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Appointing a board member to RTÉ who has musical expertise is crucial to try and safeguard the Irish music scene, writes Toner Quinn.
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Concerts, Festivals & Upcoming Deadlines
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'Brendan Gleeson’s Farewell to Hughes’s’ will be screened in Dublin and Galway this week.
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To add a listing, please see here.
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Blues
9.3.24 – The Sweetest Feeling: A Celebration Of Soul And Motown Hits, National Concert Hall Dublin
Children and Young People
10.3.24 – Family Shark Show presented by FairyTale StageShow, Siamsa Tíre, Tralee
Choral
9.3.24 – The Gaudete Singers - Assisted by Angels, St Bartholomew’s Church, Dublin
10.3.24 – Masterclass with John Rutter, Casa della Musica
10.3.24 – The March of the Women, Emily Anderson Concert Hall, NUI Galway
Classical
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5.3.24 – Lunchtimes with ConTempo, March, St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, Galway
5.3.24 – Noa Wildschut, Pablo Barragán & Amadeus Wiesensee, Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
6.3.24 – Piatti Quartet in Waterford, The Large Room City Hall Waterford
6.3.24 – Waterford Music Concert - Piatti Quartet, The Large Room City Hall Waterford
7.3.24 – Music for soprano, cello and piano with Helen Hancock, Yue Tang and David Leigh, St Ann’s Church Dawson Street
7.3.24 – Irish Chamber Orchestra presents: Henning Kraggerud’s String Arrangement of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, University Concert Hall, Limerick
7.3.24 – Irish Chamber Orchestra presents: Henning Kraggerud’s String Arrangement of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, St Brendan’s Church, Bantry
7.3.24 – Irish Chamber Orchestra presents: Henning Kraggerud’s String Arrangement of Bach’s Goldberg Variations, Whyte Recital Hall, Royal Irish Academy of Music
7.3.24 – Piatti Quartet in Sligo presented by Con Brio, The Methodist Church
7.3.24 – Music Network Presents Noa Wildschut, Pablo Barragán & Amadeus Wiesensee, Riverbank Arts Centre
7.3.24 – International Concert Series: Miloš Karadaglić, Guitar Arcangelo Ensemble, National Concert Hall
7.3.24 – Noa Wildschut, Pablo Barragán & Amadeus Wiesensee, Riverbank Arts Centre
8.3.24 – Finding a Voice with Juliana Koch and Michael McHale, Triskel Arts Centre
8.3.24 – Spring Lunchtime Series 3 - Royal Irish Academy of Music, The Whyte Recital Hall, RIAM
8.3.24 – Piatti Quartet @ Music for Wexford, Grantstown Priory Wittyshill Grantstown Wellingtonbridge
8.3.24 – Henning Kraggerud and Irish Chamber Orchestra, St Brendan’s Church, Bantry
8.3.24 – Irish Chamber Orchestra - The Goldberg Variations, St Brendan’s Church, Bantry
8.3.24 – Noa Wildschut, Pablo Barragán & Amadeus Wiesensee, King House, Boyle
8.3.24 – Mozart by Candlelight, Monkstown Church of Ireland
9.3.24 – The Piatti Quartet: Triskel Spring Quartet String Series 2024, Triskel Arts Centre
9.3.24 – Noa Wildschut, Pablo Barragán & Amadeus Wiesensee, Tullynally Castle, Castlepollard, Co. Westmeath
9.3.24 – Irish Chamber Orchestra - The Goldberg Variations, The Whyte Recital Hall, RIAM
10.3.24 – Piatti Quartet in Dublin, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane
10.3.24 – Stanford Centenary Series, Kevin Barry Recital Room National Concert Hall
10.3.24 – Cork2020sHaydnSymphoniesSeries 4/iii, Curtis Auditorium, MTU Cork School of Music, Union Quay, Cork
10.3.24 – Schubertreise - Conor Biggs baritone & Michel Stas piano, The Concert Hall, Thomastown
10.3.24 – Paul Harrington: The Lyric’s The Thing, Whale Theatre Greystones
10.3.24 – Music Of… Love And Heartache With John O’Brien, The Everyman, Cork
10.3.24 – The Ennio Morricone Experience, Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
Conference
5.3.24 – Access, Artistry & Advocacy – Music Generation National Conference, Dublin Castle
Contemporary
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6.3.24 – Europe Here & Now: Sofia Jernberg, The Studio National Concert Hall
7.3.24 – Finding a Voice, Clonmel and Cork
7.3.24 – Finding a Voice presents: Preview Gala Concert with Patrick Rafter, Gabriela Mayer, Alina Mayer-Whitla and Madrigal ‘75, Curtis Auditorium, Cork School of Music
7.3.24 – COLLIDE: John Blek and David Kitt, The Spirit Store, Dundalk
8.3.24 – Finding a Voice presents: Juliana Koch and Michael McHale, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
