Concerts

Performance at the Lighthouse Cinema, Dublin. photo: Kyle Cheldon Barnett

22nd November 2024

Music for Galway/Musici Ireland: A Mother’s Voice: a multidisciplinary production and commemorative dedication to the many women affected by the mother and baby homes in Ireland during the 1900s.

Venue tbd-Music for Galway

24-26th October 2024 (dates tbc)

Sound Festival Scotland/Kirkos Ensemble: A Beginner’s Guide to Slow Travel: how can we craft new ways to navigate the world as the tangible impact of anthropogenic climate change accelerates? supported by Culture Ireland and PRS Foundation Beyond Borders
Commissioned by New Music Dublin, sound and hcmf

https://sound-scotland.co.uk/

25th Sep-8th Nov 2024

Music Network and DLR/Rathdown Established Musician in Residence: artistic residency at the Lexlcon Building in Dun Laoghaire working with Dublin Theatre of the Deaf and George Higgs to establish a new work focusing on the sounds of Dun Laoghaire from the d/Deaf perspective, culminating in a live performance on 8th November.

8th November, Lexlcon, Dun Laoghaire, 8pm

https://www.musicnetwork.ie/whats-on/dlr-rathdown-in-residence-scheme-2024

13th + 14th August 2024

Kilkenny Arts Festival/Musici Ireland: ‘A Mother’s Voice’: a multidisciplinary production and commemorative dedication to the many women affected by the mother and baby homes in Ireland during the 1900s.

Details to be announced. Kilkenny

https://www.kilkennyarts.ie/

2nd-8th August

Wunderlampe Ensemble- music and street spectacle performances in various locations in Arles, France.

20th, 21st,23rd July 2024

Appalachian Chamber Music Festival/Musici Ireland ‘A Mother’s Voice’-a multidisciplinary production and commemorative dedication to the many women affected by the mother and baby homes in Ireland during the 1900s. US concert dates in association with the Contemporary American Theatre Festival.

Christ Reformed Church, 304 E German Street,Shepherdstown, West Virginia, US.

https://www.appalachianchamber.org/acmf-mothers-voice

25th June 2024

Irish Composers Collective/Kirkos Ensemble-premier of 7 new works by Irish composers.

Unit 44, Dublin

23rd June 2024

Lange Nacht der Buhnen, Landestheater Linz/The Freestyle Orchestra -finale act-performance of Ver/The Butterfly Effect.

Landestheater, Linz, 10pm

8th May 2024

Wexford Arts Centre/Musici Ireland: A Mother’s Voice-a multidisciplinary production and commemorative dedication to the many women affected by the mother and baby homes in Ireland during the 1900s.

Wexford Arts Centre, Wexford, 7pm + 9pm.

https://entertainment.ie/events/event/show-wexford/wexford-arts-centre/a-mothers-voice/music-31849/

5th May 2024

Redbarn Residency: a residency for development and exploration focusing on the ideologies of rest with circus artist, Olivier Dietrich.

Redbarn, Youghal, Co. Cork

28th April 2024

Kirkos Ensemble- ‘A Beginners Guide to Slow Travel’- how can we craft new ways to navigate the world as the tangible impact of anthropogenic climate change accelerates? supported by Culture Ireland and PRS Foundation Beyond Borders
Commissioned by New Music Dublin, sound and hcmf

New Music Dublin Festival, National Concert Hall Dublin, 3pm

https://kirkosensemble.com/beginners-guide

18th April 2024

TAKT Kultur Verein Series: ‘The Body That Breathes’: installation performance-a multidisciplinary production and installation by Jane Hackett for Deaf and hearing audiences in Vienna alongside circus artist, Olivier Dietrich and flautist, Nika Bauman, combining physicality, vibration and new commission.

Brick 15, Herklotgasse, 1150 Vienna, Austria, 8pm

https://www.taktkulturverein.com/

15th + 16th March 2024

‘A Mother’s Voice’ + ‘Ties Across The Atlantic’-Dr Hoch’s Konservatorium Frankfurt/Musici Ireland performances-a weekend chamber music programme as part of Zeitgeist Irland 2024, performing A Mother’s Voice production on 15th, 8pm and lunchtime recital on 16th, 2pm. Programme including Dvorak American Quartet, Rebecca Clarke’s Poem and new works by Irish composers.

