Co Wexford school of music singers entertain at National Opera House shows

The debut performances for the KSM Adult Singers and the Youth Choir saw almost 40 singers, spanning several decades in age, grace the stage of the Jerome Hynes Theatre for two hugely successful performances.

The KSM Adult Singers and the KSM Youth Choir were formed by musical director Angela Mahon, who runs Kiltra School of Music with her

husband Robert. The Choral Extravaganza concerts featured a great variety of the best of Broadway, and classics from rock and pop. From large choral works like Africa by Toto and selections from Les Miserables and Queen, to smaller ensembles of semi-staged musical theatre scenes rom The King and I, Matilda, My Fair Lady, South Pacific, The Greatest Showman, Six and Encanto, the performances delighted the audiences. Members of both the KSM Adult Singers and the KSM Youth Choir stepped up to take on solo roles at various points in the concert and were met with fantastic reactions from an enthusiastic audience.

The last number, You’ll Be Back from Hamilton, brought the house down and the audience responded with a spontaneous, and well deserved, standing ovation, as the singers all left the stage for the final time singing the famous chorus of King George.

The concert was made possible by the generous sponsorship of local businesses, for which Angela and Robert Mahon are most grateful. The

band of musicians on the night where Robert Mahon on piano, Barry Kennedy on Violin and Gerri Dunne on cello.

The KSM Adult Singers and the KSM Youth Choir will be back again in concert to launch the Christmas season, with concerts in Carrig on Bannow Community Centre on December 6 and December 7, and then with a return to the National Opera House on April 5 and April 6, 2025.