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Maynooth Guitar 
Orchestra
Masters of Tradition 
Festival
The Masters of Tradition Festival 
– curated by Martin Hayes – kicks off in Bantry House, Co. Cork, on Wednesday. 
The festival runs 13–17 August and features musicians such Iarla Ó Lionáird, 
Frankie Gavin and Emer Mayock, among others. Visit www.westcorkmusic.ie 
Irish Composers' Collective
The Young Composers' Collective 
(YCC), an organisation founded in 2003 to produce concerts of new music, has 
been renamed the Irish Composers' Collective (ICC). This coincides with the 
launch of the organisation's new performing group, Ensemble ICC, which features 
musicians such as Cora Venus Lunny (viola), Kate Ellis (cello), Daniel Bodwell 
(bass), Karl Rooney (saxophone) and Roger Moffat (percussion). Ensemble ICC will 
give its first concerts next month in Dublin (4 September) and Galway (5 
September). Visit www.irishcomposerscollective.org  
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Gig Guide
Classical/Early Music
11.8.08 RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Gearóid Grant 
(cond.) 
& íine Mulvey (mezzo-soprano); Sousa, Fuīík, Elgar, Zimmer, Sullivan, 
Binge, Mendelssohn, Dvořák; St. Canice's Cathedral, Kilkenny, Co. Kilkenny; 
7:30pm; €10 (www.rte.ie/performinggroups)
12.8.08 RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Gearóid Grant (cond.); Sullivan, Rimsky-Korsakov, Elgar, Binge, 
Mendelssohn; National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2; 1:00pm; €10 
(www.rte.ie/performinggroups)
 
Contemporary/Experimental
11.8.08 Maynooth Guitar Orchestra, Brendan Walsh 
(dir.); Mozart, Debussy, Victor 
Lazzarini, Brendan Walsh; Linen Hall Library, 17 Donegal Square North, Belfast, 
Co. Antrim; 8:00pm (www.maynoothguitarorchestra.com)
12.8.08 
Maynooth Guitar 
Orchestra, Brendan Walsh (dir.); Mozart, Debussy, Victor Lazzarini, Brendan 
Walsh; Moat Theatre, Naas, Co. Kildare; 8:00pm (www.maynoothguitarorchestra.com)
13.8.08 
Maynooth Guitar 
Orchestra, Brendan Walsh (dir.); Mozart, Debussy, Victor Lazzarini, Brendan 
Walsh; National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2; 8:00pm; €20/15 (www.maynoothguitarorchestra.com)
Jazz/Improvised
Thursdays Isotope: Richie 
Buckley (saxophone), Hugh Buckley (guitar), Myles 
Drennan (piano), Damian Evans (bass), Shane 
O'Donovann (drums); ; JJ Smyth's, 12 Aungier Street, Dublin 2; 
9:00pm (www.hughbuckley.com)
Sundays Dublin City Jazz 
Orchestra; 4 Dame 
Lane, Dublin 2; 6:00pm
Tuesdays Jack Of Diamond Session; Voodoo Lounge, 39-40 Arran Quay, Smithfield, Dublin 1; 
8:00pm
Sundays Sam 
Kavanagh Jazz Ensemble; Mulligan's, 86 Sandymount Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4; 5:00pm 
(www.myspace.com/samkavanaghmusic)
Thursdays Café Gitane: Bill Stewart 
(violin) 
& Karl Burthom (guitar); Tobergal Lane Café, Tobergal Lane, Sligo, Co. 
Sligo; 7:00pm
Saturdays Café Gitane: Bill Stewart (violin) & Karl Burthom (guitar); Tobergal Lane Café, Tobergal Lane, Sligo, Co. 
Sligo; 7:00pm
Sundays Ellamental; Clarence Hotel, Wine Street, Sligo, Co. Sligo; 5:00pm - 
7:00pm
14.8.08 Honor 
Heffernan, Phil Ware (piano), 
Damien Evans (bass) 
& Kevin Brady (drums); National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 
2; 1:00pm; €15/12
14.8.08 Cascade: Métier: Paul Williamson (trumpet), Michael Buckley (saxophones), Justin Carroll (piano), Ronan Guilfoyle (bass) & Sean Carpio (drums); Cabinteely House, Dublin 18; 8:00pm
15.8.08 
RTÉ Concert Orchestra, 
John Dankworth (cond.) 
& John Dankworth Quintet & Cleo Laine (voice); National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 
2; 8:00pm; €40/12 (www.rte.ie/performinggroups)
15.8.08 Isotope: Kevin Brady Trio & Bill 
Carrothers; JJ 
Smyth's, 12 Aungier Street, Dublin 2; 9:00pm; €10
17.8.08 
Pendulum: Dave Lyttle, 
Soweto Kinch & Michael Janisch; JJ Smyth's, 12 Aungier Street, Dublin 2; 8:30pm; €12
18.8.08 
Togetherness: Justin 
Carroll (piano), 
Michael Buckley (saxophone), Matthew Halpin (saxophone), Sean Carpio (drums) 
& Simon Jermyn (bass); JJ Smyth's, 12 Aungier Street, Dublin 2; 9:00pm; 
€10 (www.improvisedmusic.ie) 
Seminars/Courses
11.8.08 Songwriting Workshop with Ralph 
Murphy; Westwood House 
Hotel, Dangan, Upper Newcastle, Galway, Co. Galway; 7:00pm - 9:30pm (www.imro.ie)
13.8.08 Music for film and TV; Irish Film Institute, 6 Eustace Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2; 
8:00pm - 11:30pm (www.irishfilm.ie)
16.8.08 Samba Workshop: Dorian 
Bordalo; Solstice Arts 
Centre, Navan, Co. Meath (www.solsticeartscentre.ie)
 
Traditional Music Sessions
Traditional/Folk
Thursdays (until August 21st) Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe 
Tones; The Gleneagle 
Hotel, Killarney, Co. Kerry
12.8.08 John Spillane; Glebe Gardens, Baltimore, Co. Cork; 
7:30pm; €20
13.8.08 - 17.8.08 Masters of Tradition: Martin Hayes & Dennis Cahill; Frankie 
Gavin; Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin; Iarla Ó Lionáird; Máire Ní Chéilachair; Steve 
Cooney; Emer Mayock; Kevin Crawford; Bantry House, Bantry, Co. Cork (www.westcorkmusic.ie)
16.8.08 Best for the West: Christy McNamara Trio; Magnetic Music Shop & Café, 
Fisherstreet, Doolin, Co. Clare; 9:30pm
16.8.08 - 23.8.08 
ESB Beo Festival: Paddy 
Casey, Buille, Salsa Celtica, White Raven, Gerry O'Connor, Meitheal Orchestra, 
Zoe Conway, Robbie Harris, Emer Mayock, Damien 
Dempsey, ; 
National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2
16.8.08 
Derek Warfield & 
The Young Wolfe Tones; 
Clifden Station House Hotel, Clifden, Co. Galway
18.8.08 Derek Warfield & The Young Wolfe 
Tones; Benners Hotel, 
Tralee, Co. Kerry
 
World/Blues
Thursdays Lee Delta Blues Club; The Corner House, Coburg Street, Cork, Co. 
Cork; 9:30pm (www.leedeltablues.com)
Tuesdays Irish Blues Club; JJ Smyth's, 12 Aungier Street, Dublin 2; 9:00pm (www.irishblues.com)
Saturdays Saturday Night Live; JJ Smyth's, 12 Aungier Street, Dublin 2; 9:00pm; €10
16.8.08 
The 
Fireflies; The 
Restlers Inn, Sneem, Co. Kerry; 9:30pm
 
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