Engagements Archive - Alex Petcu

Engagements Archive

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Nathan Sherman and Alex Petcu
December 15th, Glasgow, Scotland
Music by Siobhan Cleary, Aine Mallon, Nick Roth, Kevin O'Connell, Ed Bennett and more.

Raymond Gubbay Christmas Concerts
December 18th and 19th, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Two different events, two concerts a day.

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Stone Drawn Circles
November 21st, Huddersfield, U.K.
New pieces by Nicole Lizee, Una Monaghan, Cat Hope and Karen Power.

Duo project with dancer, Marion Cronin
November 28th, Black Box Theatre, Galway
Presentation of a newly devised 20-minute piece, as well as solo performances from both performers.

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The Magic Flute
October 10th, Cork Opera House
Mozart’s final operatic masterpiece is a tale of adventure, endurance, passion and revenge.

Lina Andonovska and Alex Petcu
October 19th, Harty Room, Queens Univesity, Belfast
Music Timo Anders, Teruyuki Noda, Ann Cleare and more.

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Zimmer/Williams
September 2nd, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Two concerts of well known themes from film scores.

Opera Gala
September 12th, Cork Opera House
Concert featuring the Cara O'Sullivan associate artists with the Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra.

Crash Ensemble
September 9th, Cork
Music by Diamanda La Berge as part of Sounds from a Safe Harbour festival

Bangers and Crash Percussion
September 16th, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
September 17th, Hugh Lane Sunday at Noon series, Dublin
Music by Ivan Trevino, Gene Koshinski, Emmanuel Sejourne and more

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Crash Ensemble
August 16th and 18th,, Kilkenny Arts Festival
Two performances. One of music by Diamanda La Berge, and the other featuring "Friendly Piece" by Andrew Hamilton

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Boyne Music Festival
July 27th and 29th,, Slane Castle and St. Peter's Church, Drogheda
Performances of "And Legions Will Rise" by Kevin Puts, Carnival of the Animals and various other chamber music featuring the marimba.

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Voces amissae ('lost voices')
June 9th and 10th, Dublin and Cork
New large scale work written by Ian Wilson, to be performed by Ficino Ensemble, with vocalist Nora Fischer. Dublin International Chamber Music Festival (9th) and Triskel Arts Centre (10th).

Nathan Sherman and Alex Petcu: Cafe OTO
June 18th, 2023, Cafe OTO, London
World premiere of a new work by Nick Roth. Also performances of relatively new pieces by Ed Bennett, Aine Mallon, Kate Moore, Kevin O'Connell and Siobhan Cleary.

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Concerts with Deirdre O'Leary
May 4th, The Source, Thurles
May 7th, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
Duo concert including the performance of a new work written especially for this duo by Barry O'Halpin.

Chambergrist Barry O'Halpin
May 18th-21st, 2023, Cavan Arts Festival,
New large-scale work for guitar and percussion by Barry O'Halpin inspired by caves. Visual art created by Elaine Harrington. A "first look" type of performance, final version still to be completed.

Bray Choral Society
May 28th, 2023, Bray,
Music by Dan Forrest.

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Cork Opera House Proms
April 6th, 8th and 9th,, Cork Opera House
Beethoven and Broadway concerts.

Crash Ensemble - New Music Dublin
April 20th - 24th, 2023, National Concert Hall, Dublin
. 3 concerts with Crash Ensemble featuring a range of new music including a new piano concerto by Donnacha Dennehy and a large scale work by Andrew Hamilton.

Concert with Deirdre O'Leary
April 29th, 2023, The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon
Duo concert including the performance of a new work written especially for this duo by Barry O'Halpin.

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Fuaim Concert Series: Nathan and Alex duo
March 3rd, 2023, UCC, Cork City
Works by Ed Bennett, Aine Mallon, Benedict Schlepper-Connolly, Kate Moore and Kevin O'Connell.

Finding a Voice Festival: Nathan and Alex duo
March 11th, 2023, Clonmel
Works by female composers, including a newly commissioned piece by Siobhán Cleary.

Crash Ensemble: MTU Composers concert
March 16th, Cork School of Music, Crash Ensemble play several new pieces by student composers at the school.

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Madama Butterfly
Feb 25th and 26th, 2023, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Lyric Opera production.

Bangers and Crash Percussion
Feb 26th, 2023, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Duo concert with Caitriona Frost. Music by Gene Koshinski, Ivan Trevino, Elliot Cole, Emmanuel Séjourné and more.

Bangers and Crash Percussion - Tuning Up
Feb 1st - 3rd, 2023, various schools in Co. Cork
Outreach project hosted by the Cork County Council Arts Office in collaboration with West Cork Music. Visiting 10 schools in 1 week.

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Bangers and Crash Percussion - Tuning Up
Jan 30th - 31st, 2023, various schools in Co. Cork
Outreach project hosted by the Cork County Council Arts Office in collaboration with West Cork Music. Visiting 10 schools in 1 week.

Irish Tenors
Jan 7th, 8th and 14th, 2023, National Concert Hall, Dublin and INEC, Killarney.
Short tour

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Crash Ensemble: Crash 25
Dec 3rd and 4th, National Concert Hall, Dublin, Two hefty performances celebrating Crash's 25th birthday. Performance of Barry O'Halpin's Wingform, Liza Lim's Extinction Events and Dawn Chorus, Donnacha Dennehy's Grá agau Bás and a new work by Diamanda Dramm Le Berge with text by Neva Elliot.

Cork Opera House Christmas Concerts
December 12th and 13th, Cork Opera House
Opera Concert Series

Raymond Gubbay Christmas Concerts
December 19th and 20th, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Two different events, two concerts a day.

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Crash Ensemble: Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival
Nov 25th, Huddersfield, UK, Performance of Barry O'Halpin's Wingform at HCMF.

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Evlana Ensemble: Tour
Oct 7th, Cork
Oct 9th, Dublin
Oct 13th, Castlebar
Oct 15th, Carrick-on-Shannon
Music by Siobhan Cleary, Toru Takemitsu and more.

Bangers and Crash Percussion Group
October 16th, Glor Theatre, Ennis, Sextet project. Performance as part of PIMA! Fest 2022.

Trash Culture Revue
October 23rd, Kino, Cork, Short performance as part of this new arts showcase event in Cork.

Nathan and Alex duo, Sound Festival
October 30th, Aberdeen, Scotland, Viola and Percussion duo. Performance as part of Sound Festival. Music from Totemic album.

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Zimmer/Williams
September 10th, National Concert Hall, Dublin, Raymond Gubbay concerts. Music by John Williams and Hans Zimmer.

The First Child - Crash Ensemble
Sept 14th, Navan
Sept 18th, Cork
Sept 22nd, Limerick
Sept 25th, Tralee
New opera composed by Donnacha Dennehy, libretto by Enda Walsh.

Crash Ensemble: Reactions
Sept 29th, Everyman Theatre, Cork, Crash Ensemble stand alone concert featuring Reactions pieces.

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Bangers and Crash Percussion Group
August 2nd, Dublin, Recording for a BBC TV show.

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Crash Ensemble: ICMC 2022
July 7th and 8th, U.L., Limerick, Performance of solo and ensemble pieces at the International Computer Music Conference.

The First Child - Crash Ensemble
July 18th, 20th, 21st, 23rd and 24th, Galway, New opera composed by Donnacha Dennehy, libretto by Enda Walsh. Galway International Arts Festival.

Crash Ensemble: GIAF
July 22nd, Galway, Crash Ensemble stand alone concert at the Galway International Arts Festival.

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Bangers and Crash Percussion Group
June 11th, Dublin, Performance at a wedding (You're So Cool and more tunes)

Art Gifts: Cork Midsummer Festival
June 17th, Cork, Short performances spread out throughout the day, delivered to people's gardens, driveways, etc.

Crash Ensemble, West Cork Chamber Music Festival
June 26th and 27th, Bantry, Music by Timo Anders, Deirdre Gribbin, Sean O'Dalaigh, Jonathan Nangle and more.

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Carmina Burana
May 22nd, Holy Redeemer Church, Bray, Bray Choral Society

Crash Ensemble, New Music Dublin
May 1st, National Concert Hall, Dublin, Performance with Diamanda La Berge Dramm.

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Hard Rain Ensemble
April 9th, Belfast
Sonorities festival concert featuring 5 composers from Chile, Brazil, Columbia, Argentina and N. Ireland.

"Scully" by Ian Wilson
April 10th, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, World Premiere of "Scully", a 6-movement, 25-minute work for solo percussion where each movement responds to one of the six paintings in the Hugh Lane Gallery's Scully Room. Presented by Sunday at Noon concert series.

Paperboat
April 23rd, St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church, Galway
Music by Elaine Agnew.

