New Release

The internationally renowned Irish chamber choir New Dublin Voices and conductor Bernie Sherlock present their new album, Snow Dance for the Dead – Choral Music by Seán Doherty. This is the choir’s debut release on the VOCES8 Records label, the recording arm of the Grammy-nominated British vocal ensemble, VOCES8.

With music described as “multi-metred, multi-choral, multi-exhilarating” (The Times UK), Seán Doherty is one of the most exciting Irish composers active today. Track after track on this breathtaking new album – the choir’s fifth overall and third devoted to music by Irish composers – is a showcase for Doherty’s seemingly limitless invention in response to the words he chooses from poetry, prayer and song.

New Dublin Voices and conductor Bernie Sherlock are very excited to announce our first collaboration with Voces8Records @voces8foundation đź’ż On December 20th we release the first single ‘Time’ from our upcoming album Snow Dance for the
New Dublin Voices and conductor Bernie Sherlock are very excited to announce our first collaboration with Voces8Records @voces8foundation đź’ż On December 20th we release the first single ‘Time’ from our upcoming album Snow Dance for the Dead – Choral Music by Seán Doherty 🎶 Everyone knows how time passing can feel like slow-motion, or lightning, or even like both at once. @seandcomposer animates this paradox and ultimately wrestles time to a complete standstill in his brilliant short piece for choir – Time.
Kicking off the festive season with one of our favourite jazzy Christmas arrangements, ‘God Rest Ye Merry, Gentleman’ by Dublin based composer @eoinsconway 🎄 Check out the full video on our YouTube channel 🎶
It’s almost TIME…. đź‘€ Keep an eye out on our socials over the coming weeks for some VERY exciting news 🤫
It’s almost TIME…. đź‘€ Keep an eye out on our socials over the coming weeks for some VERY exciting news 🤫
🎶✨ Calling all composers! ✨🎶 New Dublin Voices is thrilled to announce its inaugural Choral Composition Competition as part of our 20th anniversary celebrations 🌍✍️ With a prize fund of €2,100 and the chance to have your work premiered and r
🎶✨ Calling all composers! ✨🎶 New Dublin Voices is thrilled to announce its inaugural Choral Composition Competition as part of our 20th anniversary celebrations 🌍✍️ With a prize fund of €2,100 and the chance to have your work premiered and recorded by one of Europe’s leading chamber choirs, don’t miss your chance—submit by 31 January 2025. Our adjudication panel is made up of the renowned composers Jaakko Mäntyjärvi from Finland and Dr Seán Doherty from Ireland, and New Dublin Voices’ founder-conductor Dr Bernie Sherlock. With a legacy of championing new music—87 world premieres since 2005—we’re excited to hear the fresh perspectives, music and words you’ll bring to our 20th anniversary season! Find submission details and rules/regulations through the link in our bio.
Thank you to everyone who came to ‘Yeats and Shakespeare’ last Saturday. It was the first time that all six commissioned settings of Yeats’ poetry were performed together and it was a joy to work on these pieces by @aine_mallon_ , @
Thank you to everyone who came to ‘Yeats and Shakespeare’ last Saturday. It was the first time that all six commissioned settings of Yeats’ poetry were performed together and it was a joy to work on these pieces by @aine_mallon_ , @anselmmcdonnell , @cooneychoons , Jonathan Nangle, @laurahawleymusic and @roxannapanufnik 🎶
We were delighted to welcome @cooneychoons to rehearsal this week to workshop his commissioned piece ‘her anxiety’ ahead of its premiere TOMORROW. Come along to also hear a program bursting with variety inspired by the words of Yeats and
We were delighted to welcome @cooneychoons to rehearsal this week to workshop his commissioned piece ‘her anxiety’ ahead of its premiere TOMORROW. Come along to also hear a program bursting with variety inspired by the words of Yeats and Shakespeare 📆 TOMORROW 9 November 2024 ⏰ 7:30pm đź“Ť @peppercanisterchurch 🎟️ Link in bio / https://www.newdublinvoices.com/ndv-events/event/new-dublin-voices-presents-yeats-and-shakespeare/
Introducing our next three composers whose works, inspired by Yeats, will be performed this Saturday at ‘Yeats and Shakespeare’ Jonathan Nangle is an Irish composer whose work explores many diverse fields ranging from notated acoustic an
Introducing our next three composers whose works, inspired by Yeats, will be performed this Saturday at ‘Yeats and Shakespeare’ Jonathan Nangle is an Irish composer whose work explores many diverse fields ranging from notated acoustic and electro-acoustic composition, to video, field recording, interactive sound installation and electronic improvisation. Based on W.B. Yeats’ poem of love, loss, and dying passion, ‘He Reproves the Curlew’, we will be performing his piece ‘O Curlew’ which is inspired by recordings made by the composer in Co. Wexford and the plight of this critically endangered wading bird.,  @aine_mallon_ is an Irish born composer, musician and performer with a broad interest in style and genre. Áine has written a range of music varying from large scale theatrical works to smaller choral, chamber and solo pieces in a range of styles including contemporary classical and Irish folk. Her music engages with the fundamental human experience of storytelling and has been described as “Traditional yet fresh and new” (John Rutter CBE) Roxanna Panufnik is a British composer of Polish descent, and is one of the most versatile and beloved British composers working today. She has written music across a wide range of genres and forms including opera, ballet, music theatre, choral works, chamber compositions and music for film and television, which are regularly performed all over the world. 📆 9th November 2024 ⏰7:30pm đź“ŤPepper Cannister Church, St. Stephen’s in Mount Street Upper 🎟️ Ticket link in bio
