2 November 2016
By Bryan T. Smyth
bryan@TheCork.ie
Charity News
A Musical Miscellany at the Freemasons’ Hall
Fundraiser in aid of Cork International Choral Festival and Autism Assistance Dogs, Ireland
Saturday 19th November, 7pm
The Masonic Hall
Easily Cork city’s most atmospheric room and, in its 246th year, the oldest performance space of the city, The Masonic Hall of the Province of Munster Freemasons, located on Tuckey Street, Cork, is the venue for a special fundraising concert on Saturday November 19th 2016. This year’s event is to benefit two worthy charitable organisations – The Cork International Choral Festival and Autism Assistance Dogs, Ireland.
The concert – entitled A Musical Miscellany – will comprise of classical and contemporary music featuring Voices of Cork, CADA Performing Arts School, Polyphonics Barbershop Chorus, The Cork School of Music Opera Platform with special guests Eimear Collins (soprano), Noel Somers (tenor), Denis J. Lane (baritone), Mark Slade (organ), and Thomas Doyle (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: admin@corkchoral.ie) or from the Masonic Hall (email munsterfreemason@gmail.com)
