Ascolta Vocal Ensemble

Who loves choir the most?! 😂 We’re so excited to sing for you all in a few weeks. Have you got your tickets yet?

Book your tickets today at www.ascolta.ie

DUBLIN:
📅 Friday 15th May 2025
⏰ 7:30-8:30pm
📍 Sandford Parish Church, Sandford Rd, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, D06 A9P8
🤑 €17 excl. booking fees

BELFAST:
📅 Saturday 16th May 2025
⏰ 6-7pm
📍 St. Molua’s Church, 659 Upper Newtownards Rd, Belfast BT4 3NT, United Kingdom
🤑 £15 excl. booking fees

We are so excited to be making our debut Belfast performance in St. Molua’s Church in Stormont. This beautiful church is a favourite amongst small choral ensembles in Belfast and we are looking forward to performing there! Thank you to the whole team there who are getting ready for us 😊 We hope that you can come and hear us there. Have you got your tickets yet?

📅 Saturday 16th May 2025
⏰ 6-7pm
📍 St. Molua’s Church, 659 Upper Newtownards Rd, Belfast BT4 3NT, United Kingdom
🤑 £15 excl. booking fees
Book your tickets today at www.ascolta.ie

St Molua's Church

We have chosen St Molua's Church as the venue for our debut Belfast performance and we can't wait!

We are so pleased that the Dublin based Ascolta Vocal Ensemble have chosen St Molua’s as the venue for the second performance of their summer concert on Saturday 16th May from 6.00 – 7.00pm. Further information and booking details in the link below:
https://stmoluasonline.com/2026/04/26/st-moluas-91/

Aoife O’Connor is a professional violinist and singer from Dublin. After graduating with a BA in Music and English in Maynooth University, Aoife has gone on to sing with Lorica, Anúna, Vocare, and now Ascolta! She was previously a member of the Maynooth University Chamber Choir during her degree and toured to countries such as Spain, Malta, and Prague; where the choir won first place in the Festival of Songs, Olomouc. Aoife is a member of Inishlacken Strings, and performs at many different events with them including weddings, private concerts, and charity gigs. She is also the conductor of the Blanchardstown Fingal County Council Workplace Choir.
💙 This is Aoife's debut performance with Ascolta and we're so delighted to welcome her to the group!
🎶 The piece she is most looking forward to singing is Cantate Domino by Laura Sheils.

Book your tickets today at www.ascolta.ie

DUBLIN:
📅 Friday 15th May 2025
⏰ 7:30-8:30pm
📍 Sandford Parish Church, Sandford Rd, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, D06 A9P8
🤑 €17 excl. booking fees

BELFAST:
📅 Saturday 16th May 2025
⏰ 6-7pm
📍 St. Molua’s Church, 659 Upper Newtownards Rd, Belfast BT4 3NT, United Kingdom
🤑 £15 excl. booking fees

For the first time since 2019, we are returning to Sandford Parish Church for our summer performance and we can’t wait to go back! Thank you to the whole team there who are getting ready for us 😊 This is such a beautiful church in a wonderful location and we hope that you can come and hear us there. Have you got your tickets yet?

📅 Friday 15th May 2025
⏰ 7:30-8:30pm
📍 Sandford Parish Church, Sandford Rd, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, D06 A9P8
🤑 €17 excl. booking fees

at Sandford & St Philips

Séamus is a bass from Wexford who now calls Dublin his home. Prior to joining Ascolta, he has sung in Ireland and overseas with a range of choirs including New Dublin Voices, the Choir of Christ's College, Cambridge, and the RTÉ Philharmonic Choir. In his 'spare time' , he enjoys rehearsing and performing with the Teachers' Musical Society and is currently reprising the role of Caiaphas with Wexford Light Opera Society's upcoming performance of Jesus Christ Superstar.
💙 This is Seamus' seventh performance with Ascolta
🎶The piece he is most looking forward to singing this summer is Ave Maria by Robert Parsons.

Book your tickets today at www.ascolta.ie

DUBLIN:
📅 Friday 15th May 2025
⏰ 7:30-8:30pm
📍 Sandford Parish Church, Sandford Rd, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, D06 A9P8
🤑 €17 excl. booking fees

BELFAST:
📅 Saturday 16th May 2025
⏰ 6-7pm
📍 St. Molua’s Church, 659 Upper Newtownards Rd, Belfast BT4 3NT, United Kingdom
🤑 £15 excl. booking fees

Gráinne is an Alto from Dublin. She has sung with choirs in the UK and Ireland over the last two decades including New Dublin Voices, Coro, Edinburgh University Singers and the Choral Scholars of UCD.
💙 This is Gráinne's third time singing with Ascolta.
🎶 The piece she's most looking forward to this summer is Cantate Domino by Laura Sheils.

