2025 Bursary Recipient
Nick O’Neill, 21, is a young baritone from Dublin who is studying singing, most recently with the late Mary Brennan.
He is this year’s winner of the Baritone Solo competition in the Feis Ceoil, where he has received numerous awards and silverware over the years, including runner-up in the John McCormack Cup (2024); winner of the Paul Deegan cup (2023); and the Junior Vocal Recital (2022), after which he was invited to perform at the Feis Ceoil Young Platform Series. He also received the Rose Bowl award in 2018, having won the Reverend Ambrose C. Benson Memorial Cup.
He is a seasoned performer, singing in various operatic productions through the years. He has toured Ireland with INO’s production of Mozart’s Die Zauberflote (2019), and has also performed abroad with companies such as the Yorke Trust, playing the title role in Menotti’s Amahl and the Night Visitors, and featuring in Britten’s The Tempest and Gluck’s Orfeo ed Euridice.
Aside from his solo performing, Nick has been singing in choirs since the age of 5, progressing with Dublin Choral Foundation. Currently he holds a choral scholarship with the Trinity College Dublin Chapel Choir, where he has been both librarian and secretary. In 2024, he was selected to participate in Sestina Music’s Next Generation mentorship program, culminating in the performance ‘In Praise of St. Cecilia’, singing Baroque choral works across the country. Other choral performances include singing with Lassus, Peregryne, and regular performances with the choirs of St. Patrick’s and Christchurch Cathedrals.
Nick is also an accomplished cellist and pianist, having studied for many years in the TU Dublin Conservatoire, winning awards for both along the way. He is currently in his final year of a Pure Mathematics degree at Trinity College Dublin.
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