Bray Youth Choir sings a very wide range of music. This is to facilitate all musical tastes and to challenge and encourage young people to find enjoyment and satisfaction in singing different styles of music. All arrangements are of the highest standard and use the full potential of a mixed-voice choir.
A glance through our Past Performances page will show the variety of places the choir has performed and that our programme reflects this.
Here is a list of pieces we have sung in the recent past and are working on at present.
Classical Works
| Mozart | Missa Brevis in G |
| Haydn | Missa Brevis in F |
| Haydn | Little Organ Mass |
| Vivaldi | Gloria |
| Orff | Carmina Burana |
| Jenkins | The Armed Man |
Classical Pieces
| Fauré | Cantique de Jean Racine |
| Stanford | The Blue Bird |
| Mozart | Ave Verum |
| Bach | Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring |
| Bruckner | Locus Iste |
| Daruflé | Ubi Caritas |
| Farrant | O Sacrum Convivium |
| Poulenc | O Magnum Mysterium |
| Parry | My Soul, There is a Country |
| Rheinberger | Abendlied |
| Rutter | Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind |
| Rutter | A Galeic Blessing |
| Rutter | The Lord Bless You and Keep You |
| Vittoria | Ave Maria |
Carols
| Darke | In the Bleak Midwinter |
| arr. Rutter | The Sans Day Carol |
| German Folk | Stille, Stille, Stille |
| English Folk | Ding, Dong Merrily on High |
| Ukranian Folk | Carol of the Bells |
| Rutter | The Christmas Lullaby |
| Rutter | What Sweet Music |
| Head | The Little Road to Bethlehem |
| Ellison | Lullaby |
UPCOMING PERFORMANCES
Come and see the next performance of this incredibly talented group of youths.
- Next Event
- BYC - SPRING CONCERT
- Sat, 24th April '10 @ 8.15pm
- St. Fergal's Church, Bray
Bray Youth Choir, fresh from competing in the recent final of RTE TV's 'An Cór', present a 'Spring Concert'.
BYC will sing the 'Vivaldi Gloria' in the first half and the 2nd half will be a mix of Popular Songs, Negro Spirituals, Traditional Music and Solo pieces from our extensive repertoire.
Look out for our posters in the North Wicklow / South Dublin areas. Tickets, at €10 & €5 (Students / OAPs) with discount for families (2+2), will be on sale after Mass / Service outside several churches in Shankill, Bray and Greystones on Sunday 18th April.
Tickets also from Frank (Wicklow area) - 086 4013711 (after 4pm), or in Bray, from Philip (after 8pm) - 085 7736788 or Robert (after 6pm) - 086 8403423. Limited tickets at door - come early to avoid disappointment!!.
Popular Songs
| Mamas & Papas | California Dreaming |
| Beatles | Let It Be |
| John Lennon | Imagine |
| Bacherach | Raindrops Keep Falling |
| Al Jolson | Me and My Shadow |
| Cy Coleman | Rhythm of Life |
| Gospel/Sister Act | Oh Happy Day |
Spirituals
| Oh Peter, Go Ring Dem Bells |
| Swing Low, Sweet Chariot |
| Every Time I Feel the Spirit |
| Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen |