A Festival of Choirs: Sing Hallelujah!
To mark its 30th Festival, the Charles Wood Festival of Music and Summer School was delighted to welcome Minister of State for Northern Ireland Steve Baker MP to A Festival of Choirs: Sing Hallelujah on Monday 21st August. The event took place in St. Mark’s Parish Church, Armagh.
Other guests attending included Roger Wilson, Chief Executive of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council, Brian Johnston, the Council’s Head of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Councillor Kevin Savage, Chair of the Council’s Economic Development and Regeneration Committee and Baroness Arlene Foster DBE, a keen supporter of the Festival.
The concert was attended by a large and appreciative audience, who enjoyed performances by Armagh City Choir, Gaudeamus (Newry), Portadown Male Voice Choir, Portadown Ladies Choir and Harmony Too (Lisburn).
The Festival continues until Sunday 27th August including a Come and Sing with its world famous Patron John Rutter CBE on Wednesday 23rd August and Gala Concert on Friday 25th August.
Very Rev Shane Forster (Dean of Armagh), Steve Baker MP, Richard Yarr MBE (Chairperson, Charles Wood Festival of Music and Summer School)
Richard Yarr MBE, Steve Baker MP, Anne Boylan (Vice-Chairperson of Charles Wood Festival of Music and Summer School), Elise Crean (Secretary of Charles Wood Festival of Music and Summer School)
Cathal Murphy (Gaudeamus), Steve Baker MP, Gordon Speers (Portadown Male Voice Choir and Ladies Choir), Kirsty Orr (Harmony Too), Richard Yarr MBE, Michael Harris (Armagh City Choir), Philip Scriven (Organist)
Very Rev Shane Forster, Cllr Kevin Sharkey, Steve Baker MP, Baroness Arlene Foster DBE, Richard Yarr MBE, Roger Wilson (CEO of Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council)
Very Rev Shane Forster, Steve Baker MP, Richard Yarr MBE, Roger Wilson