March–April Music Guide

MARCH-APRIL MUSIC GUIDEPERFORMANCES & FESTIVALS* performances start at 8pm unless specified otherwiseCLASSICAL/CONTEMPORARY1.3.07 RTÉ Vanbrugh String Quartet & Garth Knox (viola), Aula Maxima, University College Cork, 8pm1.3.07 The Belatrix...

MARCH-APRIL MUSIC GUIDE
PERFORMANCES &
FESTIVALS
* performances start at 8pm unless specified otherwise

CLASSICAL/CONTEMPORARY
1.3.07 RTÉ Vanbrugh String Quartet & Garth Knox (viola), Aula Maxima, University College Cork, 8pm
1.3.07 The Belatrix Piano Trio, Performing Arts Centre, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 1:15pm
3.3.07 RTÉ Vanbrugh String Quartet & Garth Knox (viola), Solstice Arts Centre, Navan
4.3.07 RTÉ Vanbrugh String Quartet & Garth Knox (viola), Shaw Room, National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 3.15pm
5.3.07 Composers’ Choice: Ailís Ní Riain, NCH, Dublin
8.3.07 Rosamunde Trio, Aula Maxima, NUI Galway
8.3.07 Cork School of Music Wind Sextet, Performing Arts Centre, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 1:15pm
9.3.07 RTÉ NSO, Nicola Benedetti (vn), Gerhard Markson (cond.), NCH, Dublin
12.3.07 Ithaca College Wind Ensemble, Performing Arts Centre, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 1:15pm
13.3.07 RTÉ NSO, Nicola Benedetti (vn), Gerhard Markson (cond.), Leisureland, Galway
14.3.07 – 19.3.07 Chord – Ennis International Music Festival, Ennis, Co. Clare
14.3.07 RTÉ NSO, Nicola Benedetti (vn), Gerhard Markson (cond.), UCH, Limerick
15.3.07 RTÉ NSO, Nicola Benedetti (vn), Gerhard Markson (cond.), Tralee Regional Sports and Leisure Centre
16.3.07 RTÉ NSO, Nicola Benedetti (vn), Gerhard Markson (cond.), Good Shepherd Chapel, Waterford
20.3.07 Romain Descharme (pf), Aula Maxima, NUI Galway
22.3.07 RTÉ CO, Emer McDonough (flute), Robert Houlihan (cond.), RDS, Dublin
22.3.07 Michael Wolf (double bass) and Ferenc Szücs (cello), Performing Arts Centre, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 1:15pm
23.3.07 Finghin Collins (piano), Model Arts and Niland Gallery, Sligo
23.3.07 RTÉ NSO, Matthew Best (bass), Gerhard Markson (cond.), NCH, Dublin
29.3.07 Serna Canino (violin) and Cristina Dancila-Sirbu (violin), Performing Arts Centre, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 1:15pm
1.4.07 Mary Hegarty (soprano), Mark O’Keeffe (trumpet), Maria Ryan (violin) & Caoimhe Conlon (flute) with Cork School of Music Baroque Ensemble & Contemporary Music Ensemble, David Wallace & Geoffrey Spratt (conductors), Aula Maxima, University College Cork, 3pm
5.4.07 Afghan Music (traditional and classical), Performing Arts Centre, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 1:15pm
6.4.07 Irish Baroque Orchestra, St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, 5pm
6.4.07–
9.4.07 Callino & Friends featuring The Callino Quartet, Catherine Leonard,
Finghin Collins & Carol McGonnell, Bantry House, West Cork (www.westcorkmusic.ie)
13.4.07-
15.4.07 Sligo New Music Festival: contemporary music from Spain (www.modelarts.ie)
13.4.07–
20.4.07 Handel Festival, Temple Bar, Dublin
17.4.07 Brodsky Quartet and Jacqui Dankworth, Aula Maxima, NUI Galway
19.4.07 Cork School of Music Symphony Orchestra & Fleischmann Choir, Geoffrey Spratt (cond.); City Hall, Cork
24.4.07 Armoniosi Concerti Ensemble (early music ensemble), Augustinian Church, Galway, 8:30pm
26.4.07 Classical String Performance, Performing Arts Centre, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 1:15pm
29.4.07 Concorde, Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane, 12pm, Adm. Free
4.5.07 –
6.5.07 Terry Riley: Spirals of Ragtime and Raga, St Peter’s Church of Ireland Drogheda, Co. Louth (email exquinn [at] mac.com)
2.5.07 –
6.5.07 53rd Cork International Choral Festival
4.5.07 –
7.5.07 The Vogler Spring Festival, Drumcliffe Church, Drumcliffe, Co. Sligo
17.5.07 –
20.5.07 Galway Early Music Festival (www.galwayearlymusic.com)
30.6.07 –
8.7.07 West Cork Chamber Music Festival, Bantry House, West Cork (www.westcorkmusic.ie)

