The John McCormack Songbook

Drop by Wood Quay Amphitheatre to take a trip down memory lane at this performance of The John McCormack Songbook by Ross Scanlon. Hear McCormack classics such as ‘Macushla’, ‘I Hear you Calling me’, ‘The Minstrel Boy’ and many more at this unique performance of song and story for Culture Night Dublin 2023.

Hailed by the Irish Times as ‘...the most promising Irish Tenor heard in years…’, Ross Scanlon is a graduate of the TU Dublin Conservatoire & The Royal Academy of Music, London. Opera highlights have included Le Thérière - L'Enfant et les sortlièges with the BBC Symphony Orchestra, Barbican, London, Hot Biscuit - Paul Bunyan for Welsh National Opera, John Pyne - Vagabones, Irus - The Return of Ulysses and Male Chorus - The Rape of Lucretia for Opera Collective Ireland.

He joins forces once again with award winning pianist David O’Shea who is a graduate of The TU Dublin Conservatoire. He is in high demand as a pianist and organist having collaborated with many of Ireland's most loved soloists. He is director of music at Sandford Parish and is an Associate Artist with Pipeworks (Dublin International Organ and Choral Festival).
This set is part of an exciting programme of events at Wood Quay Amphitheatre for Culture Night Dublin 2023. Explore what else is happening at this venue in our web listings.