Orla Flanagan, Conductor

Orla Flanagan is a lecturer in the Department of Music at Trinity College Dublin. She completed her training as a choral conductor with Péter Erdei at the Zoltán Kodály Institute of Music, Hungary, and has also participated in conducting courses and masterclasses throughout Europe with Gary Graden, Carlo Pavese, Anders Eby, Celso Antunes and George Hurst.

Orla has conducted the Mornington Singers since 2002. Under her direction, the choir has been awarded numerous prizes at the Cork International Choral Festival, including Third Prize in the 2008 Fleischmann International Trophy Competition. In 2006 Orla gained the International Jury Award to a conductor at the Fleischmann International Trophy Competition, and she was recently awarded a special prize for interpretation at the 10th International Choral Competition, Maribor, Slovenia in 2009. She has acted as an adjudicator at various festivals in Ireland, most recently on the International Jury at Cork Choral Festival in May 2009.

Orla also directs Milltown Chamber Choir, a nine-voice professional vocal ensemble based in Milltown Church, Dublin, and has recorded and performed as a guest conductor with the National Chamber Choir of Ireland. Other recordings include a selection of music for Advent and Christmas recorded with the Milltown Chamber Choir, and SOLAS, Orla's first CD with the Mornington Singers.

Current and past conductors

The choir is privileged to have sung under a number of talented musical directors during its over ten-year history.

• Orla Flanagan (2002-present)
• Rosemary Collier (2000-2002)
• John Page (1999-2000)
• Shane O'Shea (1997-1999)