THE DOCTORS Orchestra are returning to the stage after their acclaimed sellout performance in 2022 at Clonard where the life-saving singers raised over £3,000 for a local food charity.
DOCTORS and medical staff from across Ireland performed together in a special orchestra show at Clonard Monastery on Sunday evening. Audiences were be treated to a performance of Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copeland and Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. The event, raised much-needed funds for North Belfast based charity The People’s Kitchen with donations totalling over £3,300 and counting. One of the event organisers Eoghan Ferrie, who is a doctor in the Royal’s Emergency Department in Belfast, explained how the idea came about. “The Irish Doctors Orchestra is an all-Ireland collaboration of doctors who are all classically trained musicians and this gives us all an opportunity to participate in a hobby that we all enjoy."
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DOCTORS and medical staff from across Ireland are set to perform in a special orchestra show at Clonard Monastery on Sunday evening. Audiences will be treated to a performance of Appalachian Spring by Aaron Copeland and Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis. The event, which begins at 5pm, will raise much-needed funds for North Belfast based charity The People’s Kitchen. This is a non-ticketed event with donation being collected at the door. One of the event organisers Eoghan Ferrie, who is a doctor in the Royal’s Emergency Department in Belfast, said the doctors are looking forward to their debut performance. “The Irish Doctors Orchestra is an all-Ireland collaboration of doctors who are all classically trained musicians and this gives us all an opportunity to participate in a hobby that we all enjoy. “We only formed within the last two years and our inaugural concert was due to take place in Dublin in 2020. The pandemic overtook that and it had to be postponed so this i