2 November 2017
By Bryan Smyth
bryan@TheCork.ie
What: A Musical Miscellany at the Freemasons’ Hall
Why: Fundraiser in aid of Cork International Choral Festival, Advocates for Victims of Homicide and Edel House
When: Saturday 18th November, 7pm
Where: Freemasons’ Hall, Tuckey Street, Cork City
Easily Cork city’s most atmospheric room and, in its 247th year, the oldest performance space of the city, The Freemasons’ Hall of the Province of Munster , located on Tuckey Street, Cork, will be the venue for a special fundraising concert on Saturday November 18th 2017. This year’s event is to benefit three worthy charitable organisations – The Cork International Choral Festival, Advocates for Victims of Homicide and Edel House.
The concert – entitled A Musical Miscellany – will comprise of classical and contemporary music featuring Cantate Chamber Choir, Cork School of Music 4th Year Singers, Monfort College of Performing Arts Senior Youth Choir, with special guests Denis Lane (baritone), Noel Somers (tenor), Michelle O’Brien (mezzo-soprano), Charlotte O’Connor (mezzo-soprano), and Denise Crowley (piano).
The evening will commence at 7pm, with pre-concert drinks and canapés reception, with the concert commencing at 8pm in the Lodge Room. Tickets cost €20, including refreshments, and may be obtained from the Choral Festival Office, Civic Trust House, 50 Pope’s Quay (tel.: 021-4215125, email: administrator@corkchoral.ie) or from the Masonic Hall (email munsterfreemason@gmail.com)
