ARTIST PROFILE:
Children's Chorus

For Galway Messiah, the Choristers of St Nicholas Schola Cantorum will be joined by members of Coole Harmonies Choir, from Coole Music & Arts, Gort.

The Choristers of St Nicholas Schola Cantorum comprise up to thirty boys and girls aged 8-14, drawn from the parish, St Nicholas’ Parochial School and the wider community. The choristers receive a unique musical education through weekly rehearsals, and singing and musicianship classes utilising the RSCM Voice for Life scheme. The Choristers sing monthly at the Sunday morning Sung Eucharist, and at other special services and occasions throughout the church year. They have performed in the Baboró Arts Festival as special guests of Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Tom Chapin, in the Galway Early Music Festival with The Harp Consort under the direction of Andrew Lawrence-King, and in other special events and concerts around the city.

Coole Harmonies is a choir for young singers founded in 2005 as part of the Coole School of Music, based in Gort, Co Galway. Led by renowned youth choir director Richard Pomfret since 2023, they have developed an exciting repertoire which includes classical, traditional and modern pieces. With members from north Clare to south Galway, Coole Harmonies won first prize in the Youth Category at the Ennis Choral Festival in February, 2025. [email protected]