Performances

7 Dec

Strings in the Air, Songs in the Stones

Abbey Presbyterian Church, Parnell Square, Dublin 1

–

1:00 pm

-Crash Ensemble
– also November 19 at Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, 8 pm

28 Nov

Scherzo Reflection

Belvedere House, DCU, Dublin

7:30 pm

-Mary Dullea, piano
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13 Nov

Steps and Swirls
(Irish premiere)

SARC, Queens University, Belfast

7:30 pm

-Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble

24 Oct

NCH Lifetime Achievement Award: Jane O’Leary

National Concert Hall, Dublin

7.30pm

A tribute to composer Jane O’Leary in her 80th year recognising her outstanding contribution to music in Ireland.

– National Symphony Orchestra

– Kensho Watanabe, conductor
– ConTempo Quartet

Tchaikovsky Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Jane O’Leary Triptych
Mussorgsky/Ravel Pictures at an Exhibition

Full details & Tickets: https://www.nch.ie/

7 Oct

Taking Flight
(Irish premiere)

St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Church,
Galway

1:10 pm

-ConTempo Quartet
– also Oct. 5
Headford, Co. Galway

14 Sept

The Eve of St. Agnes
(world premiere)

Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin

12 Noon

– Concorde ensemble

7 Sept

Dancing with Shadows (Irish premiere)

Model Arts Centre,
Sligo

1:00 pm

– Meadhbh O’Rourke, piccolo
– Patrick Burke, bass clarinet

2 June

breathing spaces

Luft und Raum Festival,
Bonn, Germany

7:30 pm

– Larry Axelrod, piano

16 Mar

Wings in the Air

Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin

12 Noon

– Aisling Agnew, flute

15 Mar

Riverrun

Jisperkerk, Jisp, Netherlands

8:15 pm

– Amstel Saxophone Quartet

6 Mar

Palette of Preludes

University of Manchester, UK

1:00 pm

– Xenia Pestova Bennett, piano

4 Mar

Mystic Play of Shadows

St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, Galway

Presented by Galway Music Residency

Also on 2 March at Oughterard Court House, 3 pm

1:10 pm

– ConTempo Quartet

10 Jan

Dancing with Shadows (premiere)

also a piacere

International Clarinet Association Low Clarinet Festival 2025,
Phoenix, Arizona

1:00 pm

– Meadhbh O’Rourke, piccolo
– Patrick Burke, bass clarinet

18 Nov

Palette of Preludes

Whyte Recital Hall, RIAM, Dublin

repeated at Razumovsky Trust, London 21 November

7:30 pm

– Francois Dumont, piano

17 Nov

Palette of Preludes

St. Anne’s Church, Dublin

1:10 pm

– Aileen Cahill, piano

5 Nov

Strings in the Air, Songs in the /Stones

St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, Galway

Presented by Galway Music Residency

Repeated 16 November,
Claregalway Castle

1:10 pm

– ConTempo Quartet

22 Oct

Beneath the dark blue waves

All Saints’ Church,
Castleconnell,
Limerick

recorded for broadcast,
RTE Lyric FM

7:30 pm

– Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble

17 October

Five Bagatelles

Scherzo Reflection

Royal Holloway, University of London

International Concert Series

7:00 pm

-Mary Dullea, piano

12 October

Clara

Five Bagatelles

Scherzo Reflection

Schumann Haus, Leipzig
Germany

Zeitgeist Irl/and 24

7:00 pm

-Mary Dullea, piano
-Paul Roe, clarinets
-Jane O’Leary, speaker

11 Oct

In Shadow

Centre Culturel Irelandais,
Paris

7:30 pm

– Duo Anima:
Andreea Banciu, viola
Aileen Cahill, piano

1 Aug

Murmurs and Echoes

Convention Centre, Dublin

ClarinetFest 2024

4:30 pm

-Maureen Hurd Hause, clarinet &
David Bremner, piano

31 July

Footsteps across Dublin
(world premiere)

