Concerts Archive

Concerts and projects from 2012 to mid-2025, newest first. For recent and upcoming dates, see Concerts.

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June

  • Fingerprints - development project

    June 14th - 16th, MTU Cork School of Music,
    Development project with Steve Meifrodt, Ioana Petcu-Colan, Ross Lyness and Lina Andonovska

May

  • Bray Choral Society concerts

    May 24th, St. Andrew's Church, Dublin
    May 25th, Holy Redeemer Church, Bray

  • Bangers and Crash Percussion

    May 30th, Wexford, Duo concert with Caitriona Frost

April

  • New Music Dublin

    April 4th Crashworks: 5 new pieces by up and coming composers
    April 5th Ficino Ensemble: New work by Donnacha Dennehy and Bouchara by Claude Vivier
    April 6th Evlana Ensemble: Various pieces including a relatively new work by Judith Ring
    April 6th Crash Ensemble: Blue Haze of Deep Time (by Jonathan Nangle)

  • Cork Proms

    April 23rd, The Ultimate Classics
    April 26th and 27th, Kings, Queens and Princes of Pop
    Cork Opera House

March

February

  • Hard Rain Ensemble - Ink Still Wet

    February 1st, Belfast,
    Music by Omar Zatriqi, Sam Chambers, Alselm McDonnell, Simon Mawhinney, Peter O'Doherty, Fionnuala Fagan-Thiebot, Bianca Gannon and Ian Wilson.

  • Zimmer/Williams

    February 22nd, National Concert Hall, Dublin, Raymond Gubbay concerts. Music by John Williams and Hans Zimmer.

  • Wildwood duo (with Deirdre O'Leary)

    February 25th, Civic Theatre, Tallaght,
    February 28th, Birr Theatre and Arts Centre,
    Music by Barry O'Halpin, Dave Brubeck and Susan Kander among others.

January

  • Sherman|Petcu duo - recording for Diatribe

    January 10th-14th, Dublin,
    Music by Nick Roth, Ann Cleare, Ben Dwyer, Nathan Sherman and Siobhan Cleary.

  • Hard Rain Ensemble - Ink Still Wet

    January 31st, Derry,
    Music by Omar Zatriqi, Sam Chambers, Alselm McDonnell, Simon Mawhinney, Peter O'Doherty, Fionnuala Fagan-Thiebot, Bianca Gannon and Ian Wilson.

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December

November

  • Bangers and Crash Percussion Sextet

    November 10th,, Visual, Carlow
    November 24th,, Black Box Theatre, Galway
    Part of autumn 2024 tour, featuring a new commission from Brian Irvine, a new piece by myself, and music by Ivan Trevino, Emma O'Halloran, Steve Reich and Matthias Schmitt. Joined by up to 50 students in each location, performing from the audience.

  • Crash Ensemble - Terrarium

    November 13th, November Music, 's-Hertogenbosch,
    November 15th, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival,
    International tour of this large work by Ann Cleare
    Kilkenny

October

  • Bangers and Crash Percussion Sextet

    October 1st,, Everyman Theatre, Cork
    Part of autumn 2024 tour, featuring a new commission from Brian Irvine, a new piece by myself, and music by Ivan Trevino, Emma O'Halloran, Steve Reich and Matthias Schmitt. Joined by up to 50 students in each location, performing from the audience.

  • Zimmer/Williams

    October 12th, National Concert Hall, Dublin, Raymond Gubbay concerts. Music by John Williams and Hans Zimmer.

September

  • Bangers and Crash Percussion Sextet

    September 17th,, Lime Tree Theatre, Limerick
    Part of autumn 2024 tour, featuring a new commission from Brian Irvine, a new piece by myself, and music by Ivan Trevino, Emma O'Halloran, Steve Reich and Matthias Schmitt. Joined by up to 50 students in each location, performing from the audience.

August

  • La Boheme

    August 4th,, Cahersiveen, Co. Kerry.
    With Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra.

  • Crash Ensemble - Kilkenny Arts Festival

    August 15th, Crash Ensemble performing their Postcard Pieces. Several short pieces commissioned as part of the Crashworks programme
    Kilkenny

  • Fuddlefest - Bangers and Crash Percussion

    August 25th,, Fuddletown, Co. Wexford
    Gong bath

July

  • Musictown

    July 20th and 21st, Crash Ensemble accompanying several artists as part of this festival. In particular, I will be performing with Rachael Lavelle and Elaine Howley.
    National Concert Hall

June

  • Cork Proms

    June 12th and 13th, A Mixtape of Irish Rock
    June 19th and 20th, There's No Place Like Home
    Cork Opera House

May

  • Stone Drawn Circles

    May 11th,, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork
    May 12th,, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin
    May 16th,, Crescent Arts Centre, Belfast
    Short tour with this new ensemble featuring music by Cat Hope, Nicole Lizee, Karen Power, Brian Irvine and Una Monaghan.

