William Butler Yeats ends his short story The Adoration of the Magi with the narrator describing a centuries-old Gaelic prayer "... when I pray against the demons I repeat a prayer which was made I

Also known as The Quiet Land of Erin, this well-known Irish song tells the story of an emigrant who remembers with fondness their homeland, yearning to return one day to be buried there.

Taken from a text from James Joyce's collection of poems Chamber Music, this beautiful setting for mixed divisi choir is filled with musical imagery and colorful harmonies. Featuring a soprano soloist

For nearly a century, the passage from the old to the new year at midnight has been celebrated by singing Robert Burns' poem. In this graceful arrangement, we hear the standard English version of the text

Composed for the Choral Scholars of University College Dublin and the Irish Chamber Orchestra, this piece evokes the sheer joy of Christmas. The texture bubbles up and spills over with something reminiscent

Alexander Carmichael's "Carmina Gadelica" is a six-volume set of various prayers, songs, poems, invocations, and other lore he collected over a close to 50-year period (1860-1909) in the Gaelic speaking

The familiar Irish folk song melody sings above a gently pulsing harmonic texture that borrows its style from contemporary a cappella and vocal jazz vocables to create something that is at once traditional

Dreaming took first prize at the Mornington Singers Competition for New Irish Choral Music in November 2014 and is intended as a companion piece to Benjamin Britten's A Hymn to St.

A traditional working song from the north of Ireland, made famous in the 1970s by the legendary Irish group Clannad. The word "dulaman" means seaweed, and the song references two different types - one for

Peter Lutkin's celebrated benediction is perhaps his most significant contribution to the repertoire. Often performed to close a concert or service, it is also a popular choice as a signature song for many

This strikingly beautiful arrangement of the traditional 17th-century Scottish folk song features a tenor solo surrounded by a luminous and shimmering a cappella choral texture. The familiar English text

This beautiful Scottish folk song is perhaps one of the best-known songs from this region. Its use in many movies and television shows has solidified its status and introduced this genre to many young