Hear ConTempo Quartet on their countywide tour! Continuing its commitment to bringing performance to local centres throughout County Galway, MusicConnects is dedicated to working with local groups, schools and festivals this season to present high quality, collaborative events that positively impact communities. On 5th April, we make a stop in Athenry where ConTempo Quartet will […]
Experience the WORLD PREMIERE of “Wait” a new piece for String Quartet, composed by Ailís Ní Ríain, which was co-commissioned by MusicConnects and Cúirt International Festival of Literature. The work was composed in response to “Wait” by the American poet Galway Kinnell (1927-2014), who read at Cúirt twice, from his collection Mortal Acts, Mortal Words (1980). The […]
Hear ConTempo Quartet on their countywide tour! Continuing its commitment to bringing performance to local centres throughout County Galway, MusicConnects is dedicated to working with local groups, schools and festivals this season to present high quality, collaborative events that positively impact communities. On Thursday 7 May, ConTempo Quartet perform a beautiful lunchtime concert for the […]
MusicConnects’ Apprentice Programme, now in its 14th year, offers frequent mentoring sessions with ConTempo Quartet and performing opportunities to emerging, talented performing groups. In addition, MusicConnects partners with Music for Galway to deliver additional workshops to the Apprentice Ensembles with visiting national and international artists as part of their International Concert Season. Following a competitive […]
What do you get when you combine ConTempo Quartet with Jazz musicians? JazzTempo! To close the summer, MusicConnects brings you a special Live Streamed event on Friday 28th August at 1pm. This event will be the culmination of an intensive socially distanced residency shared by ConTempo Quartet and four Galway city and county based Jazz musicians: Matthew Berrill […]
From Europe with Love is back! Following 6 months of uncertainty and many concert cancellations, MusicConnects is delighted to return to Live events, albeit under very different circumstances. From Europe with Love, the organisation’s ambitious monthly lunchtime series exploring string quartet repertoire from all 27 EU member countries, resumes on Tuesday 1st September at 1:10pm in its temporary home, The […]
From 22-25 September in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, ConTempo Quartet will celebrate Beethoven’s 250th birthday with an exploration of some of his most celebrated works for string quartet. Beethoven’s middle period was one of great productivity and optimism for the composer and many of his most popular works were created during this feverish time of […]
From Europe with Love is back! Following 6 months of uncertainty and many concert cancellations, MusicConnects is delighted to return to Live events, albeit under very different circumstances. From Europe with Love, the organisation’s ambitious monthly lunchtime series exploring string quartet repertoire from all 27 EU member countries, resumes in its temporary home, The Mick Lally Theatre. ConTempo Quartet, […]
From Europe with Love is back with another instalment slightly later than planned on Friday 6 November at 1pm. This month ConTempo Quartet visit Croatia, the home of our sister European Capital of Culture Rijeka, to explore the music of female composer Dora Pejačević. Though a live audience is not possible, the lunchtime concert will be broadcast from the beautiful Oughterard Courthouse […]
MuiscConnects’ From Europe with Love is back with its final instalment of 2020 on Tuesday 1 December at 1pm. This special edition of the series sees ConTempo Quartet celebrate their native Romania on Great Union Day. This national holiday in Romania marks the unification of Transylvania, Bessarabia and Bukovina with the Romanian Kingdom in 1918. […]