We are thrilled to announce that the Winner of The Soloist 2019 is Cobhla Surlis from Cavan. This year’s lucky winner will perform with the Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland to audiences of over 50,000 people during our arena tour in Spring 2020. Performances will be held at iconic venues including the Simmons Court Arena,…
Huge congratulations to all our 2019 semi-finalists, listed below. Thank you to all who submitted a video, we have been blown away by the standard of auditions this year. Our live finals will take place in 2 weeks on Sunday 11thAugust from 11am in The Mill Theatre, Dundrum Shopping Centre. Tickets are available now from http://thesoloist.ie/final/ THE SOLOIST…
PRESS RELEASE. JULY 4th 2019 Calling All Piano Players CBOI LAUNCH PERCUSSION PROGRAMME If you are a young piano player aged 13 – 24yrs, have achieved Gr 5 or higher and would like to join the PERCUSSION SECTION of the renowned Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland, THIS IS FOR YOU. The CBOI is launching…
Congratulations to all our members on a brilliant show at the SSE Arena Belfast, with our record breaking 4,000 member Belfast Peace Choir!! Our thanks to reporter Cillian Sherlock and RTE news editors Anne-Marie Smyth and Avril Hoare
We are looking forward to meeting all our new ‘COUNT US IN’ members at our introductory meeting which will take place in the Colláiste Chú Chulainn, Dundalk at 2pm this Saturday 6th July 2019. ‘Count Us In’ is a pioneering music education project modelled on the Venezuelan system of music education which is regarded as…
We are looking forward to meeting all our new members and the Parents/Guardians at our introductory meeting which will take place in the Colláiste Chú Chulainn, Dundalk at 10am this Saturday 6th July 2019. More exciting times ahead
We wish all our Teachers a very rewarding and fun filled week as they take part in our Professional Development Courses in Dublin. Teachers will be introduced to all the new Peace Proms music for 2020 along with conducting skills and much more. Over 600 schools (30,000 children) in Ireland, Northern Ireland and the UK…
The Cross Border Orchestra of Ireland provides exceptional performance opportunities for young people, coupled with orchestral training which is second to none. If you are a young musician between the ages of 12 and 24 years, who is passionate about music, not afraid of hard work and wants to work with like-minded young people, now…
We are delighted to announce that Peace Proms 2020 will take place in Liverpool, Galway, Dublin, Belfast, Waterford. ‘Registrations of Interest’ will open on April 1st at www.peaceproms.com
CBOI is delighted to host our Peace Proms Preparatory Course in Dublin this year. This course is open only to teachers who are taking part in Peace Proms 2020. This is a fantastic opportunity to prepare Peace Proms 2020 material and get ahead of the game before school starts back in September. By participating in the course, you are guaranteeing your schools place in Peace Proms 2020.