Mark Chambers 

Since graduating from the Royal Northern College of Music, Mark Chambers has established himself as a versatile and distinguished vocalist, performing internationally with leading ensembles and conductors. His solo repertoire spans from Baroque masterpieces to contemporary works, including Bach’s St Matthew Passion and Mass in B Minor with Sir John Eliot Gardiner, Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610 with Paul McCreesh (Deutsche Grammophon), and Beloved and Beautiful with the Nederlandse Bachvereniging under Jos van Veldhoven. He collaborates regularly with acclaimed ensembles including The Monteverdi Choir, Tenebrae, Gallicantus, The Gabrieli Consort Alamire, and the Academy of Ancient Music and is a core member of Chamber Choir Ireland and Resurgam. His discography includes solo recitals of Rubbra and Vaughan Williams, and recordings with The English Cornett and Sackbut Ensemble across their acclaimed European series. Now based in Wexford, Mark combines an active performance career with part-time lectureships in voice at the University of Birmingham and University College Dublin.

Eamon Sweeney

Eamon Sweeney began his musical studies on the violin, picked up an electric guitar during his teens, and subsequently studied Classical Guitar with Dr John Feeley at the Dublin Institute of Technology Conservatory of Music. While there he was exposed to the Baroque Guitar, inspiring his doctoral research into the 17th-century instrument and its variants. He continued his study of early plucked-instruments with Xavier Díaz-Latorre at Escola Superior de Música de Catalunya, Barcelona.

Eamon teaches and performs extensively in a variety of genres – giving broadcasts, lectures, and seminars in his native Ireland and internationally. He is a founding member of a number of ensembles that focus on the performance of Early and Irish music: Tonos, The Gregory Walkers, and Sonamus.  Eamon is also committed to the provision of Community Music, Music in Healthcare Settings, and Early Years Music.

Over the years Eamon has collaborated with some of Ireland’s leading artists including the late Seamus Heaney, Elaine Agnew, Brian Irvine, Mary Coughlan, Steve Cooney, and Theo Dorgan.

Eamon is grateful for the support his work regularly receives from bodies such as The Arts Council, Music Network, and Wicklow Arts Office.

Norah O'Leary

Norah Catherine O’Leary is an Irish cellist and viol player specialising in period instrument performance. Norah holds a first-class degree Masters of Performance of Early Music from the Sibelius Akatemia of the University of Fine Arts, Helsinki, where she studied under Louna Hosia and Markku Luolajan-Mikkola whilst undertaking mentoring projects with the Nordic Baroque Orchestra and Concerto Copenhagen. Norah has performed with various groups such as the Finnish Baroque Orchestra, Camerata Kilkenny, Sestina Music, Cork Baroque Orchestra, Capella Scania, and the Irish Baroque Orchestra. She is a founding member of The Earls of Ormond and Ensemble Dagda

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