Here’s a little snippet of Laura Hawley’s beautiful ‘White Birds’. Come and hear its premiere this Saturday @peppercanisterchurch 🎟️ Link in bio
We’re a week out from our Yeats and Shakespeare concert on 9 November in Pepper Cannister Church and wanted to introduce some of the composers whose works will be premiered on Saturday. Laura Hawley is a Canadian composer, conductor, pianist,
We’re a week out from our Yeats and Shakespeare concert on 9 November in Pepper Cannister Church and wanted to introduce some of the composers whose works will be premiered on Saturday. Laura Hawley is a Canadian composer, conductor, pianist, and educator known for her compelling approach to musical leadership and artistic programming, distinctive compositional style, and passionate advocacy for Canadian choral art. Laura has been steeped in choral art since childhood, and her music, often influenced by creative community connections and exchanges, has been described as conjuring “the forces of nature and its effect on the human spirit”. @anselmmcdonnell is an Irish/Welsh composer who has composed over ninety pieces for orchestra, chamber groups, choirs, soloists, and electronics. His compositions have been described as ‘abrasive and compelling’, Irish Times, and ‘perhaps the contrasts and complexities that it contains are a musical reflection of the multi-layered nature of what it means to be a composer in a community as complex as Northern Ireland.’ (Robert Hugill) David Coonan is an Irish composer and multidisciplinary artist. His work, characterized by an equal depth of thought and feeling, is diverse in form and output yet unified in intent/preoccupation — music that is meticulously wild, or possibly vice versa, co-exists gracefully with art objects, moving bodies, political critiques, tragic stories, campy jokes — always aiming to respond to the full complexity of the world as fully as possible. 📆 9th November 2024 ⏰7:30pm đź“ŤPepper Cannister Church, St. Stephen’s in Mount Street Upper 🎟️ Ticket link in bio
It’s beginning to look a lot like… New Dublin Voices and conductor Bernie Sherlock are delighted to launch our series of Christmas concerts for this season! Enjoy a truly superb selection of much-loved carols and songs, ranging from the ancient to the very new, and including age-old favourites dressed-up in fresh new apparel. Early bird ticket sales close on 31st October 📆 Saturday 7th December 2024 ⏰ 8pm đź“ŤChrist Church Cathedral 🎟️ Ticket link in bio 📆 Friday 13th (đź‘€) December 2024 ⏰ 11am and 1pm đź“ŤJohn Field Room, National Concert Hall 🎟️ Ticket link in bio
New Dublin Voices and conductor Bernie Sherlock are very excited to announce our first collaboration with Voces8Records @voces8foundation đź’ż On December 20th we release the first single ‘Time’ from our upcoming album Snow Dance for the
Kicking off the festive season with one of our favourite jazzy Christmas arrangements, ‘God Rest Ye Merry, Gentleman’ by Dublin based composer @eoinsconway 🎄 Check out the full video on our YouTube channel 🎶
It’s almost TIME…. đź‘€ Keep an eye out on our socials over the coming weeks for some VERY exciting news 🤫 🎶✨ Calling all composers! ✨🎶 New Dublin Voices is thrilled to announce its inaugural Choral Composition Competition as part of our 20th anniversary celebrations 🌍✍️ With a prize fund of €2,100 and the chance to have your work premiered and r Thank you to everyone who came to ‘Yeats and Shakespeare’ last Saturday. It was the first time that all six commissioned settings of Yeats’ poetry were performed together and it was a joy to work on these pieces by @aine_mallon_ , @ We were delighted to welcome @cooneychoons to rehearsal this week to workshop his commissioned piece ‘her anxiety’ ahead of its premiere TOMORROW. Come along to also hear a program bursting with variety inspired by the words of Yeats and Introducing our next three composers whose works, inspired by Yeats, will be performed this Saturday at ‘Yeats and Shakespeare’ Jonathan Nangle is an Irish composer whose work explores many diverse fields ranging from notated acoustic an
Here’s a little snippet of Laura Hawley’s beautiful ‘White Birds’. Come and hear its premiere this Saturday @peppercanisterchurch 🎟️ Link in bio
We’re a week out from our Yeats and Shakespeare concert on 9 November in Pepper Cannister Church and wanted to introduce some of the composers whose works will be premiered on Saturday. Laura Hawley is a Canadian composer, conductor, pianist,
It’s beginning to look a lot like… New Dublin Voices and conductor Bernie Sherlock are delighted to launch our series of Christmas concerts for this season! Enjoy a truly superb selection of much-loved carols and songs, ranging from the

