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| Tricia Nolan - Course Director/Musical Director |
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Tricia has been involved in liturgical music for the last 20 years both as a musician and a director of various groups and choirs. Tricia is currently musical director of 2 choirs in Jobstown, Tallaght as well as playing and singing with many liturgical groups throughout Dublin. She has also acted as musical director to many local drama groups including the Now & Then Production company and Tallaght Community School.
She was first introduced to Knockadoon when she attended the course as a member of the Dominican Council of Youth in 1989 and has been coming to Knockadoon every year since.
Tricia was the National Co-ordinator of the Dominican Council of Youth (DCY) from 1994 -1998 and was instrumental in setting up the International Dominican Youth Movement, which is now present in over 45 countries worldwide.
At present she works as the Manager of South Dublin County Volunteer Centre.
As well as her fulltime work, Trica became part of the Knockadoon course organising team in 1997 and is now director of the course. She has worked extensively giving workshops on liturgy across the country. She has also sang and played on many recordings including Winter Skies, Songs of David, Songs of the Disciples (Ian Callanan), A Gospel Line (Gavin Byrne), Light the Fire (Liam Lawton) and Music for the Millenium (St. Dominic's, Cabra).
Tricia's own music has been featured in the Knockadoon Folk Liturgy Course for the last number of years and is being sung extensively by choirs here in Ireland and England, as well as in the United States. |
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Aisling Reigh - Liturgy Director |
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Aisling Reigh is originally from Tallaght and is married now and living in Monasterevin. However, Aisling has kept her links strong in Tallaght where she is a teacher of Religion in Tallaght Community School.
She is a member of the Jobstown Folk Choir and has many years of experience in working in a liturgical setting, particularly with the Dominican Council of Youth.
Annually, Aisling takes on the role of Director of her school musical and has been able to count on the skills of many of the Knockadoon team to help her in that role! |
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| Ian Callanan - Musical Director |
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Ian Callanan from Cork, now living in Dublin has been composing music for over 10 years. He is an accomplished composer, arranger, score editor and workshop leader. Ian's own works are undoubtedly inspired by Ireland's great musical tradition. Such is the popularity of his music that it can be heard sung in the many varied languages throughout Europe. Much of his music has been used for television and radio broadcasts. Ian has a degree in Music, Philosophy and Theology from NUI Maynooth. He has travelled throughout Ireland, Great Britan, Spain and the United States as a concert performer, workshop speaker, and retreat leader in the areas of liturgical music, liturgy and prayer. He is a member of the "Knockadoon Folk Liturgy Course" team, a national liturgical music course for young people involved in Church Ministry. Currently he he manages an environmental and community project, Global Action Plan, in Ballymun, Dublin.
During the summer of 1997, Ian produced Winter Skies - A Celtic Christmas. This is an album of some new and old Christmas carols, published by Veritas. One of the songs from this collection with a new arrangement has been recorded by David Haas, for his collection Star Child, published by GIA Publications. He has worked extensively with Liam Lawton and Gavin Byrne not only giving music workshops but also arranging their music and doing recordings. Some of these works include Light the Fire and Sacred Story by Liam Lawton, and A Gospel Line by Gavin Byrne. |
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| Tim Treacy- Musical Director |
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Tim is originally from the Curragh of Kildare but he is currently in the process of moving to Galway. He first came to Knockadoon in 1996 and has been every year since. He has been involved with music from an early age and was first on stage at the age of 4. As a child he was a member of the Cor na nÓg Children's Choir and he has appeared numerous times as a performer on both Television and Radio. He has studied Organ under Professor Gerard Gillen at NUI Maynooth and piano under Professor Deirdre Doyle at the Royal Irish Academy of Music and Professor Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance. Tim holds a diploma from The Royal Irish Academy of Music, a BA Honours Music Degree from NUI Maynooth, both a Graduate Diploma in Music Education and a Masters in Community Music from the University of Limerick. He is currently completing a Dip LCM with University College London and an LTCL with Trinity College London. He released a vocal ensemble CD in 2004 entitled "Celtic Spiritual" and he hopes to release a CD of Irish Airs later this year.
In 2004 he won the prestigious "William Shannon Fellowship" which brought him on a scholarship to study music education at The College of Fine Arts, Boston University. In 2006 he was again awarded the scholarship from Boston University which will allow him in September 2006, where he is now undertaking doctoral studies in music education and performance at BU.
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