On the evening of February 20th, 2013, Trinity Orchestra returned to the Trinity College Exam Hall once again, to present a brand new cover concert – Trinity Orchestra plays Queen.

Following many successful cover concerts over the past number of years, the orchestra sat before an packed Exam Hall and launched into the first Queen track ‘Flash’.  As they continued to work their way through some of Queen’s best known tracks, including ‘We Are the Champions’, ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’, ‘Killer Queen’, ‘Radio Ga Ga’ and ‘Don’t Stop Me Now’, amongst many others, the orchestra, band and singers were met with enthusiastic applause anxious and excited audience.  As each song segued smoothly into the next, they were complimented by mesmerising visuals and lights displays, ensuring that an enchanting atmosphere filled the Exam Hall from the start of the set to the very finish.

Thanks are extended particularly to James O’Leary, orchestra librarian and member of the viola section, who arranged and conducted Queen, and our hard-working band, singers and orchestra, all of whom put hours of their personal time into making Queen a reality.  Many thanks are also given to John & Rob Kearns, Aaron O’Connor Lloyd, staff at the C.S.C., staff and security at the Enquiries Office and the Exam Hall and Logitech Europe S.A.

The evening of January 26th, 2013 marked Trinity Orchestra’s first ever performance in Hungary, taking place at Erzsébetligeti Színház.  The orchestra were excited to return to continental Europe for the first time since their 2010 tour to Berlin.  Presenting the programme from their extremely successful Michaelmas Term concert under the baton of Cillian O’ Breacháin, the orchestra took to the stage and performed a very successful concert, enjoyed by all present.

Programme
Beethoven: Egmont Overture
Shostakovich: Suite for Variety Orchestra
Copland: Clarinet Concerto

Conductor: Cillian O’ Breacháin
Soloist: Peter Joyce

Thank you to all involved in making our first Hungarian concert a success!

On January 18th, 2013, Trinity Orchestra traveled the short distance to Moxie Studios to host Exhibitions, the first event of its kind in the history of the society.  Working closely with some of Trinity’s most successful societies, the orchestra along with TCD Visual Arts Society, DU Food & Drink Society and Trinity College Singers presented a unique evening of food, drink, art and contemporary music.

In the exclusive setting of Moxie Studios, Lad Lane, the orchestra performed a work for concert orchestra and choir “Ô Capitale Infâme!” composed by Éna Brennan, and “Discoveries”, a string quartet by James O’ Leary, both active members of Trinity Orchestra.  This contemporary music was complimented by perfectly by artwork from TCD Visual Arts Society and light refreshments from DU Food & Drink Society.

Thank you to everyone involved as the evening was a huge success.

On the evening of December 5th, 2012, Trinity Orchestra returned to Christ Church Cathedral to present their Michaelmas Term Concert.

Having sold over 400 tickets, the orchestra sat before an excited and enthusiastic audience, and presented the programme they had rehearsed throughout the previous term.

Shostakovich – Suite for Variety Orchestra

Beethoven – Egmont Overture

Copland – Clarinet Concerto

With huge thanks to conductor Cillian O’ Breacháin, clarinet soloist Peter Joyce and all of our wonderful orchestra members who continued to uphold the very high standard of musicianship that Trinity Orchestra are so proud of.

To welcome a new academic year back at Trinity College, Trinity Orchestra performed Stevie Wonder for full orchestra, band and singers in the Exam Hall on Thursday night of Freshers’ Week.  The concert showcased a selection of Stevie Wonder’s greatest hits, arranged by Peter Joyce and Alex Ryan, and conducted by Peter Joyce.

Featuring some of Stevie Wonder’s most popular songs such as ‘Signed, Sealed, Delivered’, ‘Uptight’, ‘Sir Duke’ and ‘Superstition’, Trinity Orchestra filled the Exam Hall and thoroughly enjoyed playing to a lively and enthusiastic audience, who sang and danced from beginning to end.  The amazing lead vocals of singers Andrew Hozier-Byrne, Karen Cowley and Caoimhe Barry soared through the Exam Hall, and more than did justice to the well-loved verses and choruses of Stevie Wonder’s most popular songs.

Trinity Orchestra would like to take this opportunity to extend our most sincere thanks to Rob Kearns, Fiachra Kinder and David Tapley, three members of our band, all of whom performed with the orchestra for the last time during Freshers’ Week.  We could  not have wished for better band members – they will be greatly missed, and we wish each of them the very best for the future.

Concert review: The University Times

Trinity Orchestra was delighted to get the opportunity to perform at Trinity Ball this year, alongside some huge artists in popular music such as Rizzle Kicks and Professor Green.  Taking to the stage in Front Square, Trinity College, at 10:30pm on April 20th,  we performed our new and exclusive Trinity Ball setlist featuring, for the first time ever, Stevie Wonder.

A very exciting end to another successful college year for the orchestra, our set showcased a mixture of Stevie Wonder hits such as “Signed, Sealed, Delivered”,  “Superstition” and “Sir Duke” (arranged by our player’s coordinator Peter Joyce), as well as some snippets from some of our previous and well renowned cover concerts, Arcade Fire (arranged by honorary member Rob Kearns), Pink Floyd (arranged by our librarian James O’ Leary) and Daft Punk (arranged by honorary member Rob Farhat).  The performance went down extremely well and we attracted an impressively large crowd of ball-attendees, who filled Front Square and kept dancing right through to the end!  The atmosphere on campus could not have been better and we thoroughly enjoyed all aspects of our Trinity Ball debut.

Well done to Peter Joyce, Matt Rafter and Rob Farhat for their fantastic conducting, and to our outstanding band and flawless vocalists!