  • Cellissimo: Songs of Travel

    May 19th,, Interactive Comic, Black Box Theatre
    May 21st,, Voyage, Town Hall Theatre
    Performance of "Voyage", a new work by Hawar Tawfiq and also music by Elaine Agnew

April

  • Crash Ensemble

    April 13th, Tampere, Finland
    Tampere Biennale. Featuring a new commissioned piece by Antti Auvinen.

  • New Music Dublin

    April 25th,, Stone Drawn Circles
    April 26th,, Sherman|Petcu duo
    April 27th,, Crash Ensemble: Bekah Simms and Antti Auvinen
    April 28th,, Crash Ensemble: Ann Cleare
    National Concert Hall, Dublin
    A wide range of new commissions, premieres and great pieces.

March

  • Ortus Festival

    March 1st,, Cork School of Music
    March 2nd,, My Place, Midleton
    March 3rd,, Cork School of Music
    3 concerts as part of this chamber music festival. Performing with Kelley Petcu, Mairead Hickey, Ella van Poucke and Karolina Errera.

  • Finding a Voice Festival: Evlana Ensemble

    March 9th, Clonmel
    Works by female composers.

  • Sherman & Petcu duo

    March 16th, 2024, Derry
    Last concert in the Shades and Halflights tour, as part of the Walled City Music Festival

February

  • Carmen

    Feb 14th,, Cork Opera House
    With Cork Opera House Concert Orchestra.

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December

  • 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.

November

  • 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.

October

  • 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.

September

  • 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

August

  • 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

July

  • 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.

June

  • 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.

May

  • 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.

April

  • 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.

March

  • 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.

February

  • 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.

January

  • 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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December

  • 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.

November

October

  • 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.

September

  • 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.

August

  • Bangers and Crash Percussion Group

    August 2nd, Dublin, Recording for a BBC TV show.

July

  • 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.

June

  • 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.

May

  • 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.

April

  • 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.

March

  • 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.

February

  • 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.

January

  • 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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December

  • 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

November

  • 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.

October

  • 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.

September

  • Culture Night

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

August

  • 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.

July

  • West Cork Chamber Music Festival

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

June

  • 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

May

April

  • 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

March

  • 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

February

  • Hard Rain Ensemble

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

January

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December

November

  • Crash Ensemble

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

October

  • National Symphony Orchestra

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

September

  • 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.

August

July

  • 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.

June

  • 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.

May

  • 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.

April

March

  • 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.

February

  • 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

January

  • 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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December

  • 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

November

  • 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.

October

  • 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.

September

  • 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.

August

July

  • 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

June

  • 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

May

  • 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.

April

  • 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.

March

  • 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.

February

  • 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.

January

  • 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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December

  • 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

November

  • 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

October

  • 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

September

  • 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

August

  • 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

July

June

  • 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.

May

  • 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.

April

  • 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

March

  • 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

February

  • 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

January

  • 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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December

  • 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

November

  • 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.

October

  • 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.

September

  • 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

August

  • 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.

July

  • 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.

June

  • 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

May

  • 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.

April

  • 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.

March

  • 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"

February

  • 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

January

  • 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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December

  • 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.

November

  • 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

October

  • 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

September

  • 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

August

  • R.T.E. Concert Orchestra

    August 5th, 2016, National Concert Hall
    Music of John Williams

July

  • 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.

June

  • 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.

May

  • 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

April

  • 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

March

  • 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

February

  • 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

January

  • 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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December

  • 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.

November

  • 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

October

  • 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.

September

  • 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.

August

  • 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

June

  • 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).

May

  • 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.

April

  • 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

March

  • 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.

February

  • 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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December

  • 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.

November

  • 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.

October

  • 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.

September

  • 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

August

  • Solo engagement with the R.T.E. Concert Orchestra

    August 5th, 2014, NCH - Solo with orchestra
    Performance of Emmanuel Sejourne's marimba concerto.

July

  • 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.

June

  • 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.

May

  • 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

April

  • Crash Ensemble

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

March

  • 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

February

  • 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

January

  • 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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December

  • 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.

November

  • Kiss of the Spider Woman

    November 11th to 23rd, 2013, Cork Opera House - Musical
    Two week run.

October

  • 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.

September

  • 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.

August

  • Spiritualised (Crash Ensemble)

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

July

  • 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

June

  • 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

May

  • Cafe Music Nights

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

April

  • Ozmosis

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

March

  • 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)".

February

  • 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

January

  • 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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December

  • 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.

November

  • 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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  • Duo concerts - September 16th and 17th, 2023, Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, and Hugh Lane Gallery Dublin

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

  • Duo concerts - February 23rd, 2023, National Concert Hall, Dublin

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

  • Duo concert - February 26th, National Concert Hall, Dublin

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

  • Tuning up - Late January, early February, 2023, 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.

  • 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

    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 visited 10 schools over a period of one week.

  • Tuning up - January 22nd - 26th, 2018, 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 visited 10 schools over a period of one week.

  • 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

    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.

  • 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