ConTempo Quartet joins forces with Athenry Music School and Sligo Academy of Music for a celebratory collaborative concert. This special event takes place at 5pm on Sunday 7 May at the Community Hall, Clarke Street, Athenry. Talented young musicians from across the north-west of Ireland perform from the Athenry Vision Orchestra and the Sligo Academy […]
Join MusicConnects for Lunchtime with ConTempo this June for a dazzling range of music including British composer and conductor Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Galway’s own, Katharina Baker. The performance takes place at 1:10pm on Tuesday 6 June in the pleasant surroundings of St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, Lombard St, Galway. ConTempo Quartet will perform their rendition […]
For our final Countywide performance before the summer, join us in the beautiful Thoor Ballylee, near Gort for a collaborative concert with Coole Music. ConTempo will perform a selection of music by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Katharina Baker. They will be joined onstage by a number of ensembles from Coole Music with a […]
Delve into the captivating fusion of jazz standards and classical strings led by wunderkind Matthew Berrill. This intimate concert features an all-star octet, including Róisín Mulliez, Aengus Hackett and Barry Donohue that will ignite your senses intertwining genres to captivate all musical tastes. Programme TUESDAY 18 July 2023 Tunesday (2021) By Matthew Berrill Matthew Berrill, clarinet; […]
Grammy award-winning composer Bill Whelan treats classical and traditional worlds as equals in his world premiere composition performed by ConTempo Quartet and rising stars of Irish traditional arts, siblings Séamus and Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta. Alongside this premiere, this atmospheric concert weaves a rich tapestry of tunes, airs and contemporary music inspired by the traditional, and […]
*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 […]