Autumn Season

John McCormack being interviewed on a trans-atlantic liner about his new film ‘Song O’ My Heart’

1. Autumn Talks

The dates for our talks are as follows:

DateTimePresenterTitle
13th September11amDavid ClarkeMusic to Inspire and Soothe
8th November11amGordon LedbetterHumour in the History of Sound Recording
6th December11amPat O’ReillyJohn McCormack sings songs of Poets and Composers 

As you’ll have noticed, we’re only hosting three talks this autumn as our Annual Bursary Concert takes place on the 11th October.

The venue for our talks continues to be Buswells Hotel. 

An admittance charge of €5 will continue to cover venue hire and refreshments. 

2. Bursary Concert 

This year’s concert will return to the Royal Irish Academy of Music (Westland Row, Dublin 2). It will be held in the Vernon Studio this year. The venue has a capacity of 120. We will make a limited number of tickets available to the public through Eventbrite.

Doors will open at 6.00pm on Saturday the 11th October and the concert will commence at 6.30pm. Further details on award recipients will be shared closer to the event. 

Niall Kinsella has been booked once more to provide the piano accompaniment.  

All our members are welcome to attend this free concert and to bring one guest. We would appreciate if you would let us know by Friday 3rd October if you will attend and if bringing a guest. RSVP – contact@johnmccormacksociety.ie

If you wish to bring an extra guest/guests then please check with us after this date when any spare seats will be allocated on a first come basis.

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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