Discovery Gospel Choir is an intercultural choir based in Dublin, Ireland. The choir was founded in 2004 as part of the Church of Ireland's 5-year Discovery Project - an initiative to welcome migrants and encourage social integration in Ireland.
In 2009 the Discovery Project ended and the choir developed into an inter-denominational, professional choir. ] At that time it was directed by Róisín Dexter Discovery Gospel Choir website, Albums and is partially supported by the Church of Ireland and Dublin City Council. The following year they released an album entitled Discovery: Live at the Pavilion, Dublin. Breaking Tunes website, Discovery Gospel Choir
The choir’s motto is, "Discover beauty in everyone". Irish Church News website, Juneteenth: Discovery Gospel Choir & Christian Aid, article dated 10 June 2015
By 2022, the director was Cathy McEvoy. Discovery Gospel Choir website, Rediscovery (December 2022 concert) In 2023, they are based at Dublin's Sts. George and Thomas Church, United Diocese of Dublin and Glendalough website, Taoiseach Visits Discovery Gospel Choir in St George and St Thomas’s, article by the Revd Philip McKinley dated 19 December 2023 which was the only state-built Church of Ireland parish church, and had over 30 members.
Awards RTE Lyric FM/ Waltons World Music Competition 2010 Dublin Gospel Music Festival Hall of Fame 2011
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