Professional development 2023

Each year, the Fidelio Trio Winter Chamber Music Festival offers professional development opportunities for emerging composers and young artists.

Snapshots – Fidelio Winter Chamber Music Festival 2023

Snapshots was a professional development opportunity presenteded by Fidelio Trio in collaboration with the Contemporary Music Centre and GlasDrum, and in partnership with Fidelio Trio Winter Chamber Music Festival 2023.

An exciting opportunity to write a two minute Snapshot for either solo violin, solo cello, or solo piano, inspired by the oasis that is the National Botanic Gardens in Glasnevin, Dublin. VR Garden Walks click HERE.

The opportunity was suitable for emerging/early career music creators/composers and was open to any emerging/early career music creator/composer born in or based on the island of Ireland.

These pieces received one-to-one expert feedback and were workshopped with the music creators/composer and Fidelio Trio members: Darragh Morgan Violin, Tim Gill Cello, Mary Dullea, Piano on the afternoon of the 25th November 2023, in Belvedere House, DCU Glasnevin campus, Dublin 9.

As an integral part of the day’s events, this workshop was a natural extension of the lunchtime concert at the National Botanic Gardens which featured the world premiere performances of four works for violin and electronics taking their inspiration from the flora of the National Botanic Gardens, by Grainne Mulvey, Siobhán Cleary, Seán Ó Dálaigh and Fergal Dowling. Participants were encouraged to attend this concert in advance of the workshop.  

Furthermore, post the Snapshots workshop, the participants attended a 6pm roundtable discussion focusing on previous Fidelio Trio Winter Chamber Music Festival commissions by composers John Buckley, Rhona Clarke, Ann Cleare and Kevin Volans.