Bratislava Music Agency
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The WIT Youth Choir is a mixed choir of singers aged 13 to 18 and is considered one of the top youth choirs in Ireland. The choir was founded in 2004 and is made up of talented singers from different secondary schools throughout Waterford and the south east of Ireland. It is part of the Choral Programme in Waterford’s Music School which caters for almost 200 young singers from the age of 5 to 18. Highlights to date have included performances and prizes at festivals in Wales, Poland, Belgium and the Czech Republic. The WIT Youth Choir has won many awards at choral festivals in Ireland and has the accolade of winning the National Competition for Youth Choirs at the Cork International Choral Festival on each of their last five visits. Past members have gone on to sing in some of Ireland's leading professional, collegiate and amateur choirs and have featured in prestigious choirs such as the Irish Youth Choir and World Youth Choir. The choir is directed by Niall Crowley and accompanied by Sinéad Crowley
Niall Crowley is one of Ireland’s leading conductors, educators and advocates of choral music. Groups he has worked with include the National Youth Choirs of Great Britain, Irish Youth Chamber Choir, London Southbank Sinfonia and the Cornell University Glee Club. Niall has recorded music for the Delphian label amongst others and his choirs have performed in venues such as the Royal Albert Hall, Birmingham Symphony Hall and National Concert Hall, Dublin. Niall is based in Waterford, Ireland where he is a conductor and singing teacher at the Waterford Institute of Technology. Here he was instrumental in the growth of the renowned WIT Choral Programme, helping it expand from one choir of 30 singers to six choirs of over 200 singers. Passionate about the value of music, Niall has been instrumental in the establishment of over ten choirs in his hometown, has coached hundreds of youth and adult singers, and helped nurture a new generation of music professionals and conductors.
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841 06 Bratislava 4
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