Duo with Nathan Sherman, New Music Dublin
April 28th, National Concert Hall, Dublin, Music for Galway. Music by Ian Wilson, Benedict Schlepper-Connolly and Kate Moore.

Irish Composers Collective, New Music Dublin
April 29th, National Concert Hall, Dublin, Duo concert for clarinet and percussion.

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Cork School of Music project
March 24th, Cork School of Music, Workshops and performances of music by composers studying at the MTU CSM.

Duo with Nathan Sherman
March 29th, Galway, Music for Galway. Music by Ian Wilson, Luciano Berio, Benedict Schlepper-Connolly and Kate Moore.

Chamber Choir Ireland
March 13th, Pepper Canister Church, Dublin
Steet Songs by Steve Martland. Choir and marimba.

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Hard Rain Ensemble
February 11th, Belfast
Performance of music Xenakis and others.

Recording with Nathan Sherman
February 12th - 13th, Dublin
Recording of music by Luciano Berio, Ian Wilson, Kate Moore and Benedict Schlepper-Connolly.

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Bangers and Crash Percussion - Tuning Up
January 24th - 28th, 2022, various schools in Co. Cork
Outreach project hosted by the Cork County Council Arts Office in collaboration with West Cork Music. Visiting 10 schools in 1 week.

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Treaty Songs
December 11th, National Concert Hall, Dublin, Lisa O’Neill, Gemma Dunleavy, John Spillane, Karan Casey, Maija Sofia, Duke Special, Jonathan Nangle and Crash Ensemble, Adrian Crowley, Ailbhe Reddy, and The Darkling Air, with special guest, Christy Moore.

Cork Opera House Christmas Concert
December 19th, Cork Opera House
Live concert

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Demos
November 11th - 13th, O'Reilly Theatre, Dublin, New dance project with the Liz Roche Dance company. Music by David Coonan and performed with Crash Ensemble.

Workshops for science week
November 12th, Lexicon Cultural Centre, Dun Laoighre, Workshops for secondary school students with Majella Boland (Music Generation) and Chris Bean (geophysicist).

Zimmer/Williams
November 27th, National Concert Hall, Dublin, Raymond Gubbay concerts. Music by John Williams and Hans Zimmer.

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The First Child - Crash Ensemble
October 2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th and 9th, O'Reilly Theatre, Dublin, New opera composed by Donnacha Dennehy, libretto by Enda Walsh. World premiere in Dublin Theatre Festival

Duo with Nathan Sherman
October 31st, Harty Room, Queens, Belfast, World premiere of Ian Wilson's Totemic as part of the Northern Lights Mini-fest.

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Culture Night
September 17th, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary, Solo concert featuring music by female composers.

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Crash Ensemble
August 12th, Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny, Performance of Julius Eastman's Feminine, as part of Kilkenny Arts Festival.

Bangers and Crash Percussion
August 21st, Birr, Co. Offaly, Workshop and percussion duo concert as part of this festival. Featuring music by Steve Reich, Matthias Schmitt, Philip Glass and more.

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West Cork Chamber Music Festival
July 3rd - 5th, Online, Recorded solo concert for the West Cork Chamber Music Festival.

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Hard Rain Ensemble
June 11th, Belfast
Performance of music by Greg Caffrey and Phillipe Festou

Lullaby for the City
June 14th - 15th, Cork, A new piece by John O'Brien performed on greens around Cork City.

Bangers and Crash Percussion
June 20th - 22nd, Elizabeth Fort, Cork, Three new pieces for percussion sextet by Amanda Feery, Tom Lane and Alex Petcu, to be performed outdoors as part of Cork Midsummer Festival

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New Music Dublin: Evlana
April 23rd, Smock Alley, Performance of Donnacha Dennehy's Paddy

Crash Ensemble: New Music Dublin
April 24th, Smock Alley, Free State 13, Part 1
April 24th, Smock Alley, Wingform by Barry O'Halpin
April 25th, Smock Alley, Free State 13, Part 2
April 25th, Smock Alley, Bekah Simms / ELLLL

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Finding a Voice
March 5th, Clonmel
Live streamed concert featuring solo percussion works by female composers

La Boheme
March 13th, Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin
Live streamed concert production of La Boheme, with Irish National Opera

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Hard Rain Ensemble
February 12th, From home
Recording of solo work "Let's Dance" by Piers Hellawell.

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Irish Baroque Orchestra
December 3rd, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Live streamed concert of Handel's Messiah

Hard Rain Ensemble
December 17th and 18thQueens University, Belfast
Recording work.

Cork Opera House Christmas Concert
December 19th, Cork Opera House
Live streamed concert.

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Crash Ensemble
November 11th, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Live streamed concert from the NCH featuring Julius Eastman's "Femenine"

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National Symphony Orchestra
October 30th, 2020, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Live streamed concert

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Esker Festival Orchestra
Sept 6th, Online
Performance of music by Bach, Mahler, Webern and two new pieces by Chris Moriarty and Peter Joyce. Recorded at Cork City Hall

Culture Night 2020
Sept 18th, Whale Theatre, Greysones
Solo performance.

Recorded concert for Galway 2020
Sept 26th, Coole Park, Co. Galway
Orchestral recorded project. New pieces by Anselm McDonnell and Timothy Doyle.

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Duo with Ioana Petcu-Colan
August 14th, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
Live performance of music for violin and percussion.

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Newry Chamber Music
July 8th, Online
Performance of L'Histoire du Tango by Astor Piazzolla, arranged for violin and marimba.

Clonmel Junction Festival, Between the Beats
July 12th, Online
A new set of songs written by Marian Ingoldsby, performed by Kelley Petcu and myself, visualised by creative media artist Eimear King.

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Moving On Music BRB Series
June 26th, Online
Pre-recorded video performance for this series by Moving On Music. Featuring music by Bach, Ravel and Komitas.

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Ireland Performs series
May 19th, Online
Live online performance for this series funded by Culture Ireland. Music for marimba, junk percussion, broken tiles and duos for soprano and marimba.

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New Music Dublin
March 1st, Performance of Matthew Whittall’s "ad puram annihilationem meam" with Chamber Choir Ireland
March 1st, Crash Ensemble: Free State 12, World premiere of 5 new pieces by up and coming composers.

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Pagliacci
February 16th, Cork Opera House
Opera Concert Series

Right Here Right Now festival
February 22nd and 23rd, Cork Opera House
Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra

Opera Gala
February 2nd, St. Peter's Church, Drogheda
in collaboration with Irish National Opera and Drogheda Classical Music.

New Music Dublin
February 28th, Crash Ensemble: World premiere of "Songs" by Daniel Bjarnason

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Bangers and Crash Percussion - How Aria?
January 12th, St. Patrick's Mental Health Services, Dublin
Performance of Goldbeater's Skin by Christopher Cerrone and a new commission for mezzo and percussion quartet by Amanda Feery. Part of First Fortnight festival in collaboration with Irish National Opera.

Bangers and Crash Percussion - Tuning Up
January 20th - 24th, 2020, various schools in Co. Cork
Outreach project hosted by the Cork County Council Arts Office in collaboration with West Cork Music. Visiting 10 schools in 1 week.

Deirdre and the Sons of Usna
January 25th - 28th, 2020, Everyman Theatre, Cork
Development of a new opera by John O'Brien with a performance on Jan 28th.

RTE Concert Orchestra
January 30th, 2020, National Concert Hall, Dublin
A Night at the Oscars

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RTÉ Lyric fm Choirs for Christmas
December 1st, University of Limerick concert hall
With the Irish Chamber Orchestra

Irish Baroque Orchestra: Messiah
December 5th to 7th, Wexford, Dublin and Galway
Performance of Handel's Messiah.

Cork Opera House Christmas Concert
December 16th and 17th, Cork Opera House
Opera Concert Series

The Snowman
December 21st to 23rd, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Annual NCH Christmas concerts

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Tosca
November 3rd, Cork Opera House
Opera Concert Series

The Best of John Williams
November 9th, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Dublin Concert Orchestra, presented by Raymond Gubbay Ltd.

Performance at Wexford Heritage Park>
November 10th, Wexford
Performance with Laura Hyland and others, featuring a new musical sculpture created for the Heritage Park.

Hard Rain Ensemble
November 30th, Queens Universaty, Belfast,
Performance of Steve Reich's Double Sextet along with other works. In collaboration with Maidan Voyage Dance Company.

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Bangers and Crash Percussion Group - Music Network Tour
Oct 2nd,, The Sugar Club, Dublin
Oct 3rd,, The Large Room, City Hall, Waterford
Oct 4th,, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray
Oct 5th,, Station House Theatre, Clifden
Oct 8th,, Dunmaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise
Oct 9th,, Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar
Oct 10th,, Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music
Oct 11th,, Glór theatre, Ennis
8 concert tour featuring a variety of music written for percussion, showing off the weird and wonderful sound worlds possible with this family of instruments.

