Our Oxford students will never forget the experience of sharing a concert program with the Coláiste Bhaile Chláir School Choir at St Nicholas Cathedral in Galway. Our two choirs performed to an enthusiastic audience in a "celebration of choral music from both sides of the Atlantic". The Coláiste Bhaile Chláir School Choir opened the concert with a program of songs, which included some Irish dancing. Our Oxford Choir then performed a 40 minute program of songs that were very well received. This collaborative concert was a huge success. What followed the concert was sensational. The 110 Galway students and our 42 Oxford students, without receiving any direction, immediately mixed to get to know each other. The cathedral was alive with conversations as students from each school couldn't get enough of learning about each other. What an amazing musical and cultural exchange this was! |