Beginning on Tuesday, 27 September, TG4 will broadcast a series of thirteen films by director Bob Quinn, several of which focus on music in Ireland.

The link made by Sligo Live last year with the Scottish festival Celtic Connections continues this year with the Friels and Rura making the return visit to Sligo, after Téada, Túcan and the Unwanted played in Glasgow i

These days, the sixty-five year old American saxophonist fills much of his itinerary as an educator, however he has released a number of notable albums under his own name and performed on countless others and was part of the now-legendary M

Irish new music ensemble Concorde in collaboration with the Contemporary Music Centre are running an exhibition and a concert series comprised of 'six musical afternoons' in celebration of their thirty-fifth anniversary.

A Music Network tour combines Tommy Peoples, Breanndán Ó Beaglaoich and Laoise Kelly.

The Orchestra of the Age of the Enlightenment is launching 'The Works', a concert series which it has described as 'an antidote to the formal concert experience'.

Both the Hard Working Class Heroes festival and the Project Arts Centre are seeking bloggers to document and critique performances this autumn.

Pipering events coming up include the Ace & Deuce of Piping concert in Liberty Hall, the eighteenth William Kennedy Piping Festival in Armagh, and the first International Uilleann Piping Day.

Irish ensemble the Fidelio Trio are touring South Africa from 26 September to 4 October. The group, comprised of Darragh Morgan (violin), Robin Michael (cello) and Mary Dullea (piano), will play seven concerts on the tour.

The festival has been running for thirty years, and will this year feature Lúnasa, Gemma Hayes, Mundy, Paddy Keenan, the Kilfenora Céilí Band, Cherish the Ladies, Matt Cranitch, Niwel Tsumbu and Tommy People

Music and dance are among the areas of particular interest to the TG4 and Arts Council documentary funding scheme, Splanc.

A new orchestra for young musicians has been established in Dublin under the name 'Co-Orchestra'.

The Waltons New School of Music presents both Chucho Valdés and Jan Garbarek in Dublin in October.

Though they've been on the road as a touring band for many years, this is the first time the four musicians have taken to the studio to record together.

BBC Radio 3's leading contemporary music programme Hear and Now is celebrating fifty key works from the period 1950-1999, as selected by a range of musical and cultural figures.

The fourth annual Engage Arts Festival takes place in Bandon, County Cork, from 22—25 of September, featuring music, literature, theatre, comedy, film, and visual art across twenty-five events, in addition to workshops and communi

Music for Galway's thirty-first annual season of concerts presenting renowned Irish and international musicians has been announced, with a line-up of contemporary and classical music events, alongside a number of weekend festivals

On Friday, 23 September, Culture Night will take place across Ireland. Organised by Temple Bar Cultural Trust, this is the sixth and largest night yet.

The opening event in the series put together Tola Custy (fiddle), with Senegalese traditional musician, Solo Cissohoko (kora), and Gerry O'Beirne (guitars).

Music Network will be presenting nationwide tours for four acts over the following months: Irish traditional group Fonn Aniar/Tune from the West, jazz ensemble Thoughfox, Austrian string trio Netnakisum and classical pianist Alexej Gorlatch

Flynn's seven part suite, Music for the Departed, the final piece in the programme, displays, in both the orchestral and the solo violin (Katherine Hunka), the use of classical techniques to elaborate on traditional-style melodies.

This year's festival will focus on Baroque dance. There are many free workshops, and children under twelve years have free admission to all concerts.

Led by conductor Alan Buribayev, the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra performed Irish uilleann piper Liam O'Flynn's An Droichead, Mahler's Symphony No. 5, and Felix Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No.

Following the success of its 2010 inaugural event, Trad for Trócaire fundraiser week will take place this year between 22 and 28 September.

According to ACNI, the criteria by which applications will be assessed include, 'interest in the arts, experience in governance, understanding of community-based arts, communication skills and experience of developing and influencing p

The sean-nós singer Iarla Ó Lionáird will speak about the process of creating his new album, Foxlight, at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, Limerick on Thursday, 15 September.

Onishi, now based in the United States, will receive a commission of €4,550 to compose a new work for the 2012 festival.

In addition to a prize of £2,000, McAteer will perform a duet with Dame Kiri Te Kanawa during a concert in Belfast in October.

The Brooklyn musician Mike Scala is touring Ireland this autumn and is seeking a photographer and videographer for the tour.

The Journal of Music is pleased to announce Paul O'Connor, Patrick Groenland and Stephen Graham as the latest members of its editorial team.

The festival of music and dance, previously held in Newfoundland and Scotland, will run from 27 June to 1 July 2012, with events in counties Derry and Donegal.

Starting in Castalia Hall, Ballytobin, County Kilkenny on Saturday, 10 September, the performances continue until November, taking in Sligo, Cork and Dublin.

The Dublin Fringe Festival, which will run from 10 to 25 September this year, is looking for a new Programme Manager to work on the 2012 festival. This is a full-time, year-round position which forms part of festival's core team.