TRADITIONAL MUSICS
1.3.07 – 11.3.07 Éigse Spidéal, An Spidéal, Conamara, Co. Galway
6.3.07 –
18.3.07 NYAH traditional music festival, Cavan
6.3.07 Joe Skelton (flute), Performing Arts Centre, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 1:15pm
6.3.07 Neillidh Mulligan, Tony MacMahon and Steve Cooney, The Cobblestones, Dublin
13.3.07 Ethno Cyprus Group, Performing Arts Centre, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 1:15pm
14.3.07 –
19.3.07 Chord – Ennis International Music Festival, Ennis, Co. Clare
14.3.07 Kelly Thoma (Cretan lyra) & Ross Daly (multi-intrumentalist)
15.3.07 Ahab Cheikh Salah (music from the Moroccan/Algerian border), Performing Arts Centre, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 1:15pm
17.3.07 Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh & Friends, Bantry House, West Cork
20.3.07 Krack (music from Gotland, Sweden), Performing Arts Centre, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 1:15pm
21.3.07 The Judith Coe Trio, Performing Arts Centre, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 1:15pm
21.3.07 Chris Wood, The Source Arts Centre, Thurles Co Tipperary.
22.3.07–
25.3.07 Rome Irish Fleadh, Rome, Italy
22.3.07 Chris Wood, The Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co Mayo
23.3.07-
26.3.07 The 18th Inishowen International Folk Song and Ballad Seminar, Co. Donegal
25.3.07 Chris Wood, Whelan’s, Dublin
26.3.07 Chris Wood, The Crane Bar, Galway
27.3.07 Jean Michelle Veillon (flute) and Chris Wood (voice, fiddle), Performing Arts Centre, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 1:15pm
27.3.07 Chris Wood, Dolan’s Upstairs, Limerick
28.3.07 Chris Wood, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
29.3.07 Ar Ais Arís – Buncrana Traditional Arts Festival, Co. Donegal
29.3.07 Chris Wood, Airfield Arts Centre, Dundrum, Co. Dublin
30.3.07 Chris Wood, Glor Irish Music Centre, Ennis, Co Clare
3.4.07 Ceoltóirí na Sionnaine, Performing Arts Centre, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 1:15pm
4.4.07 Cherly Keane (sean-nós singing) and Labrini Giotti (Greek pianist and singer), Performing Arts Centre, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 1:15pm
5.4.07 Afghan Music (traditional and classical), Performing Arts Centre, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 1:15pm
10.4.07 Traditional music performance and launch of Lore of the Lee Valley: The Hinterland between Macroom and Ballincollig, Performing Arts Centre, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 1:15pm
11.4.07 Mamak Khadem and Hamid Saeeidi (music from Iran), Performing Arts Centre, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 1:15pm
12.4.07–
15.4.07 Sean-Nós Cois Life, Dublin
17.4.07 Dermot McLaughlin (fiddle) and Robbie Hannan (uilleann pipes), Performing Arts Centre, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 1:15pm
19.4.07 Stephanie Geremia (flute), Performing Arts Centre, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 5:30pm
19.4.07 Chant and Ritual Song, Performing Arts Centre, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 1:15pm
24.4.07 The Spanish Lady Ensemble, Performing Arts Centre, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 1:15pm
25.4.07 Cruinniú (University of Limerick Staff), Performing Arts Centre, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 1:15pm
27.4.07 Fleadh by the Feale
4.5.07 –
6.5.07 Joe Heaney Traditional Singing Festival, Carna, Conamara, Co. Galway
17.5.07 –
20.5.07 Galway Early Music Festival (www.galwayearlymusic.com)

