Music for a Summer Evening – KCU with Allegri Ladies Choir

We are delighted to be joining the visiting Allegri Ladies Choir at the Church of St. John the Evangelist. It promises to be a wonderful evening of music in support of an amazing organisation – Kerry Parents and Friends Association.

Tickets

Available by contacting Kerry Parents and Friends Association or at the door as available.

Kerry Parents and Friends Association

KPFA was established in 1973, as a fundraising support group to assist the Sisters at St. Mary of the Angels in Beaufort who were providing services for children with intellectual disability from the Kerry area.

Very quickly, it became apparent that services were required to cater for adults with intellectual disability in Kerry and by agreement with the Sisters, the fundraising group set up a separate Charitable organisation called Kerry Parents & Friends Association.

In 1978, KPFA opened their first house in Tralee, called Mount Eagle Lodge, followed in 1984 by Fr. Corridan Centre in Rathmore. From there, with agreed HSE funding, the organisation grew to a countywide organisation, providing Day, Residential, Respite, Home Support and Outreach Services to adults with intellectual disability in Kerry.

Centres are located in Tralee, Killarney, Rathmore, Castleisland, Listowel, Valentia and Cahersiveen, with smaller outreach hubs in other towns around the County.

Tralee Rotary Club Presents – The Colwyn Male Voice Choir and Kerry Choral Union

We are delighted to be joining the visiting Colwyn Male Voice Choir at St. Brendan’s Church. It promises to be a wonderful evening of music in support of some amazing organisations and charities – Tralee Rugby Club and Kerry Mental Health Association, among others.

Tickets

Available on Eventbrite or by contacting Tralee Rotary Club.

Colwyn Male Voice Choir

Cor Meibion Colwyn is a Male Voice choir and is located in the village of Old Colwyn in the county of Conwy on the beautiful North Wales Coast. First formed as the Colwyn Male Voice Party on the 6th June 1894 the choir won the Nationol Eisteddfod of Wales in 1947 but was reformed as Cor Meibion Colwyn in 1972.

The choir is bilingual in their everyday use of the Welsh and English languages and in the songs they sing and have won the Welsh National Eisteddfod four times.

https://www.cormeibioncolwyn.co.uk

O Holy Night – A Christmas Concert

Welcome to Kerry Choral Union’s Christmas Concert 2024

Christmas:what would it be without music? The favourite Christmas song that stops you in your tracks; the special carol that affirms faith and the Christmas message; the simple, the silly and the joyful songs that make us smile, make us a little wistful; the power that music has to invoke memories of dear family and friends.

Our concert programme is a selection of favourite carols, pieces from the classical choral repertoire and music for the festive season. From the anticipation of ‘Zadok the Priest’ and splendour of the ‘Hallelujah Chorus’, through to the perfect quiet of ‘Silent Night’ and the closing statement of faith that is ‘O Holy Night’, we hope that you will find some of your personal favourites in our concert programme tonight and that the performance sets you up for a festive and happy Christmas.

Tickets available in advance from St. John’s Parish centre or at the door.

On behalf of Kerry Choral Union, we wish you all a peaceful and a happy Christmas.

Spring Concerts

The first of our spring concerts is upon us

Spring concert poster

We are delighted to be starting our series of spring concerts in Castleisland this year. We are even more delighted to be joined by the Differter Saitenspielkreis from Germany, a plucked string orchestra with whom we have performed before, many moons ago, and by Ailish Walshe and the Castleisland Presentation Secondary School and Community choirs. It promises to be a wonderful evening of music and all proceeds are going to the Castleisland Day Care Centre to fund their wonderful work.

Christmas is coming!

And Kerry Choral Union is ready to sing all about it.

With a luxury selection box of musical talent, do we have a show for you. Tickets are available from Kerry Choral Union members and at the door on the night. Come on in out of the cold and let us put you in the festive spirit!