Cork Orchestral Society: 'We had an unbroken record of presenting concerts in the city since 1947' 

Covid may have scuppered plans for a live concert, but COS is about to launch its series of six recitals, available free online 

David Whitla and Tom Crowley are involved in the upcoming online performances from Cork Orchestral Society.

The Cork Orchestral Society (COS) is joining the digital cultural wave of the Covid era to mark its 83rd season with a series of monthly concerts, streamed online from the CIT Cork School of Music.

Tom Crowley, violinist and conductor, combines the roles of artistic director and chairman of COS, a society founded by Professor Aloys Fleischmann in 1938. “We had to defer one concert because of Storm Ophelia but the only time that concerts came to a halt was during World War 2. Until Covid struck, the society had an unbroken record of presenting concerts in the city since 1947,” says Crowley.