Féile an tsamhraidh

14/04/2022

Professional Artists: Please complete this short survey. The information gathered is critical for the Arts Council to make the case to government for continued Arts funding.

Artists! Has your work been impacted by COVID-19?

We want to hear from you! We're issuing a survey for artists asking about the continued financial impact of COVID-19.

Closing: 29 April 2022

Fill in the survey here to have your voice heard:
https://survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90438611/Artist-COVID-impact-survey-2021-2022

04/03/2022

Last one until Autumn…

02/03/2022

CORK! KERRY! WATERFORD!

Help to make the best it can be! Ahead of Culture Night 2022 (Fri 23 Sep) Arts Council Ireland and Milestone Inventive will host in person conversations with organisers/coordinators to share and discuss the findings from its research and 2021 post event analysis.

The third of our meetings will be in St. Peter's Cork on April 1st at 11am
For bookings head to https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/256934336517

01/03/2022

13/02/2022

If you’re in Midleton and like classical (or any) music, this is not to be missed. Some really exceptional musicians coming to town…

Part of the below mentioned festival takes place in My Place on Saturday, 26th February, 7.30pm the performance is :
Dvorak – Piano Quintet No. 2 Shostakovich – 5 Melodies for 2 Violins and Piano
Tickets :https://purchase.tickets.com/buy/TicketPurchase?agency=WESTCORK&organ_val=33827&pid=9043654

It is with huge excitement that we can let you know that tickets are now on sale for the seventh Ortús Chamber Music Festival which will take place Friday 25th to Sunday 27th February. Co-Founder, and Artistic Director of the Festival, Mairéad Hickey, will welcome to Cork a cohort of some of the finest classical musicians on the international stage. Performing alongside Mairéad, (violin) will be celebrated Irish musicians, Fiachra Garvey (piano) and Siún Milne (violin), international star violinist Fumika Mohri from Japan, cellists Brandon Cho (USA) and Alexander Kovalev (Russia) with violists Sindy Mohamed (France) and Sara Ferrández (Spain).

Audiences will be treated to a tempting array of chamber music, from Dvorak’s marvellous second piano quintet to Chausson’s Concert together with works by Beethoven, Mozart, Shostakovich, Rimsky Korsakov and Irish composer, Sebastian Adams.

Friday, 25th February, 8pm St. Peter’s Cork, Cork City
o Sebastian Adams – Violin Solo Chausson – Concert

Saturday, 26th February, 2pm Inkwell Theatre, Tracton Arts Centre, Minane Bridge
o Mozart – Divertimento String Trio in E-flat

Saturday, 26th February, 7.30pm My Place, Midleton
o Dvorak – Piano Quintet No. 2 Shostakovich – 5 Melodies for 2 Violins and Piano

Sunday, 27th February, 3pm St. Peter’s Cork, Cork City
o Beethoven – Piano Quartet in E-flat Major Op 16 Rimsky Korsakov – String Sextet

Full details of the festival concerts and ticket information can be found on ortusfestival.ie and through our social media channels. All concerts will be recorded for post festival streaming.

Tickets and festival passes (for all four concerts) are also for sale in Pro Musica, Oliver Plunkett St, Cork.

For anyone interested in becoming a Festival Friend, please visit ortusfestival.ie/support/ or contact [email protected].

Follow Ortús on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.

We are very grateful to the Arts Council and to all our friends and supporters and look forward to welcoming you to our seventh festival.

With very best wishes,
Mairéad and Sinéad

11/02/2022

It’s wonderful to see concerts and feiseanna back up and running. We regret to confirm however that there will be no Féile an tSamhraidh in 2022. Our tiny voluntary committee would have needed certainty that we could go ahead back in December in order to be ready. We hope to be back in 2023🤞

26/11/2021

Are you an individual music professional, group or organisation?

The Arts Council wants to hear from you! Our Music team plans to produce a Music Policy and Strategy in 2022 to guide its decision-making in relation to music in the coming years.

Read more below and fill in the survey to inform important decision making!

https://bit.ly/3DWCdZw

08/11/2021

We are delighted to announce a new prize for 2022 🎻
Power Fine Violins has generously offered a violin to the value of €5,000. This will be awarded to one of the winners of the five junior violin competitions that are eligible. Full details here: https://bit.ly/PowerFineViolinsPrize

28/10/2021

**Calling all musicians aged 15-18**

On November 7th we will be running 'An Introduction to Historical Performance'; a new one-day digital course which aims to introduce students to the techniques and principles behind Baroque style.