The programme will primarily feature the Sonatas and Interludes for prepared piano by John Cage, but will also include music by Toru Takemitsu, and Tan Dun, Toshio Hosokawa and Karen Tanaka.

The successful applicant will have responsibility for developing the Model's bookshop and 'harnessing its potential as a revenue stream'.

A collection of sixteenth-century music manuscripts by the Scottish cleric Thomas Wode, which are usually housed at Trinity College, Dublin, have formed part of an exhibition at the University of Edinburgh entitled Singing and the Reformati

Four Irish radio programmes have been nominated for the Prix Europa 2011, the prize of the European broadcasting festival.

The Ireland-based jazz festival 12 Points! has launched a new strand called 12 Points Plus.

Submissions to the next Eurosonic Noorderslag festival can be made until 12pm on 1 September.

Aside from music, the festival extends to folklore, art, spirituality and astronomy events, including battle re-enactments, traditional spoon carving, archery, shamanic drumming, druidic ceremonies and a workshop titled 'Introduction t

haring the nomination in the eGovernment category of the Irish Intenet Association Net Visionary Awards are the National Archives of Ireland, Fingal County Council and Enterprise Ireland.

The eighth Electric Picnic arts and music festival takes place on the weekend of 2—4 September.

The renovated Grand Social venue in Dublin (formerly Pravda) will host a series of traditional Irish music concerts in the coming months, promoted by the flute player Conor Byrne under the aegis of a new traditional music and folk club, the

Seán Corcoran (song, bouzouki), Brian Bourke (bodhrán), Malachy Bourke (fiddle), Toner Quinn (fiddle) and Lorcan Brady (uilleann pipes) will perform at the Sharq Taronalari festival, the name of which means 'melod

This year's festival focusses on music written for two pianos, including Claude Debussy's Images, Sergei Rachmaninov's Suite No.

Almost 58,000 students found out the results of their Leaving Certificate exams this week. Of these, almost six thousand had sat the music exam, with 5,427 sitting the higher level paper and 551 taking the exam at the ordinary level.

rtists featuring at the festival include Tony Conrad, Jennifer Walshe, Cian Nugent, Boys of Summer, United Bible Studies and David Lacey with Paul Vogel.

The festival proposes to make anyone attending twice in the first three years a stakeholder.

The seminar will be aimed at helping potential applicants for the second round of Music Generation funding prepare their applications. The session costs €25, which includes tea/coffee and lunch.

Composers at all stages of their careers are encouraged to apply — collective members will be on hand to workshop pieces prior to performance.

Music+, an initiative of the Scottish Music Centre, aims to bring young musicians in contact with various kinds of industry professionals, including songwriters, DJs, producers, managers, record label representatives, agents and sound engin

SoundSet was set up by two Irish composers, Laura Kilty and Emma O'Halloran, 'to put on high quality concerts which feature repertoire from a wide variety of musical genres'.

Artists appearing at this year's festival will include Jan Garbarek and the Hilliard Ensemble, Damon Albarn (of Blur and the Gorillaz) and the bass player Flea, the Jean-Luc Ponty Quartet and the accordionist Richard Galliano, among ot

The role will involve processing web orders, stock management, processing membership renewals, bank lodgements, general administation and accounting tasks, as well as assisting with the organisation of events.

The award will prioritise applicants experiencing a financial challenge, applicants from parts of the world underrepresented at the Academy, and applicants with an interdisciplinary interest.

The Historical Harp Society of Ireland's next concert series focusses on Irish and Scottish harp music of the sixteenth to eighteenth centuries — concerts take place in Tipperary, Kilkenny and Dublin.

Areas of work will include editorial and administrative support to the Editor, and responsibility for the news section of the magazine in particular. The deadline for applications is Monday, 14 August.

The series, which began in Galway in 2010, has now branched out to Killarney and Westport, and features concerts of traditional Irish music a number of nights per week.

Artists such as Annemarie Deacy, Bitwise and Madek, and Triúir will involve the instruments in live performance and in studio recordings this month.

Run by Sligo Music, the workshop will cover platforms such as Twitter, Facebook, LastFM, Breaking Tunes and other online ways of promoting music.

The instrumentation of the new ensemble includes flute, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, trombone, percussion, piano, cello, double bass and narration by the actor Barry McBrien.

Combining sessions, concerts, pageants, exhibitions, ceilis and busking, this year's Fleadh will feature artists such as Sharon Shannon, Kevin Burke, Dervish, Beoga, Cherish the Ladies, among many others.

The British Musicians' Union has claimed that its members are 'emotionally blackmailed' into performing for free at charity events and that unpaid internships are 'exploitative'.

Vinyl, CDs and tapes will be on sale at the fairs, which will take place in the upstairs part of the Wexford Street venue.

