Ireland's premier project-based professional vocal ensemble
Founded in 2003 by Director Mark Duley, Resurgam's ensemble is regarded as one of Ireland's finest vocal ensembles, known for the highest level of performance and vocal virtuosity.
'Overwhelming precision, vocal power and accuracy...Baroque singing at its finest.'
Online Merker
The international Cultural Platform
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'Sheer Magic'
The Gramophone
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'Distinctive brilliance, expertly displayed'
The Guardian
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What's On
​​Lusitano: Travels and Tributes
Galway - Saturday 1st March 2025:
St Nicholas' Collegiate Church, 6pm
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Ennis - Sunday 2nd March 2025: Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul, 6pm
​​In our first concert of 2025, Resurgam brings you a programme of the the works of Vicente Lusitano and his circle. Our 8 voice a cappella ensemble will perform these intricate wonders of sixteenth century polyphony to buildings perfectly suited to this music. Joined by the The Choristers of St Nicholas Schola Cantorum (1st March), and Ennis Cathedral Junior Choir (2nd March), this promises to be a musical event not to be missed!
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News
Announcement for December 2025!
Resurgam are delighted to announce a first of its kind performance of Handel's Messiah for December 2025, in collaboration with Music for Galway. For more information click here
Resurgam is to become the artistic director and management of Galway Early Music Festival from 2024, taking over from Maura Ó Cróinín, who leaves the role after 28 years.
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​Mark Duley, director of Resurgam, explains that “in recent years, Resurgam has been privileged to perform regularly at the festival and I have often marvelled at the unerringly imaginative themes and programmes Maura Ó Cróinín has devised. The superb array of artists from all over the globe have hugely enriched Galway and Ireland’s cultural landscape. We greatly look forward to continuing that legacy.”
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More details and information on Galway Early Music Festival here.
Critical acclaim for our new album
'Gentleman Extraordinary'
on Resonus Classics:
Editor's choice
Gramophone Magazine, January 2024
Read the review here
"The excellent Irish vocal group Resurgam...directed by Mark Duley...discover Weelkes’s distinctive brilliance, expertly displayed here." (The Guardian)
"...the voices of Resurgam under Duley’s unerringly paced direction make an imposing yet wonderfully sensitive sound, the long lines exquisitely shaped..." (Europadisc)
"Resurgam demonstrate the power and confidence of their ensemble, with bold lower voices and an attractive treble sheen from the sopranos." (Gramophone)
