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Wide Open Music and the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra present Tasmin Little with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra on tour in Castlebar on December 5 at 8pm at the Royal Theatre. To coincide with this event Mayo Youth Orchestra have been preparing a programme which they will perform with Tasmin Little in a short pre-concert performance at 7.15pm in the Royal Theatre on the night of the RTÉ NSO concert. Over the last number of weeks musicians from the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and conductor Fergus Sheil have visited Mayo Youth Orchestra to help coach the young players in preparation for the concert. The pre-concert performance is free and all are welcome to attend.

A MEDITATION on Christ’s final words on the Cross and a homage to the patron saint of music, St Cecilia, will form part of a pre-Easter concert of sacred contemporary music in St Nicholas’ Collegiate Church.

Westmeath County Council is looking for two primary schools in Westmeath to take part in a new national children’s choral project in conjunction with the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and conductor Fergus Sheil which will take place in the Convention Centre in Dublin on Saturday November 10.

Due to the phenomenal success of last year’s choral event, the Kilkenny Arts Festival is pleased to announce information regarding Festival Chorus 2011. The festival is calling on members of choirs from throughout Ireland to take part in an exclusive choral project that will run during this year’s festival. Those involved will be provided with tuition from experienced singers under the direction of Fergus Sheil.

GALWAY CITY will celebrate the 75th birthday of the renowned Estonian classical composer Arvo Pärt with a major concert next week.

The Kilkenny Arts Festival’s specially co-ordinated choir and orchestra gave Kilkenny classical music fans a real treat on Saturday night last where they performed for the first and only time in the beautiful venue of St Canice’s Cathedral.

The 37th Kilkenny Arts Festival was launched this week with a special choir singing the entire programme to the tune of Handel’s Messiah.

MUCH FETED for its innovative approach to opera, Opera Theatre Company come to the Town Hall Theatre next week with a dynamic new production of Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro.

Duiske Abbey, Graiguenamanagh, will be the venue for the Wexford Sinfonia’s summer concert on Sunday May 16 at 8pm. This awe-inspiring medieval building will be the perfect setting for the evening of baroque and early classical music, which will be performed by the orchestra. The conductor will be Fergus Sheil.