The Journal Of Music

This Week's Concerts, Festivals & Upcoming Deadlines (28 April–4 May 2025)
A guide to this week’s events and job and funding deadlines, from Monday to Sunday.
Scoil Samhraidh Willie Clancy to Receive MÓRglór 2025 Award
A special concert will take place at Glór on 17 May.
'An important milestone in the history of classical music in Ireland': Irish Baroque Orchestra to Make Debut at BBC Proms
The orchestra will perform the 1742 Dublin version of Handel's ‘Alexander’s Feast’ on 30 August; Irish conductor Karen Ní Bhroin will also make her Proms debut on 26 July.
This Week's Concerts, Festivals & Upcoming Deadlines (22–27 April 2025)
A guide to this week’s events and job and funding deadlines, from Tuesday to Sunday.
Programme Announced for Willie Clancy Summer School 2025
Annual summer school takes place this year from Saturday 5 to Sunday 13 July and features a range of classes as well as talks on the McPeakes musical family, Tommy McCarthy, and the Forde, Pigot and Muckross music collections.
Irish Traditional Music Archive to Exhibit Christy Moore Collection in 2026
Archive currently recruiting Project Officer to work on material donated by the singer.
The Hermes Experiment to Make Irish Debut at Dublin International Chamber Music Festival 2025
Festival to take place from 4 to 8 June and also features Spanish quartet Cuarteto Casals and trumpeter Aaron Azunda Akugbo.
Stiúideo Cuan Announces Summer Concert Series 2025
Féasta Ceoil an Spidéil ‘25, beginning on 8 May, will feature Cormac Breatnach, Catrin Finch and Aoife Ní Bhriain, Mary Bergin, Johnny Óg Connolly, West Ocean Quartet, Pádraig Rynne, Tara Breen and Jimmy Murray, and more.
This Week's Concerts, Festivals & Upcoming Deadlines (14–20 April 2025)
A guide to this week’s events and job and funding deadlines, from Monday to Sunday.
Boluisce Press to Publish 'The Radical Thinking of Desmond Fennell'
New collection, edited by Toner Quinn and Jerry White, to be launched in Dublin on Friday 6 June.
Culture Ireland Announces Funding for Over 40 Irish Music Tours and Concerts Abroad
Recipients include Lisa O'Neill, Soda Blonde, Joshua Burnside, Dea Matrona, Trá Pháidín, Ye Vagabonds, Niamh Regan, Gurriers, and Séamus and Caoimhe Uí Fhlatharta.
Irish Chamber Orchestra Announces Henning Kraggerud as New Artistic Partner
Norwegian violinist and composer to begin three-year role with the ICO in August 2025.
NSO Commissions New Work from Bill Whelan for 75th Birthday Concert in November
Concert programme to include 'Caraçena' from The Seville Suite, 'An Chistin' from The Connemara Suite, and Riverdance Symphonic Suite.
This Week's Concerts, Festivals & Upcoming Deadlines (7–13 April 2025)
A guide to this week’s events and job and funding deadlines, from Monday to Sunday.
Centre Culturel Irlandais Announces 2025–2026 Residency Recipients
13 music and composer residencies included as part of the awards.
Cork International Choral Festival Announces Programme for 70th Edition
Highlights include Elgar’s 'The Dream of Gerontius', Syng Selected from Denmark, Cappella Pratensis from the Netherlands, Chamber Choir Ireland, and the Fleischmann International Trophy Gala Concert.
Carnegie Musician-in-Residence Award in Fingal Open for Applications
Applicants should have at least two years of professional experience and must either live, work, be originally from, or have studied in Fingal County. The deadline for applications is 15 May.
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh to Receive Gradam Shean-Nós Cois Life 2025
Award to be presented in Dublin on Saturday 5 April.
New €500k Scheme Announced for Grassroots Music Venues
Venues can apply for up to €15,000 to support concerts featuring emerging artists.
This Week's Concerts, Festivals & Upcoming Deadlines (31 March–6 April 2025)
A guide to this week’s events and job and funding deadlines, from Monday to Sunday.
Gradam Ceoil TG4 2025 Recipients Announced
Awards ceremony to take place on 4 May at University Concert Hall, Limerick.
CMAT Announces Third Album ‘Euro-Country’ and Dublin 3Arena Show
New record will be released on 29 August via AWAL Recordings; Ireland and UK Tour also announced.
Cormac Begley, Edwina Guckian, Dónal Lunny, Andy Irvine and Ríoghnach Connolly for ITMA Drawing From the Well Concert
The seventh concert in the series takes place on 20 May at the NCH; Brían and Diarmuid Mac Gloinn of Ye Vagabonds and Matt Molloy also to perform.
Kirkos to Present Sebastian Adams' 'Traffic Piece' and Host Goodbye Party to Mark Closure of Unit 44
'Traffic Piece' takes place on Thursday 27 March from 6.30am until the evening: Goodbye Party will take place on Friday 28th from 7.30pm.
Kilkenny Arts Festival Announces New Opera Based on the Lives of Savita Halappanavar and Anne Bonny
'Custom of the Coast' by Kamala Sankaram and Paul Muldoon will premiere on 8 August at St Canice’s Cathedral.
Arts Council Seeking New Head of Music and Opera
Deadline for applications is Monday 7 April.
This Week's Concerts, Festivals & Upcoming Deadlines (24–30 March 2025)
A guide to this week’s events and job and funding deadlines, from Monday to Sunday.
Dublin City Council to Hold Public Meeting on New Arts Centre
Meeting will take place at Coolock Library on 26 March to discuss a proposed arts and cultural centre for Dublin North Central.