Carnival of the Animals
Oct 14th - 16th,, Town Hall theatre, Galway
Performances as part of Barboro International Arts Festival for Children, in collaboration with Ficino Ensemble and Music for Galway.

Clare Memory Orchestra
Oct 26th,, Glor Theatre, Ennis
Performance of "The Vision Symphony", world premiere of a new work by composer Dave Flynn where the ensemble is joined by visually impaired and blind musicians.

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Crash Ensemble: Vagabones
Sept 6th and 7th,, Civic Theatre, Tallaght
Sept 10th,, An Táin Arts Centre, Dundalk
Sept 12th,, Collegiate Church of St Mary, Youghal
Sept 13th,, Theatre Royal, Waterford
World premiere of this new opera composed by Raymond Deane. In collaboration with Opera Collective Ireland.

Westport Chamber Music Festival
September 14th, 2019, Westport Town Hall Theatre
Concert featuring a range of classics and arrangements from the operatic and song repertoire with soprano Kelley Petcu, and also Golijov's Mariel to be performed with cellist, Isang Enders.

Bangers and Crash Percussion Group
Sept 17th-20th,
Community and school workshops related to October concert tour.

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Crash Ensemble: Kilkenny Arts Festival
August 16th, Kilkenny
Performance of a new work by Ed Bennett

Crash Ensemble: The Hunger
August 19th - 24th,, Abbey Theatre, Dublin
Performance of this opera composed by Donnacha Dennehy. Featuring world-renowned sean-nós singer Iarla ÓLionáird

RTE Concert Orchestra
August 20th, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Summer Lunchtime Concert

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Reception 31.07.19 Christian Wolff
July 31st, Lutheran Church, Dublin
RECEPTION presents the first performance of Composite (Exercise 36) by US composer, Christian Wolff, alongside new music by Rob Casey and Conal Ryan

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Pirates of Penzance
June 2nd, 2019, Cork Opera House
Opera Concert Series

Broadford Summer Concert
June 7th, 2019, Broadford Community Centre
Concert featuring a range of classics from the operatic and song repertoire.

The Stalls
June 12th - 14th, 2019, Cork Opera House
The final part of the chamber opera series ‘The House Trilogy’. Music by Tom Lane and libretto by Lily Akherman.

Proms concerts
June 21st to 23rd, 2019, Cork Opera House
Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra

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RTE National Symphony Orchestra
May 31st,, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Alpine Symphony.

Dēmos
May 18th, 2019, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
New dance and music collaborative project with the Liz Roche Company featuring music by David Coonan. The showing will be of a work-in-development and be part of Dublin Dance Festival.

The Armed Man
May 17th,, St Andrew's Church, Dublin
Performance of The Armed Man by Karl Jenkins with Enchiriadis Treis choir.

The Gift - a new work by Stephen Gardner
May 22nd,, Strokestown House, Roscommon
May 28th,, EPIC, Dublin
May 29th,, James Joyce Centre, Dublin
New work by composer Stephen Gardner. To be performed with Ellen Demos (vocals), Seán Mac Erlaine (clarinets, live processing) and Arun Rao (cello).

RTE National Symphony Orchestra
May 3rd,, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Close Encounters of the Third Kind.

Percussion Extravaganza
May 5th,, Cork School of Music
CITCSM Percussion Department concert. Performances by students of the CIT Cork School of Music.

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Duo project with Nathan Sherman
April 11th, The MAC, Belfast
April 14th, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
Music by Berio, Ian Wilson, Tigran Mansurian and more.

Crash Ensemble: Grey Area
April 19th,, The Complex, Dublin
Skate boarding feature gig! Irish premiere of Sam Perkin's Grey Area, Jennifer Walshe's /and jump from the Golden Gate Bridge.

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Crash Ensemble: New Music Dublin
March 1st, 2nd and 3rd, 2019, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Three concerts as part of this festival. One features Fausto Romitelli's wild WILD piece, Professor Bad Trip. The other presents six commissions by the following composers: Anselm McDonnell, David Bremner, Chris McCormack, Guillaume Auvray, Elis Czerniak and Maria Minguella. The final concert features Andriessen's Workers Union.

Crash Ensemble: The Second Violinist
March 7th - 9th,, Musiekegebouw, Amsterdam.
Two performances of this opera. Music by Donnacha Dennehy, libretto and direction by Enda Walsh.

Cork Orchestral Society: On Sequences
March 14th,, Cork School of Music.
Collaborative performance with composer/sound designer, Peter Power.

Terra Firmish
March 15th, Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin
Collaboration with Sean Mac Erlaine, Emma Kane, Maeve Gilchrist.

Marriage of Figaro
March 24th, Cork Opera House
Opera Concert Series

Hard Rain Ensemble: Across The Pond
March 27th - 30th (over Brexit weekend, yikes!), Belfast, Birmingham and Dublin
Three-concert tour featuring Elliot Carter's massive "Triple Duo" and Perry Goldstein's "Twittering Machine" among others.

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Crash Ensemble: Musica Nova
February 2nd and 3rd, 2019, Helsinki, Finland
Performance of two concerts at the prestigious Musica Nova festival. Will include the world premiere of "Grey Area" by Sam Perkin, a piece fusing his two passions; music and skateboarding.

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Ulster Orchestra
January 8th, 2019, Ulster Hall, Belfast
Contemporary music concert.

Bangers and Crash Percussion - Tuning Up
January 14th - 18th, 2019, various schools in Co. Cork
Outreach project hosted by the Cork County Council Arts Office in collaboration with West Cork Music. Visiting 10 schools in 1 week.

Bangers and Crash Percussion - Extra workshops
January 21st - 22nd, 2019, various schools in Clonmel
Outreach project. Visiting 4 schools.

Irish Baroque Orchestra: Come Ye Sons Of Art
January 26th, 2019, Christchurch Cathedral, Dublin
This project continues the IBO's rediscovery of forgotten masterpieces written and performed in Dublin during the 18th century.

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2018
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Duo project with Nathan Sherman
December 2nd, Kilkenny
Works include Naturale by Berio, music by Tigran Mansurian and more.

Irish Baroque Orchestra: Messiah
December 6th to 8th, Wexford, Dublin and Galway
Performance of Handel's Messiah.

SCI:COM
December 12th, DCU Dublin
Performance at this event that welcomes great minds from the area of science communication.

Hard Rain Ensemble
December 13th and 15th, 2018, Harty Room, Queens, Belfast
Duo performance with HRSE young artist Cathryn Lynch (13th) and ensemble performance on the 15th featuring Japanese composers.

Cork Opera House Christmas Concert
December 17th and 18th, 2018, Cork Opera House
Opera Concert Series

The Snowman
December 21st to 23rd, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Annual NCH Christmas concerts

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RTE Concert Orchestra
November 1st, 2018, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Jaws - In Concert

Crash Ensemble: Katie Kim
November 3rd, 2018, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Performance with Katie Kim

Stravinsky's Soldier's Tale
Early November, 2018, Northern Ireland
Short tour with Fews Ensemble and Ciaran Hinds

Bangers and Crash Percussion: Workshops for Science Week
November 12th - 14th, 2018, ESB Head Office, Dublin
Workshops for children that teach how music and science are inter-linked

Rigoletto
November 16th, 2018, Cork Opera House
Opera Concert Series

An Evening of Extraordinary Ideas
November 17th, 2018, Whale Theatre, Greystones
Due concert with Lina Andonovska

Duo project with Nathan Sherman
November 16th, UCC, Cork
November 22nd, Maynooth University
Works include Naturale by Berio, music by Tigran Mansurian and more.

The Diary of Anne Frank
November 25th, 2018, Belfast
Performance of Grigoy Frid's monodrama "The Diary of Anne Frank", promoted by Moving On Music

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National Symphony Orchestra
October 8th, 2018, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Music of Our Time

RTE Concert Orchestra
October 17th, 2018, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Giants of Jazz

Generation Tomorrow
October 17th, 2018, City Hall, Dublin
Performance at an event marking the launch of ESB's new Generation Tomorrow programme supporting STEAM education in Ireland.

Ondine: Ravel and Beyond
October 18th, 2018, Dublin
Performance of Ondine by Siobhan Cleary among others works.

Crash Ensemble: Tradition Now
October 24th, 2018, National Concert Hall
Performance of a new piece with Iarla O'Lionaird by Kate Moore.

RTE Concert Orchestra
October 31st, 2018, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Jaws - In Concert

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The Mikado
September 15th, 2018, Cork Opera House
Opera Concert Series

Business to Arts awards
September 4th, 2018, Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin
Solo performance

The Second Violinist
September 6th - 8th, 2018, Barbican, London
Performance with Crash Ensemble

Music Under The Arches
September 21st, 2018, Main Guard, Clonmel
A mixture of classical works and popular arrangements with Kelley Lonergan

RTE Concert Orchestra
September 20th, 2018, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Show Stoppers

RTE Concert Orchestra
September 27th, 2018, National Concert Hall, Dublin
The Best of John Williams

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RTE Concert Orchestra
August 16th, 2018, Fleadh Cheoil, Drogheda
August 17th, 2018, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Zoë Conway & John Mc Intyre with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

Another Love Story
August 18th, 2018, Killyon Manor, Co. Meath
Chilled out, sound bath performance.

