The IMO (formerly the Clare Memory Orchestra) is the first and only orchestra in the western world to play exclusively from memory, crossing traditional boundaries between orchestra and audiences.

Visionary founder Dave Flynn has enlisted some of Ireland’s leading traditional, classical and jazz musicians to perform his critically acclaimed music.

Achievements include sold out performances at Moscow Catholic Cathedral and South Korea's Sori International Festival; an Allianz Business to Arts Award for the ESB 'Concert in a Cavern'; and a collaboration with Martin Hayes and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra at Ireland's National Concert Hall.

This thrilling, uniquely Irish phenomenon has brought audiences to their feet at every concert they have played.

"A bold, visionary undertaking" _The Irish Times

"Simply unforgettable....If you ever get a chance to see them together, pay any price you can afford!" __The Irish Examiner

This concert at Skibbereen Arts Festival marks their first concert in Cork County. The line-up for this event features ten of Ireland's leading musicians alongside renowned South African conductor Bjorn Bantock

Dave Flynn - guitar/percussion/composer
Aoife Ní Bhriain - (special guest first violin)
Tara Connaghan - (fiddle)
Ciara Ní Bhriain - (viola)
Maria O'Connor - (cello)
Neil Ó Loclainn - (double bass)
Mark Redmond - (uilleann pipes/flute/whistles)
Etain McCooey - (oboe/cor anglais/tin whistle)
Matthew Berrill - (clarinet/sax/tin whistle)
Aidan Dunphy - (percussion)

Repertoire includes the world premiere of a new orchestration of Dave Flynn's 'Le Cheile is in Aonar' alongside excerpts from 'The Clare Concerto' and selections from Cork traditional music composers arranged especially for this event.