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ONE OF the highpoints of Galway’s musical calendar and festive season is coming up shortly when Music For Galway, the Irish Baroque Orchestra, and the Resurgam choir join forces for a presentation of Handel’s Messiah at St Nicholas’s Collegiate Church, on Saturday December 8.

PIANO SONATAS and flute quartets by the great Austrian composer Jospeh Haydn, a friend and teacher to both Beethoven and Mozart, will be performed in NUI Galway’s Aula Maxima.

Emmet Cahill’s hometown début concert, on Saturday April 14 at Mullingar Arts Centre, will feature a wonderful selection of pieces, including items ranging from musical theatre to classical and traditional Irish to swing standards. Something for everyone, in fact!

After a very successful season one Dramatastic will resume classes for season two from January 14. Dramatastic was established by Ciara Doyle (B Ed primary teaching, ALCM, LLCM, FLCM musical theatre, MA music education) to make the performing arts accessible to children in Galway and give children the opportunity to develop confidence, make friends, and nurture their own talents in a safe and comfortable environment. With a maximum entry of 15 pupils per class, each child is guaranteed expert tuition.

After a very successful season one Dramatastic will resume classes for season two from January 14. Dramatastic was established by Ciara Doyle (B Ed primary teaching, ALCM, LLCM, FLCM musical theatre, MA music education) to make the performing arts accessible to children in Galway and give children the opportunity to develop confidence, make friends, and nurture their own talents in a safe and comfortable environment. With a maximum entry of 15 pupils per class, each child is guaranteed expert tuition.

Kilkenny clarinettist Léonie Bluett (22) was, for the second year running, one of the leading young instrumental students selected to take part in the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra’s 2011 Mentoring Scheme for Advanced Young Musicians.

One of Kilkenny's most successful musicians – acclaimed pianist Finghin Collins – will play in Waterford’s city hall next Thursday evening.

DRAMA, FIRE, delicacy, humour, and virtuosity can be expected in the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra’s current all-Mozart spring tour which arrives in Galway on Tuesday featuring the acclaimed Irish pianist Finghin Collins as soloist and director.

REHEARSALS ARE currently in full swing for the Patrician Musical Society’s staging of classic musical Fiddler On The Roof which graces the Town Hall next week.

Kilkenny clarinettist Léonie Bluett has won an exclusive place performing alongside the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra at the National Concert Hall.