About
New Irish Arts exists to present Christianity, resource the church and support Christians in the Arts. The group consists of singers, players, actors and visual artists from a mixture of professional, teaching and student backgrounds. With a network of several hundred participants, the group facilitates and promotes an active and varied programme each year.
The New Irish Choir & Orchestra is a vibrant group of Christian musicians which has been an inspiration to audiences in all the main concert venues in Ireland. Founded in 1994 by composer and hymn-writer Keith Getty, the group is now led by Artistic Director Jonathan Rea.
The group has worked with a wide range of Christian musicians including Moya Brennan, Bluetree, Matt Redman, Joanne Hogg and Yazz. They also perform regularly on BBC and RTE radio and television.
The group is passionate about sharing Christianity through the Arts and working in partnership with the church. Concert hall productions are supplemented by many smaller events organised in conjunction with churches and charities, which aim to use God-given talents to share the Gospel with the passion and quality for which New Irish has become known.
For those of you who like to know the small print about how New Irish is run, we are a charitable company run by a Board of Directors. We have an Artistic Director and an Administrator, based in an office in Newtownabbey which shares premises with Evangelical Alliance Northern Ireland.