I watched a documentary about the late Nuala O’Faolain, columnist with the Irish Times and writer of the international best-seller, Are You Sombody? My sister asked if I had seen our grandfather, that she had spotted him in the same documentary, sharing a panel with Nuala O’Faolain on The Late, Late Show.

I have just finished preparing the coursework for the Malaysian Choral Eisteddfod X Symposium which begins on Friday, 25 May 2012. It has been a wonderful journey of pure imagination and I feel so entirely fortunate to be delivering this programme in just a few short weeks.

This was certainly one of my favourites at this year’s International Youth in Concert which took place in Pécs, Hungary as part of their official calendar of events for Pécs 2010 European Capital of Culture.

Meet Irish International Youth at the Ireland Pavilion Shanghai EXPO 2010 in association with ARTlifeCULTURE, supported by Culture Ireland and the Ireland – EXPO 2010 project.

Never mind the Easter Bunny, I never could get my head around HOW he laid eggs anyway, instead embrace egg-filled Easter nests. So simple and so entirely gorgeous, you will enjoy creating these Easter-time treats.

It is a gift when you find yourself so clearly depicted in nature. I am sometimes that dandelion!

On the anniversary of 3.11, the tsunami survivors from the Tohoku region in Japan communicate their message. This is a must-see movie. Ganbare Tohoku!!!

Surrounded by music friends, it is possible to forget to remember their talent. You live knowing that it is there but you can forget to see it. Julia Carrick née Canavan and I were introduced by our singing teachers some twenty five years ago at the Royal Irish Academy of Music on Westland Row in Dublin.

Sonya Keogh is an opera singer, voice coach, youth music worker, artistic director, cultural ambassador, and musicologist. Sonya made her operatic debut at Cork Opera House in 2000 and continues to enjoy a professional performance career as an opera singer, recitalist and recording artist. She began her sacred music training at Christ Church Cathedral as [...]