Spring Serenade

Helen Hancock sopano and the Triskel Ensemble

Join Helen Hancock and the Triskel Ensemble for an afternoon of popular classical music and opera, musical theatre numbers, Irish music and songs on Sunday 8th March. There will be a reception of tea/coffee/prosecco and canapés at 5pm followed by a performance at 5.30pm.

Known for the chatty and warm rapport she builds with the audience, soprano Helen Hancock is no stranger to Gort and neither are her string quartet. Coole Music and Arts connects everyone in the ensemble: Helen taught there for many years and has sung with the Coole Music Youth Orchestra in the church at Christmas on several occasions. Helen formed the Triskel Ensemble with the idea of performing concerts that embrace the lighter side of classical music. Expect well known pieces from Handel to Mozart, from Les Misérables to Chess, TV and movie themes from ET to Scent of a Woman, and from opera to Irish airs (with audience participation on occasion). There is literally something for everyone! The ensemble had a string of sold out concerts in 2025 with standing ovations in several venues including The Mick Lally Theatre, Galway and The Mount Carmel Concert Series, Loughrea.

Helen sang a lead role in the Colm Toibín/Alberto Caruso opera Lady Gregory in America at the Gregory -Yeats Autumn Gathering 2025 here in the Lady Gregory Hotel, directed by Lelia Doolan in association with the Abbey Theatre. Her debut album TOGETHERNESS with her German pianist Paul Cibis came out on Navona Records last year and she has just finished a nationwide tour with Paul. It features German lieder alongside Irish folk songs including first recordings of new music by Irish composers Anne-Marie O'Farrell and Criostóir Ó Loingsigh.