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The renowned London Welsh Male Choir will this weekend perform a special fundraising concert at Galway Cathedral to support Croí, the Heart & Stroke Charity.

The great fiddle player, piano player and composer Charlie Lennon has passed away. He was 85. Born in Kiltyclogher in County Leitrim, on the border with Fermanagh, in 1938, he grew up in an area rich in music. At the age of seven, he began piano lessons with a local teacher, Theresa Gilmartin, and progressed through the grades of the Royal Irish Academy of Music until he was 13. At the same time, his elder brother, the late Ben Lennon (1928–2020), began teaching him the fiddle.

Eimear Noone is an Irish conductor and composer best known for her award-winning work on video game music. She has conducted the Philadelphia Orchestra, the Royal Philharmonic, Orchestre National de Bretagne, the Sydney Symphony, the Danish National Symphony Orchestra, and several other national orchestras.

A special double headliner gig takes place at Monroe’s Live on Saturday, December 10, as musical driving forces Steve Wickham and Jane Willow take to the stage on Dominick Street. The award-winning rock fiddler Steve Wickham is part of the Waterboys’ musical legacy that has spanned over 30 years.

CHARLES VILLIERS Stanford is one of the greatest composers to have ever come out of Ireland. Yet in Ireland, both the man, and his music, continue to go somewhat under the radar - certainly in comparison to his predecessor, John Field.

Sinead Lee Hair Design was opened in 2017 and has developed a loyal following of people who appreciate innovation in Hair Design. Our team of professionals all with specific areas of expertise, bring an award winning experience for their clientele.

BELFAST POET Elizabeth McGeown, a four time finalist in the All-Ireland Poetry Slam, will read at this week's Bard Yard, Galway's new, online, poetry open mic event.

A stellar line-up of artists will take to the Royal Theatre stage on Friday February 28 in the forthcoming Mayo Music Extravaganza Concert, including three internationally renowned vocal soloists – Baritone David Durham; Mezzo Soprano Anne Marie Gibbons and Hugh Francis.

MARIA KESSELMAN, who starred opposite Michael Crawford in the celebrated Phantom of the Opera performances of the late 1980s, is coming to Galway to take part in the Viennese Strauss Gala.