www.stpats.co.uk Summer 2017 Summer Join us: 2017 6 July - 31 August For Ages 4 and up this summer St Patrick’s Church Pre School & Coleraine Primary School 10 – 3pm Mon - Fri ST. PATRICK’S CHURCH HALL Our traditional ‘said’ service of Holy Communion is held Please bring a packed lunch within St Patrick’s every Sunday [except 1st Sunday of the month]. £25 per week / £35 per family 9 AM If cost is a problem, please contact Alice on 02870354015 or 02870344213 During the summer we will combine our Daybreak and Parish

Children can be signed up for 1, 2, 3 weeks or daily. To Praise services into one service in the church, incorporating 10th July - 28th July, Monday to Friday register and secure a place, please fill in a registration form, worship and teaching for all ages & stages. available from the Parish Office at 50 Brook Street, Coleraine. 10 AM

St Andrew’s Church, Ballysally. Each Sunday in the month offers a variety of service types including Informal Praise, 11.15 AM Family Worship and Holy Communion.

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newwineireland.org [email protected] 028 7034 4213 At the heart of the community, with the community on our heart. Gail is in her sixth year as accompanist for Philharmonic Choir, Phil Kids, Phil Youth and Chamber Choirs; all performing across the country and in the media. He is also a percussionist and has performed with the . 6 July of which she does alongside her ongoing work for the University of Ulster Choir (having also performed with them July Nikki Johnston studied the violin at the Royal Academy of Music with Clarence Myerscough and Howard Davis. She Queen’s University Guitar Ensemble in New York), the Ulster Orchestra, NYCoS and NI , in addition to performing in masterclasses and workshops with various internationally renowned musicians such as Mary King, Iain Burnside, Paul Farrington and Jonathan then specialised in chamber music, coached by members of the Amadeus String Quartet. She has since worked as a Lemalu. Gail also regularly plays for recitals and examinations, and in recent months was honoured to accompany freelance musician and is now teaching violin, viola and chamber music in Assumption Grammar School. Alan Barclay is a second-year PhD candidate studying acoustic composition at Queen’s University Sir James Galway and his wife in Belfast. Belfast (QUB) under the supervision of Dr. Simon Mawhinney. Alan formed the Ensemble in 2015. Anselm McDonnell is a first-year PhD candidate at QUB studying composition. A keen guitarist as well as a composer, his recent work focuses on expanding the repertoire of contemporary guitar music and 10 August 27 July Conor & Cahal Masterson / integrating extended techniques with traditional playing styles. Michael McHale & Laura Dixon / Piano & Violin Violin & Piano Rory Douglas-Smith is a second-year Music student at QUB, focusing on composition. Having played solo classical guitar for several years, he joined the Ensemble as a way to develop greater musicianship in his playing and to expand Conor and Cahal Masterson are brothers from Poyntzpass and have been playing violin and piano Belfast-born pianist Michael McHale studied at Cambridge University and the Royal Academy of Music, his knowledge of musical styles. William Brown is a recent graduate from the Music Department at QUB specialising in together from an early age. and his teachers and mentors include Tom Davidson, Donal McCrisken, John O’Conor, Réamonn Keary, contemporary media composition. His current endeavors include performing with ensembles and musical bands in and Christopher Elton and Barry Douglas. He has performed as a soloist with the Minnesota, Hallé, Moscow Conor completed his BMus(Hons) degree in Classical violin in the Guildhall School of Music and Drama , around Belfast. Ross Murphy is a first-year student at QUB studying Music. Having started classical guitar upon coming Symphony and Bournemouth Symphony Orchestras, London Mozart Players and all five of the major Irish where he studied under Detlev Hahn and Professor Krzysztof Smietana. Conor is currently studying for the to university, he is excited to see where it can take him, and feels blessed to play among such excellent musicians in orchestras. Upcoming engagements include chamber concerts for BBC Radio 3 at LSO St Luke’s with Michael Masters in Performance course at the Guildhall and is the recipient of a scholarship from the Guildhall School of Music the Guitar Ensemble. Collins, Leonard Elschenbroich and Lawrence Power, solo recitals in Ireland, UK and USA, an Irish tour with The Vanbrugh and Drama to continue his studies there. exploring the piano quartet repertoire, and a début in the Dublin National Concert Hall’s International Series performing the Schumann Concerto with the City of London Sinfonia. Cahal completed his Bmus(Hons) degree, in Classical Piano Performance, at the Royal Irish Academy of Music London, 13 July where he studied under Theresa Fahey, Ray Keary and Dr. John O’Conor. Cahal is a current third year student in the Glen Lynda-Jane Nelson & Emily Mitchell accompanied by Peter Wilson Michael collaborates regularly with Sir James Galway, Michael Collins, Patricia Rozario, Dame Felicity Lott and Camerata Gould School of Music in Toronto Canada, with Dr. John O’Conor, on the Professional Artist Diploma Course. Cahal is a Mezzo-Soprano, Soprano & Piano Pacifica. He is grateful to the Arts Council of for selecting him for a Major Individual Award in 2016. multiple award winner in the Feis Ceoil Dublin, including the Morris Grant Bursary and last year received the Tiessier www.michaelmchale.com Scholarship from the R.I.A.M.

