Ave Verum

I performed recently at the Kinsale Arts Festival and one of the duets was the beautiful Ave Verum by Karl Jenkins. Ryan Morgan is the tenor performing with me on this piece and Eoin O’Callaghan is on piano.

Where to put music during the Catholic Wedding Ceremony

One of the questions I’m most often asked is where to put music during the Catholic Ceremony. So here you go!

Processional
Individual candle ceremony
Psalm
Alleluia
Lighting of Unity Candle
Offertory
Holy Holy
Ar n’Athair
Sign of Peace
Communion (choose 2 pieces)
Signing of Register (choose 2 pieces)
Recessional

 

I’ve been nominated in the ‘W’Oscars for Wedding Singer of the Year

I was delighted to discover that some of my couples have nominated me for the Real Weddings ‘W’Oscars Voting is open until February 24th so if I’ve sung for your wedding, will be singing for your wedding or you just want to give me your support I’d be delighted. Just click on the Real Weddings link and press vote!

Other brilliant Munster suppliers among the nominations are

Carrie from Best of Buds Florists in Tralee , Tricia from Munster Mobile Hairdressing , Annie from Aislinn Events , Karina from Karina’s Cakes in Cork, John from Moments Videos in Cork and Sinead from Ní Riain Photography in Tipperary

Best of luck to all the nominees and especially to my fellow singers Barbara, Stella, Margaret and Naoise - all great professionals

Cork and Munster Wedding Show January 15th & 16th

I will be performing at the Cork and Munster Wedding Show with my trio, Amoroso, on Saturday 15th and Sunday 16th January. The show takes place at the Silversprings Hotel in Cork from 11am-6pm each day – further information can be found on this link Cork and Munster Wedding Show

My trio consists of myself on vocals, Eoin O’Callaghan on piano and Aoife O’Donovan on flute. We’ll have a special offer available at the show so pop along and say hello – you’ll find us on stand G11 or performing in the foyer of the convention centre.

She Moved Through The Fair

One of the pieces I’m most often asked to include in the wedding ceremony somewhere is She Moved Through The Fair.  Most priests are happy enough for it to be sung at either the individual candle ceremony or during the signing of the marriage register but of course, as always, check with your celebrant before including it in your order of service! I am accompanied on this piece by Aoife O’Donovan on flute. Flowers are by Carrie O’Connor of www.bestofbudsflorists.com in Tralee and photographs are by www.taradonoghuephotography.com

 

Nella Fantasia

By far the most popular piece I’m asked to sing for the bride’s entrance is Nella Fantasia but it’s also suitable for the signing of the marriage register. I’m accompanied by Eoin O’Callaghan on piano and Aoife O’Donovan on flute. The beautiful flowers in the video are by Carrie O’Connor of  Best of Buds Florist, Tralee

Singing Lessons for Ages 7-16 in Cork

I’ll be starting singing lessons for 7-16 year olds in September in Ballincollig. It will be an individual lesson with a small bit of theory and the emphasis will be on fun whilst teaching the student how to look after the voice. I’ve been singing for years, starting out in school choirs, musicals etc but this led to me damaging my voice as I had no guidance about how to look after it! When I began official voice lessons at the age of 18 I had to go backwards before I could progress so my aim is to prevent other young voices with potential from going through the same thing as I did! I am a fully qualified voice coach with a Bachelor of Music degree specialising in Vocal Performance and I will be starting a Masters in Vocal Performance in September.

Karen Flannery – Fascinators

I’ve come across a few interesting wedding suppliers via twitter and one of them is Karen Flannery from Kerry.

Karen attended the prestigious Limerick School of Art and Design where she graduated in fashion design. After working for a number of years in different areas of design she discovered a love of fascinators and hats at Mallow College of Tailoring, Cork. Karen can custom design a fascinator to match any outfit. Take a look through her gallery on  www.karenflanneryart.com

A Clare Benediction

I’m often asked if I have samples with piano and flute together so I’ve added a new recording of a beautiful piece by John Rutter called A Clare Benediction Voice: Siobhan Oliver, Flute: Aoife O’Donovan, Piano: Eoin O’Callaghan

Cork Mini Marathon Training

As some of you know I am a supporter of Make A Wish Ireland and am “running” the Mini Marathon to help to raise some funds for this amazing charity. There is an organised weekly training session starting Wednesday August 11th at 6.30pm at the North Point Business Park in Cork if anyone would like to come along and train with us. You don’t have to be running for Make A Wish – in fact you don’t have to be running the marathon at all – you can just come along and train with us. It costs €5 per session and 50% goes directly to Make A Wish with the remainder helping to cover some of the costs of the trainers.You can come and join us any Wednesday evening.

Make A Wish Mini Marathon Training