The Parish Choirs

The Senior Cathedral Choir

The Cathedral Folk Group

The Cathedral Youth Choir

Ardaghey Choir

St. Joseph's Choir

St. Davnet's Choir

The parish choirs welcome new members. If you wish to join a choir contact the choir director for further details or leave your name and number with the parish office.

Choir Leaders & Rehearsal Times

The Senior Cathedral Choir - Deirdre Macklin - Rehearsals in the Cathedral Rooms at 8p.m. on Monday nights.

The Cathedral Folk Group - Padraig Rocks - Rehearsals in the Cathedral Chapter Room at 9p.m. on Thursdays.

The Cathedral Youth Choir - Deirdre Macklin - Rehearsals in the Cathedral Rooms on Sundays at 9.30am before the 10.30a.m. Sunday Mass at which the choir sings.

Ardaghey Choir - Bríd Donnelly

St. Joseph's Choir - Collette Brannigan - Rehearsals after Sunday 11.30a.m Mass in St. Joseph's Church.

St. Davnet's Choir - Sr. Mary Clerkin (Music Director) - Rehearsals in St. Joseph's Hall on Tuesdays at 8p.m. at the rear of the Priests' House.

The choirs of the parish rehearsing for the Carol Service on Sunday 13th December 2009 in the Cathedral.

Andrea Mulhern, cathedral organist during the rehearsal before the 2009 Cathedral Carol Service.

Introduction to Organ Music

Ruth O Neill, Rosie Mc Carthy, Agnés Callaghan, Evanne Mc Kenna, Edel Sherry and Mollie Mc Keever and Peader O' Lamhna (absent) successfully completed an introductory course in organ music under the tutorship of Deirdre Macklin (extreme left). If you would like to learn to play the organ and have Grade 4 in piano contact the Parish Office or Deirdre Macklin at 89981. The course is by the Advisory Committee on Church Music and the National Centre for Liturgy at St. Patrick's College, Maynooth. 

Church-music Workshop in Dungannon 2/2/09

About 30 members form both the Cathedral Folk Choir and the Senior Choir travelled to Dungannon on the evening of Feb. 2nd , (despite the very inclement weather conditions!) for a very fulfilling evening of Liturgical Music in St. Patrick's College.

Many of our outlying parishes were represented there too by singers and choir leaders.

The workshop was given by Marty Haugen and Tony Alonso.

Marty Haugen, from Minnesota is one of the best known composers of liturgical music today with over 200 collections recorded. Many of our choirs would be familiar with his pieces, eg. All are Welcome, Shepherd me O God, and his Mass of Creation.

Tony, also from Minnesota is a younger composer and director of music at Marymont University in Los Angeles.

Each participant was given a music pack from which a selection of pieces was rehearsed. The music dwelt on the themes of justice, peace and reconciliation, and some were particular to Lent and Easter. All the music was very accessible and everyone went away with something to serve the liturgy in their own particular parish.