Northern Irish mezzo-soprano, Lynda-Jane Nelson, is currently an Opera Theatre Company Young English violinist Laura Dixon began her violin studies at the age of eight, attending the Junior Associate Artist, and is also a Samling Scholar. She has recently graduated from the Royal Conservatoire Department as a Junior Exhibitioner Award winner. Laura was later a Foundation Scholar at the Royal College of Music 17 August of Scotland under the tutelage of Kathleen McKellar-Ferguson. Lynda-Jane was a finalist in the Thelma where she completed her BMus degree with first class honours and a Postgraduate Diploma with distinction, studying Pupils of Peter Wilson / Various King Prize and the 2010 Northern Ireland Opera Vocal Competition, where she won the audience prize. with Rodney Friend and Yossi Zivoni. During her studies she won various awards including the Philharmonia/Meyer Recent engagements include chorus in The Flying Dutchman with Northern Ireland Opera, , Der MMSF and Countess of Munster awards, as well as leading the symphony and opera orchestras under conductors fliegende Holländer and the Pirates of Penzance with Scottish Opera, and Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music at the including Sir Roger Norrington and Andrew Litton. Peter Wilson completed a BMus degree at Queen’s University Belfast in 1976 and has been teaching Royal Albert Hall for the BBC Proms. Laura has established a busy and diverse freelance career in London, recording, broadcasting and touring with many music both in Friend’s School Lisburn and Portadown College. He and his family moved to the delightful Born into a musical family, Scottish soprano, Emily Mitchell began formal classical training in 2005. Emily has given of the leading orchestras including the Philharmonia, BBC Symphony, Royal Philharmonic and Aurora Orchestra among North Coast 13 years ago and Peter then set up a large private practice working both in Coleraine High many performances across Europe. Emily has been broadcast on BBC Radio Scotland and BBC Radio 3. She made her others, as well as session work recording scores for film, television and commercials. Laura has performed as a guest School and at his home. He speciailises not only in piano tuition but also in the field of Music Theatre and his BBC Proms début in August 2010 at the Royal Albert Hall with the BBC SSO in Vaughan Williams’ Serenade to Music. As a principal with various ensembles, including live BBC Radio 3 and BBC4 television broadcasts at the BBC Proms. pupils range from 6 to 60 years old. He considers it a pleasure to be able to use St Patrick’s as a venue for a few of regular performer with Dunedin Consort, Emily has appeared on their recordings of Handel’s Esther and most recently his pupils to present a varied concert programme consisting of both instrumental and vocal contributions. Mozart’s Requiem, due for release in Easter next year. www.emilymitchellsoprano.com Big thanks to the pupils both past and present who are taking part.

20 July 24 August Ross Houston, Jake Houston & Gail Evans / Flute & Piano August { NO RECITAL } Ross Houston is 16 years old and attends Cullybackey College. He is the current principal flute with The National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain and also a member of the Ulster Youth Orchestra. 3 August 31 August He currently studies with flute professional Bill Dowdall at The Royal Irish Academy in Dublin. Gillian McCutcheon, Nikki Johnston, Michael Harrison St Patrick’s Parish Choir Jake Houston is 14 years old and attends Cambridge House Grammar School in Ballymena. He is Clarinet, Viola & Piano currently performing with the National Children’s Orchestra of Great Britain. Jake currently studies with flute professional Bill Dowdall at The Royal Irish Academy in Dublin. Gillian McCutcheon was born in Bangor, County Down and began playing the clarinet at the age of 10. Gail Evans, from Mid-Ulster, studied piano under both Elizabeth Bicker and Stephanie Hughes, and organ with Some time later she read for her BMus at Edinburgh University. Since graduating, Gillian has been much WE WOULD ALSO LIKE TO WELCOME Desmond Hunter. Having completed her undergraduate degree and PGCE in Music at the University of Ulster, Gail sought after as a freelance orchestral player and has given numerous BBC recitals. YOU FOR LUNCHTIME REFRESHMENTS embarked on a teaching career which led to the post of Head of Music in Rainey Endowed School, Magherafelt. Having moved on from the education sector, to pursue her passion for playing, she is now an active accompanist A Queen’s University graduate and past pupil of the late Bertram Jones, Michael is Head of Music at Assumption Grammar and répétiteur throughout Northern Ireland and further afield. School, Ballynahinch. He is an experienced accompanist and repetiteur having worked with Opera NI and EACH RECITAL WILL COMMENCE AT 12:30PM AND LAST APPROX 40 MINUTES. www.stpats.co.uk