TALKS/SEMINARS
7.3.07 Music Therapy Seminar, Music Room B, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 2:30-5pm
4.4.07 Music in Contemporary Afghanistan, Music Room B, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 2:30-5pm
18.4.07 Chant and Ritual Song: Ritual Fieldwork, Music Room B, Foundation Building, University of Limerick, 2:30-5pm

For inclusion in the May-June issue of JMI, please e-mail your performance listings in the format above to editor [at] thejmi.com
CLARE
Glór Irish Music Centre, Ennis
First Saturday of the month:
3pm – 5pm, Trad 4 Teens, a traditional music session open to all teenagers

CORK
The Gables, Douglas Street
Wed: Richard Lucey (accordion) and John Neville (guitar)
Thurs: Donncha Lynch (box) and friends
Sun: John Neville (guitar) and Christy Leahy (accordion)

An Spailpín Fánach, South Main Street
Mon: UCC Tradsoc (Students and non-students welcome).
Wed: Karl Nesbitt (flute/bouzouki) & Donncha Moynihan (guitar)
Thurs: Edel Sullivan (fiddle) & Donncha Moynihan (guitar)
Fri: Stella Rodriguez (fiddle) & Barry O’Donovan (guitar)
Sat: Eileen Healy (fiddle) & Barry O’Donovan (guitar)
Sun: Cork Singer’s Club (guest singer each week)

Corner House, Coburg Street
Tues: Mick Daly (guitar) & Aidan Coffey (accordion)
Wed: Dennis Brooks (uilleann pipes), Bríd Cranitch (fiddle) amd Mick Daly (guitar)
First Friday of each month: 6pm – Matt Cranitch (fiddle), Brid Cranitch (fiddle), and friends

Sin É, Coburg Street
Tues, Thurs & Sun (6:30pm) – Eileen Healy (fiddle) and friends

DONEGAL
Mc Grory’s Bar, Culdaff
Tues and Fri: Roisin Mc Grory (fiddle), John Mc Grory (guitar) and Mick Duniffe (accordion)

O’Flatherty’s Bar, Buncrana
Wed: Dinny Mc Laughlin (fiddle), Tom Byrne (box) and Michael Gallanagh (guitar)

DUBLIN
Bowe’s Pub, Fleet Street, Dublin 2
Sun: Eoin Dillon (uilleann pipes), Frank Tate (bouzouki) & Des Charleson (Guitar/Vocals)

Cobblestones, Stoneybatter, Dublin 7
Mon: Mary Begley (concertina/accordion) & Marian McEvoy (bouzouki/vocals)
Tues: Eoghan Garvey (uilleann pipes) & Dermot O’Hanlon (fiddle)
Wed: Edel McWeeney (fiddle) & Catherine McEvoy (flute)
Thurs: 7pm – Jackie Martin (fiddle) & Danny Diamond (fiddle) / 9:30pm – Nollaig MacCarthaigh (uilleann pipes) & Ger Galvin (fiddle)
Fri: 7pm – Dan O’Sullivan (uilleann pipes) & Danny Diamond (fiddle) / 9:30pm – Steve Larkin (fiddle), Damien Gallagher (guitar) & Michelle O’Brien (fiddle)
Sat: 4pm – Bill Whelan (5-string banjo), Liam Kennedy (mandolin/fiddle) and friends / 7pm: Guest Artist (different each week) / 9:30pm – Michelle O’Brien (fiddle) & Leonard Barry (uilleann pipes)
Sun: 1pm – Kevin Rowsome (uilleann pipes) & Lorraine Hickey (fiddle) / 4pm – Michelle O’Brien (fiddle) & friends / 7pm – Harry Bradley (flute) & Paul O’Shaughnessy (fiddle) / 9:30pm – Donnacha Dwyer (uilleann pipes) & friends

Devitt’s, Camden Street, Dublin 2
Sat: Donnacha Dwyer (uilleann pipes), Tommy Hanlon (banjo) and John Byrne (guitar/vocals)

