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Board, Autumn 2026

Forming a founding board

As we form the company, we are looking for volunteer board members.

Board roles
Class, Autumn 2026

Community Recorder Ensemble Class

Wednesday evenings, 7pm to 8pm, at Mulhuddart Community Centre.

About the class
Concert, 19 September 2026

An autumn concert

At Methodist Centenary Church, Ranelagh, with soprano, haegeum, clarinet and piano.

All outreach concerts

The record: Forty, by year.

Every talk and performance, with what it was and where.

talks
17
outreach performances
20
pilot concert
1
South Dublin Live 2026 concerts
2

January 2024 – September 2026

2024, 8 talks, 7 performances

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  1. January
    1. Talk: Getting Closer, Sandyford, Dublin 18
  2. February
    1. Talk: Together (1), Our Lady of Dolours Church, Dolphin’s Barn
  3. March
    1. Performance: St Patrick’s Day Concert, Dalgan Park, Co. Meath
    2. Talk: Together (2), Our Lady of Dolours Church
  4. April
    1. Talk: My Taste (1), Our Lady of Dolours Church
    2. Talk: My Taste (2), Our Lady of Dolours Church
  5. May
    1. Performance: Rathgar Parish Concert, Church of the Three Patrons, Rathgar
  6. June
    1. Talk: Summer Festivals, Our Lady of Dolours Church
  7. August
    1. Performance: London Korean Catholic Church, United Kingdom, clarinet and organ
  8. October
    1. Performance: Missions Étrangères de Paris, France, clarinet solo, retired missionaries
    2. Performance: Palais Brongniart, Paris, France, clarinet solo
  9. November
    1. Talk: Getting Closer + Together (1), TU Dublin, Grangegorman
    2. Talk: Getting Closer + Together (2), TU Dublin
    3. Performance: St Columban’s Day Concert, Missionary Sisters of St Columban, Co. Wicklow
  10. December
    1. Performance: Gwandukjeong Martyrs Memorial Centre, Daegu, Korea, clarinet and piano

2025, 7 talks, 12 performances

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  1. February
    1. Talk: Getting Closer + Together (1), TU Dublin
  2. March
    1. Talk: Getting Closer + Together (2), TU Dublin
    2. Performance: Dalgan Park, Co. Meath, Korean traditional ensemble and clarinet
  3. April
    1. Talk: My Taste, TU Dublin
    2. Performance: HSE EVE Goirtin Hub, Dublin 7, clarinet solo, a day service
    3. Performance: Blessed Sacrament Chapel, Dublin 1, organ and clarinet
    4. Performance: Dysart Parish, Co. Westmeath, clarinet solo
  4. May
    1. Performance: Kilmessan Church, Co. Meath, organ and clarinet
  5. June
    1. Performance: Dalgan Park, Co. Meath
  6. July
    1. Talk: BBC Proms, Carmelite Community Centre, Dublin
    2. Performance: Morning Star Hostel, Dublin 7, organ and clarinet, a homeless hostel
  7. September
    1. Talk: Getting Closer + Together (1), TU Dublin
  8. October
    1. Talk: Getting Closer + Together (2), TU Dublin
  9. November
    1. Performance: TU Dublin, Dublin 7, organ and clarinet
    2. Performance: TU Dublin, Dublin 7, clarinet, piano and harp
    3. Performance: Missionary Sisters of St Columban, Co. Wicklow, clarinet solo
    4. Performance: Franciscan Missionaries of Mary, Dublin 5, clarinet solo
  10. December
    1. Talk: Together (1): a concert, attended together, National Concert Hall, Dublin
    2. Performance: Christmas Concert, Clondalkin Lodge, Dublin

2026, 2 talks, 4 performances

  1. January
    1. Talk: My Taste (1), East Quad, TU Dublin Grangegorman
  2. February
    1. Talk: My Taste (2), East Quad, TU Dublin Grangegorman
  3. April
    1. Performance: Easter Concert: Presentation Sisters Recorder Ensemble, Clondalkin Lodge, Dublin
  4. August
    1. Performance: Tallaght University Hospital, our founder was selected for South Dublin Live 2026, atrium and chapel, with a guest haegeum player
    2. Performance: Rua Red Performance Space, Tallaght, our founder was selected for South Dublin Live 2026, clarinet, piano and soprano
  5. September
    1. Performance: Methodist Centenary Church, Ranelagh, Dublin 6, soprano, haegeum, clarinet and piano

Timeline: How it grew.

    1. 2024, January: It starts

      Founded in Dublin, with the Letters Ensemble. Six people came to the first talk.

    2. 2024, Through the year: Beyond Dublin

      Concerts in Co. Meath, Co. Wicklow, London, Paris and Daegu.

    1. 2025, Through the year: Into care settings

      Concerts at a day service, a homeless hostel and a care home.

    2. 2025, Autumn: Introducing concerts

      We started introducing concerts to participants and organising group attendance.

    3. 2025, October: Preparing the recorder pilot

      With seven retired Presentation Sisters: individual lessons and a part for each player.

    4. 2025, December: At the National Concert Hall

      The fifteenth talk was a concert we heard together.

    1. 2026, January to April: All seven, to the end

      Ten weekly rehearsals at Warrenmount, then an Easter concert at Clondalkin Lodge.

    2. 2026, August: South Dublin Live

      Our founder was selected. We played twice in Tallaght.

    3. 2026, September: An autumn concert

      In Ranelagh, Dublin 6, at Methodist Centenary Church.

    4. 2026, Autumn: The public class begins

      The class born from the pilot opens to the public in Mulhuddart.