
sounds
Listen to an excerpt from New Mountain, Reaching Plane - a recent comission for Tectonics Festival 2022.
Performed in a surround configuration by members of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ailbhe and two gamelan players at the Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow on 1st May.

Impromptu viola duo with Jorge Boehringer
Live performance from the Monk and the Nun Festival
released on Sofia Records



present
UPCOMING LIVE
dawson + Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh @ Rum Shack Glasgow 22nd June
RAMP at Earagail Arts Festival, Donegal with Rob Casey, Aonghus McEvoy, David Lacey 9th July
with Josephine Foster & band @ Green Man Festival, Bannau Brycheiniog August 19th
Supersonic Festival, Birmingham September 3rd
more tbc
RECENT / CURRENT THINGS
speakiola on Josh Thorpe's How Things Happen
released on Rat-Drifting December 2022
reinterpretations of songs from the Lucinda Williams album
World Without Tears
by Cal Folger Day

viola contributions on
Aonghus McEvoy's new album Under & Cracked
released on Astral Spirits in August 2022
an excerpt from New Mountain, Reaching Plane - a recent comission for Tectonics Festival 2022.
Performed in a surround configuration by members of the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ailbhe and two gamelan players at the Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow on 1st May.

past
2023
The Modern Institute + Measure Maniacs + Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh @ QMU Glasgow 26/5
with Dome Riders @ Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh 18/5
Richard Dawson + Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh @ St Luke's, Glasgow 26/4
with Dome Riders at Floating Bridge #3 launch by Rob Churm and Malachy Duff @ Glasgow Project Rooms, 11/3
2022
Tongue Depressor + Dome Riders + Pefkin @ Old Hairdressers, Glasgow 29th January
Tongue Depressor + Off Brand + Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh @ The Waverly, Edinburgh 30th January
with Josh Thorpe + Ailie Ormston + Eric Chenaux @ Old Hairdressers, Glasgow 3/12
solo at KRUT FEST, Ghent, Belgium 19/11
with Aonghus McEvoy Group @ The Globe, Newcastle 23/10
solo at Sonic Acts Biennial @ Het HEM, Amsterdam 8/10
with Lus - drums and viola duo with Andrew Cheetham at Tor Fest, Todmorden 24/9
Supernormal Festival, Oxfordshire 12-14 August. Solo and with Quinie
w Dome Riders (Armin Sturm, Fritz Welch, Mike Parr-Burman) @ Old Hairdressers, Glasgow 20/5
New Mountain, Reaching Plane comission for members of BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and two gamelan players @ Tectonics Festival Glasgow 1/5
Listen to an excerpt on Soundcloud
2021
McEvoy Ensemble plays works by Cornelius Cardew with Aonghus McEvoy, Rhodri Davies, David Lacey, Rob Casey 9/10 & 16/10
https://listen.dublindigitalradio.com/cardew
@ Old Hairdressers, Glasgow with Raymond MacDonald, Jer Reid, Semay Wu 19/10
Solo at Alternating Current presented by DDR @ The Complex, Dublin 30 & 31/10
2020
Solo @ Old Hairdressers, Glasgow + Cadaver Eyes + Adam Green/Ali Robertson + Tarantula 6/3
UnSelfing/Arrivals by Isadora Epstein with Davy Kehoe and Daniel McAuley @ Ceannt Train Station, Galway 29/2
as part of TULCA Festival of Visual Arts
Solo @ Anseo, Dublin 20/2
2019
Reception: Duos & Quartet with David Donohoe, David Lacey and Aonghus McEvoy @ Lutherhaus, Dublin 7/11
Arts & Rafts with Anna Clock, Sligo 2/11
Swiss Barns @ Tusk Festival, Gateshead 11-13/10
Alasdair Roberts & Friends UK Tour October
Solo @ Tor Fest, Todmorden 31/8
Solo @ V&A Museum, Dundee 2/8
w Alasdair Roberts & Friends @ Sheffield Folk Festival 6/7
Glasgow Improvisers Orchestra w Joelle Leandre @ Glasgow Jazz Festival 23/6
w Josephine Foster @ Adam Smith Theatre, Kircaldy 15/6
Solo and w Alasdair Roberts & Friends @ Woolf II Festival, Cleeve House, Wiltshire 9/6
Timon of Athens and Dido and Aneas by Henry Purcell directed by Tiffany Vong @ Glasgow University 30/5 - 1/6
Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh and Andrew Cheetham + Ryoko Akama @ The Peer Hat, Manchester 14/5
w Josephine Foster & Band @ Tivoli Vredenburg, Utrecht 24/4
Beursschouwburg, Brussels 25/4
LSO St Luke's, London 28/4
'Thin gold chains link ears to the tip of their tongue.' An exhibition by Anne-Marie Copestake @ Cooper Gallery, Dundee. Performing solo and with Anna Clifford 28/3
Andrew Cheetham and Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh duo and solo sets @ The Peer Hat, Manchester 29/1
Yerba Mansa + Andrew Cheetham and Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh duo @ Old Hairdressers, Glasgow 30/1
2018
Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh @ Eastern Daze Festival, Ghent 23/11/2018
Circuit des Yeux: Gaia Infinitus @ Le Guess Who, Utrect and European Tour 8 - 21/11/2018
