Seraphim (Irish group)
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Seraphim is an Irish
Ireland
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 Classical
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...

, Jazz
Jazz
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 and Traditional
Music of Ireland
Irish Music is the generic term for music that has been created in various genres on the island of Ireland.The indigenous music of the island is termed Irish traditional music. It has remained vibrant through the 20th, and into the 21st century, despite globalizing cultural forces...

 vocal group.

In concert, Seraphim have performed Britten Ceremony of Carols, Haydn Missa St Aloysii, Pergolesi
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi was an Italian composer, violinist and organist.-Biography:Born at Iesi, Pergolesi studied music there under a local musician, Francesco Santini, before going to Naples in 1725, where he studied under Gaetano Greco and Francesco Feo among others...

 Stabat Mater
Stabat Mater
Stabat Mater is a 13th-century Roman Catholic hymn to Mary. It has been variously attributed to the Franciscan Jacopone da Todi and to Innocent III...

. Their repertoire includes songs and arrangements by contemporary composers Michael Holohan, Bob Chilcott, Alan Cutts and most extensively the works of C.S.L. Parker. They have given the premiere performances of Songs for Seraphim and Twelve Songs for Sonya by C.S.L. Parker and in 2005 performed 24 Songs in the Cork Opera House
Cork Opera House
Cork Opera House is a theatre and opera house in Cork in the Republic of Ireland. It was originally built in 1855, although its existence has not been continuous; having survived the burning of much of Cork by British forces in reprisal for an ambush of a military convoy in 1920 by Irish rebels,...

.

Seraphim have appeared on Carols from Cork (RTE
RTE
RTÉ is the abbreviation for Raidió Teilifís Éireann, the public broadcasting service of the Republic of Ireland.RTE may also refer to:* Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, 25th Prime Minister of Turkey...

, 2005), the closing ceremonies of the Cork 2005 celebrations (RTÉ, 2005) and widely on the KTV network in Japan
Japan
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. They have recorded on the soundtrack of John Conroy's latest movie ‘Poker Nights’ (Rising Sun Record, 2007) - winner of Best Short Film at the New York International Film Festival 2007 and on Twelve Songs for Sonya.

In July 2006 Seraphim toured Japan as part of the EU-Japan Fest
EU-Japan Fest
The is the cultural exchange between the European Union and Japan that is arranged with the help of the , a Japanese organization that since 1992 has worked to create such exchanges between the year's Cultural Capital of Europe and Japan...

. They performed extensively in the Kagoshima region of Japan and finished their tour by performing for the Irish Ambassador in his residence in Tokyo.

Seraphim perform regularly around Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

 particularly in University College Cork where they have performed in the Honan Chapel
Honan Chapel
The Honan Chapel is located on the grounds of University College Cork in Cork city, Ireland.-Irish Arts & Crafts movement :The chapel, and its liturgical collection, was produced during the late phase of the Irish Arts and Crafts movement . Both the building and furnishings were designed and...

, Aula Maxima and in July will perform with the Celtic Tenors
Celtic Tenors
The Celtic Tenors began life as the Three Irish Tenors on RTE's Theatre Nights on October 1995. The group at that time consisted of James Nelson, Niall Morris and Paul Hennessey....

in the quad of UCC.

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