Mary Amond O'Brien has been named the new Choral Director of RTÉ Cór na nÓg, and Jeremy Haneman and Mark Hindley will take up the positions of Guest Chorus Masters of the RTÉ Philharmonic Cho

The Gloaming, a new Irish traditional music group comprising Thomas Bartlett, Dennis Cahill, Martin Hayes, Iarla Ó Lionaird and Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, has released one track from a recording session held at

The Musicians Institute of Ireland open to musicians working in any genre. Membership costs €60 per year for individual members, with corporate membership also on offer.

The annual festival curated by the fiddle player Martin Hayes, begins on Tuesday, 9 August in Bantry, County Cork. The festival continues until Sunday, 14 August, comprising concerts, workshops and a public lecture.

Applicants should have previous experience in a workshop or training environment as well as experience of machinery set-up and maintenance. Administration skills and an interest in traditional Irish music and pipemaking are desired.

This role would begin in mid-August 2011 and would continue on a part-time basis until the end of May 2012. Tasks would include audience development, media liaison, maintenance of social media and general promotion.

Candidates should be familiar with national and European funding programmes, as well as have a knowledge of chamber music, traditional Irish music and literature.

These are part-time positions working in collaboration with the Editor. Excellent writing skills are essential. A broad musical interest is desirable, but applicants should also have specialist knowledge.

The Donegal Fiddle School, runs from 1 to 5 August in Glencolmcille. The school is non-residential and accepts up to 100 fiddle students, in ten different graded classes.

The Festival of the Sea, which is held in the western Conemara towns of Cleggan and Claddaghduff, is now underway and continues until 6 August.

Derry's Walled City Music Festival, a festival of classical music, starts on 29 July and continues until 7 August.

The Arts Council of Ireland has announced over €1.2 million in grants to companies touring work in Ireland.

A seminar on the music industry will take place at University College, Falmouth in Cornwall on 29 July.

The festival includes events held in the the recently opened Morrison Teach Ceoil, a cottage museum dedicated to the life and music of the Sligo musician who emigrated to the USA.

The American composer will visit Cork this week for a festival of his music, and music influenced by him.

The festival features three different strands of music programming, assembled by three curators. Artists performing include the European Union Baroque Orchestra, Barry Guy and Evan Parker, James Vincent McMorrow and Gemma Hayes.

The Dublin piper Seán Óg Potts (great-nephew of the fiddle player Tommy Potts), and the Kerry musicians Paudie O'Connor (accordion), Aoife O'Keefe (fiddle) and Seán Garvey (song) will all feature i

The categories for this year's call include solo instruments, chamber groupings, carillon, music for improvisers, wind bands, medium and large ensembles, choir, robot orchestra, amateur musicians and music for unspecified instrumentati

The position is full time and the salary is €40,000 per annum. Applicants should have music qualification and additional qualification and experience in arts administration and/or community work is desirable.

The programme for this year's Dublin Absolut Fringe Festival has been announced — a number of music events are included, including live karaoke and an experimental evensong.

Taking place at the Grand Social (formerly Pravda), Dublin, every Tuesday this summer, the Jazz Kitchen features Irish jazz groups as well as touring international artists.

The National Chamber Choir of Ireland performs in Galway (22 July), Dublin (23 July) and Kilmacanogue, County Wicklow (24 July) this week.

Dublin's Crash Ensemble is now inviting submissions to its seventh Free State event, which showcases music by Irish composers — the last concert took place at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, in April.

A total amount of €27,150 was divided between six separate projects — there were twenty-two applications seeking a total of over €126,000 in funding — the majority of applications were in the award'

The festival now also has an app available for Android devices, which includes complete listings for the events, as well as information on the artists performing.

This year's festival includes a new area, the 'Faerie Field', which will host workshops for children in tool making, fire building, wool crafts and a treasure trail.

The Ark, the cultural centre for Children based in Temple Bar, Dublin, is presenting sound installations by the composer Jonathan Nangle from 20 July to 21 August.

The village of Bofeenaun, County Mayo, hosts the Mayo Summer Classics series again this year, with concerts on 16 and 18 July. This year's performers are the cellist Su-a Lee, the violinist Iain King and the pianist Caroline Clemmow.

The event, which takes place in the drawing room of a Georgian house on Dublin's North Great George's St, will include free strawberries and ice-cream for audience members.

The Colorado-based National Academy of Music is running two competitions this year — one for performers and one for composers. Entries to both versions of the competition should be submitted by 1 October, 2011.

Queen's University, Belfast, has announced details of a new MA in Arts Management. The course will be offered to both full- and part-time students and will include practical work experience at Belfast's cultural institutions.

The Ulster Fleadh will take place in Dungiven, County Derry, on 17—24 July — the Fleadh was last held in the county in 2008. Up to 20,000 visitors are expected in the town.

Music Network is once again offering its Making Overtures course this year, a four day seminar geared toward the professional development of musicians — this year's seminar focuses on self-promotion and self-management.

The organisers of the County Sligo festivals, which ran from 1977 to 1982, are looking for memories, images and any other artefacts relating to the events.

The Italian multi-instrumentalist Francesco Turrisi will give a free piano performance at the National Concert Hall, Dublin, on Tuesday, 12 July.