Music Network Spring 2024

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Spring 2024

Staff & Board Music Network Team Sharon Rollston, Chief Executive Deirdre Moynihan, Head of Programmes Dolores Madigan, Finance Manager Melanie Wright, Head of Communications and Marketing Arantxa Colomé, Development Manager Ciarán Kilbride, Operations Administrator Sarah Ledwidge, Programmes Administrator Sarah Cunningham, Music Capital Scheme Administrator Jessica McDonagh, Marketing Executive Board Pat Moylan, Chair Shirley Kavanagh Cathal Cusack Carl Corcoran Orla Moloney Eithne Harley Kevin Barry Paddy Glackin Noel Eccles

Music Network 2024 Spring Touring Season Find us at a venue near you As this year draws to a close, here at Music Network we’re already gearing up for our new Spring 2024 Season of tours, featuring an eclectic mix of exceptional international and Ireland-based musicians from the worlds of traditional, folk, jazz and classical music.

We believe that everyone deserves the chance to experience the joy of live music. If you feel the same way, I invite you to support our work by telling a friend about us, coming to a concert or signing up as a Friend of Music Network.

With your support we can achieve even greater impact.

Throughout 2023 we brought affordable, exceptional quality live music to you, and communities across the country, together with our 30 partners in 20 counties.

We would like to warmly thank our principal funder The Arts Council, our Friends, supporters, partners and everyone who has connected with our programmes this year.

As well as our national tours, we enabled 10 musician residencies, commissioned 7 new works by Irish composers and provided training and other supports designed to help our musicians develop fulfilling, sustainable careers.

I hope you enjoy delving into our Spring 2024 Season, and find a concert you’ll love at a venue near you.

We also provided funding for instruments to approximately 5,000 musicians, both amateur and professional, as well as hundreds of creative music making events for people of all ages and abilities.

Sharon Rollston, Music Network CEO

Niamh Dunne Bróna McVittie Cormac Breatnach & Seán Óg Graham vocals / fiddle

vocals / harp / synthesizer / guitar

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guitar / button accordion

On tour 6 – 17 February 2024 Galway, Kildare, Cork, Wexford, Dublin, Limerick, Kerry & Wicklow Tickets from €15 - €25

A newly curated lineup featuring some of this island’s most original and inventive musicians.

This talented quartet of singers and instrumentalists will take us on a musical journey, blending traditional and contemporary music and taking both new and familiar melodies on unexpected journeys.

Featuring Niamh Dunne and Seán Óg Graham from the highly acclaimed Beoga, whose collaborations with Ed Sheeran on Galway Girl and Nancy Mulligan have been streamed over a billion times, with legendary whistle player Cormac Breatnach and exciting vocalist and harper Bróna McVittie.

The programme will also feature a new commission by Bróna.

Dates / Venues 6 February, 8pm Station House Theatre, Clifden 8 February, 8pm Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge 9 February, 8pm Triskel Arts Centre, Cork 10 February, 8pm Jerome Hynes Theatre, National Opera House, Wexford 11 February, 8pm Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire 13 February, 7:30pm The Sugar Club, Dublin 14 February, 8pm Belltable, Limerick 15 February, 8pm Siamsa Tíre, Tralee 16 February, 8pm Ionad Cultúrtha, Baile Mhuirne 17 February, 8pm Coollattin House, Shillelagh

Noa Wildschut, Pablo Barragán & Amadeus Wiesensee

On tour 1 – 9 March 2024 Waterford, Wicklow, Dublin, Kildare, Roscommon & Westmeath Tickets from €5 - €28 Join us for some of the best known works for violin, clarinet and piano performed by a superb international trio.

Music Network presents violinist and former ECHO Rising Star Noa Wildschut with clarinettist Pablo Barragán and pianist Amadeus Wiesensee, three artists guaranteed to dazzle audiences.

