3 May 2026, 6pmEsker Arts, Tullamore With special guests Vltava String Quartet, soprano Erin Dollard, Mullingar Harp School & Tullamore Stage School Choir with Musical Director Regina McCarthy. The Irish Midlands Youth Orchestra are excited to be celebrating 20 years with a gala concert at Esker Arts, Tullamore. Conducted by Matt Rafter, the concert will…

Last Sunday, our IMYO members attended workshops with members of the Army Band and the Meliora String Quartet in the music department of Technological University of the Shannon in Athlone. Huge thanks to Capt. William Chester, and players Martin, Francesca, Padraig, Jack and Andrea of the Defense Forces Band of the 2 Brigade, who gave…

Another wonderful weekend of workshops with our tutors. Well done to all our members, great musical progress over the course of the weekend. We dug into loads of new music, and even split the orchestra in half for two pieces: Irish Suite for Strings by Arthur Duff for the strings, and The Curse of Tutankhamun…

What a brilliant evening we had last Saturday in St. Paul’s Church! We’d like to extend our heartfelt thanks to soprano Joanna Fagan, our MC Vincent Dolan, and the very talented Cór an Chroí from Loreto College Mullingar! Thanks also to funders Westmeath County Council, and St. Paul’s Church for the beautiful venue. – IMYO…

Irish Midlands Youth Orchestra are delighted to announce their annual Christmas Concert will take place on 6 Dec at 7pm in St. Paul’s Church Mullingar! Featuring a mix of classical masterworks and festive classics, this annual tradition is a cornerstone of the orchestra’s performance calendar. We are also delighted to be joined by some very…

The Irish Midlands Youth Orchestra have commenced their 2025/26 season, which marks 20 years of the orchestra! The orchestra’s summer workshop took place at the end of August, where we welcomed some new members and got stuck into a whole slate of new music. The next public performance is scheduled for Mullingar on 6 Dec….

Westmeath Examiner, 28 July 2025 “The Irish Midlands Youth Orchestra received an Award of Excellence for their performances throughout the 11th World Orchestra Festival in Vienna on July 10-13. The event gave youth orchestras from 12 countries a platform to showcase their talent in some of Vienna’s most prestigious concert venues. The IMYO were presented with their…

We had a blast at the World Orchestra Festival in Vienna from 10th-13th July! Stay tuned for more detail here soon!

IMYO were delighted to end the ’24/’25 season with a performance at Backstage Theatre, Longford as part of the Camlin Keys Piano Festival 2025. The orchestra performed a varied programme including Tchaikovsky, Elgar, Piazzola and many more. Also featured was the second-ever performance of Tim Doyle’s Sliabh Rua, written especially for the IMYO! The orchestra…

4 May 2025, 6pmBackstage Theatre, Farneyhoogan, Longford. Ticket link: https://backstage.ie/events/irish-midlands-youth-orchestra/ The Irish Midlands Youth Orchestra are delighted to present a concert in Backstage Theatre, Longford as part of Camlin Keys Music Festival 2025. Fresh off a performance in the National Concert Hall, the orchestra will play a varied programme from Brahms and Tchaikovsky, through to…