DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama enjoyed impressive success at Dublin's Electric Ireland Feis Ceoil Music Festival 2012 with multiple first prizes in voice, piano, violin, viola, cello, doublebass, flute, clarinet saxophone, guitar, harp, chamber music and composition.
Mezzo soprano, Jennifer Davis, had an excellent Feis Ceoil, winning the “Tony Quigley Bursary” (€1000) and the overall vocal “Gervase Elwes Memorial Cup” and RTÉ Lyricfm €1500 Award.
DIT Chatham Saxophone Quartet added to its growing reputation with the “Chamber Music Cup” and the RTÉ Lyricfm €1500 Award for Chamber Music. The Chatham Quartet is enjoying its year as the Galway Music Residency Apprentice Ensemble.
John Feeley’s guitar students swept the boards winning all solo guitar competitions: Stephen McCann (Senior Guitar and Guitar Bach Prize), Liam McManus (Junior Guitar A), Milena Cuk (Junior Guitar B) and Alana McManus (Junior Guitar C).
11-year old Ben McDermott’s success on winning the “Nora Gilleece Cup” Junior Cello Competition led to appearances on radio and television. Ben was interviewed for RTÉ Lyricfm’s “Classic Daytime”, where he was full of praise for DIT Conservatory and for his teacher, Iosef Cale. If you missed it you can listen to the interview here – fast forward to 8 minutes 39 seconds. On 30th March, he performed a solo cello piece and spoke on RTÉ Television’s “Elev8” programme. You can watch Ben’s performance at here
Many congratulations to all Feis Ceoil Winners
VOCAL STUDIES
GERMAN GOVERNMENT CUP
1ST: CLARE TREACEY
RATHMINES AND RATHGAR CUP
1ST: TARA MC SWINEY
G&S PRIZE:DAVID HOWES
JUNIOR VOCAL RECITAL
1ST: OISÍN WALSH-PEELO
PAUL DEEGAN CUP
1ST: OISÍN WALSH-PEELO
MEZZO SOPRANO SOLO
1ST: JENNIFER HUGHES
TENOR SOLO
1ST: SEAN KENNEDY
VHC: PETER O’REILLY
HC: FEARGHAL CURTIS
BARITONE SOLO
2ND: DAVID SCOTT
SOPRANO SOLO
2ND: LOUISE FLORENCE
HC: KATELYN GALVIN
CONTRALTO SOLO
2ND: CHRISTOPHER MURPHY
BASS SOLO
3RD: CHRISTOPHER KELLY
NANCY CALTHORPE TROPHY
3RD: MARIA HUGHES
DRAMATIC CUP
TONY QUIGLEY BURSARY OF €1000: JENNIFER DAVIS
GEOGHEGAN MEMORIAL CUP
1ST: JENNIFER DAVIS
MARCHANT CUP
1ST: OISIÍN WALSH-PEELO, KEVIN CORCORAN, ADAM MCDONAGH, DAVID CONWAY
VERONICA DUNNE CUP
1ST: MARIA HUGHES AND LAWRENCE THACKERAY
CHARLES W. WILSON OPERATIC ENSEMBLE
1ST: DIT ‘LA RONDINE’ ENSEMBLE
MARGARET BURKE SHERIDAN
WINNER: JENNIFER HUGHES
MNÁ
1ST: KATHLEEN NIC DHAIRMADA
DENIS O’SULLIVAN MEDAL
1ST: KATELYN GALVIN
THOMAS MOORE CUP
1ST: TARA MC SWINEY
MILNE CUP
1ST: PETER O’REILLY AND KEVIN CORCORAN
VINCENT O’BRIEN CUP
VHC: KATHLEEN NIC DHIARMADA
