IMROs collaborative initiative with The Songwriting Collective returns later this month. If you want to hone your songwriting or performance skills then you should drop into our next Workshop which takes place on Thursday 10th January from 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm in at IMRO followed by a presentation of co-writes and other self-penned songs […]
Music Minds 2019 is an IMRO sponsored one day multi-genre music festival made up of workshops, debates, films and live performances for those interested in the advancing music industry, its lineage and its rapidly changing vista through technology. Perhaps, most exciting of all is that we are taking this celebration of all things contemporary Irish […]
Dublin’s largest festival of Traditional and Folk music is back next January. What better way to beat off the January blues than a five-day festival in Ireland celebrating the wholesome and eclectic sounds of traditional Irish music, Celtic rock, folk and world music. TradFest also offers concert goers unique opportunities to experience live music in […]
Festivals and venues, big and small, support an ever dynamic touring industry that so many artists increasingly rely on for their livelihoods. What does it take to break your music into new territories? This upcoming IMRO seminar will help you gain an insight into the opportunities and challenges for artists taking their music overseas. Featuring […]
CELEBRATING 40 YEARS OF ORIGINAL MUSIC To celebrate their phenomenal forty years on the road, IMRO will host a special evening of live music and chat with iconic Irish band Bagatelle on Wednesday 30th January. On the night the band will be presented with an IMRO Award in recognition of their 40th anniversary. Bagatelle began […]
The role of the music video has evolved and changed over the years, from a time when fans would patiently watch MTV in the hopes of seeing their favourite artists’ latest video, to the age of YouTube and Facebook where fans can now have instant access to an artist’s music video. This instant access can […]
The annual celebration of songs and the people who write them has come around again and Belfast City will come alive to the sound of great new songs, first week in March. It’s the fifteenth year of the Panarts Belfast Nashville Songwriters Festival and Convention when Northern Irish songwriters perform in the festival with award […]
Do you want to know how best to pitch your ideas to organisations, publishers, agents, radio stations, newspapers? Sounding the Feminists (STF), with support from IMRO, are initiating a series of workshops for female, trans, and non-binary artists on how to make a place for themselves in music. Through a series of informal workshops on […]
Multi-platinum selling songwriter, Carla Marie is hitting major cities across the UK & Ireland to empower females during Women's History Month, delivering her songwriting masterclasses to the future female songwriters, producers and artists. As part of the Dublin leg of her Masterclass tour, Carla Marie will be hosting a songwriter masterclass in IMRO on Friday […]
Carlow is gearing up for the live final of the Pan Celtic National Song Contest 2019 which will take place in the GB Shaw Theatre, Visual on Saturday, 23 March. From over forty entries, 16 newly composed songs in the Irish language have been shortlisted for the final and the finalists will go head to […]
