As part of Claregalway Castle’s Spring Garden Fair, MusicConnects presents music celebrating Landscape performed by ConTempo Quartet.
Ahead of our March concerts, some of the featured repertoire will be explored through our Guided Listening Programme Music Unveiled, in collaboration with Galway City Council Arts Office and University of Galway’s Department of Music. The March programme will be deconstructed on Tuesday 24th February, 11am at Galway City Library with contributions from Dr Amanda Feery, lecturer in Music […]
Our first ConTempo Countywide of the year follows the Thread ‘With Love’. Join us in Oughterard for music shaped by personal relationships, both romantic and platonic. Enjoy a programme that is tender, passionate, and lyrical, with works from Johannes Brahmns, Robert Schumann and Clara Schumann. Entry is free (donations gratefully accepted), all are welcome. No […]
Join us for our first Lunchtime with ConTempo of the year on Tuesday 3 February at 1:10pm in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church. The repertoire will follow the Thread of Love, exploring music shaped by personal relationships, both romantic and platonic. Enjoy a programme that is tender, passionate, and lyrical. Entry is free (donations gratefully accepted), all are […]
Lines of Listening, our Creative Responses initiative in partnership with Arts in Action, University of Galway, returns this year on Sunday 1 February. Artist Maeve Curtis and Author Mike McCormack guide these deep listening workshops where participants engage in process-oriented mark making either in paint or in words, responding to this season’s music programme. Open […]
We’re bringing our 2025 programme to a close with a final instalment of our renowned multi-genre series 3 Kinds of Music at the Mick Lally Theatre. On Saturday 20 December at 3pm, audiences will have the chance to take respite from the busyness of the season with a musical moment of pause. At this […]
Our second collaboration of November with the Romanian Embassy in Ireland and the Romanian Association of Music Performers, It Takes Three to Tango, is on Sunday 30 November at 8pm in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church. It Takes Three to Tango is a vibrant and emotional musical journey that brings together the passion of tango, the elegance of […]
We are delighted to collaborate with the Romanian Embassy to Ireland and the Romanian Association of Music Performers on two upcoming concerts in Galway this month to mark Romanian National Day. The first, this Sunday 23 November at 3pm in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, is ForestAria – an artistic project celebrating the creativity of women in contemporary […]
Following 3 Kinds of Music, MusicConnects is offering musicians and singers the chance to be inspired by siblings Séamus and Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta through a sean nós workshop. The session begins at 5pm in The Mick Lally Theatre and will last 90 minutes. All levels are welcome, limited availability. Admission to the workshop with Séamus and Caoimhe is […]
We’re excited to present our renowned multi-genre series once again this winter in the iconic Mick Lally Theatre, this year co-curated with The Black Gate! On Saturday 22 November at 3pm, audiences will be treated to a carefully curated tasting menu of musical treats. From the heart of Connemara, brother and sister duo Séamus and […]