RTE Concert Orchestra
August 28th, 2018, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Summer Lunchtim Concert with Jennifer Davis

Summer Concert Series with Zoe Conway & John McIntyre
August 5th, 2018, Carlingford Heritage Centre
Performance of some solo material as well as some arrangements with John and Zoe.

Solo with the Irish Chamber Orchestra
August 10th, 2018, St. Candice's Cathedral, Kilkenny
Peformance of Sam Perkins "365 Variations on a Gesture" at the Kilkenny Arts Festival

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Emerald Isle concerts
June 1st and 3rd, 2018, Limerick and Dublin

Backstage
19th - 21st June, 2018, Cork Opera House
New short chamber opera composed by Tom Lane as part of Cork Midsummer Festival 2018. A sequel to "Front Of House" which pemiered at the previous Midsummer festival.

Camille O'Sullivan with Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra
22nd June, 2018, Cork Opera House
Performing with Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra

An Exploration of Resonance
23rd June, 2018, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
Building on a performance that took place at this year's Quarter Block Party, this event explores the resonance and interplay between various resonant percussion instruments such as gongs, bell plates, temple bowls, cymbals and crotales.

Bangers and Crash Percussion
June 30th, 2018, Bantry
Performance as part of the West Cork Chamber Music Fringe festival.

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Hard Rain Ensemble
May 12th, 2018, Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
Involute: Henze feature

Brahms Requiem
May 19th, 2018, Cathedral of the Assumption, Carlow
With the Carlow Choral Society

Hard Rain Ensemble
May 27th, 2018, Ulster Museum, Belfast
The Chronic Identity of Pamplemousse

Recital with Ken Edge
May 30th, 2018, Recital Room, Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin
Featuring music by Yuyama, Stockhausen and many more.

Solo Recital at the Cork School of Music
May 31st, 2018, CIT Cork School of Music
Recital as Artist in Residence. Featuring music by Iannis Xenakis, Donal Sarsfield, J. S. Bach, Yannis Kyriakides, Gene Koshinski and Kevin Volans.

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One Here Now: A Sonic Theatre
April 21st and 22nd, 2018, Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh
Collaborative project with Ann Cleare and Tonnta

Crash Ensemble
April 27th, 2018, Cincinnati, USA
Homecoming in association with MusicNOW. Schnee by Abrahamsen

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RTE Concert Orchestra
March 22nd, 2018, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Young Voices of Ireland

At The Drawing Room
March 25th, 2018, Belvedere House, Dublin
Solo recital

RTE Concert Orchestra
March 28th, 2018, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Essential Classics: Nordic Delights

Cavalleria Rusticana
Mar 31st, 2018, Cork Opera House
Opera Concert Series

Powder Her Face: Thomas Ades
Mar 1st - Solstice Arts Centre, Navan
Mar 3rd - Hawk's Well Theatre, Sligo
Mar 6th and 7th - O'Reilly Theatre, Dublin
Mar 9th - Siamsa Tire, Tralee
Nationwide Tour with Opera Theatre Company

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Quarter Block Party
Feb 4th, 2018, St. Peters, North Main St., Cork
New experimental concert featuring gongs, bell plates, temple bowls, cymbals, crotales and other resonant instruments

La Boheme
Feb 4th, 2018, Cork Opera House
Opera Concert Series

Cork Concert Orchestra
Feb 10th, 2018, Cork City Hall
Stravinsky's Rite of Spring

Powder Her Face: Thomas Ades
Feb 24th - National Opera House, Wexford
Feb 27th - Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny
Nationwide Tour with Opera Theatre Company

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Solo Recital: Queens University
January 11th, 2018, Queens, Belfast
Music by Volans, Hurel, Sarhan, Zivkovic and more.

Ulster Orchestra
January 16th, 2018, Ulster Hall, Belfast
Contemporary music concert featuring music by Greg Caffrey, Ed Bennett and more.

Solo Recital: Sunday at Noon Series
January 21st, 2018, Queens, Belfast
Music by Debussy, Bach, Donatoni, Sarhan, Zivkovic and more.

Bangers and Crash Percussion - Tuning Up
January 22nd - 26th, 2017, various school in Co. Cork
Outreach project hosted by the Cork County Council Arts Office in collaboration with West Cork Music. Visiting 10 schools in 1 week.

Solo Recitals: Music For Galway
January 31st, 2018, Queens, Belfast
2 recitals, 1pm The Cube, NUIG and 6pm, Portershed (both in Galway).
Music by Debussy, Bach, Donatoni, Sarhan, Zivkovic and more.

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Irish Baroque Orchestra: Messiah
December 7th - 9th, 2017, Wexford, Dublin and Galway
Handel's Messiah

NCH Christmas Show featuring The Snowman
December 15th - 17th, 2017, National Concert Hall, Dublin

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Cork Fleischmann Symphony Orchestra
November 11th, 2017, City Hall, Cork
Timpano by Sam Perkin as well as Scheherazade by Rimsky-Korsakov and Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 3

Conversations Across Time
November 18th, 2017, Solstice Arts Centre, Dublin
Project with Dumbworld (Brian Irvine and John McIlduff)

Crash Ensemble
November 24th and 25th, 2017, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Crash 20th Birthday concerts featuring new pieces that were premiered during the Crashlands project.

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The Second Violinist
October 2nd - 8th, O'Reilly Theatre, Dublin
A new opera by Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh, performed at Dublin Theatre Festival, presented by Landmark Productions and Wide Open Opera

RTE National Symphony Orchestra
October 13th, 2017, National Concert Hall
Friday Evening concert

RTE Concert Orchestra
October 18th, 2017, National Concert Hall
Hooray for Hollywood: A Tribute to Henry Mancini

RTE National Symphony Orchestra
October 20th, 2017, National Concert Hall
Friday Evening concert

Irish Composers Collective: In Dialogue
October 23rd, 2017, Woodquay Venue, Dublin
Duo concert with Brian Dungan featuring Steve Reich's Nagoya Marimbas and several works by ICC composers

Crash Ensemble at Gaida Festival
October 26th, 2017, Vilnius, Lithuania
Concert as part of Gaida contemporary music festival.

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RTE Concert Orchestra
September 14th, 2017, National Concert Hall

Levin & Levin
September 19th - 23rd, 2017, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
Levin & Levin is the story of Ida and Bubbie, escapees from the Russian pogroms of the early 1900’s. Dressed as boys to save their lives, the girls eventually become Europe’s most famous male impersonators. Written by Aideen Wylde. Musical direction by John O'Brien

Solo with the Irish Chamber Orchestra
September 27th - 29th, Dublin, Cork and Limerick
World Premiere of Sam Perkin's "365 Variations on a Gesture" for percussionist and string orchestra.

Breath Upon The Flame
September 30th, St. Finbarr's Cathedral, Cork
Concert with Eimear Quinn and Dublin Brass Ensemble

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RTE Concert Orchestra
August 1st, 2017, National Concert Hall
Summer Lunchtime Concert Series

CrashLands Kerry
May 27th, 2017, Co. Kerry
Celebration of Crash Ensemble's 20th birthday. 20 new pieces by Irish and international composers with performances in unusual rural locations scattered across Ireland - Cahersiveen Festival of Music and Arts

The Arrival of Mr. Handel
August 13th, St. Candice's Cathedral, Kilkenny Arts Festival
Ensemble Marsyas (directed by Peter Whelan). The ensemble explores the rich musical milieu into which Handel was thrown, performing a broad selection of pieces by Handel and his contemporaries.

Mr. Handel's Messiah
August 15th, St. Candice's Cathedral, Kilkenny Arts Festival
Peter Whelan conducts the first Irish performance in modern times of the original Dublin version of Messiah.

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West Cork Chamber Music Festival
July 4th, 2017, St. Brendan's Church, Bantry
Coffee Concert. Featuring "The Consolation of Rain" by David Bruce, with Olivier Doise (oboe), Andreja Malir (harp) and Camille Thomas (cello).