Noa Wildschut violin

Pablo Barragán clarinet

Amadeus Wiesensee piano

An eclectic programme of music including Saint-Saëns’ elegant sonata for clarinet and piano, exuberant dance melodies from Hungary and Romania and a beautiful jazz influenced sonata for violin and piano will feature, alongside music by Paul Schoenfield and a new work written especially for the tour by Dr. Amy Rooney.

Don’t miss what promises to be an exhilarating evening of music.

Dates / Venues 1 March, 7:30 pm 2 March, 8pm 3 March, 3pm 5 March, 8pm 7 March, 8pm 8 March, 8pm 9 March, 7pm

The Large Room, City Hall, Waterford Coollattin House, Shillelagh Freemason’s Hall, Dublin Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge King House, Boyle Tullynully Castle, Castlepollard

Special Event: A celebration of Music Network with Neil Martin, Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, Paddy Glackin and Ryan Molloy

11 April 2024 At Whyte Hall, RIAM (Royal Irish Academy of Music) Tickets from €25 Cellist and uilleann piper Neil Martin brings together a stellar quartet of renowned Irish traditional musicians for a very special performance to celebrate the work of Music Network at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in April.

The evening will feature music from Neil Martin, former lead singer and flute player with Irish traditional supergroup Danú Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, legendary fiddler Paddy Glackin and County Tyrone born pianist Ryan Molloy.

Neil Martin cello / uilleann pipes Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh vocals / flute Paddy Glackin

Music Network has been championing live music, nurturing musicians and fostering community music-making in Ireland for almost 40 years, and all proceeds raised by this event will support its nationwide programmes.

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Music Network is a registered charity which makes affordable and exceptional live music available to communities across the country, provides invaluable support to musicians, puts instruments into people’s hands and creates opportunities for learning and participation through music-making.

Ryan Molloy piano

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On tour 20 – 27 April 2024 Belfast, Donegal, Galway, Dublin, Waterford, Cork & Kerry Tickets from €5 - €25 Music Network presents two exciting young artists currently taking the classical world by storm.

The charming duo of Matilda Lloyd and Alexandra Whittingham perform together in Ireland for the first time.

Matilda Lloyd

Matilda is fast becoming a leading soloist on the international stage, winning the hearts of audiences with her musicality and virtuosic technique. Alexandra has reached listeners worldwide, not only through a busy concert schedule and competition successes but also online, where her video performances of classical guitar repertoire have collectively surpassed 40 million views.

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Alexandra Whittingham

Together they will present a mesmerising selection of early music repertoire before transporting us to Spain with the sunshine filled music of Manuel de Falla. The programme will also feature a new Music Network commission by Dr. Greg Caffrey.

Dates / Venues 20 April, 8pm 21 April, 8pm 22 April, 8pm 24 April, 8pm 25 April, 7:30pm 26 April, 8pm 27 April, 8pm

The Mac, Belfast Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny Station House Theatre, Clifden Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire The Large Room, City Hall, Waterford Ionad Cultúrtha, Baile Mhuirne St. Michael’s Church, Waterville

Flook with special guest Patsy Reid

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On tour 8 – 19 May 2024 Dublin, Cork, Laois, Galway, Wexford, Louth, Donegal, Leitrim & Sligo Tickets from €5 - €35 Music Network presents the bold and adventurous musical imagination of Flook with special guest Patsy Reid.

With the flutes, whistles and accordion of Brian Finnegan and Sarah Allen, the guitar of Ed Boyd and the bodhrán of John Joe Kelly, this iconic band weaves and spins traditionally rooted tunes to create an enthralling sound. They are joined on this tour by one of Scotland’s finest, fiddle and viola player Patsy Reid, who will bring her own creative genius to the mix.

Brian Finnegan whistles/flute Sarah Allen alto flute/flute/ piano accordion

Ed Boyd guitar

John Joe Kelly bodhrán

Don’t miss this opportunity to hear Flook perform their ground-breaking, electrifying music with the added bonus of the very talented Patsy Reid.

