St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church
02 June 2020 at 1.10pm (This event has concluded)
FREE (donations welcome)
This three-year lunchtime concert project celebrates the European Union’s shared musical heritage exploring its String Quartet repertoire. This month we travel to Estonia!
Lower Aula Maxima, NUI Galway
17 May 2020 at 3pm (This event has concluded)
FREE (donations welcome)
Hear our Apprentice Ensembles perform for the final time as they complete GMR's Apprentice Ensemble Programme.
Oughterard Courthouse
07 May 2020 at 1pm (This event has concluded)
FREE (donations welcome)
Hear ConTempo Quartet on their countywide tour! On Thursday 7 May, ConTempo Quartet perform a beautiful lunchtime concert for the people of Oughterard.
St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church
05 May 2020 at 1.10pm (This event has concluded)
FREE (donations welcome)
This three-year lunchtime concert project celebrates the European Union’s shared musical heritage exploring its String Quartet repertoire. This month we travel to Slovenia!
Nun's Island Theatre
21 April 2020 at 8pm (This event has concluded)
€12/ €7
Experience the WORLD PREMIERE of Wait a new piece for String Quartet, composed by Ailís Ní Ríain, which was co-commissioned by GMR and Cúirt International Festival of Literature.
St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church
07 April 2020 at 1.10pm (This event has concluded)
FREE (donations welcome)
This three-year lunchtime concert project celebrates the European Union’s shared musical heritage exploring its String Quartet repertoire. This month we travel to Cyprus!
Raheen Woods Hotel, Athenry
05 April 2020 at 7.30pm (This event has concluded)
FREE (donations welcome)
Hear ConTempo Quartet on their countywide tour! On 5th April, we make a stop in Athenry where ConTempo Quartet will perform alongside the Athenry Camerata.
The Mick Lally Theatre, Druid Lane
04 April 2020 at 11am (This event has concluded)
FREE (donations welcome)
Settle into spring with a veritable collection of musicians for a stimulating aural discovery through diverse musical traditions.
Siobhan McKenna Theatre, NUI Galway
28 March 2020 at 11am (This event has concluded)
FREE
Attend a taster workshop with Dr Aidan Thomson and ConTempo Quartet as part of the NUI Galway Open Day.
Kilcornan Hall, Brothers of Charity, Clarinbridge
22 March 2020 at 6pm (This event has concluded)
€12/€10/€30 (family)
ConTempo Quartet joins forces with Coole Music Youth Orchestra and Youth Ballet West to present a spectacular evening of music and dance!
The Mick Lally Theatre, Druid Lane
21 March 2020 at 11am (This event has concluded)
FREE (donations welcome)
Settle into spring with a veritable collection of musicians for a stimulating aural discovery through diverse musical traditions.
St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church
03 March 2020 at 1.10pm (This event has concluded)
FREE (donations welcome)
This three-year lunchtime concert project celebrates the European Union’s shared musical heritage exploring its String Quartet repertoire. This month we travel to Luxembourg!
The Mick Lally Theatre, Druid Lane
29 February 2020 at 11am (This event has concluded)
FREE (donations welcome)
Settle into spring with a veritable collection of musicians for a stimulating aural discovery through diverse musical traditions.
The Gothic Church, Kylemore Abbey
09 February 2020 at 3pm (This event has concluded)
FREE (donations welcome)
Hear ConTempo Quartet on their countywide tour!
St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church
04 February 2020 at 1.10pm (This event has concluded)
FREE (donations welcome)
This three-year lunchtime concert project celebrates the European Union’s shared musical heritage exploring its String Quartet repertoire. This month we stay at home for a special celebration of Ireland.
Emily Anderson Concert Hall, NUI Galway
26 January 2020 at 3pm (This event has concluded)
FREE (donations welcome)
Hear our Apprentice Ensembles perform as they reach the halfway mark on this mentorship programme.
Town Hall Theatre, Galway City
17 January 2020 at 8pm (This event has concluded)
€25/ €22.50/ €10 Available from www.musicforgalway.ie
GMR is delighted to continue its long-term partnership with Music for Galway by presenting ConTempo Quartet during its Midwinter Festival once again. ConTempo will open the festival this year with a concert marking the 250th anniversary of Beethoven’s birth.
Campbell's Tavern, Headford
15 December 2019 at 5pm (This event has concluded)
FREE (donations welcome)
Hear ConTempo Quartet on their countywide tour! On Sunday 15 December we stop in Headford where ConTempo will perform alongside Headford Music Works Ensembles.
The Mick Lally Theatre, Druid Lane
14 December 2019 at 11am (This event has concluded)
FREE (donations welcome)
Celebrate the countdown to Christmas with some seasonal airs and festive favourites from John Blek (singer/songwriter), Ciara O'Leary Fitzpatrick (concertina), and the ConTempo Quartet.
The Black Gate Cultural Centre
05 December 2019 at 8pm (This event has concluded)
€10/ €5
ConTempo Quartet perform the WORLD PREMIERE of a new work for String Quartet by Irish composer Ed Bennett. This work was co-commissioned by GMR and the Galway City Council as part of a three-year commissioning initiative.
St. Nicholas Collegiate Church
03 December 2019 at 1.10pm (This event has concluded)
FREE (donations welcome)
This three-year lunchtime concert project celebrates the European Union’s shared musical heritage exploring its String Quartet repertoire. This month we travel to Sweden!