Taken by the IBO's leader Claire Duff, the course includes some elements of critical listening and an introduction to baroque instruments. IBO Principal Cello Sarah McMahon takes a session on the role of the continuo in Baroque repertoire, and Malcolm Proud introduces us to historical keyboard instruments, with illustrations from works by Bach.

The cost is €40 and the deadline for applications is TOMORROW, Friday 29th October.

Find out more: http://www.iybo.iayo.ie/about-the-orchestra/

This course is run in partnership with the Irish Association of Youth Orchestras, with support from Arts Council Ireland.

22/10/2021

Our Tuning Up workshops resume next month with Hifilutin Flute Quartet visiting schools in County Cork. If you think your child's school might be interested in a visit, please email [email protected].

West Cork Education Centre Arts Council Ireland

29/09/2021

Application form for the EUROPEAN UNION YOUTH ORCHESTRA 2022

30/08/2021

Announcing a funding boost of €2.5m for the Agility Award.

The additional funding will allow us to award more grants than we originally envisaged. It is hoped that this will include many artists who have never received Arts Council funding before.

Read more at: https://www.artscouncil.ie/News/Arts-Council-boosts-Agility-Award-funding-by--2_5-million-to-meet-demand-from-artists/

06/08/2021

WE'RE RECRUITING.

Are you a registered teacher with a passion for creativity in education? Want to help bring the programme to more schools in Ireland?

Apply for the role of Creative Schools Manager. Deadline 12pm, Wed 18 Aug. https://fal.cn/3hgU4

Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media

03/06/2021

ONE WEEK REMINDER!

Applications for your school to be a part of the Creative Schools initiative close in one week on Thursday 10 June, 2021 at 17:30.

You can secure a Creative Associate and award of €4,000 for your school or Youthreach centre and support creativity in your school.

For guidelines on how to apply here: www.artscouncil.ie/creative-schools/schools-opportunities/

02/06/2021

LATEST !

Piano Teachers :
We have a few ex rental pianos available at bargain prices for any students who are looking for a top of the range piano at half the price.

Customers:
In an effort to keep numbers as low as possible in the shop , we are asking customers to phone for an appointment time that suit everybody if planning a visit.

Tuning:
We have also been working around the clock in order to catch up with all the tuning and repair work from the past four months, thanks for your patience and understanding.
Phone Peter on 0214632633 or 0872535215

20/05/2021

The Arts Council has issued a survey for artists seeking to broadly assess the impact of COVID-19 in terms of:
—changes in work practices, work places and work patterns
—the financial impact of the crisis on artists in 2020
—the personal impact the crisis has had on artists
—pay and contractual arrangements

We would greatly appreciate feedback from the artistic community on these issues before Friday 28 May.

The survey can be taken at: https://survey.alchemer.eu/s3/90336186/Artist-Survey-2021

10/05/2021

Calling all schools in County Cork!

Through Tuning Up, which is part of Cork County Council's Arts in Schools programme, we are able to offer a special one hour online workshop called Horrible Histories & Harmonies. In November 2020, Ensemble Dagda filmed this workshop in Nano Nagle Place, Cork and it is now available, free of charge, to all schools in County Cork.

If your children attend a school in County Cork and you think this might be of interest, please pass on the details.

Please contact [email protected] for more details

Please note, it is through Cork County Council's generous support that we can offer this pre-recorded workshop to your school free of charge as part of the County Council’s “Being Creative in COVID 19” programme.

Tuning-Up is part of Cork County Council’s Arts in Schools Programme and is organised and managed by West Cork Music. Tuning Up is part funded by the Arts Council/An Comhairle Ealaíon

29/04/2021

Don't miss your chance to apply for the Amateur and Voluntary Practice Pilot scheme!

This once-off programme will support the engagement, mentorship and advocacy of theatre, music and musical theatre professionals with amateurs in those disciplines.

Deadline 6 May @ 5.30pm.

Go to: http://www.artscouncil.ie/Funds/Amateur-and-Voluntary-Practice-Pilot-Scheme/

21/04/2021

Want the insider's guide to applying for ?

We're holding two online clinics, on 23 and 26 April. Sign up to learn about the benefits of being a Creative School and get guidance on making your application.

Book your place at: http://www.artscouncil.ie/creative-schools/schools-opportunities/.

Creative Schools applications close 6 May.

13/04/2021

OPENING TODAY

The Amateur and Voluntary Practice Pilot Scheme will begin accepting applications for music, theatre and musical theatre from today until the deadline on Thu 6 May.