8.3.24 – Finding a Voice presents: Musici Ireland – A Mother’s Voice (6.30pm), STAC Chapel, Clonmel
8.3.24 – Plugged In, Sonic Lab (SARC) Queens University Belfast
8.3.24 – Finding a Voice presents: Musici Ireland – A Mother’s Voice (8pm), STAC Chapel, Clonmel
9.3.24 – Finding a Voice presents: Duo Anima – Aileen Cahill (piano) and Andreea Banciu (viola), STAC Chapel, Clonmel
9.3.24 – Politics of the Imagination, LSO St. Luke’s London
9.3.24 – Finding a Voice presents: Evlana – Water and Magic, STAC Chapel, Clonmel
10.3.24 – Finding a Voice presents: Sisters With Transistors – Film Screening, IMC Cinema, Clonmel
10.3.24 – Finding a Voice presents: Amerghin – Wind on Sea, Main Guard, Clonmel
10.3.24 – Finding a Voice presents: Mother’s Day Concert with Kelley Petcu, Patrick Rafter, Gabriela Mayer and Alina Mayer Whitla, Main Guard, Clonmel
10.3.24 – Rone – L(oo)ping With London Contemporary Orchestra, Barbican Hall, London
Country
8.3.24 – Patrick Feeney Live In Concert, National Opera House Wexford
9.3.24 – Sandy Kelly - Leaving It All Behind Tour With Special Guests Ashley Campbell, Thor Jensen & Niall McCabe, The Source Arts Centre
Electronic
7.3.24 – Handmade Music, Accidental Theatre, Belfast
8.3.24 – Fronics: Explorations in Free Electronic Music, Unit 44 (Kirkos)
8.3.24 – Life After Birth, Accidental Theatre, Belfast
Exhibition
7.3.24 – Whales, Bats & Anarchy - A Journey of Co-Creation, Cathedral Quarter, Belfast
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Film
4.3.24–9.3.24 – Brendan Gleeson’s Farewell to Hughes’s, Lighthouse Cinema
9.3.24–14.3.24 – Brendan Gleeson’s Farewell to Hughes’s, Pálás, Galway
Folk and Traditional
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4.3.24 – Irish World Academy special event – Launch of Harp Studies II: World Harp Traditions, Irish World Academy, Theatre 2
5.3.24 – Irish World Academy Public Lecture: Rhiannon Giddens – Banjos, Black String Bands, and Bursting Mythology of Early American Music, Irish World Academy, Theatre 1
5.3.24 – Irish World Academy lunchtime concert – Neil Pearlman, Irish World Academy, Theatre 2
5.3.24 – Launch of UCC’s new MA in Irish Traditional Music, Aula Maxima UCC Cork
5.3.24 – Session with the Pipers - Na Píobairí Uilleann, The Cobblestone Pub, Dublin
6.3.24 – Irish World Academy tower seminar – The People’s Sing for Academy 30, Irish World Academy, Theatre 2
6.3.24 – The Hare by Clare Monnelly & Bob Kelly - music by Steve Wickham, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow
7.3.24 – Irish World Academy lunchtime concert – 25 Years of Community Music, Irish World Academy, Theatre 2
7.3.24 – NOTIFY Airnéan Album Launch Show with Séamus and Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta, Glór, Ennis
8.3.24 – Dave Flynn - Celtic Guitar Journey (New Zealand Tour), Church of the Good Shepherd, Lake Tekapo
8.3.24 – The Hare by Clare Monnelly & Bob Kelly - music by Steve Wickham, The Ramor Theatre
9.3.24 – Corn Uí Con Cheanainn, Áras na Gaeilge, Ollscoil na Gaillimhe
9.3.24 – Finding a Voice presents: Iness Mezel Berber Duo, Main Guard, Clonmel
9.3.24 – NoCrows, Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo
9.3.24 – Amelia Coburn, Live to your Living Room (Online)
9.3.24 – Pilgrim St, The Civic Theatre
9.3.24 – Mick Hanly, Anto Drennan, Eoghan O’Neill in concert., CIE Hall Inchicore
10.3.24 – The Singing Harps, Dún Laoghaire Lexicon Library
10.3.24 – Maddie Morris, Live to your Living Room (Online)
Jazz and Improvised
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6.3.24 – Tudo é Bom - The Music of Brazil!, DCU Lunchtime Concerts Series
6.3.24 – Kaleidoscope Night Live at The Sugar Club, Sugar Club, Dublin
7.3.24 – NOUT at The Cooler, The Cooler at The Complex
7.3.24 – Kaleidoscope Night presents Norma Winstone, The Whale Theatre Greystones
7.3.24 – Christy Doran, Ronan Guilfoyle, Gerry Hemingway @ Brilliant Corners 2024, Accidental Theatre, Belfast
8.3.24 – Jazzabelles celebrate International Women’s Day, The Abbey Tavern, Howth
8.3.24 – Nout: in association with Improvised Music Company, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
9.3.24 – John Donegan’s ‘The Irish Sextet’ @ Brilliant Corners 2024, The Black Box, Belfast
9.3.24 – NOUT @ Brilliant Corners 2024, The Black Box, Belfast
9.3.24 – Gediminas Karkauskas - If I Were a Bell, Wexford Arts Centre
9.3.24 – Orlando Molina Quintet - Live at Arthur’s Blues and Jazz, Arthurs Blues n’ Jazz Club
