All are welcome to our weekly* Gospel Mass at St. Francis Xaviers Church, Sunday at 7.30pm
*Every week from September to June excluding bank holiday weekends
Photos
A look back through the choir’s concerts — from the first competitions to the big Dublin stages. Click any picture to see it full size.
The pictures below come from the choir’s own archive and run from the first outings in 2000 to the big Dublin dates a few years later: the New Ross competition, the peace protest of 2001, the One Love concert at Belvedere College, The Ambassador, the Olympia, Vicar Street, Temple Bar Music Centre, the opening of O’Connell Street and the Dublin Soul Festival on Merrion Square.
In between there are the things that do not make the posters — the Christmas party, the wedding, a morning of television stills, an afternoon with the Harlem Gospel Choir. Forty singers and a band spend a lot of Sunday evenings together, and after a while that starts to look less like a choir and more like a small travelling family.
New Ross Competition, 2000
The choir’s first competition, a few months after it was formed in March 2000.
Peace Protest, 2001
Singing at a peace gathering in the city — one of the choir’s earliest outings beyond the parish.
One Love Concert, 2002
The concert at the O’Reilly Hall in Belvedere College that was recorded and released as the first album, One Love.
The Ambassador, 2003
A night at The Ambassador on Parnell Square, then one of the city’s busiest music venues.
New Ross Festival, 2004
Back in New Ross four years on, this time as guests of the festival rather than as competitors.
Olympia Theatre, 2004
Forty voices and the band on the Olympia stage — the largest room the choir had played to that point.
Vicar Street, 2005
A full house at Vicar Street, a venue the choir would return to more than once.
Ranelagh Arts Festival, 2005
An afternoon set at the Ranelagh Arts Festival, close enough to home to bring half the parish along.
O'Connell Street Opening, 2006
Singing outdoors at the reopening of O’Connell Street after its redevelopment.
Temple Bar Music Centre, 2006
A late night in Temple Bar — gospel in a room better known for rock bands.
Mansion House — Rance Allen Gig, 2007
Sharing the bill at the Mansion House with American gospel veteran Rance Allen.
Merrion Square — Dublin Soul Festival, 2007
The open-air stage on Merrion Square for the Dublin Soul Festival.
2001 Harlem Gospel Choir
A day spent with the visiting Harlem Gospel Choir, and a lot of notes swapped.
2002 Xmas Party
The end-of-year party: the one night the choir gets to sit down.
2004 Nationwide TV Stills
Stills from a television appearance — the choir has been a regular on national TV and radio.
2007 Kilbarrack Church Jubilee
Singing at the jubilee celebrations in Kilbarrack, one of many parish invitations.