GERVASE ELWES MEMORIAL CUP (OVERALL WINNER OF ALL CUPS) and RTÉ Lyricfm €1500 Award
WINNER: JENNIFER DAVIS
ORCHESTRAL STUDIES
CHAMBER MUSIC CUP & RTÉ LYRIC FM €1,500 AWARD
1ST: 'CHATHAM SAXOPHONE QUARTET' (DARREN HATCH, DANIEL DUNNE, CIARANSUTTON AND IAN FINLAY)
ELSNER MEMORIAL CUP
2ND: DAVID CONWAY, ADAM MCDONAGH
SENIOR VIOLA
2ND: HÉLÈNE VIGOUR
SENIOR DOUBLE BASS
1ST: NIALL DUNGAN
2ND: PHELAN MURPHY
CLASSICAL GUITAR
1ST: STEPHEN MCCANN
GUITAR BACH PRIZE
1ST: STEPHEN MCCANN
SENIOR HARP
1ST: FIONA GRYSON
JUNIOR VIOLIN (B)
1ST: EMILIE MCDONAGH
JUNIOR VIOLIN (D)
2ND: SHAY SEIYA MCDONNELL
HC: LEILA CLARKE-CARR
JUNIOR VIOLIN (E)
2ND: SIDI BAO
JUNIOR VIOLA (A)
1ST: LAURA DUNGAN
JUNIOR VIOLONCELLO (C)
1ST: BEN MCDERMOTT
JUNIOR VIOLONCELLO (D)
2ND: CAOIMHE DOODY
JUNIOR VIOLONCELLO (E)
VHC: NAOISE ROWSOME
JUNIOR CLASSICAL GUITAR (A)
1ST: LIAM MCMANUS
HC: MARC BLENNERHASSETT
C: STEPHEN RUSSELL-HALLINAN
JUNIOR CLASSICAL GUITAR (B)
1ST: MILENA CUK
JUNIOR CLASSICAL GUITAR (C)
1ST: ALANA MCMANUS
VHC: EOGHAN DOODY
JUNIOR HARP
2ND: TARA VISCARDI
HC: ISOBEL HOWARD-CORDONE
AN CHRUIT (A)
HC: CIARA BRENNAN
HC: CAOIMHE HARTE
C: CLARA BOOTH
AN CHRUIT (B)
1ST: KEVIN HIRO MCDONNELL
HC: BETH BROWNE
C: RACHEL DELANEY
C: SIOBHÁN FLYNN
C: SIBÉAL NÍ CHASAIDE
AN CHRUIT (C)
VHC: MAEVE MARTIN
SENIOR SAXOPHONE
1ST: DAVID CONWAY
2ND: PADRAIG DOONEY
JUNIOR FLUTE (A)
1ST: MEADHBH O'ROURKE
JUNIOR FLUTE (C)
2ND: LUCY YIN
JUNIOR CLARINET (B)
1ST: JASON YANG
JUNIOR TRUMPET/CORNET (A
2ND: NEASA HILL
JUNIOR TRUMPET/CORNET (C)
2ND: ESTHER ALARAPE
KEYBOARD STUDIES
PIANO UNDER 15
VHC: SOFIA WENG MAN CHOW
ESPOSITO CUP
VHC: MATTHEW FAGAN
PATRICIA READ CUP
C: SOFIA WENG MAN CHOW
JUNIOR PIANO UNDER 9
1ST: SIDI BAO
JUNIOR PIANO UNDER 11
1ST: LUCY YIN
C: SASHA COVERDA, ALANA MCMANUS, IVAN KOUSTOV
JOHN FIELD CUP:
C: DAVID MCCARTHY
ELSNER CUP
2ND : ADAM MCDONAGH AND DAVID CONWAY
GLAVIN MEMORIAL AWARD
C: DARRAGH BROGAN
SENIOR PIANO
HC: KEVIN CORCORAN
JUNIOR PIANO UNDER 17
C: LUKE O’CONNOR
NORDELL CUP
2ND: ADAM MCDONAGH
C: NIAMH DOYLE
DUETS UNDER 13
2ND: KEVIN MCDONNELL AND THOMAS MAXWELL
HC: ALEXANDER AND LUKE EDWARD HARDING-BRADLEY
JJ O’REILLY CUP
VHC: PAUL O’GORMAN
HC: AIDAN CHAN, LAURA SMITH
HAMILTON HARTY CUP
2ND: ADAM MCDONAGH
C; DARRAGH BROGAN
HUBAN CUP
VHC: AISLING SHEEHAN
HC: DARRAGH BROGAN
C: MATTHEW FAGAN
RHODA COGHILL CUP
1ST: RIVKAH MCKINLEY AND PATRICK MORIARTY
PIANO DUET UNDER 15
HC: ISABELLE AND REBECCA MCDONNELL
HC: LIAM AND ALANA MCMANUS
MILNE CUP
1ST: KEVIN CORCORAN AND PETER O’REILLY
RHONA MARSHALL CUP
HC: LIAM MCMANUS
COMPOSITION STUDIES
WALTER BECKETT CUP FOR ORIGINAL SONG
1ST: GLEN AUSTIN
IMRO AWARD - CHAMBER ENSEMBLE
VHC: GLEN AUSTIN