10.3.24 – Orlando Molina Quintet - Live at Magy’s Farm, Magy’s Farm
Musical Theatre
6.3.24 – Rock ‘n’ Roll Years & Dance Hall Days, Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
8.3.24 – Gatsby: The Musical, The Civic Tallaght
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Opera
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4.3.24 – Royal Irish Academy of Music in collaboration with IADT present: Postcard from Morocco, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
5.3.24 – Royal Irish Academy of Music in collaboration with IADT present: Pauline Viardot’s Cendrillon, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
6.3.24 – Cendrillon by RIAM Opera (Schools’ Performance), Project Arts Centre, Dublin
6.3.24 – Royal Irish Academy of Music in collaboration with IADT present: Postcard from Morocco, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
7.3.24 – Salome… In Focus – A free online introduction to the opera by Michael Lee, Irish National Opera Online
7.3.24 – Royal Irish Academy of Music in collaboration with IADT present: Pauline Viardot’s Cendrillon, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
7.3.24 – Cendrillon by RIAM Opera, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
8.3.24 – Royal Irish Academy of Music in collaboration with IADT present: Postcard from Morocco, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
9.3.24 – Royal Irish Academy of Music in collaboration with IADT present: Pauline Viardot’s Cendrillon, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
9.3.24 – Royal Irish Academy of Music in collaboration with IADT present: Postcard from Morocco, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
Rock and Pop
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4.3.24 – Rick Astley, SSE Arena, Belfast
5.3.24 – Rick Astley, 3Arena, Dublin
6.3.24 – WAKE 2024 - by THISISPOPBABY, National Stadium Dublin
7.3.24 – Eddi Reader, Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
7.3.24 – RTÉ Choice Music Prize 2024, Vicar St, Dublin
8.3.24 – Ladies Night: Celebrating Women in the Arts, Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo
8.3.24 – Finding a Voice presents: Singer-Songwriter Showcase, Secret location, Clonmel
9.3.24 – The Killéirs - Ireland’s only tribute to The Killers, The Sound House
9.3.24 – Tom Dunne, Fiachna O’Braonáin & Alan Connor, Glór
9.3.24 – The Sultans of Ping, Vicar Street, Dublin
10.3.24 – Eddi Reader, National Opera House Wexford
10.3.24 – Marti Pellow presents ‘Popped In Souled Out’ with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, 3Arena Dublin
Symposium
8.3.24 – Symposium on Funding Opportunities for Music Research in Ireland, The Society for Musicology in Ireland and Dublin City University
Talk
9.3.24 – Finding a Voice presents: From the Stage to the Page – Women in Popular Music (Talk by Dr Laura Watson), Clonmel Library
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England, Scotland and Wales
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4.3.24 – Imagining Ireland, Barbican, London
7.3.24 – Roopa Panesar, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Dora Stoutzker Hall
8.3.24 – Shake The High Road, Leytonstone, East London
9.3.24 – Lí Ban, Irish Cultural Centre Hammersmith
10.3.24 – Steinway International Piano Series: Elisabeth Brauss, Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, Dora Stoutzker Hall
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Watch and Listen Back
3.2.24 – Queen of Nightclubs, The Lyric Feature, RTÉ Lyric FM
27.2.24 – RTÉ Radio 1 Folk Awards
26.2.24 – Which Irish album will win the Choice Prize this year?, Nialler9
25.2.24 – A Living Voice, Episode 2: Donegal, The Lyric Feature, RTÉ Lyric FM
18.2.24 – A Living Voice, Episode 1: Connemara, The Lyric Feature, RTÉ Lyric FM
18.2.24 – Geantraí: Monk’s Lane, Tigh Molaige, TG4
16.2.24 – TRÚ on the Mountains of Mourne, Folk on Foot
11.2.24 – Ceolaireacht: Corcaigh, TG4
11.2.24 – Úna Monaghan: Aonaracht, BBC Two
23.1.24–7.2.24 – The Band, BBC One
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Upcoming Festivals
1–9 March: Brilliant Corners: A Festival of Jazz in Belfast
7–10 March: TedFest, Inis Mór, Aran Islands
8–17 March: Manchester Irish Festival
7–10 March: Fingal International Festival of Voices
7–10 March: Finding a Voice, Clonmel and Cork
8–16 March: SXSW, Austin, Texas
9 March: RTÉ Choice Music Prize, Dublin
14–17 March: Walled City Music Festival
See a full list of upcoming festivals here.
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