to a magical evening of song as we begin our exciting 2023-2024 season! 🦋
TICKETS NOW ON SALE for Puccini's colourful 'Messa di Gloria', plus selected Opera Choruses!
Go to https://tinyurl.com/dlcsopera / scan QR code 👇 for tickets and our full programme.
See you there! Please share 💕
#dlcs #dlcschoral #puccini #messadigloria #opera #Leoncavallo #donizetti #mascagni #verdi #dalkey #dunlaoghaire #dlr #dublinevents
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✨ WELCOME TO OUR EXCITING 2023/2024 SEASON ✨
PUCCINI : HANDEL : BACH : VIVALDI : MENDELSSOHN : AND MORE
✨✨ SAVE THE DATES ✨✨
PLEASE SHARE AND SPREAD THE WORD!
TICKETS FOR PUCCINI'S MESSA DI GLORIA AND HANDEL'S MESSIAH 'FOR ALL' ARE NOW AVAILABLE ON EVENTBRITE:
#dlcs #dlcschoral #puccini #handel #jsbach #vivaldi #Mendelssohn #messadigloria #Messiah