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Performance Classes for Singers (all Genres) with Megan O'Neill - Discount available for RIAM students (* details see below)
Get equipped with a singer's toolkit, packed with essential skills for polished, confident and audience-awing performances.
Explore eye-opening techniques to improve various areas of your presentation, including
Choose your own repertoire to work on during the course, supported by a live accompanist* (on the piano).
And finally - Spot On !!!
Present your newly acquired skills and techniques in an end-of-course concert-style performance for peers, invited friends and family, showcasing the outcome of your journey with Megan and your course companions.
Class dates for the Period April - June 2024
Wednesday 24th April 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Wednesday 1st May 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Wednesday 8th May 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Reflective break (for home studies) - no classes on the 15th 22nd and 29th of May
Wednesday 5th June 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Wednesday 12th June 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Wednesday 19th June 7:00 – 9:00 PM
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*Participants are being asked to send a copy (.pdf or .docx) of their chosen repertoire for the course to the accompanist (email address in the course confirmation email) by no later than one week before the start of the course, to allow the accompanist to familiarise himself with the pieces.
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Discount for Students
This course will be available at a discounted rate of €215 for students (incl. adult learners participating in AD-Group classes during the current term, as well as previous "SPOT ON" participants.
To avail of the discounted rate please enter the following code SPOT-ON-SD215 into the "Promotional Code" field during checkout and confirm with "APPLY".
Please note: Booking this course at the student rate is subject to providing further information about your current Student Status (in the registration form) - for AD-Group or previous "SPOT ON" participants, please give details in the "Student information field" in the registration form.
Failing to provide that information (when selecting student rate) may result in a manual balance charge (standard rate) and a possible additional administration surcharge before you can be admitted to the course.
Participants min. age: 18+
Level: All levels, incl. Beginner, Intermediate and Advanced Level Singers
Megan O’Neill is a soprano from County Kerry. She is currently studying with Prof. Mary Brennan and Dr Andrew Synnott and is in third year of the Doctor in Music Performance Degree at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
She completed the BMus Degree at Maynooth University in 2018 and graduated with a First Class-Honours Degree. In August 2020, she completed the Masters in Music Performance Degree at the RIAM, where she also received a First Class-Honours.
Most recently, Megan made her National Opera House debut, playing the titular role of Cinderella, an opera by Alma Deutscher, at Wexford Festival Opera as part of the Wexford Factory programme.
In the 2022 Feis Ceoil, Megan was the winner of the Gervase Elwes Memorial Cup. She was also awarded the 2022 RDS Music Bursary of 15,000EUR, and the 2023 RDS Collins Memorial Award of 2,000EUR.
She played the role of Signora Avoglio in All the Angels by Nick Drake, which took place in the Everyman Theatre, Cork, and Smock Alley, Dublin, from October 2021 to December 2021.
In December 2022, she gave a recital at the Centre Culturel Irlandais, which also included the première of ‘For Gertie’, a song cycle by Andrew Synnott. Megan played the role of ‘Teen polar bear’ in The Scorched Earth Trilogy, a street art opera by Brian Irvine and John McIlduff, which was produced by Irish National Opera and Dumbworld Production Company in March 2022.
In association with Cardiff Singer of the World, The Scorched Earth Trilogy Megan was performing in venues across Wales in June 2023 and at the Chamber Music on Valentia Island Festival in August 2023. She is also a company chorus member with Irish National Opera.
Upcoming engagements:
Megan will be part of the Irish National Opera Studio for the 2023/2024 season
She will be performing the lead role of Jane in the world première of the film opera DreamCatchr by Kevin O’Connell, which will be released this year.