Radar

Early Music in Galway This year's Galway Early Music Festival, with performances from early music specialists on authentic period instruments, takes place 17 – 20 May.
Vox Merus at the National Concert Hall The Irish Composers' Collective next monthly concert will be given by Vox Merus on 31 May.
Love:Live Music Events Announced love:live music launches today with plans for over 200 free live music events around the country on 21 June next including Lá Ceoil in Dublin, Clonmel Loves Live Music, and with the participation of, among others, the Royal Irish Academy of Music, the Contemporary Music Centre, Comhaltas Ceoltoirí Eireann, the Opera Theatre Company, and Music Generation.
Laura Hyland and Seán MacErlaine in concert Ergodos present an intimate evening with the two musicians at The Back Loft in Dublin on 17 May.
Huddersfield Festival Tickets and News of Crash Residency Crash Ensemble will be ensemble in residence at this year's Huddersfield festival, whose early bird tickets have just gone on sale.
An Album of Tribute from Karen Ryan Being dedicated to her father, Michael Ryan (‘for loving the music so much that you did everything possible to help me love it too’), and featuring so many tunes Ryan learned from Tommy Maguire in the London Irish Centre, this is clearly a recording with a strong sense of tribute at its heart.
Winners of West Cork Chamber Music Composition Competition Announced Winning works by Solfa Carlile, Bill McGrath and J. Harry Whalley will be premiered during the West Cork Chamber Music Festival.
Amstel Quartet and Maria McGarry at the National Concert Hall NewSoundWorld's next monthly concert will be given by the Amstel Quartet and Maria McGarry on 16 May.
The Steeple Sessions' Second Season Performers such as Séamus Begley, Oisín MacDiarmada, Edel Fox, Dermot Bynre, Natalie Haas, Alan Doherty, John Spillane, Alan Kelly, Conal Ó Grada, and Niamh Parsons will feature in this summer's Steeple Sessions at the Unitarian Church on St Stephen's Green.
National Youth Orchestra of Ireland Appoints New Manager Carol-Ann McKenna has been appointed as the new General Manager of the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland.