Louisburgh Voices

Louisburgh Voices is an adult choir established by Pauline and Michael in September 2018.  We rehearse on Wednesday evenings, 8pm–9:30pm in Louisburgh Town ahll, and sing a wide variety of music - from popular music and music theatre to folk-songs and Classical music.

Fauré and Stanford in Ballintubber Abbey

Sunday, 22nd November 2026

4:45pm: Pre-Concert Talk – Professor Harry White (Emeritus Professor of Music, UCD)

5:30pm: Concert

As part of the 2026 EU Presidency Culture Programme in Mayo, Cór Mhaigh Eo (director: Kathy Quinn) and Louisburgh Voices (director: Dr Pauline Graham) present a collaborative choral concert in the historic setting of Ballintubber Abbey, Co. Mayo. This event brings together two Mayo-based community choirs to celebrate Europe’s shared musical heritage and Ireland’s place within it.

The programme highlights strong European cultural connections, featuring Gabriel Fauré’s Requiem and Jules Massenet’s Méditation, two landmark works from the French choral and instrumental tradition, which will be presented alongside instrumental music by Irish composer Charles Villiers Stanford, illustrating Ireland’s contribution to the wider European classical music canon.

The choirs will be joined by professional vocal soloists Pauline Graham (soprano) and Owen Gilhooly-Miles (baritone), organist Michael Quinn, and the internationally acclaimed ConTempo Quartet. The performance will take place in the historic setting of Ballintubber Abbey, founded in the 13th century, deepening the cultural and European context of the programme.

Concert Programme 

❖ C.V. Stanford (1852–1924) – String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 45

    First movement: Molto moderato – Più moto – Molto moderato

    ConTempo String Quartet

❖ C.V. Stanford – From Six Bible Songs, Op. 113:

    No. 2. A Song of Trust – Psalm 121: ‘I will lift up mine eyes unto the hills’

    Owen Gilhooly-Miles  baritone

    Michael Quinn  organ

❖ C.V. Stanford – From Six Short Preludes and Postludes, Op. 101

    No. 6: Andante con moto – Founded on an old Irish church melody (St Columba)

❖ J. Massenet (1842–1912) – Méditation (from Thaïs)

    Bogdan Sofei  violin

    Michael Quinn  organ

❖ Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) – Requiem, Op. 48

1. Introit and Kyrie (Choir)

2. Offertory (Baritone and Choir)

3. Pie Jesu (Soprano solo)

4. Sanctus (Choir)

5. Agnus Dei (Choir)

6. Libera Me (Baritone and Choir)

7. In Paradisum (Choir)

    Cór Mhaigh Eo and Louisburgh Voices, conducted by Kathy Quinn

    Pauline Graham  soprano

    Owen Gilhooly-Miles  baritone

    ConTempo String Quartet

    Michael Quinn  organ

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Previous Choir Events

 In January 2019, Louisburgh Voices sang arrangements of Robert Burns songs at a Burns Night Banquet in Glen Keen Farm, which raised €2000 for Mayo Roscommon Hospice.  

We also took part in the Mayo International Choral Festival  (Castlebar Sings concert) in May 2019, followed by a performance of Louisburgh first opera - Purcell's Dido and Aeneas on 28th June in Louisburgh Parochial Hall. Louisburgh Voices have performed in Ballina as part of the Mary Robinson Climate Conference, and recorded 'Sea Fever' as the soundtrack to a video for Louisburgh's successful Pride of Place entry in 2024.