So after one of the best summers in recent history, I am finishing it off in style. I love attending festivals, but my work load has often inhibited this. Well this year I am honoured to be able to combine two of my favourite things: music watching and performing. Yes that's correct I am off [...]
So this week I made the national news featured in a story about how the wedding community has raleighed together to help ensure a Tipperary couple get their dream wedding. I don't wish to comment much on the story but I wanted to share the article with you. I am very much a part of the [...]
So I have been quiet on my blog of late due to sheer volume of work leading up to the end of the school year. Last weekend I took a well earnt holiday to visit a musician friend based in Mallorca and soaked up the sunshine and had tremendous fun. The past couple of years [...]
So Douglas and I are back rehearsing and recording and this morning we had great fun with Ben E. Kings 'Stand by Me'. We are showing how versatile our duo is with instrumentation as we only use Cello and Vocals. Head over to our YouTube channel, subscribe and enjoy. Stand by Me
Thursday 30th March Madrigal '75 take to the stage of the Curtis Auditorium, Cork School of Music to perform 'Baroque Splendour'. A concert of Baroque music including Scarlatti's 'Stabat Mater' and Lotti's 'Dixit Dominus in G minor' along with other motets by Monteverdi. Tickets are available from via the Madrigal 75 website.
So I have been pretty quiet with my own personal recordings recently as I have been focussing on recording with Douglas Kelly, building up our recorded repertoire for our YouTube channel. It took me many years to build up the confidence to record myself - for a professional musician you may find that utterly bizarre, [...]
I remember the first wedding that I sang at... I wore my favourite navy skirt and a white blouse with my favourite blue jumper. One of the hymns was 'Bind us together', and an older girl performed 'Hear our Prayer/Oh for the wings of a Dove' at the signing of the register. At the end [...]
Since the beginning of 2017 www.VDMusic.ie has been gaining momentum, we have been busy rehearsing and recording for our Facebook page. Do head over and like the page. We are specialising in performing for Humanist wedding ceremonies, if you or anyone that you know is having this style of wedding do not hestitate to contact [...]
Just before Christmas myself and a fellow singer who also plays Cello united and created a brand new Duo dedicated to the Humanist Wedding Ceremony Market. I would like to present to you 'Veronica and Douglas Humanist Wedding Music' (VDMusic for short). A versatile blend of Cello, Piano and Voices allows for us to arrange [...]
2016 was a great year on a personal achievement level - let's not dwell on all the celebrities that were take from us. I got to perform in New York and Spain along with venues around Ireland. The weddings I performed were great and new projects were started. All in all 2016 was a positive [...]