An Góilín: Traditional Singers’ Club
Fri: Upstairs in Tom Maye’s Pub (at the Junction of North Frederick Street and Upper Dorset Street, Dublin 1), 3 euro entrance fee, all visitors/singers welcome

The Ha’penny Bridge Inn, Wellington Quay
Mon: The Sick & Indigent Song Club – American Traditional/Old Time & Country

Hughes’s Pub, Mary Street
Tues: Pearl O’Shaughnessy (fiddle) and friends
Thurs: Danny Diamond and Aoife McLaughlin (fiddles)

The Palace Bar, Fleet Street, Dublin 2
Tues: Steve Larkin (fiddle), Leonard Barry (uilleann pipes), and Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh (flute/vocals)
Wed: Eoin Dillon (uilleann pipes), Frank Tate (bouzouki) & Mark French (guitar)

Séamus Ennis Cultural Centre
Sunday: 3pm / Slow session on the second Sunday of every month – children 6-8pm/Adults 8-10pm

Smyth’s, Ranelagh
Wed: Kieran Hanrahan (banjo), Jimmy McGreevey (box) and Tom Smyth (vocals/guitar)

GALWAY
The Crane Bar, 2 Sea Road, Galway
Mon: 7pm – open session for beginners / 9:30pm – Gerry Whelan (banjo) & Mick Corr (uilleann pipes)
Tues: Upstairs – John O’Halloran (accordion) & Mick Crehan (whistle)
Downstairs – UCG Trad Soc Session
Wed: Upstairs – Listeners’ Club (concert with special guest)
Downstairs – Ailbhe Ó Monacháin (fiddle) & Colmcille Ó Monacháin (fiddle)
Thurs: Upstairs – Breda Keville (fiddle) & Cathal Kearns (accordion)
Downstairs – Greg Cotter (guitar/banjo), Mary Cotter (accordion) & Henry Donaldson (guitar) (traditional/country)
Fri: Upstairs (7pm) – Open session for beginners / 10pm – Paul Bradley (fiddle) & Brian McGrath (banjo)
Downstairs (7pm) – John O’Halloran (accordion) & Liz O’Halloran (fiddle)
Sat: Upstairs – Verena Commins (accordion) & Bill Wright (bouzouki)
Downstairs (7pm) – Dusty Banjo Session / 10pm Bernie O’Malley, Ruth Dillon & Evette McCann (country)
Sun: Upstairs – John O’Halloran (accordion) & Ailbhe Ó Monacháin (fiddle)
Downstairs (1pm) – Sean Ryan (whistle) & Pat Connolly (guitar) / 10pm – Greg Cotter, Mary Cotter & Henry Donaldson (traditional/country)

Tigh Coilí, Mainguard Street, Galway
Mon: 6pm – Brian McGrath (banjo) & Aidan Flanagan / 9pm –Mick Crehan (whistle) & friends
Tue: 6pm – Johnny O’Halloran (accordion) & Liz Hanrahan (fiddle) / 9pm – Liz Hanrahan (fiddle) & Gerry Whelan (banjo)
Wed: 6pm – Mirella Murray (piano box) and Mary Shannon (banjo) / 9pm –Padraig Rynne (concertina) and friends
Thurs: 6pm – Paul Bradley (fiddle) and friends / 9pm – Johnny O’Hallaran (accordion) and Liz Hanrahan (fiddle)
Fri: 6pm – Ronan O’Flaherty (fiddle), Conor McCague, Enda and Fergal Scahill / 9pm – Alan Kelly (piano box) and friends.
Sat: 6pm – Ronan O’Flaherty (fiddle) and friends / 9pm: Ronan O’Flaherty (fiddle) and friends
Sun: 2pm – Johnny O’Halloran (accordion), Mick Power and Gerry Whelan (banjo) / 9pm – Paul Bradley (fiddle) and friends

LOUTH
Spirit Store, George’s Quay, Dundalk
Sun: 6-9pm – Philip Hickey (accordion), Aine McGeeney (fiddle) and Henry McDonald (guitar/vocals)

For inclusion in the May-June issue of JMI, please e-mail your performance listings in the format above to editor [at] thejmi.com

 

Published on 1 March 2007

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