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This Monday 15th June at 9:15am on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, Breandán Ó hEaghra will be discussing his article from the latest The Journal of Music, on how difficult it is to find traditional music in Connemara, and what can be done about it. www.rte.ie/rnag/index.html

The Journal of Music has a pair of tickets to give away to the Spatial Music Collective's concert at the National Concert Hall on Wednesday, 17 June at 8:30pm. The concert will feature new works for eight-channel speaker array by members of the collective. To enter, email editor_at_journalofmusic_dot_com with your name and phone number. www.spatialmc.net

The Donegal Chamber Music Society is presenting the first Cello Meeting Ireland on 19–21 June. Based at the Regional Cultural Centre in Letterkenny, the weekend will feature masterclasses by the Romanian cellist Mihai Dancila as well as chamber music masterclasses. donegalchambermusic.blogspot.com

The Portugal-based organisation Miso Music has announced details of the Tenth Música Viva Electro-acoustic Composition Competition. Works may use a maximum of eight channels and no live elements. The competition is open to composers aged thirty-five and under. Works between five and fifteen minutes in duration should be submitted by 30 June 2009. www.misomusic.com

A new scheme by Voluntary Arts Ireland and Audiences NI will provide training and support to arts or crafts groups develop. Short, free training sessions will be provided as well as literature on building audiences and other issues. For a related discussion, read Toner Quinn's article, 'The Art of Money' in the latest issue of The Journal of Music in which he writes, 'with a mentoring system we would build up much tigher-knitted arts communities, with the new blood coming in able to build on what has been done before.' www.vaireland.org

The Irish premiere of All Tomorrow's Parties, a film documenting the music festival of the same name, will take place at the Irish Film Institute on 20 June at 9:00pm. Featured in the film is substantial Super 8, camcorder and mobile phone footage taken by audience members at All Tomorrow's Parties festivals, which Sonic Youth's Thurston Moore described as 'the ultimate mix-tape'. www.irishfilm.ie

A call for works has been issued by Dublin Sound Lab, the ensemble formed last year by the harpsichordist/organist Michael Quinn and the composer Fergal Dowling. The ensemble invites works for any combination of harpsichord, computer and fixed media of any duration. Composers may be of any age or nationality. The deadline for submissions is 1 September 2009. www.dublinsoundlab.ie

Cló Iar-Chonnachta has issued its first two releases of 2009, Dervish flute-player Liam Kelly's debut solo album, and flute-player John Wynne's second solo album. Both releases are available now from www.cic.ie and in shops. More releases are on their way from CIC this year. Stay up to date by joining CIC's Facebook page: www.tinyurl.com/njotro

The Journal of Music's new website receives thousands of unique visitors every week. Advertising at journalofmusic.com begins at only €5 per day. Email benedict_at_journalofmusic_dot_com

16.6.09 Ulster Orchestra, David Porcelijn (conductor), Shai Wosner (piano), Maxim Ryasnov (viola); Britten, Mozart, Martinu, Copland; Ulster Hall, Belfast, Co. Antrim; 7:45pm; Thursday 25 June 2009 Ulster Hall, 7.45pm www.ulsterorchestra.com
19.6.09 Acis & Galatea: Opera Theatre Company; Handel; Grand Opera House, Belfast, Co. Antrim; 1:00pm; £11/7.50 (www.opera.ie)
19.6.09 Ulster Orchestra, David Porcelijn (conductor), Éanna Monaghan (bassoon), Eimear McGeown (flute); Grieg, Jacob, Liebermann, Tchaikovsky; Ulster Hall, Belfast, Co. Antrim; 7:45pm; Call 0870 901 1227 for complimentary tickets

15.6.09 Kevin Crawford, Cillian Vallely, Paul Meehan; An Cruibín, Cork, Co. Cork; 8:00pm; €15
16.6.09 Scullion; Spiegeltent, Emmet Place, Co. Cork; 9:30pm; €25/22
21.6.09 Edel Sullivan (fiddle), Brid Dunne (piano); An Cruibín, Cork, Co. Cork; 9:00pm; €10

16.6.09 Acis & Galatea: Opera Theatre Company; Handel; The Playhouse, Orchard Street, Co. Derry; 8:00pm; £10/7 (www.opera.ie)

20.6.09 Cello Meeting Ireland; Regional Cultural Centre, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal; 1:00pm; €5 (www.donegalvec.ie)
21.6.09 Cello Meeting Ireland, Donegal Chamber Orchestra, Mihai Dancila (cello, director); Conwal Parish Church, Letterkenny, Co. Donegal; 8:00pm; €10/5 (www.donegalvec.ie)

15.6.09 - 19.6.09 Celtic Fusion Festival; Various venues, Castlewellan, Co. Down (www.celticfusion.co.uk)

