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5 RIAM pianists take part in Dublin International Piano Competition 2012

RIAM wishes the very best to our five Bachelors, Masters and Doctorate students who are competing in the Dublin International Piano Competition 2012. The 2009 Competition saw two RIAM students in the Final.

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STRINGS ATTACHED- RIAM announces important new partnership with Vogler String Quartet

RIAM and Music in Drumcliffe are delighted to announce the launch of ‘Strings Attached’, a high level mentoring programme for string quartets led by the internationally-acclaimed Vogler String Quartet. This programme is open to senior string quartets and individual string …

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BA Composition student Bill McGrath wins West Cork Composition Prize

Congratulations to Bill McGrath who is one of this year’s winners in the West Cork Chamber Music prize. Bill has won with his Prelude and Fugue for string quartet. Bill becomes our third winner of the competition in the five …

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RIAM opera director Annilese Miskimmon appointed general manager/artistic director of DNO

RIAM opera director Annilese Miskimmon appointed general manager/artistic director of Danish National Opera. The Royal Irish Academy of Music says ‘Tillykke’ to opera director Annilese Miskimmon in her exciting new role. Annilese has just been named as the new general …

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Killian White: RIAM Student of the Month for April

My Student of the Month for April is 12 year old cellist Killian White. Killian studies cello with Christopher Marwood, and is a member of the RIAM Intermediate Orchestra under the baton of James Cavanagh. As a result of Killian’s performance at the …

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RIAM Guest lecture Series May 2012

RIAM Guest lecture Series continues with Professor Iain Fenlon (University of Cambridge) Lecture commences at 1.00 pm

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Student of the Month for March- RIAM Symphony Orchestra

In a break with RIAM tradition, the Student of the Month for March 2012 is the ‘ultimate instrument’- the RIAM Symphony Orchestra. This award acknowledges the group’s superb preparation, which culminated in a triumphant performance of Mahler’s colossal Second Symphony …

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RIAM Library Blog now online

We have just launched our library blog which will keep you updated on library news, new  acquisitions, useful web resources in music (e.g. digitised music, research websites) as well as other similar blogs which we have come across, and more. The …

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19th century guitar music collection now available online from the Royal Irish Academy of Music.

Users can now view online the music contained in the entire Hudleston Collection of printed guitar music in digital format. This is freely accessible via the Royal Irish Academy of Music online catalogue. This unique resource, held in the RIAM …

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The Irene Sandford Award

This competition is open to ALL singing students of the RIAM, and includes a Bursary of €2000 and perpetual trophy, a €500 prize for the most promising performer and a €200 prize for the best performance of an art song sung in …

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The Irene Sandford Award