Crash Ensemble and Sam Amidon
July 8th, 2017, Clonmel
Celebration of Crash Ensemble's 20th birthday. 20 new pieces by Irish and international composers with performances in unusual rural locations scattered across Ireland - Clonmel Junction Festival

CrashLands Clonmel
July 9th, 2017, Clonmel
Celebration of Crash Ensemble's 20th birthday. 20 new pieces by Irish and international composers with performances in unusual rural locations scattered across Ireland - Clonmel Junction Festival

RTE National Symphony Orchestra
July 11th, 2017, National Concert Hall
Summer Lunchtime Concert Series

CrashLands Leitrim
July 12th, 2017, Leitrim
Celebration of Crash Ensemble's 20th birthday. 20 new pieces by Irish and international composers with performances in unusual rural locations scattered across Ireland - Water Music Festival

CrashLands Donegal
July 23rd, 2017, Arranmore, Co. Donegal
Celebration of Crash Ensemble's 20th birthday. 20 new pieces by Irish and international composers with performances in unusual rural locations scattered across Ireland - Earagail Arts Festival

The Second Violinist
July 26th - 30th, Black Box Theatre, Galway
A new opera by Donnacha Dennehy and Enda Walsh, to be premiered at the Galway International Arts Festival.

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CrashLands Inishbofin
June 1st, 2017, Inishbofin
Celebration of Crash Ensemble's 20th birthday. 20 new pieces by Irish and international composers with performances in unusual rural locations scattered across Ireland - Fastnet Film Festival

Bartok's Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion
June 4th, 2017, Cork School of Music
Performance with Steve Kelly, Gabriela Mayer and Gary Beecher.

National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
June 9th, 2017, National Concert Hall
Music by Debussy, Ravel, Gershwin and more.

CrashLands Carlow
June 13th, 2017, Carlow
Celebration of Crash Ensemble's 20th birthday. 20 new pieces by Irish and international composers with performances in unusual rural locations scattered across Ireland - Carlow Arts Festival

Front Of House
June 23rd to 25th, 2017, Cork Opera House
New short opera with composer Tom Lane at the Cork Opera House for Cork Midsummer Festival. With Kelley Lonergan, Emma Nash, Majella Cullagh and Carolyn Goodwin.

HomeSpace
June 17th, 2017,St. Peters, North Main St, Cork
HomeSpace is an innovative and absorbing work for soundtrack and percussionist by Cork Phonographers Union. Music by Ian Wilson

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Crash Ensemble
May 5th, National Concert Hall
Free State 10! New works by a variety of composers including Finola Merivale, Robert Coleman and many more.

Galway Music Residency
May 6th, 2017, Galway City Museum
Short solo concert at 11am.

National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
May 12th, 2017, National Concert Hall
Music by Shostakovich and Stravinsky

Crashing Through Fences - a concert of new music
May 22nd, 2017, Lutheran Hall, Dublin
Concert with Lina Andonovska and Ena Brennan.

CrashLands Schull
May 27th, 2017, Schull, Co. Cork
Celebration of Crash Ensemble's 20th birthday. 20 new pieces by Irish and international composers with performances in unusual rural locations scattered across Ireland.

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Verdi Requiem
April 2nd, 2017, NUI Maynooth
with Gavin Ring (soloist)

Night Music Series
April 5th, 2017, Duncairn Arts Centre, Belfast
Concert with Ioana Petcu-Colan. Hosted by the Belfast Music Society

Solo Concert at the Royal Irish Academy of Music
April 7th, 2017, RIAM, Dublin
Solo percussion recital featuring a wide range of instruments and composers. Works include Wolkenstudie by Johannes Fischer, Omar II by Donatoni, Asanga by Kevin Volans and much more.

Our Tunes
April 8th, 2017, CMC, Dublin
Short performances for kids at the Contemporary Music Centre, curated by Adrian Mantu.

Crash Ensemble
April 8th, 2017, Dublin
Collaboration with singer-songwriter, Katie Kim

Levin & Levin
April 10th - 15th, 2017, Everyman Theatre, Cork
Levin & Levin is the story of Ida and Bubbie, escapees from the Russian pogroms of the early 1900’s. Dressed as boys to save their lives, the girls eventually become Europe’s most famous male impersonators. Musical direction by John O'Brien

Crash Ensemble
April 17th, 2017, Dublin
Collaboration with Adrian Crowley as part of Cruinniú na Cásca

Hard Rain Ensemble
April 21st, 2017, Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
Concert featuring works by Iannis Xenakis and more.

Crash Ensemble
April 29th, St. Peter's Church, Drogheda
World premiere of new work by James Dillon. Hosted by the Louth Contemporary Music Society. With soprano Peyee Chen conducted by Andrew Synnott.

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Crash Ensemble
March 2nd - 4th, 2017, New Music Dublin, National Concert Hall
Various concerts and events as part of this festival featuring music by Thomas Ades, Gerald Barry. New commissions by Stephen Gardner and Christopher Mayo.

Bangers and Crash Percussion (Kaleidoscope Night)
March 4th, 2017, New Music Dublin, National Concert Hall
John Cage's Living Room Music with Aoife Ni Bhriain.

Kaleidoscope Night
March 8th, 2017, Bello Bar, Dublin
New piece "Sun Stands Still" by Amanda Feery

Dublin Philharmonic Society
March 18th, 2017, Dublin
Marimba recital.

The Eurydice Project
March 22nd - April 1st, 2017, Project Arts Centre, Dublin
Collaborative project written by Joanna Crawley, music by Jane Deasy.
"A radically new retelling of the Orpheus and Eurydice myth"

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Hard Rain Ensemble
February 20th, 2017, Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
Concert featuring works by Queens University composers

Carmen
February 25th, 2017, Cork Opera House, Cork
Concert version conducted by John O'Brien

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Bangers and Crash Percussion - Tuning Up
January 23rd - 27th, 2017, various school in Co. Cork
Outreach project hosted by the Cork County Council Arts Office in collaboration with West Cork Music. Visiting 10 schools in 1 week.

Hard Rain Ensemble
January 21st, 2017, Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
Concert with guest artist, Garth Knox featuring works by Morton Feldman and more.

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Messiah - Irish Baroque Orchestra
December 8th to 10th, 2016, Tour - Baroque
Performances in Dublin, Cork and Galway

Bangers and Crash Percussion - Making Sense of Sound
December 14th, 2016, Richmond Barracks, Dublin. Outreach project
Performance with kids from the Family Resource Centre in Inchicore

Cork Opera House Christmas Concert
December 19th, 2015, Cork Opera House, Cork
A variety of music conducted by John O'Brien.

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Crash Ensemble
November 2nd and 3rd, 2016, Reykjavik, Iceland
Crash Ensemble with Bedroom Community artists

RTE Concert Orchestra
November 21st, 2016, Aula Maxima, Cork
Recording for TV

RTE National Symphony Orchestra
November 25th, 2016, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Shostakovich Symphony No. 15

Crash Ensemble
November 26th, 2016, Explore North Festival, Holland - Contemporary Chamber
Concert with Adrian Crowley

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Crash Ensemble
October 1st, 2016, Bandon - Contemporary Chamber
Concert with Adrian Crowley

Bangers and Crash Percussion - Westport Arts Festival
October 2nd, 2016, Holy Trinity Church, Westport
Music by Thierry de Mey, Steve Reich, Philip Glass and more.

Bangers and Crash Percussion - Kaleidoscope Night
October 5th, 2016, Bello Bar, Dublin
Music for Pieces of Wood by Steve Reich and Musique de Table by Thierry de Mey.

Crash Ensemble
October 19th, 2016, Belfast - Contemporary Chamber
The Dark Places by Donnacha Dennehy

Solo Recital - Cork Orchestral Society
October 20th, 2016, Cork School of Music
Music by Steve Reich, Per Norgard, Philip Glass and more.

R.T.E. Concert Orchestra
October 30th, 2016, Bord Gais Energy Theatre
Jeff Mills and the RTE Concert Orchestra

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Kaperlak
September 14th - 17th, 2016, Pearse Centre, Dublin - Theatre
New piece by composer, Jane Deasy. Kaperlak is the name of the season in Greenland when the sun doesn't rise.

R.T.E. National Symphony Orchestra
September 23rd, 2016, National Concert Hall
Music by Donnacha Dennehy, Deirdre Gribbin, Brian Irvine, Stephen Gardner and Andrew Hamilton.

Crash Ensemble
September 24th, 2016, National Concert Hall, Dublin - Contemporary Chamber
Composing the Island. Concert works by Donnacha Dennehy, Deirdre Gribbin, Deirdre McKay and many more.

Crash Ensemble
September 30th, 2016, Bandon - Contemporary Chamber
Concert with Katie Kim

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R.T.E. Concert Orchestra
August 5th, 2016, National Concert Hall
Music of John Williams

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Recital with Kelley Lonergan
Midday, July 9th, 2016, Civic Offices Amphitheatre, Dublin - Solo
Recital with soprano Kelley Lonergan featuring arrangements of songs for soprano and marimba or vibraphone. Part of the Clonmel Junction Festival.

