Cantairí Chonamara, choir, Connemara, Ireland, song.

Welcome to our choir's website

In December 2011 Cantairí Chonamara were successful in their application to the Association of Irish Choirs for a Choral Bursary to help fund vocal training during 2012.

Many thanks to The Arts Council for funding this bursary.

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We created this website to raise awareness and build interest in our choir.

Cantairí Chonamara is a mixed-voiced choir with members from all over Connemara that has sung together since it was founded in 1999.
In 2012 the choir is expanding on its thirteen year history to step up its contribution to the local community through more concerts and events.

We sing at:

Corporate events
Weddings
Clifden Arts Week recital
Westport Arts Week recital
Collaborative events with other musicians/groups
Christmas concerts

Join the Choir

Cantairí Chonamara is seeking new members to join the many members who enjoy singing together.
New members are welcome to join Basses, Tenors, Altos or Sopranos. Music reading skills are not a requirement – many of our current members do not read music and everyone helps each other with the music.
Our weekly practice session in the Clúid, Galway Road, Clifden are on Tuesday evenings from 8pm to 10pm with additional practice sessions in preparation for an event.
If a new member decides after several weeks that they like singing in the choir then the annual subscription is currently €80 or €60 concession.

Sponsor the Choir

Having a vibrant local choir adds to the culture of arts in the community in Connemara. To become a sponsor of Cantairí Chonamara, please contact Committee Chair: Marie Noelle Biddulph 087 9611267.

Invite the choir to sing at your next event. Its repertoire is broad with something to suit all occasions.

Your sponsorship would contribute towards choir expenses such as hiring accompanists, accompanying musical instruments, soloists and bus transport to and from events. (Ticket sales and membership subscriptions alone do not cover these expenses.)

Your sponsorship would be acknowledged at all public events and in choir promotional literature.

Clifden 2012 Celebrations

See the News section for an article about the 'Lighting the Way Forward' start to the Clifden 2012 celebrations of the 200th anniversary of the town's founding (see more at clifden2012.org).

The choir contributed to this event by singing carols at the Square and was well-received by the festive audience. Cantairí Chonamara hopes to participate in further events during the year.

Clifden Arts Festival 2011: On Sunday September 18th 2011 Cantairí Chonamara performed a concert at Christchurch, Clifden as part of the 34th annual Clifden Arts Festival.

See the Video Gallery for clips from this concert.

The choir concert on 25th June 2011 was a great success.
See the Video Gallery for videos from this event.

Photographs below from the same event.

Email:cantairichonamara@gmail.com

Choir Committee (2011-2012):

Marie Noelle Biddulph (Chair) 087 9611267
Dee Negus (Secretary) 087 6381853
Donal Scanaill (Treasurer)

Musical Director

Peter Godaniburg became the Musical Director of Cantairí Chonamara in early 2010. Originally from Germany, Peter has lived for many years in Westport. He has wide ranging experience in conducting choirs and contributes to the musical development of the choir bringing its performances to new heights.

Peter Godaniburg (Musical Director) 086 1031151

Cantairí Chonamara is a member of the Association of Irish Choirs.
See us on their Member's Directory for Galway page.