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Calling Gregorian Chanters in the South East

The St. Michael's Gorey Gregorian Chant Schola will be resuming rehearsals at 7pm on Tuesday September 1st. We sing at 10 am Sunday Mass from September to Corpus Christi. We welcome new members at any time, and this is a good time because we will learn the favourite chants for Advent and Christmas. Please contact the Parish Office at goreyparish@gmail.com or 053 942 1117 to register your interest. You don't have to already know how to read Latin or square notes, we provide translations and audio and video recordings that you can learn from, in your own time.

https://www.stmichaelsgorey.ie/music

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Hi All! As this year draws to a close for many of our member choirs, we wanted to share a draft of our updated document on fee guidelines for Conductors and Accompanists. We receive a lot of queries around this, so ahead of a new term starting in September, this may be some food for thought. Of course, these are only guidelines and recommendations, and it's more important that you all have these conversations with your choirs and directors to come to a decision that suits your own situation. We would love to hear any feed back on this, before publishing to our website in September, so you can email Rachel at rachel@singireland.ie or leave a comment below.

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SI Conductor and Accompanist_Musician Pay Guide Draft

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Just seen on the Church Music Association of America forum at musicasacra.com:

Choral composition contest for young composers (35 and under); deadline July 15, 2026

A small non-profit publisher has announced a competition for choral works on Scriptural texts. Cash prizes ($2000, $1000, $500) will be awarded to three works selected.

Overview

The mission of Ars Nova Press is the championing of exceptional music literature that has not found publication acceptance elsewhere. Our focus is on timeless artistic quality over commercial trends.

Through our sacred music division, we are passionate to create a renaissance of new sacred music - works that are suitable for Mass and religious ceremonies.

We hope this competition encourages young composers to write well-crafted sacred music. All compositions that receive an award will be published and recorded by Ars Nova.

Rules and general information

Competition opens on April 15, 2026 and closes on July 15, 2026 and is open worldwide
Entry Fee: $50 USD
Age Requirement: Composer must be 35 years and under - as of April 15, 2026

Piece Requirements:
A choral work scored for SATB or any combination of three voices, a cappella
Piece length between 3 and 5 minutes
The work should be suitable for use in a Mass or religious service
The text of the piece must be from Sacred Scripture

Works are judged on creative use of technique, expression, and accessibility
Works will be evaluated via a blind jury process

The results will be announced by September 30, 2026

More complete information is on their website at
https://www.arsnovapress.org/competition-summer-2026.html

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2026 Concert Date Thread

Please add your date in the following format

{Date - Group Name - Event Title,Location}

Eg. {15/03/26 - Irish Youth Choir - Performance as part of St Patrick's Festival, Dublin}

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Welcome to the Sing Ireland SOUTH EAST Regional Network Discussion Space.

It is our aim that this online notice board serves as a communication channel between our members, allowing you all to engage with each other, ask questions, share resources, recommendations, and come together to strengthen your practices.

It is important to note that there is a thread dedicated for concert dates, to avoid multiple concerts happening on the same day. Aside from this, there is to be no repeat advertisements for upcoming concerts, to keep the resource space clear.
If you would like to advertise an upcoming concert or event of any kind, or to advertise for an upcoming opportunity within your group, you can do so at the Sing Ireland website: https://singireland.ie/blog

This page will be regularly monitored by Sing Ireland and any inappropriate or irrelevant content will be removed when necessary. If you have any queries in relation to removed content, you can contact info@singireland.ie.