Invitation to a Journey
July 9th to 16th, 2016, Galway International Arts Festival
New collaborative project with Crash Ensemble, Coiscéim Dance Theatre and Fishamble: The New Play Company.
A collaboration between award-winning companies that combines dance, music and theatre to create a compelling illustration of Eileen Gray, a once-forgotten but now celebrated Irish designer and architect.

Wood Quay Summer Sessions
July 14th, 2016, Civic Offices Amphitheatre, Dublin - Solo
Performing selections from Tom Lane's "Beats, Bells and Bridges". Also sharing the concert with Sean Mac Erlaine.

Invitation to a Journey
July 20th to 24th, 2016, Project Arts Centre
New collaborative project with Crash Ensemble, Coiscéim Dance Theatre and Fishamble: The New Play Company.

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La Bohème
June 1st - Town Hall Theatre, Galway
June 3rd - Hawk's Well Theatre, Sligo
Nationwide Tour with Opera Theatre Company

Bangers and Crash Percussion
June 10th and 11th, 2016, Killaloe
Workshops and concert as part of the Killaloe Chamber Music Festival. Duo with Maeve O'Hara

Centre Stage Concert
June 16th, 2016, Killruddery House, Wiklow
Evening recital with guests, Kelley Lonergan and Kate Ellis.

Bangers and Crash Percussion
June 18th, 2016, Arthur's Pub, The Liberties, Dublin
Trio concert in an intimate setting.

Bangers and Crash Percussion
June 19th, 2016, Woodlands Stage, Body and Soul Festival
Trio concert featuring an ecclectic mix of music ranging from contemporary repertoire, arrangements and more.

Beats, Bells and Bridges
June 25th and 26th, 2016, Various locations in Cork
Performance of three outdoor, site-specific pieces in various locations in Cork that are interesting acousitcally in some way. Pieces composed by Tom Lane.

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Crawford Summer Lunchtime Concert Series
May 19th, 2016, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork - Chamber Music
Recital with soprano Kelley Lonergan featuring arrangements of songs for soprano and marimba or vibraphone.

The Magic of Vienna
May 10th, 2016, National Concert Hall, Dublin

La Bohème
May 13th and 15th - O'Reilly Theatre Belvedere College, Dublin
May 17th - Limetree Theatre, Limerick
May 19th - National Opera House, Wexford
May 22nd - Glor, Ennis
May 25th - An Grianan, Letterkenny
May 27th - Solstice Arts Centre, Navan
May 30th - Watergate Theatre, Kilkenny
Nationwide Tour with Opera Theatre Company

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Kaleidoscope Night
April 6th, 2016, Dublin
Music by Andy Akiho.

Our Tunes
April 16th, 2016, Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin
A one-day festival of contemporary music designed for children.

RTE National Symphony Orchestra
April 19th, 2016, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Music by Kaija Saariaho and Linda Buckley.

The Barber of Seville
April 16th, Wexford Opera House
April 20th, 22nd and 23d, Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin
Wide Open Opera production

Workshop for composition students in Maynooth University
April 28th, 2016, Maynooth

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R.T.E. Concert Orchestra
March 9th, 2016, National Concert Hall
That's Entertainment. A Celebration of MGM musicals

Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble
March 11th, 2016, Bangor
Music by Steve Reich.

Crash Ensemble
March 2016, Dublin - Contemporary Chamber
Free State 9. Concert featuring new compositions selected from a call for scores.

Crash Ensemble (Imagining Home: On Revolution)
March 31st, 2016, National Concert Hall, Dublin - Contemporary Chamber
Première of Casement/Conrad by Colm Tóibín and Donnacha Dennehy

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Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble
February 6th, 2016, Belfast
Concert featuring works by Elliott Carter, Ian Wilson and more.

Irish Composers Collective concert
February 7th, 2016, Cork
Seven new pieces composed for Samuel Solomon's "Setup No. 1".
Part of Quarter Block Party festival in Cork

Bangers and Crash Percussion
February 7th, 2016, Cork
Short pieces written especially for the Quarter Block Party festival, to be performed in shops on North Main St. Cork and using materials from the shops as instruments.
Quarter Block Party

R.T.E. Concert Orchestra
February 10th, 2016, National Concert Hall
Bond and Beyond: A Tribute to John Barry

Workshop for composition students in Maynooth University
February 11th, 2016, Maynooth

Concerts with the Con Tempo Quartet
February 12th, Sligo
February 13th, Tullynally Castle
Same repertoire as January concert.

Workshop week with Dumbworld
February 22nd to 28th, 2016, Belfast - Contemporary Chamber

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Concert with "The Lassus Scholars"
January 27th, 2016, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Mozart's Requiem

Concert with the Con Tempo Quartet
January 28th, 2016, Limerick
Music by Ney Rosauro, Osvaldo Golijov, Sam Perkin and more.

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Christmas by Candlelight
December 19th, 2015, Old St. Mary's Church, Clonmel
Concert with Kelley Lonergan, local choirs and more.

Cork Christmas Concert
December 21st, 2015, Cork Opera House, Cork
A variety of music conducted by John O'Brien.

Crash Ensemble
December 4th - 11th, 2015, Dublin - Contemporary Chamber
Various workshops for future projects with Crash in collaboration with others.

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Kaleidoscope Night
November 4th, 2015, Bello Bar, Dublin
Chamber music. Performance of Berio's Naturale

Handel's Messiah in Lausanne, Switzerland
November 15th, 2015, Lausanne
Irish Baroque Orchestra

Irish Heritage Concert
November 17th, 2015,The Forge, Camden, London
Solo recital featuring music by Steve Reich, Joseph Schwantner, Keiko Abe, Debussy, J.S. Bach and more.

Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble
November 21st, 2015, Belfast
Concert with this new Belfast-based contemporary ensemble. Featuring works by Pierre Boulez and Steve Reich.

A Most Peculiar Wintry Thing,
November 23rd - 28th, 2015, Chamber ensemble
A piece for children composed by Brian Irvine.
Tour of Northern Ireland, hosted by Moving On Music

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Crash Ensemble - Dancehall
October 1st, George Bernard Shaw Theatre, Carlow
Collaboration with the Emma Martin Dance company featuring a new score by Andrew Hamilton for piano, percussion (and keyboard) and cello.

Crash Ensemble - Dancehall
October 8th - 11th, Samuel Beckett Theatre, Dublin
Dublin Theatre Festival

Irish Chamber Orchestra
October 14th and 15th, 2015, Limerick - Orchestral
Carnival of the Animals

Crash Ensemble - Gaida Festival, Lithuania
October 25th, Contemporary Arts Centre, Vilnius
Music by Terry Riley, Steve Reich, Donnacha Dennehy and Michael Gordon.

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Crash Ensemble: Stories Through Sound
September 9th, Spiegeltent, Wolfe Tone Square
In C by Terry Riley. Collaboration with Adrian Crowley, Nina Perry and Sounds Alive, Dublin Fringe Fest

Lismore Suite
September 12th, 2015, (8pm), Lismore Castle
Collaboration with Bryce Dessner, Aaron Dessner, Lisa Hannigan, Kate Ellis and more on a new piece by Bryce Dessner.

WoodMetalWater - Bangers and Crash Percussion Group
September 19th, 2015, (1pm), Cork - CIT Cork School of Music, Curtis Auditorium
An highly engaging concert featuring music by Louis Andriessen, Steve Reich, Donnacha Dennehy and more.

Carinae - Eat My Noise
September 20th, 2015, (10pm), Cork - Triskel Christchurch
A highly immersive new electroacoustic work featuring a range of soloists, the Cork Concert Orchestra, Voice Effect choir and more.

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R.T.E. Concert Orchestra
August 21st and 22nd, 2015, National Concert Hall
The John Williams Collection

R.T.E. Concert Orchestra
August 11th, 2015, National Concert Hall
Lunchtime Concert

Recital in the John Field Room
August, 2015, National Concert Hall
Solo and chamber music repertoire

R.T.E. Concert Orchestra
August 18th, 2015, National Concert Hall
Lunchtime Concert

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Bold As Brass
June 21st, 2015, Cork Midsummer Festival - Educational and large festival project
Composed by Jason Yarde for UK based music organisation "Serious", BOLD as BRASS is a large scale, outdoor, promenade performance involving over 100 musicians of all levels.

Cork Opera House 160th anniversary gala concert
June 13th, 2015, National Concert Hall
Solo marimba with the R.T.E. Concert Orchestra and Prodijig dance company

R.T.E. Concert Orchestra
June 11th, 2015, National Concert Hall
Essential Classics

Sacrum Profanum
June 9th, 2015, Belfast MAC Theatre - Contemporary Chamber Music
World premiere of a new piece by Benjamin Dwyer featuring Garth Knox (viola), Kimberly Campanello (narrator), Aoife Miskelly (soprano), Áine Ní Dhroighneáin (sean nos singer) and Donnacha Dwyer (uilleann pipes).