The Black Gate Cultural Centre
14 November 2019 at 8pm (This event has concluded)
€10/ €5
ConTempo Quartet perform Struck by a raindrop by Irish Composer Marian Ingoldsby. This work will be paired with Britten’s String Quartet No. 3.
St. Nicholas Collegiate Church
05 November 2019 at 1.10pm (This event has concluded)
FREE (donations welcome)
This three-year lunchtime concert project celebrates the European Union’s shared musical heritage exploring its String Quartet repertoire. This month we travel to Bulgaria!
The O'Donoghue Centre for Drama, Theatre & Performance
08 October 2019 at 8:30pm (This event has concluded)
€15/€10 – available at www.eventbrite.ie with limited availability on the door
Enjoy a unique evening of comedy with Buster Keaton’s classics One Week (1920) and The Haunted House (1921) paired with Charlie Chaplin’s Romance The Immigrant (1917) with live music.
St. Nicholas Collegiate Church
01 October 2019 at 1.10pm (This event has concluded)
FREE (donations welcome)
This three-year lunchtime concert project celebrates the European Union’s shared musical heritage exploring its String Quartet repertoire. This month we travel to Spain!
The Black Gate Cultural Centre
26 September 2019 at 8pm (This event has concluded)
€15/€10
ConTempo Quartet perform The Devil’s Dream
by Irish Composer Seán Doherty. This work will be paired with excerpts from Smetana’s String Quartet No. 1 ‘From My Life’.
Siobhan McKenna Theatre, Arts Millennium Building, NUI Galway
20 September 2019 at 1pm (This event has concluded)
FREE (donations welcome)
GMR continues Culture Night in conjunction with NUI Galway, its long term Education Partner. Together, we bring you a lunchtime experience of music, song, art and performance on the theme of ‘movement’.
EA, Parkmore
20 September 2019 at 10.30am (This event has concluded)
FREE (donations welcome - online registration required)
Starting from EA, follow this musical trail through a number of buildings in the business park where our internationally-renowned resident ensemble, ConTempo Quartet, will bring music of the highest calibre to our Parkmore Friends. Refreshments from 10:00 am.
Christ Church, Portumna
19 September 2019 at 11:30am (This event has concluded)
FREE (donations welcome)
Join ConTempo Quartet for a coffee concert as part of the fantastic Shorelines Arts Festival in Portumna
St. Nicholas Collegiate Church
03 September 2019 at 1.10pm (This event has concluded)
FREE (donations welcome)
This three-year lunchtime concert project celebrates the European Union’s shared musical heritage exploring its String Quartet repertoire. This month we visit Germany with a performance of Brahms String Quartet no. 2.
St Nicholas' Collegiate Church
16 July 2019 at 1pm (This event has concluded)
Due to popular demand, the Galway Music Residency is delighted to announce that it will present From Europe with Love: The Highlights on Tuesday 16th July at 1pm in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church.
An Spiddeál
07 July 2019 at 2pm (This event has concluded)
FREE (Donations Welcome)
ConTempo Quartet, with piper Pádraic Keane, will perform a varied programme of Irish music written for string quartet or music inspired by Irish themes and the uilleann pipes
St. Joseph's Community Centre, Shantalla
16 June 2019 at 3pm & 7pm (This event has concluded)
Available on the door: €10/ €6/ €25 (family)
Continuing a long-standing tradition of collaboration across the art forms in Galway, the Galway Music Residency and the Galway Community Circus join forces for two performances on Sunday 16 June at 3pm and 7pm in St Joseph’s Community Centre, Shantalla.
St. Nicholas Collegiate Church
04 June 2019 at 1.10pm (This event has concluded)
Free - Donations Welcome
Year one of the Galway Music Residency’s ambitious Lunchtime with ConTempo project entitled From Europe with Love concludes on Tuesday 4th June at 1:10pm in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church.
Ballinasloe Library, Ballinasloe
16 May 2019 at 6pm (This event has concluded)
Free
The Galway Music Residency invites the people of Galway to a public exhibition celebrating the output of an intergenerational, multi-ethnic project entitled Connecting the Dots.
St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church
07 May 2019 at 1.10pm (This event has concluded)
Free - Donations Welcome
The Galway Music Residency’s ambitious Lunchtime with ConTempo project entitled From Europe with Love continues on Tuesday 7th May at 1:10pm in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church.
Emily Anderson Concert Hall, NUI Galway
24 April 2019 at 1pm (This event has concluded)
Free
The Galway Music Residency (GMR) is delighted to present its 2018/19 Apprentice Ensembles in their final performance as part of Music for Galway (MfG) Lunchtime Series which is run in association with NUI Galway’s Arts in Action and sponsored by SAP.
The Abbey, Loughrea
13 April 2019 at 7.30pm (This event has concluded)
Free
As part of its ConTempo Countywide series, the Galway Music Residency in partnership with Coole Music & Arts presents a very special evening concert on Saturday 13th April at 7:30pm in The Abbery, Loughrea.
O'Donoghue Centre, NUI Galway
06 April 2019 at 2pm (This event has concluded)
Free
Join ConTempo Quartet and Dr Aidan Thomson of the BA in Music for a taster music workshop as part of NUI Galway's spring Open Day.