Dates / Venues 8 May, 8pm 9 May, 8pm 10 May, 8:30pm 11 May, 7pm 12 May, 8pm 14 May, 7:30pm 15 May, 8pm 16 May, 8pm 17 May, 8pm 18 May, 8pm 19 May, 8pm

Patsy Reid fiddle/viola

Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire Triskel Arts Centre, Cork Baltimore Fiddle Fair, Baltimore The Malt House, Stradbally Station House Theatre, Clifden The Sugar Club, Dublin Jerome Hynes Theatre, National Opera House, Wexford Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo

On tour 7 – 15 June 2024 Mayo, Sligo, Donegal, Dublin, Waterford, Wicklow, Cork & Kildare Tickets from €12 - €25 Music Network presents Linda Fredriksson Juniper.

Fredriksson has garnered widespread recognition as a flamboyant improviser and versatile musician. Considered one of Europe’s leading jazz saxophonists, they have blazed their own musical trail, daring to step outside of the genre in a way that is uniquely personal.

Linda Fredriksson saxophones

Tuomo Prättälä keyboards

Mikael Saastamoinen bass

Olavi Louhivuori This extraordinary work is at its heart a singersongwriter album performed by an instrumental jazz band. Compellingly beautiful and haunting, Juniper has charmed audiences lucky enough to hear Linda and their band in concert.

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Described as an album full of wonders and carefully crafted secrets ready to be discovered, join us to experience this stunning work live this June.

Dates / Venues 7 June, 8pm 8 June, 8pm 9 June, 8pm 11 June, 7:30 pm 12 June, 8pm 13 June, 8pm 14 June, 8pm 15 June, 8pm

Áras Inis Gluaire, Bellmullet Hawk’s Well Theatre, Sligo Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny The Sugar Club, Dublin Garter Lane Arts Centre, Waterford Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely Triskel Arts Centre, Cork Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge

Linda Fredriksson Juniper

Now there are even more ways to save with our Dublin Deals.

Book early and save Book any Music Network city centre concert from our spring season before 20 January 2024 and save 25%. Earlybird tickets available to purchase online now.

See more for less Book 2 Music Network city centre concerts from our spring season and save 20%. Book your deal using the QR above and then select the concerts you would like to attend.

Our Dublin Deals are valid for the following concerts: Niamh Dunne, Bróna McVittie, Cormac Breatnach & Seán Óg Graham Tuesday 13 Feb - 7.30pm Presented by Music Network at The Sugar Club, Leeson Street, D2 Noa Wildschut, Pablo Barragán & Amadeus Wiesensee Sunday 3 Mar - 3.00pm Presented by Music Network at Freemason’s Hall, Molesworth Street, D2 Flook with special guest Patsy Reid Tuesday 14 May - 7.30pm Presented by Music Network at The Sugar Club, Leeson Street, D2 Linda Fredriksson Juniper Tuesday 11 Jun - 7.30pm Presented by Music Network at The Sugar Club, Leeson Street, D2

Gift VOUCHERS

The perfect gift for the music lover in your life!

Every year we present nationwide tours that bring high quality live music to communities across Ireland.

Our National Touring Programme presents a diverse selection of intimate and inspirational classical, jazz and traditional music concerts featuring the very best Irish and international musicians.

Music Network Gift Vouchers can be used to purchase tickets to any of our concerts and events nationwide.

You can pick up a gift with ease, knowing that you are helping to support live music and musicians in Ireland and will have a magical evening in the process.

Friends & Patrons Honorary Patron Michael D. Higgins, President of Ireland Patrons Leo Blennerhasset Pat Moylan Honorary Lifetime Friend Peter Finnegan Champions Maire & Maurice Foley Olwyn Lanigan Geraldine O’Sullivan Deirdre McCrea Music Literacy Ireland Eithne Harley

Guardians Sarah Lappin Shirley Kavanagh Orla Moloney Advocates Jim Dowling Fergus Carpenter Prisca Coleman Kathy Dawson Josie McMorrin Michael Keogh Sue and Simon Parker Gerard Phelan Gráinne Gormley Ciara Flanagan Niamh Varian Barry Carl Corcoran Kevin Barry

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