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Crash Ensemble
May 3rd - 7th, 2015, Dublin - Contemporary Chamber
Recording

Elgar's "The Apostles"
May 9th, 2015, RDS Concert Hall
Performance with the Guinness Choir

R.T.E. Concert Orchestra
May 30th, 2015, National Concert Hall
Cavalleria Rusticana

Crash Ensemble
May 23rd and 27th, 2015, Samuel Beckett Theatre
A Brief Glimpse of The End, Dublin Dance Festival.
A project in development to be performed later in the year in full. Emma Martin Dance company. Score by Andrew Hamilton for piano, percussion and cello.

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Beyond Border Percussion Group
April 2nd, 2015, Cork School of Music - Chamber music
International percussion trio with Vassilena Serafimova and Garrett Mendelow. Hosted by Cork Orchestral Society

Crash Ensemble
April 10th, Dublin - Contemporary Chamber
Workshop for a project in 2016

Dublin Händelian Orchestra
April 13th, 2015, Fishamble Street and NCH

Limerick Choral Union
April 25th, 2015, University of Limerick Concert Hall

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Crash Ensemble: New Music Dublin 2015
March 6th and 7th, 2015, National Concert Hall - Contemporary Chamber
Music by Steve Reich, Julia Wolfe and others.

Hibernian Orchestra
March 8th, 2015, RDS
Shostakovich Symphony No. 5.

R.T.E. Concert Orchestra
March 11th, 2014, National Concert Hall
Heroes in Hollywood

Galway Music Residency concert
March 14th, 2015, Galway - Solo and Chamber Music
Concert in Galway with the Con Tempo Quartet.

Crash Ensemble (United States)
March 25th, 2015, Virginia Tech - Contemporary Chamber
Music by Donnacha Dennehy and others.

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Bangers and Crash Percussion Group - Musique de Table
Feb 6th, 2015, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
Performance of Thierry de Mey's Musique de Table the the Quarter Block Party arts festival

Solo Recital
Feb 5th, 2015, Cork School of Music, Cork - Solo recital
Solo lunchtime recital performed as one of the Cork School of Music artists in residence for 2015.

National Concert Hall Rising Star Recital
Feb 17th, 2015, National Concert Hall, Dublin - Solo and chamber music
A high energy, high impact recital featuring some of the best music every written for percussion. Alex will be joined by his sister Ioana and percussionists Chris Stynes, Maeve O'Hara and Caitriona Frost.

Bangers and Crash Percussion Group - School Workshops
Feb 23rd and 26th, 2015, Cork
Performance and workshops for primary schools in Cork

Faust (Gounod)
Feb 20th to 28th, 2015, Everyman Theatre, Cork - Opera
Opera presented by the Cork Operatic Societyand the Everyman, directed by John O'Brien and designed by Lisa Zagone.

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2014
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R.T.E. National Symphony Orchestra
December 18th, 2014, National Concert Hall
Celine Byrne gala concerts

A Most Peculiar Wintry Thing with Music Network
November and December, 2014, Chamber ensemble
A piece for children composed especially for this tour by Brian Irvine.

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R.D.S. Rising Stars concert
November 19th, 2014, R.D.S. concert hall - Solo
Performance of several solo pieces.

Percussion sextet at the Tromp International Percussion Competition and Festival
November 3rd to 7th, 2014, Eindhoven - Chamber Music
Performance of Pleiades by Iannis Xenakis with former Tromp competitors.

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R.T.E. Concert Orchestra
October 15th, 2014, National Concert Hall
Faure's Requiem, Ravel's Mother Goose suite and more.

An Evening with the Classics
October 18th, 2014,St. Mary's Church, Clonmel, Co. Tipperary
Chamber concert with Kelley Lonergan and Mairead Hurley.

Ulster Orchestra
October 31st, 2014, Belfast
A Fanfare to Fate

Performance at the Irish Freemasons Young Musician of the Year final, 2014
October 11th, 2014 Solo
Previous year's winner's performance.

Workshops for West Cork Music's "Tuning Up" programme
October 6th to 10st, 2014 Various schools - Outreach
School workshops. Bangers and Crash Percussion Duo

Stravinsky's Histoire du Soldat
October 3rd - 5th, 2014, Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin - Chamber Music
Produced by Ensemble Music, a new music production company based in Dublin.

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R.T.E. Concert Orchestra
September 19th, 2014, Meeting House Square
Culture Night

R.T.E. Concert Orchestra
September 18th, 2014, National Concert Hall
Signature Series with Milos Karadaglic (guitar)

A.R.D. Competition
September 1st to 10th, 2014, Munich - Competition
Solo percussion competition

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Solo engagement with the R.T.E. Concert Orchestra
August 5th, 2014, NCH - Solo with orchestra
Performance of Emmanuel Sejourne's marimba concerto.

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Listen at Lilliput
July 27th, 2014, Lilliput Press - Solo
Performance of works by Francois Sarhan, Conal Ryan and Sarah Wentworth.

Percussive Counterpoint
July 4th, 2014, NCH Kevin Barry Room - Solo recital
Performance of several classics for solo percussion including Rebonds by Iannis Xenakis and Paddy by Donnacha Dennehy as well as some new works including compositions by Tom Lane from the Twelfth Night production at the Abbey Theatre.

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R.T.E. National Symphony Orchestra
June 24th, 2014, National Concert Hall
Summer Lunchtime Concert Series

R.T.E. Concert Orchestra
June 21st, 2013, National Concert Hall
A Night on the Town. The music of Gershwin and Bernstein.

Crash Ensemble
June 18th, 2014, Piperworks Festival - Contemporary Chamber
World premiere of Antifone by Pier Damiano Peretti.

R.T.E. National Symphony Orchestra
June 10th, 2014, National Concert Hall
Summer Lunchtime Concert Series

Hibernian Orchestra
June 11th, 2014, National Concert Hall
Mahler Symphony No. 6 and Shostakovich Violin Concerto No. 1.

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Irish Chamber Orchestra
May 29th and 30th, 2014, Limerick - Orchestral with Ballet
Repertoire: Shchedrin, Carmen Suite after Bizet.

Twelfth Night
April 25th to May 24th, 2014, Abbey Theatre, Dublin - Music for theatre
Performing as a solo musician for this production of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Music will be composed by Tom Lane

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Crash Ensemble
April 4th, 2014, The Shed, Galway - Contemporary Chamber
Concert is hosted by Music for Galway

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Crash Ensemble
March 20th, 2014, Cork Opera House - Contemporary Chamber
Concert will include music by Nico Muhly and Michael Gordon as well as new works by David Flynn and Niall Vallely.

Crash Ensemble (Trailblaze)
March 17th, 2014, Mansion House, Dublin - Contemporary Chamber
Part of Trailblaze event for St. Patrick's Day.

Crash Ensemble
March 7th and 8th, 2014, National Concert Hall - Contemporary Chamber
Two concerts as part of the New Music Dublin festival. One concert will include "XY" by Michael Gordon for solo percussion.

One to One concert
March 7th, 2014, Kevin Barry Room, NCH, Dublin - Solo
Loops II

Kaleidoscope Night
March 5th, 2014, Odessa Club, Dublin - Solo
Playing some Bach

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Workshop for DkIT
Feb 20th, DkIT - Solo
Workshop

Workshop for UCC composers
Feb 10th, UCC - Solo
Several new pieces for percussion!

Makeshift Ensemble, Quarter
Feb 1st, 2014, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork - Solo recital
Presentation of works for solo percussion by local composers

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Workshops for West Cork Music's "Tuning Up" programme
Jan 20th to 31st, 2014 Various schools - Outreach
School workshops. Bangers and Crash Percussion Duo

Cork New Music Ensemble
Jan 16th, 2014, Cork School of Music - Chamber music
New works by several composers. Hosted by Cork Orchestral Society

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R.T.E. Concert Orchestra
Dec 20th to 22nd, 2013, National Concert Hall
Snowman.

National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
Dec 17th, 2013, National Concert Hall
Christmas lunchtime concert.

Irish Composers Collective Duo Concert
December, 2013, National Concert Hall, Dublin - Chamber Music
Performance of several new compositions for saxophone and marimba by members of the ICC. Also featuring Carolyn Goodwin on sax.

Messiah - Irish Baroque Orchestra
December 5th to 8th, 2013, Tour - Baroque
Performances in Dublin, Cork and Galway

R.T.E. Concert Orchestra
Dec 3rd, 2013, Dublin Castle - TV recording
Christmas tunes.

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Kiss of the Spider Woman
November 11th to 23rd, 2013, Cork Opera House - Musical
Two week run.

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Crash Ensemble
Late Oct to early Nov, 2013, Tour - Contemporary Chamber
Tour of the Gerald Barry's "The Importance of Being Earnest".

R.T.E. Concert Orchestra
Oct 16th, 2013, NCH - Orchestral
Verdi 200.

