C.D. Launch

Orbsen will assist Mary McPartlan with the launch of her new album 'Petticoat Loose' on Thursday night (December 13th). The Launch is on from 9.30pm in the Warick Hotel and Orbsen will provide some music and join Mary for Lowlands, one of the tracks from her new album

Winter Concert 2007

Orbsen will perform their first Winter Concert this Wednesday, December 12th in St. Nicholas Church, Galway City. The concert will be the usual mix of popular music and classical with some Christmas carols to get you into the festive mood! more from www.myspace.com/orbsen

Orbsen to perform at annual Carol Service

Orbsen will this evening (December 10th) perform at the NUIG annual christmas service in st columbanus chapel. This is the carol service for the staff and their children from NUIG and starts at 5.15pm

Orbsen Perfrom at the Launch of Spirit of Voice 2007

Orbsen performed at the launch of the Spirit of Voice last night in the Western Hotel in Galway City. We performed She moved thru the fair / Look! There is my love, Salve Regina, Rehab, Tribute and finished with the boys singing two barbershop pieces. This was our first public event in Galway City. Well done to Thomas who sang with us for the first time also.

Orbsen survive another Sligo Choral Festival

Orbsen, returned from Sligo late on Sunday night / early Monday morning bruised, hoarse and a tad hungover from another eventful trip to the annual Sligo Choral Festival!

The group performed several times over the course of the weekend, everthing from mass to cabaret! The boys came second in their competition, while we performed a new fusion of a She moved through the fair and a Breton song!

Well done to the new members who travelled for the first time with us, John Aisling and Ursella!

Sligo Choral Festival

Orbsen travel to Sligo today for the annual choral festival. For some members it is the sixth time we've been at the festival, while some are attending for the very first time. There the group will compete on Saturday morning, sing at mass on Sunday morning and perform at the Cabaret on Sunday evening.

Good luck to all the singers and hopefully we will have a very enjoyable weekend!

Orbsen Member Drags it Tonite!

Best of luck to Orbsen tenor Tommy Reynolds who will be competing in Miss Boston Scientific Drag 2007. Tommy has been working hard at his routine for several weeks now and many members from the choir will travel to see him in action.



PS it is for charity!

Orbsen members Graduate!

Congrats to the members of Orbsen who graduated from NUIG this week! Eoin Grealis, Sarah Reynolds and Andy Fogarty all graduated from the Faculty of Arts!

A fantastic time was had by all these members after!!

Orbsen Boys sing at Candle lit mass

Orbsen boys continued their prep for the upcoming sligo choral festival by performing some music at mass in the University Chapel. The candle lit mass took place on Monday 22nd October at 10pm and the boys performed 4 pieces including Beati Mortui by Felix Mendelssohn

The singers enjoyed the intimate setting of the mass and hope to perform at the mass again in future..

Orbsen members attend the Choral Society Reunion

Many members of Orbsen performed at the Galway University Choral reunion on Saturday 29th of September. The event was organised by the Alumni office and was to honour Mr John Murphy, who conducted the choir from 1967.

Some members travelled great distances to sing with us, Dublin, Meath, Wales, USA etc!

Here's a photo of the group rehearsing on Saturday afternoon.



On the night we perfromed Arabella and Coney Island Babe from the guys barbershop repetoire. This was followed in quick succession by O Si Funi Mungu and then a most brilliant fusion on Siuil a ruin and a traditional Welsh song. We debuted our version of Rehab and followed this with an excellent rendition of Mary McAuliffe's Ever Free. To finish we 'performed' the Wolf Chant - a piece the audience found very entertaining!

The group enjoyed the weekend and meeting with all the members from bygone eras as well as those we sang with during our time in the University Choir.

Roll on the next reunion......................................

Orbsen perfrom an all Latin Mass!

Orbsen pefromed an all Latin mass in the University Chapel on Thursday 27th of September. the event was a memorial service for John Moriarity who passed away earlier this year. John was a well known and highly respected writer and on the 23 June 2006 John was conferred with the degree of Doctor of Literature, Honoris Causa by NUIG.

The service, which was attended by many of the University staff including University president, Iggy Ó Muircheartaigh, included many readings from the writer.

Orbsen perfomed an opening Kyrie followed by Psalm XXIV, then a setting of the Sanctus. During the communion we performed a Benedictus and we wrapped up proceedings with a particularly good setting of the Salve Regina.

It was the first time the group perfomed an all-Latin mass.

Orbsen returning to normal!

Orbsen will resume normal practice from this week. We practice from 6.30pm on Tuesdays in the common room in the Chapel of St. Columbanus in NUIG. We will be starting a recruitment drive for new members over the next few weeks, those interested in joining should contact Peter at 0877465806

Orbsen goes to the recording studio

Orbsen Choir will be recording two tracks with the famed Irish traditional singer Mary Mc Partlan. Orbsen will be performing 'Lowlands' (a traditional sea-shanty) and 'Lume Lume' (a Romanian song). We will be joined by Con Tempo string quartet for the Romanian piece. Recording is due to take place in early October. News of release dates etc to follow.....

Orbsen Choir to perform at the Sligo Choral Festival

Orbsen choir will be competing in the upcoming Sligo Choral Festival. It has become a firm favourite with our members and we always enjoy the warmth of both the audiences and organisers. This year our choir will travel from Galway city on the Friday afternoon and we will compete on Saturday in the Light music section, Sacred Music and Male voice music sections. We were very excited to be asked to sing at the closing caberet on the Sunday evening, where Orbsen will perform contemporary pop and rock music selections from the likes of Muse, Amy Winehouse and the Scissor Sisters!

Orbsen Choir to perform at the Festival of Voice

The Galway City based choir 'Orbsen' will be performing at the opening event of the 4th annual 'Spirit of Voice' festival. Orbsen will be performing on the classical night with Michel Brant and a Ukranian folk ensemble 'Under Construction'. The concert will take place on Thursday November 8th in the Western Hotel Galway city and doors are open from 8.30pm.......



......It promises to be a unique event with Orbsen performing new material incluing some of our new pop influenced material.

Orbsen Auditioning for New Members!

So Orbsen is always on the lookout for new singers.

At the moment we are auditioning for singers in all lines - soprano, alto, tenor, bass.

Orbsen are based in Galway City, Irleand.

For information about joining Orbsen, email us at orbsengcc@gmail.com or leave a comment here.

Orbsen on facebook

Orbsen has joined the facebook revolution. If you're on facebook our group can be found here. Here's a nice photo of some of the Orbsen Sopranos.

Orbsen Launch Myspace Webpage

Orbsen have set up a myspace page here. Add yourself as a friend and hear some of Orbsen's recordings!

The page can be found at: www.myspace.com/orbsen

Orbsen to attend NUI, Galway Choral Reunion

Orbsen will be attending the National University of Ireland, Galway Choral Reunion on the weekend of September 29th, 2007.

Full information about the weekend can be found here.

Orbsen - Chamber Choir of the Year 2007

At the 28th Navan Choral Festival, 12th and 13th May, 2007, Orbsen were delighted to win in two categories. Orbsen won in the Chamber Choir and Early Music competitions. Orbsen also came second in the pop music section.

Orbsen then sang on the famous Hill of Tara at the festival's closing ceremony. (see photo)


Check out the Navan Choral Festival Online at here.