Mullingar Town Band Christmas concert at Bloomfield tonight
Mullingar Concert Band present their Christmas concert at Bloomfield House Hotel today, Wednesday December 4, at 7.30pm. Tickets are €12 and doors open at 7pm.
Under the baton of legendary conductor and great friend of the Mullingar Concert Band, Vincent Dolan, band members are looking forward to performing in the beautiful, festive, surroundings of Bloomfield House Hotel.
With a programme filled with Christmas favourites such as The Snowman, Sleigh Ride and Fairytale of New York, as well as favourite carols, this promises to be the perfect way to ease into the Christmas spirit.
The band will be joined on the night by special guest vocalists Johnny Irwin and Siofra Byrne.
Siofra Byrne
Siofra Byrne is a member of the Mullingar Concert Band and plays clarinet. Siofra is also a mezzosoprano and choral conductor living in Mullingar.
Specialising in vocal performance during her undergraduate Music studies in Maynooth University under the direction of Professor Gerard Gillen, she has performed as a soloist with Maynooth University Chamber Choir, Maynooth Choral Society and the RTÉ Philharmonic Choir.
Her interests lie in German Lieder and in liturgical music, as well as choral music of every genre. She directs the award winning Convent of Mercy Roscommon Chamber Choir, previous winners of the RTÉ Lyric FM Choirs for Christmas competition, Navan Choral Festival and Feis Ceoil.
In 2014 she received the Conductor Award as part of the All Island School Choir competition, which featured on RTÉ television.
Siofra currently sings with Mullingar Cathedral Choir.
Johnny Irwin
Johnny Irwin is well known to the people of Mullingar as ‘The Singing Postman’. Now retired from his postal job, Johnny has been performing for more than 50 years and continues to do so.
He is known for his crooning voice and has been dubbed the Frank Sinatra of Mullingar.
Johnny is no stranger to Mullingar Town Band and was lead singer for The Big Band Ball of 2018.
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There will be a raffle on the night with plenty of great prizes.
The Mullingar Concert Band were launched in autumn 2021 with the aim of encouraging adult musicians of varying standards to join together to play music, learn, socialise and have fun.
It is a part of, but also a natural extension of Mullingar Town Band and many of the members have previously played with the Town Band over the years.
For tickets, (€12) - phone 086 1999497.