•Join us for an enchanting candlelight evening as our string quartet and guest singers perform a breathtaking selection of festive music. Enjoy a complimentary glass of Prosecco on arrival.

•Music by Libra String Quartet and Eamon O Malley.

•Performances by Tenor Joe Roche and Soprano Polly Roche.

•Tenor Joe Roche is an opera singer and music therapist, originally from Clonmel in Co. Tipperary. Having studied singing with Dr. Veronica Dunne and reading psychology at Trinity College, Joe left Dublin in 2005 to continue his singing studies at the Royal College of Music in London and to pursue a career in opera in the UK. Following a singing career that included full-time engagement at the Royal Opera, Covent Garden and Welsh National Opera in Cardiff, Joe returned to Ireland in 2022 to train as a music therapist at the University of Limerick, where he graduated in June last year. As well as performing, he now works in a therapeutic context with persons in palliative care, with dementia sufferers, children with complex needs, and in a school context with neurotypical and neurodiverse young people.

•Soprano Polly Roche was born and grew up in Threemilehouse, Co. Monaghan. She studied singing at the DIT Conservatory of Music in Dublin where she graduated with a Master’s in Music Performance, and subsequently graduated DipRAM and LRam at the Royal Academy of Music in London. After a number of years as a freelance singer in the UK, she joined the full-time company at Welsh National Opera in Cardiff, touring the UK and performing internationally as a chorister and soloist for more than ten years. Polly moved to Clonmel in 2023, and as well as singing she is now studying for a Master’s degree in music therapy at the University of Limerick.

•Libra is an ensemble of full time professional musicians who are masters of their instruments and specialise in providing the most appropriate music for various occasions. Libra's members come from a rich musical background and have performed throughout Europe, USA and many venues in Ireland including The National concert Hall, The Helix, The 02, Cork and Wexford Opera Houses.

Members are in demand with various musical societies around Ireland and regularly perform on stage and television with Katherine Jenkins, The Coronas, Jerry Fish, Jack L, Josh Groban and many more!