What is New Dublin Voices?

International award-winning New Dublin Voices is a leading Irish chamber choir. Founded by conductor Bernie Sherlock in 2005, from the start the choir has presented concert programmes that are fresh, innovative, and exciting, ranging widely in style and period from the medieval to the contemporary. The choir takes special pleasure in exploring the music of living composers and has given numerous Irish and world premieres.

New Dublin Voices has won prizes at major competitions in France, Hungary, Germany, Finland, Belgium, Spain, Latvia, Ireland, Slovenia, England and Italy, including first prize at the Concorso Polifonico in Arezzo, Italy in August 2013, thereby becoming the first Irish choir to win a place in the European Grand Prix for Choral Singing. Awards also include the Grand Prix at the 2nd International Baltic Sea Choir Competition in JĹ«rmala, 2017, the Grand Prix at the 12th Budapest International Choir Competition 2009,  and all six prizes, including Choir of the Festival, at the 2011 International Choir Contest of Flanders-Maasmechelen, 2011. Most recently they were awarded the 1st prize overall in the International Competition at the 7th City of Derry International Choir Festival, 2019, and the 3rd prize overall at the 16th International Chamber Choir Competition Marktoberdorf, 2019

New Dublin Voices has been selected to take part in some of Europe’s most prestigeous festivals: 33rd Association of British Choral Directors Annual Convention, Leeds, UK, 2018; 11th World Symposium on Choral Music, Barcelona, 2017; 63rd Cork International Choral Festival, 2017; Festival des Choeurs LaurĂ©ats, France, 2015; Polyfollia, France, 2014; European Youth Choir Festival, Switzerland, 2014; and Musique en Morvan, France, 2012.
The choir’s busy calendar also includes fund-raising for charities, television appearances, guesting with Ireland’s professional orchestras, and performing at special public events. New Dublin Voices features on the soundtrack of The Letter, a movie about Mother Teresa released in 2015. The choir has released four CDs – Make We Merry in 2017, Music from Ireland in 2014, Something Beginning with B, devoted to music by Irish composers and was released in 2014 by Ireland’s leading record label, RTÉ lyric fmfeaturing everything from Byrd to the Beatles, and Christmas with New Dublin Voices in 2010.

The singers who make up New Dublin Voices come from many backgrounds but share in common high levels of experience and musicianship, a commitment to attracting new audiences, and above all a love of performing excellent choral music.

“… a soft-textured beauty… New Dublin Voices has this in abundance.” Michael Dervan, The Irish Times

“…the choral effect being simply breathtaking throughout in its refined beauty.” – Dick O’Riordan, The Sunday Business Post

“My first impulse after playing Make We Merry…was to play it all again. It has 18 tracks…and bubbles with energy and wit.” – Richard Morrison, The Times (UK)

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