Michael Ball was born in Manchester. Formal piano studies began at the age of six, followed by his first contacts with the Festival movement as a young participant at several of the Lancashire & Cheshire music festivals. He later went on to the Royal College of Music in London where he studied piano with Bernard [...]
It is only 3 days to the start of the 2020 Feis. We are very busy preparing for the event and we hope that all will enjoy their participation. Here are just a few reminders before you come to the Feis. Don't forget to print off your notification on white paper and bring with you [...]
ALL notifications of Feis dates and times have now been sent out to the email provided at the time of application. Please check junk or spam folder. It sometimes happens that email addresses are misspelled. If you have checked the email address used, plus junk/spam folder and do not have a notifiction, please email us [...]
The 2020 Feis Official Feis programme is available here. The 2020 Feis Official Accompanist list is available here. Notifications for Music and Singing sections of the Feis have now been sent out. Next week we will send out Speech & Drama, Bhéarslabhairt, Ceol agus Traidisiúnta notifications. Please note that this will take a few days [...]
The 2020 Instrumental and Vocal Schedule is available here. The 2020 Speech and Drama Schedule is available here. The 2020 Bhéarslabhairt agus Traidisiúnta Clár is available here. Official Accompanist List is available here. Feis dates and times will be confirmed by email during the week of 6th January. The Official Feis Programme will be available in mid January.
The Feis Office will be open on Wednesday, 11th December, from 10.00am to 4.00pm. Just ring the doorbell and someone will attend to you. Or telephone at 021-427 3347.
The Feis staff have now finished processing all the paper entries made to the Feis Office. The next step in the process is for the online entries to be imported to our Feis system. At the moment the system is with the IT company and this process should take a few days. Once it is [...]
The online entry system is now switched off and we appreciate that some may have missed it. So to alleviate any anxiety there will be a special opening of the Feis Office to help out any who have missed the deadline. The Feis Office will be open on Monday, 25th, Tuesday, 26th and Wednesday, 27th [...]
Due to the very heavy traffic on the Feis website online entry system, we have extended the online closing date to Friday, 22nd Nov. at 2.00pm. Please use the system as early as you can to avoid overload.
Please note the following Feis Office opening hours for submitting entry forms for 2020 Feis and return of Trophies won at the 2019 Feis. Saturday, 16th Nov. - 11.30am to 1.00pm. (Just ring the Feis Office door bell). Monday, 18th Nov. to Thursday, 21st Nov. - 10.00am to 5.00pm. Office will be on the first [...]