Dr Hoch’s Konservatorium, Frankfurt, Germany

15th-7.30pm, 16th-2pm

https://www.dr-hochs.de/en/content/musici-ireland-prasentiert-ireland-and-america-ties-across-atlantic

8th March 2024

Finding A Voice Festival/Musici Ireland presents ‘A Mother’s Voice’- a multidisciplinary production and commemorative dedication to the many women affected by the mother and baby homes in Ireland during the 1900s.

STAC Chapel, Clonmel, Tipperary, 7pm + 9pm

https://triskelartscentre.ie/events/a-mothers-voice-with-musici-ireland/

28th January 2024

Hugh Lane Concert Series-Sundays at Noon/Kirkos Ensemble- Premiere of commissioned work in response to the ‘Andy Warhol- Three Times Out’ exhibition which is on display at the Hugh Lane Gallery.
The focus of the concert is on prints and multiples; finding sonic ways to make analogues to screen prints.

Hugh Lane Gallery, Sculpture Hall, 12pm

https://hughlane.ie/whats_on/sundays-at-noon-kirkos-ensemble/

7th December 2023

‘To Every Action’-Douglas Hyde Gallery/Kirkos Ensemble- a performance incorporating improvisations, fluxus works by Nam June Paik and engaged installations.

Douglas Hyde Gallery, TCD Dublin, 8pm

https://thedouglashyde.ie/event/music-session-with-kirkos/

20+21st November 2023

Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival/Kirkos Ensemble-’A Beginners Guide to Slow Travel’- the premier of a new 60 minute work by Kirkos Ensemble. Nap performance 20th, 1pm. Produced by hcmf// as part of The Current Climate; supported by Culture Ireland and PRS Foundation Beyond Borders

Commissioned by New Music Dublin, sound and hcmf//Bates Mill Blending Shed, Huddersfield, UK, 10pm

https://hcmf.co.uk/programme/beginners-guide-to-slow-travel//

1st + 2nd Nov 2024

The Body That Breathes-silent concert performance: directed/concept by Jane Hackett, co-devised George Higgs and Dublin Theatre of the Deaf. A multidisciplinary production for Deaf and hearing audiences funded by the Arts Council of Ireland’s Music Project Award.

Unit 44, Dublin, 8pm

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-body-that-breathes-a-silent-concert-experience-1st-performance-tickets-741344660837

20th + 21st September 2023

The Internal Series, a collaborative new work for violin and dancer with Dancer, Alice Presencer- telling a tale of the self in all it’s solitude, awkwardness and hope.Supported by Kirkos Ensemble and Arts Council of Ireland.

Unit 44, Dublin, 7pm

https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/the-internal-series-part-i-tickets-717808684097

27th January 2023

Musici Ireland presents ‘A Mother’s Voice’- a multidisciplinary production and commemorative dedication to the many women affected by the mother and baby homes in Ireland during the 1900s.

Triskel Arts Centre, Cork - 8pm

https://triskelartscentre.ie/events/a-mothers-voice-with-musici-ireland/

January 2023

Commission, visual artist Lara Buffard. London, UK.

A series of exploratory works involving weighted costuming/accessories for violin improvisatory performance.

13-19th February 2023

Tyrone Guthrie Centre Residency, Annamakerrig- Residency with violist Beth McNinch and choreographer Vivian Brodie-Hayes to explore sound and movement connection.

25th February 2023

Derravaragh Music Association Concert Series- Trio recital with violist, Beth McNinch and flautist, Vourneen Ryan performing a range of repertoire from Beethoven to Saariaho.

St Michaels Church, Co Westmeath- 8pm

26th February 2023

Garter Lane Arts Centre- Duo recital with violist, Beth McNinch performing works by Bartok, Martinu, Ponce, Halvorsen and more.

Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford 8pm.

16th April 2023

St Iberius Church- Musici Ireland return to Music for Wexford for the World Premiere performance of a new concerto for viola and chamber ensemble by Kilmore composer Liam Bates

St Iberius Church, 3pm

19th May 2023

Castletown House Concert Series- evening performance with pianist Ellen Jansson. A concert hailing a selection of women composers from Amy Beach to Saariaho.

Castletown House, Kildare 8pm

19th July 2023

St Iberius Church- Concert performance with pianist, Ellen Jansson as part of Music for Wexford’s Summer Concert Series.

St Iberius Church, Wexford 3pm

(TBC) 2023

The Internal Series, Unit 44 Dublin, Vienna, Denmark

Four part-installation series with violin and dancer. Three nights of live performances, bringing the audience on an interactive journey of movement, sound and installations. Commissioned by Kirkos Ensemble. Further performances in Vienna and Denmark. Dates TBC.