Ruby Boland – 2023 Bursary Recipient

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Ruby Boland is from Clane in Co. Kildare. The 19 year old is a student at Newbridge Vocal Academy where she studies classical singing, repertoire and performance under the tutelage of Owen C. Lynch.

Recent successes for Ruby include 1st place in the Senior Soprano Solo, and 1st place in the Margaret Burke Sheridan award at Dublin Feis Ceoil 2023. She also came 1st in the U14, U16, U18 and the Junior Recital at the Dublin Feis Ceoil over the years. Recent solo engagements include a concert in the National Concert Hall’s John Field Room, performances with the Owen C. Lynch Vocal Ensemble and Orchestra, The Baldonnel Singers and the St. Cecilia Singers, Dublin.

Ruby Boland performing in the Oak Room, Mansion House, Dublin. She’s accompanied by Dearbhla Brosnan

Published by John McCormack Society

Founded in 1960, the John McCormack Society was set up to celebrate the life and legacy of the great Irish tenor. A global superstar in his day, McCormack first found success on the opera stage and later became a legendary concert recitalist. It is reckoned that McCormack recordings have sold in excess of 200 million

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