Technology, church music, bicycles, and life in Ireland
It’s been six months since I last had the opportunity to sing in church. Back in December 2020 we were getting organised for the civic carol service and Christmas services in St Ann’s Church, Dawson Street, and then the big COVID-19 spike in Ireland happened and all singing in church was cancelled. Christmas is cancelled! […]
What else would you do on New Year’s Day except to get up in the early hours of the morning, while it’s still dark, and take a hike up into the Dublin mountains to see the first sun rise of the new year? 2020 has been a horrible year, what with the COVID-19 thing, and […]
I had an essential reason to be in town today, and so I’m back in the office today for the first time since March – and it’s a lot quieter than the last time I was here! My office was officially re-opened following the COVID-19 lockdown at the start of August, but only a handful […]
Like a lot of people in Dublin, I work for a large multinational company, and since March I’ve been working from home full time. As the COVID-19 restrictions are easing, there’s lots of discussion in my team about the return to the office. Some companies have told their staff they can work from home until […]
The latest advice from the Irish government is that choirs can resume singing together in about a week’s time, at the beginning of Phase 3 of the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. After months of silence – or solo singing from home as part of virtual choirs – singers will be able to rehearse and perform […]
The Irish government has released specific recommendations for choirs and group singing for when we enter Phase 3 of COVID-19 restriction easing on Monday 29th June. It says the following: Choir rehearsals have previously been linked to outbreaks in a number of countries (UK, US, Netherlands, South Korea). In addition, there is some evidence emerging […]
