*Please note: there is no step-free access to this venue. There is a ramp-entrance to enter the building, followed by 33 steps to access the auditorium* Internationally renowned pianist Finghin Collins joins ConTempo Quartet for an evening of music including the profound Piano Quintet by Johannes Brahms. Supported by Music for Galway and the University […]
MusicConnects’ autumn season begins with ConTempo Countywide presented in collaboration with Shorelines Arts Festival. The exceptional ConTempo Quartet will perform a varied programme of music composed by Rebecca Clarke, Joseph Haydn and Florence Price. This concert takes place at 5pm in the evocative Irish Workhouse Centre, Portumna on Sunday 3rd September. Following the concert, Shorelines Arts Festival […]
MusicConnects’ Lunchtimes with ConTempo series begins the autumn season with a varied programme of music composed by Rebecca Clarke, Joseph Haydn and Florence Price. The performance takes place at 1:10pm on Tuesday 5 September in the stunning surroundings of St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, Lombard Street, Galway. ConTempo Quartet is the resident ensemble of MusicConnects and was […]
Join us for our second to last Lunchtime with ConTempo of the year! The performance takes place at 1:10pm on Tuesday 7 November in the stunning surroundings of St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, Lombard Street, Galway. ConTempo Quartet will perform the second of only two published string quartets from Johannes Brahms. The composer took the genre of the string quartet […]
MusicConnects’ popular multi-genre series 3 Kinds of Music returns to The Mick Lally Theatre at 2pm this Saturday 11 November. The series has been curated by musicologist Dr Ann-Marie Hanlon, lecturer in Music at University of Galway and expert on popular music, French modernism and cultural theories of music. Her research includes a focus on music and […]
ConTempo Quartet will perform the second of only two published string quartets from Johannes Brahms. The composer took the genre of the string quartet very seriously and it is rumoured that he destroyed more than 20 previous attempts before he allowed his Op. 51, containing string quartets no. 1 and no. 2, to be released […]
We are delighted to present a very special Audience Choice Lunchtime with ConTempo this January ahead of the series’ true start next month. The concert takes place on Tuesday 23 January at 1.10pm in the beautiful surrounds of St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church. Galway’s Ensemble in Residence, ConTempo Quartet, will perform a varied programme that was chosen by audiences in December through an […]
This year our Lunchtime with ConTempo and ConTempo Countywide series celebrates the Celtic Calendar through music. Marking the passing of the year, each concert will feature string quartet repertoire to reflect special dates and festivals in the calendar including Ostar, Michaelmas and the Winter Solstice. The series begins on Bank Holiday Monday 5 February at 7pm in Oughterard Courthouse, when […]
Join us on Tuesday 6 February at 1:10pm in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church where ConTempo Quartet will perform a programme in celebration of Imbolc, now commonly known as St Brigid’s day. Imbolc, originally a pagan festival, welcomes the beginning of spring. ConTempo Quartet will perform a repertoire on the theme of light, marking our movement from the darkness of […]
“Though we live in a world that dreams of ending that always seems about to give in something that will not acknowledge conclusion insists that we forever begin.” – From Begin by Brendan Kennelly ConTempo Quartet will perform a specially curated Ostara programme as part of Lunchtime with ConTempo on Tuesday 5 March at 1:10pm in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church. The programme […]