Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland: Ancora
$20-$159
- Lauren Murphy, voice
- Conal Duffy, Uilleann pipes
- Grahame Harris, Highland pipes
- Fairfield County Children's Choir
- Xaverian High School Pipe Corps
- DeNogla Academy of Irish Dance
The Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland marks the 25th anniversary of the Good Friday Agreement on St. Patrick's Day in "Ancora," a blend of symphonic Celtic music rooted in both the Irish and Ulster Scots traditions. The 140-player youth orchestra is joined by the Fairfield County Children's Choir and Brooklyn's Xaverian HS Pipe Corps. Conductor Greg Beardsell weaves layers of Uilleann pipes, harp, fiddle, bodhrán, and Ulster Scots bagpipes which supplement a full symphony orchestra.
About Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland (CBOI)
The Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland (CBOI) was established in 1995 as a peace initiative and is composed of over 100 exceptionally talented young musicians from all over Ireland and Northern Ireland. Over the past 21 years, the CBOI has played an important role in building and nurturing vital cross border and cross community relations. The CBOI is conducted by one of the UK's most celebrated and outstanding young conductors, Mr. Greg Beardsell.
https://peaceproms.com/about-cboi/About Lauren Murphy, voice
Lauren Murphy is a multi award winning singer/songwriter from North Monaghan. Having performed nationally and internationally from a very young age, Lauren enjoys singing in a broad range of musical styles including classical, jazz, and hard rock/metal. At the age of 11, Lauren won RTE's televised children's talent competition Star Stream, and in her later years was dubbed as "undoubtedly one to watch" by Hotpress Magazine, who complimented her "gripping, poignant lyrics and powerful vocals laced with raw emotion."
Lauren enjoys participating in musical theatre and has fronted many bands including Between Horizons who shot to the top of the Irish metal charts with their self titled debut release. Lauren currently fronts Dundalk-based funk/rock group Accidents In The Workplace who are quickly making a name for themselves on the Irish music scene.
http://peaceproms.com/cboi-soloists/About Conal Duffy, Uilleann pipes
Conal Duffy is an award winning Uilleann Piper from Co Louth. Conal has performed with the Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland in London's Royal Albert Hall, New York's Lincoln Center, Chicago Symphony Hall, and Shanghai Oriental Arts Centre.
He has performed as a soloist with the RTE National Symphony Orchestra, National Youth Orchestra of Ireland and UCD Symphony Orchestra. In 2016 he was the Musician in Residence at the Sydney Gaelic Society. Conal studied Uilleann Pipes with Gay McKeon and Sean Óg Potts at Na Píobairí Uilleann. He studied Psychology at UCD as an Ad Astra Scholar. Conal has recently returned from a 75 city tour of North America with Celtic Thunder.
http://peaceproms.com/cboi-soloists/About Grahame Harris, Highland pipes
Grahame hails from Belfast and began his piping career in late 2004 at the age of 12. He has been trained by some of the best pipers in the world including Roddy MacLeod MBE, Gavin. Stoddart MBE, Dr. Simon McKerrell, Chris Armstrong, and Margaret Dunne. Grahame joined the Ulster Youth Ensemble in 2005, touring the four provinces of Ireland with the group in the following years as a lead soloist and was the opening act for the 2005 Queens Festival, Belfast.
In 2007, Grahame was invited to join the National Youth Pipe Band of Scotland. Highlights include performances at the Piping Live Festival Concert, Glasgow Concert Hall; the William Kennedy Piping Festival, Armagh Hotel; and in 2008, the Ortigueira Festival Street Concert with Carlos Núñez, Spain. Grahame has been competing very successfully in solo piping competitions in Northern Ireland, Ireland, England, and Scotland since late 2005.
http://peaceproms.com/cboi-soloists/About Fairfield County Children's Choir
The Fairfield County Children’s Choir, comprised of over 300 choristers ages 9 - 19, has performed at Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, Madison Square Garden, Tanglewood; in San Francisco, Los Angeles, New Orleans, Denver, Hawaii, Canada, England, Ireland, Austria, and Czech Republic. The group received two first place awards at the Golden Gate International Choral Festival in California in 2018.
https://www.singfccc.org/