Full guidelines at: http://www.artscouncil.ie/Funds/Amateur-and-Voluntary-Practice-Pilot-Scheme/

09/04/2021

In 2017, CreativeIrl launched the Creative Youth Plan – a plan to enable the creativity of every child and young person.

Curious about Creative Youth projects in our schools today? Sign up for Creative Youth in the Education System to learn more from those delivering the projects.

Go to: https://hopin.com/events/creative-youth-in-the-education-system

25/03/2021

President Higgins on the importance of the Arts in times of Covid.

On Bloomsday 2020, President Michael D. Higgins hosted a series of cultural performances to highlight the need to support artists and performers during the pandemic. See https://president.ie/en/diary/details/president-and-sabina-celebrate-bloomsday-2020

15/03/2021

Adm free but booking essential. Book your place for the Music Strand here: https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/surviving-or-thriving-supporting-wellbeing-in-the-arts-sector-music-tickets-142635774441

The Arts Council/An Comhairle Ealaíon and Waterford Healing Arts Trust (WHAT) have announced details of an innovative new online series designed to support the wellbeing of arts professionals in Ireland, with particular relevance to the present Covid-19 pandemic. Entitled Surviving or Thriving?, a series of panel discussions, workshops and podcasts, which is open to all those working in the arts in Ireland and is free of charge, aims to strengthen resilience, restore confidence and promote connectedness across the arts sector.
Chair: Dr Maureen Gaffney
Speakers: Songwriter and performer Eleanor McEvoy, composer Jennifer Walshe and Tony Sheehan, Director of Triskel Arts Centre.
http://waterfordhealingarts.com/surviving-or-thriving-panel-exchange-5-music/

An online series from Waterford Healing Arts Trust in partnership with the Arts Council seeking to promote wellbeing in the arts sector.

10/03/2021

Hi folks,

Currently we are back carrying out tuning and repair work in schools for the upcoming practicals. We are also continuing with sales and can deliver pianos that we have sold promptly.
Unfortunately , under a Level 5 lockdown we are still restricted from calling to private households for tuning and repair work , but if you give us a call we will get to you ASAP .
Hopefully we’ll be back to some kind of normal in a few weeks.
Stay safe.

03/03/2021

Join conductor Patrick Barrett and a team of singing tutors from Chamber Choir Ireland for a weekend filled with choral music, singing workshops, musicianship classes, performances, friends and fun.

27/02/2021

Clonmel’s Finding a Voice festival of music by women composers is going online this year

27/01/2021

A book of Condolance for Cara O’Sullivan has opened on Cork City councils website.
May she rest in peace.

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22/01/2021

We will be going live on our Instagram Page () next Friday 29th January at 5pm to chat with current Leaving Cert students about our four undergraduate degrees in the MTU Cork School of Music: Bachelor of Music, BA in Popular Music, BA in Theatre and Drama Studies and BA in Musical Theatre. Drop in to say hello and ask questions about life in CSM!

Don't forget that the CAO deadline for our courses is MONDAY 1st FEBRUARY!

18/01/2021

12/01/2021

A beguiling performance from Mairéad Hickey - Violinist who we were lucky enough to have play at Féile an tSamhraidh some years ago. Enjoy...

Mairéad Hickey [violin] Bruno Philippe [cello] Maurice Ravel, Sonata for violin and cello 1. Allegro [01:00] 2. Très vif [06:15] 3. Lent [09:53] 4. Vif…

02/12/2020

Following the success of the previous My Life In Strips activity and recent publication of the comic, West Cork Music is delighted to invite young people to join in the final year of these workshops.

30/11/2020

Have Your Say: Share your views on the Future of Media in Ireland

The media reflect and promote the lives, language, art, sport, music, culture, traditions, and identities of Irish people at home and around the world.

The Future of Media Commission invites you to tell us what you think the future of the media should be. We want to hear your views on public service media in Ireland, wherever you live in Ireland or around the world.

Closing date for submissions is Friday 8th January 2021.

Gaeilge Accessibility Tools ℹ Latest News: ... Public Consultation now underway - Have your say! More information About the Commission The Future of Media Commission was set up by the Government in September 2020 to examine the future of the media in Ireland. This includes Ireland’s public servi...

28/11/2020

THIS IS ART! is an exciting new, young people’s art competition brought to you by RTÉ and the Creative Ireland Programme open to young people aged 0–18 of all abilities, from all counties in Ireland working in all disciplines. Entries Now Open, Closing Date: 15 Jan 2021 @ 8pm