Piccolo Lasso

Piccolo Lasso directed by Ite O?Donovan, is the junior section of The Lassus Scholars and caters for young boys and girls aged from nine to sixteen years. Members of Piccolo Lasso receive specialised training in sightsinging, notation and theory, vocal technique, interpretation and repertoire and are individually guided through the Dublin Choral Foundation Training Scheme leading to bronze, silver and gold awards.

In addition to many performances of large scale works with The Lassus Scholars in the National Concert Hall and in Adam & Eve's, Piccolo Lasso have performed much of the specialist children's repertoire including Faure's Messe Basse, Britten's Missa Brevis and Britten's Ceremony of Carols. Piccolo Lasso have also performed contemporary Irish compositions including Eric Sweeney's Missa Brevis and anthems by Eric Sweeney and Colin Mawby. Piccolo Lasso have broadcast on RTE television and radio on numerous occasions.

Members of Piccolo Lasso have participated in Opera Ireland productions of Cavalleria Rusticana, Pagliacci, Boris Godunov, Aida, Carmen, La Boheme and Queen of Spades in the Gaiety Theatre. In September 2000 the choir performed in the ESB Dublin Jazz Week and delighted many Dubliners with their outdoor performance for Dublin Car-Free Day in 2000 and 2001. Piccolo Lasso represented Ireland (with The Lassus Scholars) at the 29th Pueri Cantores International Congress in Barcelona in 1998, Lyon in 2002, Essen and Cologne 2004 and Krakow in 2007.They performed Eric Sweeney's Missa Brevis in Westminster Cathedral in October 2008. They will travel to Stockholm in 2009.