The first of three lunchtime concerts by students from the Royal Irish Academy of Music [RIAM] and Cork School of Music [CSM]

These concerts are devoted to groups from RIAM’s & CSMs third level programmes (BMus, MMus, DipMus, Recital Artist Diploma) consisting of students training at the colleges for careers as professional musicians. A special selection process is linked to RIAMs / CSMs chamber music exams, from which, outstanding groups are selected for the Music for Wexford recital opportunities, offering a professional platform for pre-professional chamber musicians.

We are delighted to present The Lucens Trio & Banshees Brass Ensemble.

The Lucens Trio explores 20th century and contemporary works for the less standard combination of flute, oboe and piano, Banshee Brass a programme based on musical history's fascination with the story of Romeo and Juliet, Johanna and Rohan present a programme exclusively by women composers who contributed significantly to musical history from the1900s to the present day (for some, perhaps not with the recognition deserved) and Éadaoin and Oana present a 2 part themed programme – the first part, songs inspired the nature, and the second part, Spanish themed Les Filles de Cadix and Obradors Canciones Clásicas Españolas. 

The Lucens Trio 

Kristina Gerasimova, flute 

Grace Mercer, oboe 

Jingyi Yang, piano 

Eugene Goossens: Harlequinade and Pastorale  

Madeleine Dring: Trio for flute, oboe and piano I. Allegro con brio II. Andante semplice III. Allegro giocoso

Andrey Rubtsov: Marbella Fantasy 

Banshee Brass 

Erick Castillo, trumpet 

Aoife Garry, trumpet 

Enda Collins, horn 

Casey Trowel, trombone 

Adam Buttimer, tuba 

A Romeo and Juliet themed program exploring the popularity of the Shakespeare in musical history with arrangements of Bernstein West Side Story, Tchaikovsky  Romeo and Juliet Overture and Prokofiev Romeo and Juliet Ballet