Venue: St. Barrahane's Church, Castletowshend, P81 AH51
Tickets €20
Online (booking fee applies), at the door, at Thornhill Electrical Skibbereen or text/call 086 226 4797
Peter Stobart - tenor, in a quintet of singers will bring a mix of sacred and secular music (may include Beatles songs and Billy Joel, along with a few madrigals).
Peter Stobart is the Director of Music of St Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork, Republic of Ireland, having taken up the post in October 2015.
He is also the Artistic Director of the Cork International Choral Festival, a position which he took up in January 2020.
Since arriving in Ireland Peter has established a strong link between the cathedral and schools in the diocese, with the aim of securing the future of sacred choral singing. He set up the Diocesan Church Music Scheme in Cork, Cloyne and Ross, The Cathedral Choir boasts 40 children in its top line, divided up into girls and boys.
The cathedral now holds an annual Schools Singing Workshop, at least two Come and Sing Events per year, and annual training days for parish organists and choral conductors. The cathedral organ was recorded by Priory Records in April 2017 and the CD is now available from their website.
The Cathedral Choir appeared on RTÉ television in October 2017, broadcasting a one hour service including a Bach Cantata, for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. They produced a CD of Christmas Carols in November 2017, toured Wales at Easter 2018 and Germany in 2019. Their most recent CD 'Let all the world' is now available from the cathedral website: corkcathedral.webs.com/apps/webstore