Cuore are fundraising now for our first professional recording, planned for 2026, to feature premiere recordings of music written for us, including:

• A Can of Lilt (2026). A tour de force of mouth sounds, extended vocal techniques, and lilting of originally composed material at times evoking traditional Irish style, with modal fusion of tonalities. Commissioned by Cuore from alumna Anne-Marie O’Farrell with the support of the Arts Council.
• To a Child Dancing Upon the Shore (2025). A beautiful setting of the evocative W. B. Yeats poem. Commissioned by Cuore from emerging Polish composer Michał Ziółkowski to celebrate our 10th anniversary.
• Other music (TBD) written for Cuore and/or by current and former members.

If you’re inspired by what we do and would like to support our first commercial recording or to fund other commissions, we’d love to hear from you!

We are very grateful to Anna Weiss, a native German speaker and qualified pedagogue, who joined us in the second half of tonight’s rehearsal to give us her expert feedback and guidance on our German diction. Anna regularly coaches singers in the Royal Irish Academy of Music and has previously worked with Irish National Opera.

It was wonderful to work in detail on subtle nuances and tell-tale signs, such as the ich-Laut, that can separate native German singers from non-natives. Small tweaks in pronunciation can make a big difference to the beauty, clarity and expressiveness of our singing.

Tonight’s workshop focused in particular on the text of Psalm 91 in Felix Mendelssohn’s Denn er hat seinen Engeln befohlen, as we prepare for an upcoming European Grand Prix competition (watch this space for more details!).

Christmas came early for Cuore in 2024, adding to the celebrations during our 10th anniversary season! We are thrilled to have won Best Overall Choir and Best Performance of a Contemporary Irish Choral Work in RTÉ lyric fm’s annual Choirs for Christmas Recording Competition.

Huge congratulations to the other prize winners and many worthy entrants: it’s fantastic to hear such great choral singing happening all over the country. 💚

Sadly we’re not actually launching Cuore Canine Choir this April 1st; unfortunately the dogs ate their sheet music!

So we’ll never get to hear them howl Poochini or the Mozart K.9 Concerto. Our choir mascot, Rolo Ryan, will remain our only #CanineCuorester, for now …

Would you like to sing rewarding and challenging repertoire, perform Irish and world premieres, compete and tour internationally, and make award-winning recordings?

Cuore are auditioning advanced choral singers now for limited vacancies on all voice parts.

• Love singing rewarding challenging music?
• Have good vocal technique & musicianship?
• Available to rehearse Thursday evenings in central Dublin 2?

Apply now to join Cuore and sing with us for forthcoming concerts in June, and a possible trip away in September.