COMMUNITY CALENDAR MEDIA ADVISORY

Irish Tenor Anthony Kearns Performs at Benefit Concert for Louisville's Catholic Charities – Tickets Available

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE June 9, 2006

INFORMATION: Jackie Gahlinger 502/637-9786, ext. 159

(Louisville, KY) Tickets are now available for a concert by Anthony Kearns, one of the three “Irish Tenors,” on Sunday, October 29, 7:00 p.m. at Memorial Auditorium, 970 South Fourth Street. Tickets for the concert are $25 or $50 per person for the concert or $100 per person for the concert and reception held after the concert. Ticket order forms are available at www.catholicharitieslouisville.org or by calling 502/637-9786, ext. 159. Please include this information in all appropriate community calendars.

The proceeds from this concert will benefit Catholic Charities of Louisville. Catholic Charities is one of 20 service agencies of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville.

Born in 1971 in a small Irish village called Kiltealy in County Wexford, Anthony Kearns is a true lyric tenor. Kearns began singing at an early age and found that he was blessed with the natural lilt necessary to sing traditional Irish. As an adult, Mr. Kearns continued entering and winning singing competitions all over Ireland, including the prestigious Dermot Troy Trophy for oratorio in 1995 and 1996, the Best Male Singer at the 1995 Waterford International Festival of Light Opera, and he reached the top at the ESB Veronica Dunne International Singing Competition in 1999.

The turning point in Mr. Kearn’s career was in 1993 when he won the competition for "Ireland's Search for a Tenor." After winning the competition, Anthony studied for three years with Ireland's renowned voice teacher, Veronica Dunne, at the Leinster School of Music. Anthony moved to Cardiff to attend The College of Music in Wales, where he was studying when he received the call from the Irish Tenors.

Mr. Kearns has toured Germany, Italy, Ireland and the United States. The Irish Tenors have produced eight CDs to date, which have sold millions of copies.