Christmas Concert: Mullingar Concert Band and Guests

Mullingar Town Band are delighted to invite you to our Christmas Concert.

Join us for a night to remember at our magical Christmas concert this December on Wednesday 4th in Bloomfield House Hotel. Featuring Mullingar Concert Band with special guests Siofra Byrne and Johnny Irwin.

Under the baton of legendary conductor and great friend of the Mullingar Concert Band, Vincent Dolan, the Band are looking forward to performing in the beautiful, festive, surroundings of Bloomfield House Hotel. With a program filled with Christmas favourites such as The Snowman, Sleigh Ride and Fairytale of New York to everyone’s favourite carols, this promises to be the perfect way to ease into the Christmas spirit.

The Band will be joined on the night by special guest vocalists Johnny Irwin and Siofra Byrne.

There will be a raffle on the night with plenty of great prizes. The Mullingar Concert Band was launched in Autumn 2021 with the aim of encouraging adult musicians of varying standards to join together to play music, learn, socialise and have fun. It is a part of, but also a natural extension of the renowned Mullingar Town Band with many of it’s members having previously played with the Town Band over the years.

Siofra Byrne

Siofra Byrne is a member of the Mullingar Concert Band and plays Clarinet. Siofra is also a mezzosoprano and choral conductor  living in Mullingar. Specialising in vocal performance during her undergraduate Music studies in Maynooth University under the direction of Professor Gerard Gillen, she has performed as a soloist with Maynooth University Chamber Choir, Maynooth Choral Society and the RTE Philharmonic Choir. Her interests lie in German Lieder and in Liturgical Music, as well as choral music of every genre. She directs the award winning Convent of Mercy Roscommon Chamber Choir, previous winners of the RTE Lyric FM Choirs for Christmas competition, Navan Choral Festival and Feis Ceoil. In 2014 she received the Conductor Award as part of the All Island School Choir competition which featured on RTE television. Siofra currently sings with Mullingar Cathedral Choir.

Johnny Irwin

Johnny Irwinis well known to the people of Mullingar as ‘The Singing Postman’. Now a retired postman, Johnny has been performing for over 50 years and continues to do so. He is known for his crooning voice and has been dubbed the Frank Sinatra of Mullingar. Johnny is no stranger to Mullingar Town Band and  was Lead Singer for The Big Band Ball of 2018.

Tickets

• €12.00
• Available from band members
• Or call 086 1999 497
• Or book online (link below)

Event Details

Doors open 7pm, with the concert commencing at 7.30pm.