Ina Boyle Songbook Launched at Marylebone Church NW1
From left to right: Georgina Cassidy (Piano), Frasier Hickland (Piano), Laura Aherne (Soprano), Conor Campbell (Baritone). Photo credit: Noel Mullen.
The Ina Boyle Songbook was launched on 11th Oct 2023 by the Ina Boyle Society in collaboration with Irish Heritage. The launch took place in the surrounds of Marylebone Church NW1, where talented young Irish Heritage musicians performed a selection of the songs. The programme also included songs by two of Ina's women contemporaries, Rhoda Coghill and Elizabeth Maconchy.
The Songbook can be purchased from Chimes Barbican and CMC (Contemporary Music Centre Ireland).
The Songbook contains 26 of Ina Boyle’s songs. Ina wrote over 70 songs, the majority of which were never performed in her lifetime.
The Ina Boyle Society wishes to thank everyone who has made the Songbook and the Launch a reality.
Thanks to Irish Heritage and Brian Hughes - the Artistic Director and their wonderful young artists. Editorial Committee;- Editors; Dr Orla Shannon (Dublin City University and Royal Irish Academy of Music) and David Scott (TUDublin Conservatoire.); Dr. Ita Beausang (Biographer of Ina Boyle) Dr. Kerry Houston (Research Foundation Music in Ireland), John W. Griffith and Joseph Hookway (Songbook format), Jessica Mallalieu (Graphic Designer), and Roy Stanley (Music Librarian Trinity College Dublin).
The Songbook can be purchased from Chimes Barbican, and CMC (Contemporary Music Centre Ireland).
“I think it is most courageous of you to go on with so little recognition. The only thing to say is that it does come finally.” Letter to Ina Boyle from Vaughan Williams 4 May 1937.
From left to right: Angela Brady OBE; Irish Ambassador Martin Fraser; Dr Orla Shannon and Michael Alen-Buckley. Photo credit: Noel Mullen.
Michael Boyle (Director) and Katie Rowan (Chair) of the Ina Boyle Society. Photo credit: Noel Mullen.
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