[cvg-video videoid=15 width=400 height=400 mode=embed] Over twenty of our young musicians made the annual trip to Ballymena Festival on Saturday, 16th February, and had a very successful day. Our young traditional group (captured above during a practice and minus a couple of members) played exceptionally well and were awarded 2nd place while we also had …
What a wonderful evening had by all at Newbridge CCÉ’s February session held in The Elk on 7th February. A night filled with traditional music and song to celebrate the legacy of Henry McGlone. Many thanks to everyone who contributed to putting the nights festivities together. Our next monthly sessions will be on 7th March …
A couple of slides have been added to the set list for the adult slow session and will be played at our next session on 7th February. You can access sheet music and slow audio formats from our Downloads page. Thanks to everybody who came out to our January sessions to play, sing, dance and …
Our first monthly sessions of 2019 take place on Thursday, 3rd January, in the Creagh Suite at The Elk. Junior session is at 7:15pm, the slow session for adults from 8:15pm and the senior session starts around 9:30pm. Admission is £3 and a light supper will be served – everybody welcome. Also, our classes resume on …
We concluded our activities for 2018 on Saturday with a couple of performances. Firstly, we had our annual Christmas concert where all our classes played with their tutors for friends and family at Anahorish Primary School. Then, after a quick lunch, a group of about 25 of our musicians entertained the senior citizens of the …
A couple of our junior members had the amazing experience of performing in the Royal Albert Hall on 6th November as members of the St. Mary’s Grammar School traditional group at the Music for Youth Proms. Caoimhe O’Kane, Roise McCloy and the rest of Cumann Ceoil Naomh Mhuire performed brilliantly and received a great reception …
We had a very successful first session of the season on 4th October with large numbers of musicians at the junior, slow and senior sessions. We also took the opportunity to celebrate the achievement of Caitriona Lagan in winning the All-Ireland U-12 mandolin competition back in August, and were delighted to be able to make …
With classes now under way, we’re having our first monthly session of the 2018/19 season in the Creagh Suite at The Elk on Thursday, 4th October. Session times are the same as last year (juniors at 7:30pm, slow session at 8:15pm and senior session at 9:00pm), but supper will now be served at the earlier …
As part of the ‘Trad for Trocaire’ fundraising initiative, we were pleased to be able to provide some music at the Saturday evening and Sunday morning masses in Newbridge on 29th and 30th September. Thanks to Fr. Fox for the opportunity to perform, and to the parishioners who generously donated a total of £627.86 to …
Belated congratulations to these three girls who all got Distinctions in their grade exams a few months ago. Darcie Conway – Grade 4 Banjo Caitriona Lagan – Grade 6 Banjo Roise McCloy – Grade 8 Piano and Grade 8 Tin Whistle