Book your tickets today at www.ascolta.ie

DUBLIN:
📅 Friday 15th May 2025
⏰ 7:30-8:30pm
📍 Sandford Parish Church, Sandford Rd, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, D06 A9P8
🤑 €17 excl. booking fees

BELFAST:
📅 Saturday 16th May 2025
⏰ 6-7pm
📍 St. Molua’s Church, 659 Upper Newtownards Rd, Belfast BT4 3NT, United Kingdom
🤑 £15 excl. booking fees

Garrath Patterson has been singing in choirs since joining the Dublin Boy Singers at the tender age of 9. He joined Anúna in its early days in 1990 and sang, recorded and toured with the group for over twenty years. Highlights include tours of Japan, performing with musical heroes Clannad, and recording two PBS specials for broadcast across the USA. He also previously sang with Trinity College Singers, St. Patrick's Cathedral Choir and St. Patrick's Cathedral Chamber Choir. As well as Ascolta, he currently sings with and is Chairperson of the internationally award-winning Dublin-based Cuore Chamber Choir.

🎶The piece Garrath is most looking forward to singing this summer is Morning Star by Arvo Pärt.
💙 This is Garrath's fifth time singing with Ascolta.

Book your tickets today at www.ascolta.ie

DUBLIN:
📅 Friday 15th May 2025
⏰ 7:30-8:30pm
📍 Sandford Parish Church, Sandford Rd, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, D06 A9P8
🤑 €17 excl. booking fees

BELFAST:
📅 Saturday 16th May 2025
⏰ 6-7pm
📍 St. Molua’s Church, 659 Upper Newtownards Rd, Belfast BT4 3NT, United Kingdom
🤑 £15 excl. booking fees

Audrey is a soprano and the founder and Choral Director of Ascolta. Originally from Dublin, she now lives in Belfast, and can't wait to bring Ascolta up there for their first ever Belfast performance this summer! Before establishing Ascolta in 2017, she sang with the Irish Youth Choir, the Irish Youth Chamber Choir, the UCD Choral Scholars and the choir of Christ Church Cathedral. She's currently a member of the Belfast Philharmonic Choir

🎶 The piece she's most looking forward to singing this summer is O Love, by Elaine Hagenberg.

Book your tickets today at www.ascolta.ie

DUBLIN:
📅 Friday 15th May 2025
⏰ 7:30-8:30pm
📍 Sandford Parish Church, Sandford Rd, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, D06 A9P8
🤑 €17 excl. booking fees

BELFAST:
📅 Saturday 16th May 2025
⏰ 6-7pm
📍 St. Molua’s Church, 659 Upper Newtownards Rd, Belfast BT4 3NT, United Kingdom
🤑 £15 excl. booking fees

Meet the Musicians! 🤩 Here are the wonderful humans that will be bringing our programme to life this May. Follow us as we introduce you to the gang over the next few weeks.

Book your tickets today at www.ascolta.ie

DUBLIN:
📅 Friday 15th May 2025
⏰ 7:30-8:30pm
📍 Sandford Parish Church, Sandford Rd, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, D06 A9P8
🤑 €17 excl. booking fees

BELFAST:
📅 Saturday 16th May 2025
⏰ 6-7pm
📍 St. Molua’s Church, 659 Upper Newtownards Rd, Belfast BT4 3NT, United Kingdom
🤑 £15 excl. booking fees

📣 Concert Announcement! 📣
Tickets are now on sale for our summer concert, which we’ll be performing in TWO CITIES 🤩 Come and join us for a mixed programme of classical, popular and traditional songs. As we sing in different languages and styles, let us transport you to different times and places. Featuring a wide range of composers including Eric Whitacre, Arvo Pärt, Thomas Morley, Séan Doherty, Eoin Conway, Elaine Hagenberg and Taylor Swift, we look forward to sharing some of our favourite music with you!

DUBLIN:
📅 Friday 15th May 2025
⏰ 7:30-8:30pm
📍 Sandford Parish Church, Sandford Rd, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, D06 A9P8
🤑 €17 excl. booking fees
https://bit.ly/AscoltaSummerDublin

BELFAST:
📅 Saturday 16th May 2025
⏰ 6-7pm
📍 St. Molua’s Church, 659 Upper Newtownards Rd, Belfast BT4 3NT, United Kingdom
🤑 £15 excl. booking fees
https://bit.ly/AscoltaSummerBelfast

🎉BE IN WITH YOUR CHANCE TO WIN! 🎉
Sign up here: https://bit.ly/AscoltaSignUp

We will select a name at random from our mailing list to give away two free tickets to our upcoming summer concert. The winner will have their choice of concert location, Dublin or Belfast.

If you're not yet on our mailing list, sing up at the link in our bio by midnight on Sunday 8 March to be in with a chance to win!

Winner will be contacted on 9 March.