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Concerts, Festivals & Upcoming Deadlines (25–31 March 2024)
The Journal Of Music
This week's concerts, festivals and job and funding deadlines from Monday to Sunday. ...
Shaun Davey, Andrew Hamilton and Ed Bennett Elected to Aosdána
The Journal Of Music
Composers elected at the 42nd General Assembly of the affiliation of Irish artists.
Masters of Tradition Announces 2024 Programme
The Journal Of Music
West Cork festival in August to feature Martin Hayes, Caoimhe and Séamus Uí Fhlatharta, Brìghde Chaimbeul, Mick McAuley, Zoë Conway and John McIntyre, Ré Órga Ensemble, Iarla Ó Lionáird, Peadar Ó Riada, José Manuel Tejedor, Bill Whelan, Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh, Toner Quinn and more.

Latest Listings

Music for Galway: Eonta
Concert
9 April O'Donoghue Theatre, University of Galway
Added by Music for Galway
PhD Scholarship in Music
Funding
26 April Dublin City University
Added by blunnier
John Rutter's Christmas Celebration
Concert
5 December Royal Albert Hall
Entr’acte - a sound art quartet
Concert
28 March Sirius Arts Centre Cobh Co. Cork
Added by Karen Power
Midleton Art Market
Festival
26 May Midleton Farmers Market
Added by Idez

News

Shaun Davey, Andrew Hamilton and Ed Bennett Elected to Aosdána
Composers elected at the 42nd General Assembly of the affiliation of Irish artists.
TG4 Announces Gradam Ceoil Recipients
Artists will be presented with their awards at a gala event at University Concert Hall in Limerick on 5 May.
Concerts, Festivals & Upcoming Deadlines (25–31 March 2024)
This week's concerts, festivals and job and funding deadlines from Monday to Sunday.

Reviews

Marking the Loss of Traditional Music Listening Spaces
A new film on a renowned Irish traditional music pub in Dublin, 'Brendan Gleeson’s Farewell to Hughes’s', has recently been released. Adrian Scahill reviews.
The Erotic and the Murderous: Irish National Opera's 'Salome'
Irish National Opera's production of Richard Strauss' 'Salome' opened on 12 March at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre. Adrian Smith reviews.
Bringing an Irish Dimension to the Bach Cello Suites
Ailbhe McDonagh has just released a recording of the complete Bach solo Cello Suites, the first Irish cellist to do so. James Camien McGuiggan reviews.

Articles

SXSW Protest is About More than Palestine
Toner Quinn
The protest by ten Irish bands at SXSW in Austin, Texas, was about the crisis in Palestine, but it is also about more than that, writes Toner Quinn.
Catherine Martin's Prime Opportunity to Protect Irish Music
Appointing a board member to RTÉ who has musical expertise is crucial to try and safeguard the Irish music scene, writes Toner Quinn.
The Forgotten Influences on Pianists and Composers of the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries
A new book by Gabriela Mayer, 'The Art of the Unspoken', explores how rhetoric, linguistic parallels and the singing voice were understood by pianists and composers of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and how performers can interpret these aspects today. James Camien McGuiggan...
If RTÉ Won’t Speak Up About Its Importance to Irish Music, Who Will?
RTÉ has just published its document 'A New Direction for RTÉ', but where is the renewed vision for music, asks Toner Quinn...

From the Archive

Live: Lionel Loueke Trio
Kevin Stevens
J.J. Smyth’s, Dublin / 15 March 2009
Jun 1, 2009
The Star of the Folk Revival
Niall Keegan
What was it about Micho Russell's music and performances that was so unique and compelling, and that made him into a star of the folk revival? Niall Keegan listens to a...
Nov 5, 2015
Music and Beyond
John McLachlan
John McLachlan reports back from the ISCM World Music Days in Hong Kong.
Jan 1, 2008

Latest Events

Music for Galway: Eonta
Concert
9 April O'Donoghue Theatre, University of Galway
Added by Music for Galway
John Rutter's Christmas Celebration
Concert
5 December Royal Albert Hall
Entr’acte - a sound art quartet
Concert
28 March Sirius Arts Centre Cobh Co. Cork
Added by Karen Power
Midleton Art Market
Festival
26 May Midleton Farmers Market
Added by Idez
De Ziah & Date in Vandeleur Garden
Concert
14 April Vandeleur Walled Garden
Added by Idez

Latest Jobs and Opportunities

PhD Scholarship in Music
Funding
26 April Dublin City University
Added by blunnier
National Symphony Orchestra: Tutti Cello
Job
14 April National Concert Hall
Elevate Bursary
Call for Submissions
19 April Galway International Arts Festival
Call for Film Composers: Spot the Composer
Call for Submissions
31 March Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes
Schools Fellow
Job
4 April National Gallery of Ireland

Upcoming Events

95B PHANTOSCOPE
Film
28 March Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
The University of Dublin Choral Society presents: Brahm's Requiem & Mendelssohn's Christus
Concert
28 March Trinity College Dublin
Added by UDCS
Young Singers Collective 2024 - Concert Finale
Concert
28 March St Columb's Hall, Derry
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest
Play
28 March Hawk's Well Theatre, Sligo
Added by Hawkswell
The Hare by Clare Monnelly & Bob Kelly - music by Steve Wickham
Musical Theatre
28 March Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge, Kildare
Added by Conleth Teevan

Upcoming Deadlines

Volunteer: Perform with Nadar Ensemble
Volunteer
28 March Music Current
West Wicklow Chamber Music Festival Composition Competition 2024 - Bassoon and Piano
Competition
29 March West Wicklow Chamber Music Festival
Added by CMC Ireland
Full Time Programme Coordinator with Cruit Éireann | Harp Ireland
Job
29 March Cruit Éireann | Harp Ireland
Added by HarpIreland
Studio Light Moves - Open Futures 2024 Open Call
Call for Submissions
29 March Dance Limerick
Added by Emer Casey
Music Current Festival Commission 2024
Call for Submissions
29 March Project Arts Centre, Dublin
Added by Dublin Sound Lab
Music Current Commission
Call for Scores
29 March Music Current
Call for Film Composers: Spot the Composer
Call for Submissions
31 March Marché du Film – Festival de Cannes
Open Call: Sonic Experiments 2024
Call for Submissions
31 March ZKM Center for Art and Media Karlsruhe
Digital Marketing Manager
Job
31 March Manchester Camerata
Dean of Faculty of Creative and Performing Arts & Media
Job
2 April Munster Technological University
Added by C NI Laoghaire

Funding

Creative Communities Open Call 28 March Galway City Council
Cruinniú na nÓg Open Call 28 March Galway City Council
Creative Places Award 28 March The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
Artist and Youth Work Residency Scheme 29 March The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon
Youth Arts Explorer Grant 29 March National Youth Council of Ireland