麻豆社

Strathearn School Chamber Choir
(麻豆社 Songs Of Praise Young Choir Of The Year 2018)

Hallelujah, Get Happy: Trad arr Gilpin

ParSonik

Bring Me Sunshine:聽Dee/Kent
Will Ye Go, Lassie, Go?:聽Francis McPeake
Daisy, Daisy:聽Harry Dacre
The Way Old Friends Do:聽Andersson/Ulvaeus

Belfast Community Gospel Choir

Every Praise:听奥补濒办别谤/叠谤补迟迟辞苍
How Great Thou Art:聽Stuart Hine
My Life, My Love, My All:聽Kirk Franklin
Holy, Holy, Holy:聽Oliver/Heber/Dykes

St. George鈥檚 Choir, Belfast

Kyrie (from Communion Service in F):聽Herbert Sumison
Blessed City, Heavenly Salem:聽Edward Bairstow
骋濒辞谤颈补听(from Communion Service in F):聽Herbert Sumsion

Led by musician Jonny McGeown, ParSonik is the name adopted by the Parkinson鈥檚 UK (NI) community choir for Belfast, which meets in South Belfast. The choir was started initially as a trial project in March 2015, and proved so popular with its participants that the charity has continued to support it.

ParSonik is a choir for people with Parkinson鈥檚 and their supporters, many of whom have had no previous experience of singing in front of an audience. The main aim is to make music, which brings with it considerable therapeutic benefits - the health and wellbeing benefits of choir membership and choral singing for people with Parkinson's are acknowledged internationally in both research and practice.

A real sense of family has grown over the years, with some supporters finding respite in conversations with others who understand their situation, reducing their sense of isolation. One of the main potential benefits of singing is to help a person enhance and maintain their vocal strength and practise facial expression, both of which are impacted by the condition.

Like any other choir, ParSonik is made up of people from various walks of life, careers, expertise and experience. Singing helps members regain confidence, if that has been impacted by their health condition. And the hope that they continue to benefit each other by their lifetime鈥檚 experience.

In 2009 Marie Lacey鈥檚 dream was to create a choir that, through unity and inclusiveness, would promote a positive image internationally of Belfast and Northern Ireland. The dream has become a reality, and the choir is an expression of the diversity of the city of Belfast, with members from Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa and Spain.

The Choir has featured in many TV & Radio programmes, and performed for Heads of State, Royalty, Corporate and Civic functions and Charity & Church concerts.

Internationally they have performed in New York City, Boston and Indiana USA.

Led by their director and founder, BCGC performances are famous for their high energy passion and the joy in the music and gospel message.

You can find out more about the choir by visiting their website

St George鈥檚 Choir is unique in Northern Ireland.

It鈥檚 the only Church of Ireland parish choir to have a liturgy sung by Trebles and Gentlemen. The boys come from a variety of schools in the greater Belfast area, and begin their training at age 8. After their voices break, they move into the Alto, Tenor and Bass parts with the gentlemen.

Here, they can become choral scholars, a role which involves their singing twice on a Sunday during term, taking a singing lesson each week , progressing through singing exams, and finally attending an Eton Choral Course in the summer of Lower 6th, with a view to becoming university choral scholars in England and elsewhere.

This is all funded by the parish.聽
The repertoire is based on the Anglican tradition, with liturgies sung in English and in Latin. The choristers engage in concerts and in Choir tours, and receive payment and organised activities throughout the year.聽
The choir is directed by Mr David Falconer, with organists Mark McGrath, Peter Hunter and Stephen Hamill. Singing tuition, probationer training and recruitment聽 is all undertaken聽 by Mrs Maeve Falconer. This work is greatly supported by the parishioners of St George鈥檚 and the Music Committee.聽

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