Convention Centre, Dublin

ClarinetFest 2024

4:00 pm

-Dublin Clarinet Ensemble

26 & 28 July

Breathing Spaces

Bochum-Wattenscheid, Germany

Zeitgeist Irland 24

7:30 pm

-Isabelle O’Connell, piano

1 July

Wings in the air [sciathain san aer]
(world premiere)

New Gate Arts & Culture Centre, Derry

Festival of Flutes

12:30 pm

– Aisling Agnew, flute

6 June

Beneath the dark blue waves

The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo

8:00 pm

– Evlana Ensemble

1 June

Beneath the dark blue waves

Ulster Museum, Belfast

Repeated at Hugh Lane Gallery, June 2, 12 Noon

8:00 pm

– Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble

19 May

In Shadow

Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin

Sundays@Noon

12:00 pm

– Duo Anima:
Andreea Banciu, viola
Aileen Cahill, piano

18 May

Winter Sketchbook

Accidental Theatre, Belfast

Terrain Festival of New Music

7:30 pm

– Aisling Agnew, alto flute
Ioana Petcu-Colan, violin

23 Mar

Taking flight
(world premiere)

Holy Innocents Episcopal Church, San Francisco

repeated March 30, Piedmont Center for the Arts, Piedmont CA

7:30 pm

-Temescal Quartet

9 Mar

In Shadow
(world premiere)

STAC Chapel, Clonmel

Finding a Voice festival

1:00 pm

– Duo Anima:
Andreea Banciu, viola
Aileen Cahill, piano

5 Mar

forever begin

St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, Galway

Presented by Galway Music Residency

1:10 pm

– ConTempo Quartet

26 Jan

From the crest of a green wave…

TU Dublin Conservatoire

Lecture recital: Irish Piano Music from Dublin International Piano Competition

1:00 pm

– Jimmy Goeijenbier, piano

05 Nov

Variation: still dancing
( Premiere)

Brunswick State Theatre, Germany

publication of ‘Diabelli recomposed’ – 50 variations for piano solo

6:00 pm

– Piano students at Musikhochschule, Hannover

20 – 24 Sept

ConTempo ConVersations

National tour: Clifden, Ennis, Skibbereen, Tullamore, Dublin

presented by National String Quartet Foundation

-ConTempo Quartet

29 June

Strings in the Air, Songs in the Stones
(US Premiere)

Holy Innocents Church, 455 Fair Oaks St., San Francisco

7:00 pm

– Temescal Quartet

7 June

waves within (listen)
(Premiere)

Windmill Lane Quarters, Dublin

presented by Dublin International Chamber Music Festival

7:30 pm

– Therese Fahy, piano

29 May

DistantVoices

CellEast Festival, Bucharest

‘Travelling’

7:00 pm

– Adrian Mantu, cello & Mihai Cucu, video artist

25 May

beneath the dark blue waves

Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall Dublin

7:00 pm

– Evlana Ensemble

19 May

beneath the dark blue waves (premiere of piano quintet version)

Russborough House

West Wicklow Chamber Music Festival

8:00 pm

– Navarra Quartet & Fiachra Garvey, piano

23/24 Mar

Strings in the Air, Songs in the Stones

23 Mar – Cork School of Music
24 Mar – St. Nicholas’ Church Galway

7:30 pm

– Luminosa Orchestra

10 Mar

breathing spaces

Schott Music, London, UK

7:00 pm

– Larry Axelrod, piano

18 Feb

the passing sound of forever

Great School at Ipswich School, Ipswich, UK

7:30 pm

presented by Ipswich Chamber Music Society

-ConTempo Quartet

7 Feb

the passing sound of forever

ConTempo ConVersations

St. Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, Galway

1:10 pm

presented by Galway Music Residency

-ConTempo Quartet

18 – 22 Jan

forever begin

National tour: Listowel, Navan, Limerick, Cork, Dublin

presented by National String Quartet Foundation

-Banbha Quartet

28 Oct

Beneath the dark blue waves

Sonic Arts Research Centre,
Queen’s University Belfast

7:30 pm

– Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble

6 /7 Oct

unfolding soundscapes
(premiere)