16.6.09 Kokia & Puck Fair; The Button Factory, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2; 8:00pm
16.6.09 Chorisma; Åhlén, Bright, de Marzi, Harling, Larsson, Lejon, Lindberg, Nowowieski; Christ Church Cathedral, Christchurch Place, Dublin 8; 8:00pm (cccdub.ie/whatsnew/diary/2009/chorisma/chorisma.html)
16.6.09 RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Robert Houlihan (conductor), Aisling O'Dea (violin), Evelyn Cockburn (presenter); National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2; 1:00pm; €10
17.6.09 Spatial Music Collective; National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2; 8:30pm; €8/6 (www.spatialmc.net)
17.6.09 Amebix; The Button Factory, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2; 6:00pm; €17.50
18.6.09 Zakir Hussain & Masters of Percussion; National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2; 8:00pm; €63/26
18.6.09 Percussion Masterclass: Zakir Hussain; National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2; 4:00pm; €5
18.6.09 The Gospel Project, The Alternatives; In aid of Group 61; Axis, Main Street, Ballymun, Dublin 9; 8:00pm; €15/10
19.6.09 Hollywood Slim & The Fat Cats; JJ Smyth's, 12 Aungier Street, Dublin 2; 9:00pm; €10
19.6.09 Dublin Messiah Festival; Christ Church Cathedral, Christchurch Place, Dublin 8; 7:00pm
19.6.09 Dirty Epics; The Button Factory, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2; 7:30pm; €12
19.6.09 RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, Veronica McSwiney (piano), Lynda Lee (soprano), Katy Kelly (soprano), Ingrid Craigie (narrator), Ladies of Our Lady’s Choral Society, Proinnsías Ó Duinn (conductor); Mendelssohn; National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2; 8:00pm; €35/10 (www.rte.ie/performinggroups)
19.6.09 Mick Hanly; Séamus Ennis Centre, The Naul, Co. Dublin; 7:30pm; €16
20.6.09 Fujiya & Miyagi; Tripod, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2; 7:30pm; €25/20
20.6.09 Liz Madden (song) & Niamh Fahy (fiddle); Séamus Ennis Centre, The Naul, Co. Dublin; 7:30pm
20.6.09 Cantóirí; Peppercanister Church, Mount Street Crescent, Dublin 2; 7:30pm; €10/8 (www.cantoiri.com)
20.6.09 Túcan; Crawdaddy, Harcourt St.,; 8:00pm; €15/12
20.6.09 Monsters of Rock; The Button Factory, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2; 7:30pm; €28.50
20.6.09 Dial M for Murder: RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Neil Thomson (conductor); Murray, Herrmann, Tiomkin; National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2; 3:30pm; €38/10, repeated at 8:00pm (www.rte.ie/performinggroups)
20.6.09 Stillhouse, Sonny Condell, Chuck Brodsky; The Cherry Tree, Walkinstown, Dublin 12; 9:00pm; €12/10
20.6.09 - 21.6.09 Midsummer in Temple Bar; Various venues, Temple Bar, Dublin 2 (www.templebar.ie)
21.6.09 Sundays at Noon: Malachy Robinson (double bass); Ian Wilson; Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square, Dublin 1; 12:00pm; Free admission (www.hughlane.ie)
21.6.09 Pendulum: O’Leary/Davis/Jermyn; JJ Smyth's, 12 Aungier Street, Dublin 2; 9:00pm; €10
21.6.09 Intinn; The Button Factory, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2; 8:30pm; €5
21.6.09 Family Concert: RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Gareth Hudson (conductor); National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2; 3:30pm; €15/10 (www.rte.ie/performinggroups)

20.6.09 COMA Limerick; Contemporary Music for Amateurs; Musicians of all abilities are invited to join monthly rehearsals; Call Fiona Linnane on 087 203 2593; Red Cross Hall, Cecil St., Limerick, Co. Limerick; 11:00am - 3:00pm (www.coma.org)

18.6.09 Declan O'Rourke; Spirit Store, Dundalk, Co. Louth; 8:30pm; €22.50
19.6.09 Insanity, Of One Blood, Finish the Fight; Spirit Store, Dundalk, Co. Louth; 8:30pm; €10
20.6.09 The Curtain Thieves; Spirit Store, Dundalk, Co. Louth; 8:30pm; €10
21.6.09 Aoife Moriarty; Spirit Store, Dundalk, Co. Louth; 8:30pm; €10

18.6.09 Sean O'Se, Seamus Fay, Martin Donohoe, NYAH Band; The Kitchen, Strokestown Park House, Co. Roscommon; 8:00pm

17.6.09 Acis & Galatea: Opera Theatre Company; Handel; Strule Arts Centre, Omagh, Co. Tyrone; 8:00pm; £10/7.50 (www.opera.ie)

19.6.09 - 22.6.09 Dunlavin Festival of the Arts; Various venues, Dunlavin, Co. Wicklow

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