Irish Freemasons Young Musician of the Year competition
October 10th to 12th, 2013, Competition
Competition for any classical instrument.

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Kaleidoscope Night
September 27th, 2013, Cork School of Music - Chamber Music
Various solo and chamber music works. Concert hosted by the Cork Orchestra Society

Workshops for C.I.T.
Sept 24th to 26th, 2013,Cork - Percusssion duo
with Clare O'Keeffe

R.T.E. Concert Orchestra
Sept 19th, 2013, NCH - Orchestral
Opera Essentials.

Glasthule Opera Gala Concert
September 14th, 2013, Pavillion Theatre, Dun Laoighre - Orchestral
Freelance orchestral work.

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Spiritualised (Crash Ensemble)
August 10th, 2013, National Concert Hall, Dublin - Contemporary / Backing Orchestra
Performance with Spiritualised and the Crash Ensemble

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Solo engagement with the R.T.E. National Symphony Orchestra
July 26th, 2013, NCH - Solo with orchestra
Performance of Rimsky-Korsakov's "Flight of the Bumblebee", Monti's "Czardas" and Evelyn Glennie's "A Little Prayer".

Kaleidoscope Night
July 20th, 2013, Galway - Chamber Music
Various chamber music works involving marimba. Concert as part of the Galway Arts Festival

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Moiety
June 28th to June 30rd, 2013, Cork School of Music - Duo / New Music
Music for percussion duo and electronics by Eat My Noise productions with drummer, Tomas Gall. Part of the Cork Midsummer Festival

Maria de Buenos Aires
June 18th to June 23rd, 2013, Cork Opera House - Opera
One of eight actor musicians who will be performing the music to Astor Piazzolla's "Maria de Buenos Aires" as part of the Cork Midsummer Festival.

Alex Petcu and Guests
June 10th, 2013, Cork School of Music - Chamber / New Music
Concert featuring works by Osvaldo Golijov, Akira Yuyama, Sam Perkin, David O'Regan and Sam Barker

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Cafe Music Nights
May 9th, 2013, Tullamore, Co. Offaly - Chamber Music
Mixed chamber music.

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Ozmosis
April 7th, 2013, Cork School of Music - Chamber Music
Music by Australian composers.

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Crash Ensemble
Mar 3rd, NCH - Contemporary Chamber
"Europa" concert as part of New Music Dublin festival. Pieces include Simon Steen-Andersen's "Chambered Music", Heiner Goebbels' "Red Run" and Michel van der Aa's "Here (in circles)".

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Final for the YMFE scholarship
Feb 27th, 2013, Royal Irish Academy of Music - Solo
Final for this competition. Featuring music by Dennehy, Zivkovic, Xenakis and Bach.

Velocities
Feb 22nd, 2013, Cork School of Music - Solo
Solo recital featuring music by Schwantner, Bach, Hurel and more.

Irish Chamber Orchestra
Feb 21st and 23rd, 2013, NCH and LCH - Orchestral
Repertoire: Shchedrin, Carmen Suite after Bizet.

Workshop for UCC composers
Feb 11th, UCC - Solo
Sightreading eight new pieces for percussion! Some new interesting techniques discovered, including bowing a vibraphone while bending the pitch of the notes.

Sound of Music
Feb 8th to Feb 17th, 2013, Cork Opera House - Show
Twelve show run.

Voci Nuove concert
Feb 1st, Cork School of Music - Chamber Music
Music by Arvo Part

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Workshops for West Cork Music's "Tuning Up" programme
Jan 28th to Feb 8th, 2013, Various schools - Outreach
Twenty school workshops directed by Alex Petcu and Clare O'Keeffe. School children are introduced to a full spectrum of percussion from tuned and untuned percussion, body percussion, use of percussion in movies and cartoons, and more.

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R.T.E. Concert Orchestra
Dec 31st, 2012, NCH - Orchestral
New Years Eve concert with Michel Legrand.

Cork Symphony Orchestra
Dec 19th, 2012, Cork City Hall - Orchestral
Tchaikovsky 1812 Ouverture and Symphony No. 4

R.T.E. Concert Orchestra
Dec 15th, 2012, 02 Arena - Orchestral
Katherine Jenkins

Limerick Choral Union
Dec 9th, 2012, University of Limerick Concert Hall - Orchestral
Karl Jenkins: Stella Natalis.

University of Limerick Orchestra
Dec 8th, 2012, University of Limerick Concert Hall - Orchestral
Christmas orchestral concert.

Cork New Music Ensemble concert
Dec 6th, 2012, Cork School of Music - Chamber music
New works by several composers (mostly Cork-based) and also a performance of Akira Yuyama's divertimento.

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Ney Rosauro's Marimba Concerto with the Stormport Sinfonia
Nov 24th and 25th, 2012, Ballymaloe House and Aula Maxima, UCC - Solo with orchestra
Concert with the Stormport Sinfonia conducted by Tom Crowley.

Music Generation concert
Nov 17th, 2012, Cork City Hall - Outreach
Ensemble with school children.

Tromp International Percussion Competition 2012
Oct 29th to Nov 11th, 2012, Eindhoven, Netherlands - Solo
Major solo international competition. Alex reached the semi-finals.

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Bangers and Crash Percussion
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Duo concert - February 26th, National Concert Hall, Dublin

Duo concert featuring music by Ivan Trevino, Gene Koshinski, Elliot Cole and more.

PIMA! Fest 2022 - October 16th, 2022, Ennis

Sextet project. Performance of Alex Petcu's "Sextet No.1" as well as many other pieces. Joined by students from Music Generation Clare.

Culture Night - September 23rd, 2022, Blessington

Duo concert for Culture Night

TV recording - August 2nd, 2022, Cork

Recording of new music for a new BBC TV series

Cork Film Festival - November 8th and 9th, 2021, Cork

New music by Linda and Irene Buckley as part of Cork Film Festival.

Duo concert - August 21st, 2021, Birr Festival of Music

Duo concert and workshop as part of this festival.

Sextet - June 21st and 22nd, 2021, Cork Midsummer Festival

Three new compositions for percussion sextet by Amanda Feery, Tom Lane and Alex Petcu, to be performed outdoors at Elizabeth Fort, Cork.

How Aria? - January 12th, 2020, St. Patrick's Mental Health Services, Dublin

Performance of Goldbeater's Skin by Christopher Cerrone and a new commission for mezzo and percussion quartet by Amanda Feery. Part of First Fortnight festival in collaboration with Irish National Opera.

Tuning up - Late January, 2020, Various schools in Co. Cork

Outreach programme hosted by the Cork County Council Arts Office music education programme in collaboration with West Cork Music, which features workshops and short performances in various schools in Co. Cork. Two members from Bangers and Crash Percussion Group will visit 10 schools over a period of one week.

Music Network tour - October 3rd - 11th, 2019, Various venues around Ireland

Three members of the collective (Emma King, Brian Dungan and Alex Petcu) performed eight concerts around Ireland as well as providing a range of workshops.

Tuning up - January 14th - 18th, 2019, Various schools in Co. Cork

Tuning up - January 22nd - 26th, 2018, Various schools in Co. Cork

Irish Composers Collective - October 23rd, 2017, Dublin

Performance of Nagoya Marimbas and several new works by Irish composers for percussion duo.

West Cork Chamber Music Festival - June 3rd and 4th, 2017, Bantry

2 workshops for the West Cork Chamber Fringe festival.

Tuning up - January 23rd - 27th, 2017, Various schools in Co. Cork

Kaleidoscope Night - March 4th, 2017, National Concert Hall, Dublin

Living Room Music by John Cage to be performed at New Music Dublin.

Making Sense of Sound - December 14th, 2016, Richmond Barracks, Dublin

Performance as a result of an outreach project with Common Ground and the Family Resource Centre in Inchicore.

Kaleidoscope Night - October 5th, 2016, Bello Bar, Dublin

Performance featuring music by Thierry de Mey, Elliot Cole and Steve Reich

Westport Arts Festival - October 2nd, 2016, Holy Trinity Church, Westport

The group performed a concert and gave a workshop that showed off a variety of percussion instruments and musical styles.

Killaloe Chamber Music Festival - June 10th and 11th, 2016, Killaloe

Alex Petcu and Maeve O'Hara will provide workshops for schools and perform a duo concert featuring music for marimba and vibraphone.

Listen At Arthurs - June 18th, 2016, Arthurs Pub, Dublin

The group will perform a range of music in an intimate setting.
Performers: Alex Petcu, Paddy Nolan and Maeve O'Hara

Body and Soul - June 19th, 2016

Bangers and Crash Percussion will perform at the Woodlands Stage at Body and Soul and will play a range of music that includes everything from original compositions for percussion, arrangements and improvisation.
Performers: Alex Petcu, Paddy Nolan and Maeve O'Hara