Орла Фланаган

Orla Flanagan is a Dublin-based choral conductor and music educator. She studied conducting with Prof. Péter Erdei at the Kodály Institute in Hungary and holds a doctorate in performance from the Royal Irish Academy of Music. She is an Assistant Professor of Music at Trinity College Dublin, where she teaches modules in choral conducting, aural training and performance, and supervises doctoral research.

Orla conducts the mixed-voice choir Mornington Singers, an award-winning ensemble which has appeared at international festivals in Ireland, Italy, Canada, France, Latvia and Slovenia. The choir was awarded the Grand Prix at the 2019 International Baltic Sea Choir Competition in Jūrmala, Latvia. As a conductor, Orla has also gained numerous awards at international competitions, including the MacCurtain & McSwiney Award for programming at Cork International Choral Festival on three occasions, and a special prize for interpretation at the 10th International Choral Competition, Maribor, Slovenia. Orla and the choir are committed to the creation and promotion of contemporary music and have recently released two CD recordings of contemporary Irish choral works: Under-Song (2017) and To the Northeast: The Choral Music of John Buckley (2019).

Orla’s work with professional choral ensembles includes Milltown Chamber Choir, EnsemBéal, Resurgam, and Chamber Choir Ireland, with whom she performed at the White House for President Barack Obama. She enjoys giving choral workshops and adjudicating at festivals nationally and internationally. Orla is Artistic Director of the Sing Ireland International Choral Conducting Summer School.