Moate GLÓR Choir pictured following their recording for the RTE 1 Christmas Day Service

TV glory for Moate's GLÓR Choir

GLÓR Youth Choir from Moate had the privilege of being invited by RTE, as their chosen choir, to perform on RTE1 Christmas Day Service 2018.

The talented Youth choir made up of secondary school age members from throughout the midlands took a very exciting trip to the RTÉ television studios on Sunday, December 9, where they enjoyed a full day recording an hour-long Service of festive Christmas Carols performed solely by the choir. 
It is set to be broadcast on Christmas Day at 11am on RTE1. This considerable honour was bestowed on the choir following an end of summer radio broadcast last May that the choir recorded for RTE Radio1. 
Although only being in existence for a little over two years now, the choir has achieved enormous success. 
The choir claimed first prize in the Junior Youth Choir competitions at Kilkenny Choral Festival in 2017 and was hugely successful as placed trophy winners out of 19 choirs in Ireland’s “National Youth Choir of the Year 2017”. 
This year, 2018, has been extremely busy as the choir achieved two second places in the Junior Sacred Music and Secondary Schools/Youth competitions at Navan Choral Festival last March, and since resuming rehearsals in September, the choir has achieved a very competitive fourth place at Wales international choral competition in November.
This year GLÓR Youth choir plans on expanding its technical repertoire and participating in further competitive performances. 
The members rehearse in Dún Na Sí Hall in Moate on Thursday evenings and new members are more than welcome to join.
GLÓR Youth Choir was founded by Ciarán Brady who is an honors Master’s graduate in Music and vocal performance from Maynooth University, where he also conducted the University’s Chamber Choir. Ciaran is Director of The Academy of Music in Tullamore and is Vocal Coach and Performance Tutor at Maynooth University’s Music department.