Members

Mary Walsh

Mary is a Dublin-based conductor who has completed an MA in Conducting and a BMus degree in the MTU Cork School of Music, Cork.

During her masters, Mary conducted Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale, Mozart’s Linz Symphony and Barber’s Adagio for Strings.

In 2022, Mary was selected as a finalist in Dublin Feis Ceol Conducting Competition as well as the National Concert Hall Female Conductor Programme where she conducted both the National Symphony Orchestra and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.

In 2021, she was selected to take part in the Sorrell Women’s Conducting Programme in the Royal Academy of Music, London under the guidance of Sian Edwards and Alice Farnham.

In 2022 Mary worked as assistant conductor to conductor Elaine Kelly on the opera production of Horse Ape Bird. A children’s opera produced by Irish National Opera, Music Generation Kildare, Music Generation Meath and Solstice Arts Centre. Mary was also assistant conductor to Stephen Barlow on the opera Alice in Wonderland produced by Opera Collective Ireland.

Mary’s professional work lies primarily in conducting. She is currently the conductor of Dublin Welsh Male Voice Choir, Wexford Gateway Orchestra and St. Mary’s Junior School Choir and Newpark Junior Choir.

As a choral singer, Mary sings with New Dublin Voices directed by Bernie Sherlock.

Connor Wilcox

Connor is a Scottish pianist based in Dublin. He is currently following a programme of doctoral study at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, under the tutelage of Anthony Byrne.

Connor enjoys a varied life of performing and teaching. Most recently, he has given solo and collaborative recitals in the Boyle Arts Festival (2024), the NCH John Field Room (2024), Limerick St Mary’s Cathedral (2023), Dublin St Ann’s Church (2022) and St Giles’ Cathedral, Edinburgh (2022).

Previously, Connor was a post graduate student in Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, UK, during which time he performed in Ulverston International Music Festival (2019), and the Birmingham International Chamber Music Festival (2018). Connor is also very fortunate to enjoy working as a collaborative pianist, most recently interning with Opera Collective Ireland as an assistant repetiteur for the company’s production of Handel’s Semele (2022). Connor has also lectured in music theory at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, and University College Dublin.

Members (as at 1st November 2024)

• David Abbott
• Albert Campbell
• Jim Carroll
• David Kelly
• Alex McIntosh
• Seamus O’Donoghue
• Dorian Rees
• Connor Hillman
• Iestyn Owen

• Trevor Byron
• Alan Collins
• Chris Davies
• John Hoey
• Brian Maher
• Pat Mullins
• Peter O’Brien
• Peter O’Leary
• Benjamin Szabo
• Arnold Kavukattu
• Fred Daly

• Frank Bergin
• Mark Delargy
• Ronan Egan
• Tom Kelly
• Richard Morgan
• Eddie O’Sullivan
• Gerry Stone
• Sean Stone
• Brian Kelly

• Richard Adams
• Gerry Cantan
• Brian Flynn
• Gareth Llwyd Jones
• John Lauder
• David Lombard
• John Wong

Life Members

• • Alan Ogmore Tilley
  • Keith Young
  • Sally Kelly