Reception: Rainfear + Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh @ Helen Roe Theatre, Dublin 1/11/2018
Holiday Inn & Suites performing as Splay Toe @ Old Hairdressers, Glasgow 23/10/2018
Willberg/Andreae Duo + Farmer/Lacey Duo + Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh + Ali Robertson @ Old Hairdressers, Glasgow 20/10/2018
KATE R&D Project @ Volcano Theatre, Abertawe/Swansea with Pat Thomas and Rhodri Davies
directed by Paul Davies 1 - 11/8/2018
Kellie Consort Summer Tour of Scotland 27-31/7/2018
J.S. Bach Cantatas 22, 77, 153 & 199 and H. Purcell Timon of Athens and The Fairy Queen
w Dominic Lash, Tony Bevan, Fritz Welch, Mike Parr-Burman @ Glad Cafe, Glasgow 29/6/2018
Woven Skull @ Body&Soul Festival, Co Westmeath 23/6/2018
MAW Presents: Phil Minton & Maggie Nichols, GIO, Alexandra Spence, Sarah Kenchington, Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh, Sean Armstrong Experience @ CCA, Glasgow 2/6/2018
NAWR#3: Vicky Langan + Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh @ BBC Hall, Abertawe Swansea 17/5/2018
Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh @ Tor Beers, Todmorden 13/5/2018
Glasgow International Festival with Anne-Marie Copestake @ Old Hairdressers, Glasgow 26/4/2018
J.S.Bach Cantatas 150,155 and 196 with Kellie Consort
@ Old St Paul's Church, Edinburgh 7/4/2018
@ Saint Salvator's Chapel, St Andrews 8/4/2018
Josephine Foster + Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh @ Glad Cafe, Glasgow 5/4/2018
Gnod & Woven Skull tour of Ireland February 2018
Alex Rex + Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh @ Glad Cafe, Glasgow 3/2/2018
The Ballad of Shirley Collins film screening. Songs with Alasdair Roberts @ Glad Cafe, Glasgow 12/1/2018
2017
Cian Nugent & Sean Carpio + Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh @ Anseo, Dublin 22/12/2017
The One Ensemble + Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh solo at Glad Cafe, Glasgow 19/11/2017
Woven Skull at Monastery of Sound Festival, The White Hotel, Manchester 4/11/2017
w Tony Bevan and Armin Sturm at Old Hairdressers, Glasgow 21/10/2017
Solo tape release & Woven Skull 10" release at Jigsaw, Dublin 25/08/2017
Circuit des Yeux - OFF Festival, Poland 06/08/2017
Woven Skull Tour July 2017
Circuit des Yeux - Roskilde Festival, Denmark 01/07/2017
Solo residency at Sirius Arts Centre, Cobh June 2017
Trio w Jon Collin and Aonghus Mc Evoy at Anseo, Dublin 15/06/2017
‘Reception’ at Lutherhaus with Rhodri Davies, David Lacey and Rob Casey 20/05/2017
Solo viola & tape delay set at Tengu 16/04/2017
‘The Sound of Silents’ at Irish Film Institue. Live soundtracks to archive footage with Seán Mac Erlaine, Shane Latimer, Julius Gabriel, Florian Walter and Achim Zepezauer 08/04/2017
Three Eyed Makara tour of the Irish mid-west March 2017
Mayormaynot w Sean Maynard Smith, Darragh O’Kelly, Shane Clear, Brendan Doherty 26/01/2017
2016
Saint-Saens Christmas Oratorio with DIT Orchestra 07/12/2016
'Bleed’ at Tiger Dublin Fringe with members of Bottlenote Collective 21/09/2016
Composer and performer of music for Very Rich Hours play at Dublin Fringe Festival 13-17/09/2016
Improvised viola duo set w Jorge Boehringer at Monk & the Nun Festival 13/08/2016
‘Reception: TWO DUOS’ at Lutherhaus w David Donohoe 9/11/2016
Trio with David Lacey and Aonghus Mc Evoy at Jigsaw Dublin 28/10/2016
Dublin Feminist Film Fundraiser - duo with David Lacey 14/10/2016
‘Reception’ - new works by Conal Ryan, Susan Geaney and Rob Casey at Lutherhaus 01/09/2016
Woven Skull - Warzone Centre, Belfast June 2016
Cian Nugent & the Cosmos - Moth Club, London May 2016
Vivaldi Gloria with DIT Baroque Ensemble and Choir- Pro Cathedral April 2016
2015
Composer and performer of music for The Fortune Teller play - Temple Bar Gallery December 2015
Circuit des Yeux - Le Guess Who Festival, Utrecht November 2015
Circuit des Yeux - European tour October 2015
2014
Solo performance - Lilliput Press, Stoneybatter November 2014
Cian Nugent & the Cosmos - European Tour April 2014
'Celestial' by Anna Clifford, String Quartet Opus 121 Gabriel Faure - South Studios, Dublin 27/02/2014
2013
‘Joinery Off-Site’- duo with David Lacey - King House, Boyle, Co Roscommon 28/09/2013
w Josephine Foster & Gyða Valtýsdóttir - Irish tour August 2013
The Slow Air (duo of improvised music w David Lacey)- The Joinery 04/06/2013
2012
Josephine Foster & Band - Italian Tour December 2012
Josephine Foster & Band – Hunter's Moon Festival, Leitrim October 2012
'Biforking' 3D dronefield piece for viola, tape, electronics - The Joinery 18/05/2012
2011
w Cian Nugent & David Lacey - Cafe Oto , London October 2011
w Cian Nugent & David Lacey - The Cube, Bristol October 2011
2010
'Music for Viola, Piano and Percussion' graphic score by Rob Casey w David Lacey - Goethe Institute 26/05/ 2010