Choir and Orchestra
Choir
The St. Joseph of Cluny school choir is open to every student in the school with a desire to sing. No previous choral or musical experience is necessary. The choir is the heart beat of the school and it provides the students with an opportunity to sing and make friends with girls from other years and to excel in a co-curricular activity.
The choir gives each student confidence-building opportunities as it performs at most school events throughout the year inclduding the school mass, the Open Day and the Carol Service, one of the highlights of the year.
The choir also takes part in competitions, such as the Lyric FM Choir for Christmas Competition & The Wesley Interschools Music Festival.
The repertoire of the choir includes varied genres such as contemporary songs, Musical Theatre, classical songs and a vast selection of Christmas carols. The choir sings in 2-part and 3-part harmony.
Every year, the choir attends a show in the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre and learns repertoire related to that year’s production. Last year we went to see the Lion King.
The choir rehearses on a Tuesday from 4-5pm in the school hall and is under the direction of Hannah Masterson who is the Music teacher at Cluny.
Carol Service
Join us for an evening of festive music next Thursday 15th December from 19:30 until 21:00 where over sixty students share their musical talents in our first live Carol Service in three years.
St. Joseph of Cluny, Killiney is delighted to welcome parents, families and the wider community to our first live Carol service since 2019. The service will feature traditional choral favourites including O Holy Night, Angels Carol and Silent Night as well as many contemporary, upbeat Christmas songs. Over sixty students have come together under the direction of Ms. Masterson to create an exciting evening sharing students' many musical talents. Also featuring the school orchestra, many soloists and twenty ukelele players. All are welcome to celebrate the joy of Christmas at St. Joseph of Cluny, Killiney.
Tickets are selling fast! Be sure to get yours today via our Eventbrite page.
Orchestra
The orchestra is comprised of students from every year group and is open to music and non-music students alike regardless of level or experience.
The orchestra welcomes students who play brass, string, woodwind, percussion or keyboard instruments. The repertoire of the orchestra is arranged to suit the level of each individual player to give each member the chance to express their musicality according to her ability. The orchestra performs at school events throughout the year, including the carol service. Rehearsals will be during school in the lead up to the carol service.
The TY Musical
The Cluny School Musical takes place at the end of January and is a highlight of Transition Year in Cluny. The musical gives every student an opportunity to develop, and in many cases discover their stage/musical talents.
Every student in Transition Year participates in performing on stage and as such it is a major collaborative project where the students work hard together and learn something about themselves and others in what it takes to produce a large-scale project.
At its core, the musical is a lot of fun. But it also develops character, unearths talent and builds confidence. The students get to experience what it is like to perform with a professional live band, sound engineer and lighting technician. There is also a lot of collaboration between the art (set design) and music departments which engages the students in interesting cross-curricular activities.
And of course, the transitions years experience performing their show over three nights and also stage a matinee performance for our local primary schools.
St Joseph of Cluny Killiney TY Show, in association with Blackrock College, are proud to present The School of Rock on the 25, 26 and 27 of January 2023 at 19:00. Tickets are now on sale from Eventbrite!
Last years hugely successful and sold-out production was “Grease”.