Leisureland, Galway/
National Concert Hall, Dublin




–National Symphony Orchestra
– Finghin Collins (piano)
– Kenneth Montgomery (conductor)

16 Sept

 breathing spaces

(DIS)QUIET

O’culto da Ajuda,
Lisbon

7:30 pm

– Larry Axelrod, piano

6 – 18 Sept

Strings in the Air, Songs in the Stones

National tour: Galway, Listowel, Tinahely, Navan, Wexford, Dublin, Portumna

presented by National String Quartet Foundation

-ConTempo Quartet

5 Sept

feather-headed, frail, summoning

MUSICAHORA festival

Universidad de La Serena, Chile

8 pm

– Aisling Agnew, flute

– Daniel Browell, piano

1 Sept

Four Pieces for Guitar

Town Hall Theatre, Galway

8 pm

– John Feeley, guitar

13 Aug

Only gestures remain…
Sunshowers

1758 W. Wilson Ave., Chicago
Thirsty Ears Festival 2022

4 pm
8 pm

– Wurtz/Berger Duo
Palomar Ensemble

20 July

Distant Voices

Palas Cinema, Galway
Galway International Arts Festival

6:00 pm

– Adrian Mantu, cello/Mihai Cucu, video artist

17 June

Winter Reflections

Sonic Research Centre,
Queen’s University Belfast

7:30 pm

– Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble

15 June

as the wind often does…
(premiere)
Five Bagatelles

National Concert Hall, Dublin

‘After Beethoven’ series

7.30 pm

– Xenia Pestova Bennett, piano
Paul Roe, clarinet
Elaine Clark, violin
Martin Johnson, cello

5 June

breathing spaces

Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin

Sundays @ Noon

12 Noon

– Isabelle O’Connell, piano

03 Apr

the passing sound of forever

Kings Place, London
Presented by London Chamber Music Society

6.30 pm

– Navarra Quartet
(Tickets Available Here)

22 Mar

a palette of preludes

St. Mary’s Cathedral, Limerick

Lunchtime concert

1.00 pm

– Aileen Cahill, piano

6 Mar

a palette of preludes

The Model, Sligo

Informal Music Afternoon

1.00 pm

– Aileen Cahill, piano

6 Mar

Strings in the Air, Songs in the Stones

Old St. Mary’s Church, Clonmel

Finding a Voice festival

1.00 pm

– Con Tempo Quartet

16 Feb

a palette of preludes

Emily Anderson Concert Hall, NUI Galway

1.00 pm

– Aileen Cahill, piano

11/12 Feb

distant voices (cello octet)

Pepper Canister Church, Dublin
Presented by Spike Cello Fest

7.30 pm

– Adrian Mantu, cello/Mihai Cucu, video

26/28/30 Nov

the passing sound of forever

City Hall, Waterford/ National Concert Hall
Dublin/ All Saints Church, Castleconnell, Co. Limerick

– Navarra Quartet (on tour)

22 Nov

Strings in the Air, Songs in the Stones
(Premiere)

Claregalway Castle, Galway

-ConTempo Quartet

4/5 June

Some Call it Home
(Premiere)

Theatre Royal
Plymouth, England

– Erika Baikoff, soprano
– Timothy Nelson, baritone
– Bournemouth Symphony string ensemble
– Mark Forkgen, conductor

8 March

Winter Reflections
(Trio)

Online event

– Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble
-Joanne Quigley McParland, violin
-Aisling Agnew, alto flute
-Sarah Watts, clarinet

25 October

No. 19
(Viola Solo)

Sint-Vitus Kerk
Feinsum/Finkum,
The Netherlands

– Esra Pehlivanli, viola

06 March

forever begin
(Fanfare for a New Year)

Finding a Voice Festival
Old St Mary’ s Church, Clonmel

– ConTempo Quartet

04 February

forever begin
(Fanfare for a New Year)
(Premiere)

St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church,
Galway

– ConTempo Quartet