National Symphony Orchestra:Haydn Symphony 104 (First Movement)
A conductor and singer from Sligo (Ireland) Mary Walsh completed a MA and BMus in the MTU Cork School of Music, Cork.
About
She is the artistic director of the Dublin Welsh Male Voice Choir, performing a busy schedule of concerts and events throughout the year and across the country. Most recently they competed at Cornwall International Male Voice Choir, the choir won 2nd prize alongside Mary bringing home the award of ‘Best Overall Conductor’ at CIMCF 2024.
Mary is a vocal coach at Newpark Academy of Music where she conducts the Newpark Junior Choir, and is the music specialist in St. Mary’s Primary School, Rathmines where she conducts the Boys Choir. She is the festival director for the Newpark Festival. Mary was the 2023 conductor-in-training with the Irish Youth Choir directed by Bernie Sherlock.
Mary was the assistant conductor for Horse Ape Bird, an opera produced by Irish National Opera in association with Music Generation. She was assistant conductor to Stephen Barlow for the opera Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland produced by Opera Collective Ireland.
Mary is the artistic director of the Wexford Gateway Orchestra. She was a finalist in the 2021 & 2022 Dublin Feis Ceoil Conducting Competition where she conducted the RTÉ Concert Orchestra. As part of the 2022 National Concert Hall Female Conductor Programme she took part in masterclasses with David Brophy and Robert Houlihan and was selected to conduct the National Symphony Orchestra in the final concert of the programme.
Mary is conductor of the Well Sing Choir at the Royal Irish Academy of Music. A choir that explores key themes in wellbeing through singing
Programmes
She has received masterclasses from Sian Edwards and Alice Farnham as part of the 2021 Sorrell Women’s Conducting Programme in the Royal Academy of Music, London.
Choral
A keen singer herself, she is currently a member of the first cohort of Chamber Choir Ireland Studio 2023/2024 and a participant of the Sestina Young Generation Programme 2023/2024. She is a soprano with the international award-winning chamber choir New Dublin Voices.
Mary A Walsh 