2025 FESTIVAL
Young Voices
THURSDAY 29TH MAY, 7.00PM - UNIVERSITY CONCERT HALL
The dedicated Limerick Sings youth concert, this exciting concert featured a selection of school and youth choirs
from the region and further afield.
Each choir performed a short collection of songs from their own repertoire before joining together to sing as one choir under the baton of acclaimed Musical Director Máire Keary-Scanlon.
Performing Choirs
Cantette (Co. Limerick)
Junior Park Singers (Co. Dublin)
Kildysart Children’s Choir (Co. Clare)
Limerick Educate Together National School Choir (Co. Limerick)
Milford National School Choir (Co. Limerick)
St John’s National School Choir (Co. Clare)
Thomond Primary School Choir (Co. Limerick)
Presented by Shirley Keane, RTÉ lyric fm
CHORAL TRAIL
FRIDAY 6TH JUNE, 1.00PM - PEOPLE’S PARK
Colmcille Choir (Co. Derry)
Rocky Isle Singers (Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada)
The Limerick Sings Choral Trail brings choirs out to venues around the community for fun, pop-up performances.
2025 saw the Festival visit the beautiful People’s Park in Limerick City Centre for the first time,
for two beautiful lunchtime performances.
UNLOCKING VOCAL UNITY AND EXPRESSION Workshop
with MICHAEL MCGLYNN & M’ANAM
FRIDAY 6TH JUNE, 4.30PM - UNIVERSITY CONCERT HALL
The dynamic all-male vocal ensemble of the ANÚNA Collective joined us for an immersive workshop exploring the innovative ANÚNA Technique, developed over 35 years by composer Michael McGlynn.
OPENING GALA CONCERT - M’ANAM
FRIDAY 7TH JUNE, 7.30PM - UNIVERSITY CONCERT HALL
The Limerick Sings International Choral Festival was delighted to welcome M’ANAM as the 2025 guest vocal ensemble.
M'ANAM ("My Soul" in the Irish language), is an eight voice group of men based in Iceland and Ireland that combines the shared heritages of these two ancient cultures.
Their music fuses the words of Icelandic and Irish writers - ancient texts from the Viking Hávamál and medieval Irish poets sit alongside contemporary songs and music created by Irish composer Michael McGlynn. M'ANAM's music and performances evoke landscapes of sound rooted in the dramatic natural landscapes of both countries.
Presented by Liz Nolan, RTÉ lyric FM
Outdoor Chorus
with BOB CHILCOTT
SATURDAY 7TH JUNE, 8.45AM - UNIVERSITY CONCERT HALL & CLIFFS OF MOHER
Over 200 singers enjoyed a fun rehearsal/workshop in University Concert Hall, before performing
together, led by one of the world’s best known choral composers, Bob Chilcott, at the stunning Cliffs of Moher.
The Outdoor Chorus choir performed Bob’s famous arrangement of Billy Joel’s And So it Goes, which was greatly enjoyed by both singers and spectators.
This was a unique opportunity for choirs and individual singers to work with the renowned composer/conductors,
as well as to perform against the beautiful backdrop of the Cliffs!
Bob Chilcott has enjoyed a lifelong association with choral music, as a chorister and choral scholar in the choir of King’s College, Cambridge, and as a member of the King’s Singers. He became a full-time composer and conductor in 1997, and has composed a large catalogue of choral music which is published by Oxford University Press.
Bob has directed choirs in more than 30 countries worldwide and conducts many thousands of amateur singers in a continuing series of Singing Days. Since 2002 he has been Principal Guest Conductor of the BBC Singers
and since 2019 Principal Conductor of Birmingham University Singers.
CHORAL TRAIL
SATURDAY 7TH JUNE, 3.00PM - BUNRATTY CASTLE & FOLK PARK
Colmcille Choir (Co. Derry)
The Limerick Sings Choral Trail brings choirs out to venues around the community for fun, pop-up performances. 2025 saw the Festival return to the popular destination Bunratty Castle, for a showstopping performance by Colmcille Choir.
AN EVENING OF CHOIRS IN CONCERT
SATURDAY 7TH JUNE, 8.30PM - REDEMPTORIST CHURCH, CITY CENTRE
This Saturday evening concert of the 2025 Limerick Sings Festival featured local and visiting choirs performing a diverse programme of sacred, traditional, gospel, and folk songs. All presented in the beautiful surrounds of Limerick City’s Redemptorist Church.
The concert included a very special spotlight performance by Belfast Philharmonic Choir, performing The Offing, a piece written by Elaine Agnew and Sinéad Morrissey to celebrate the choir’s 150th anniversary in 2025.
Performing Choirs
Aoide Voices (Co. Limerick)
Belfast Philharmonic Choir, with Cantette (Co. Limerick)
First Congregational Church of Glen Ellyn Choir (Illinois, USA)
Limerick Youth Choir
Voices of Limerick
Presented by Lorcan Murray, RTÉ lyric FM
BE INSPIRED WORKSHOP
with ELAINE AGNEW
SUNDAY 8TH JUNE, 10.30AM - UNIVERSITY CONCERT HALL
Elaine Agnew, one of Irelands leading composers and a highly experienced music facilitator, led this one-hour Sunday morning music workshop packed with musical exploration and creation to inspire the imagination!
CHORAL TRAIL
SUNDAY 8TH JUNE, 2.30PM - ST CAMILLUS’ HOSPITAL
First Congregational Church of Glen Ellyn Choir (Illinois, USA)
Westport Children’s Choir (Co. Mayo)
St Camillus’ Hospital was a new venue for the Festival, and both choirs were delighted to perform for residents.
AFTERNOON PROMS CONCERT
SUNDAY 8TH JUNE, 4.30PM - ST JOHN’S CATHEDRAL
This delightful Afternoon Proms concert took place in the iconic St John’s Cathedral and featured a light choral programme performed by local and visiting choirs. Audiences were treated to everything from pop and folk to traditional and classical, such as beautiful arrangements of classics from Andy Williams and Simon & Garfunkel - the perfect Sunday afternoon of song to round off the 2025 Limerick Sings Festival!
Performing Choirs
Aoide Voices (Co. Limerick)
Mary Immaculate College Community Choir (Co. Limerick)
Rocky Isle Singers (Newfoundland & Labrador, Canada)
Westport Children’s Choir (Co. Mayo)
Presented by Lorcan Murray, RTÉ lyric FM
