Welcome to the online home of the Dublin Gay Music Group. Here you'll find information about the Group, beginning on this page with the schedule for our sessions this month. You can also view other months, which is an ideal way to spot gaps which you can fill by offering to host or taking a Presenter spot (just send an email, or add changes to the printed version at one of our sessions).
DGMG Online
2018
See the weekly
schedule sheet for
host-contact
information
View or download the 2018 Anniversaries summary sheet
HOST
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
January
27
Ken
Dermot
06
Dermot
[Theme: Operetta, Musicals, Film]
No presentation today
13
Jim
Séamus
20
Roy
Peadar
ANNIVERSARIES
3rd H.K. Gruber, 75th | 14th Mariss Jansons, 75th
February
03
Paul
Ken
10
Jim
David
17
Roy
Jim
24
No session today (Widespread unavailability)
ANNIVERSARIES
13th Ildebrando Pizzetti, 50d | 16th John Corigliano, 80th
March
03
No session today. Blame the Beast from the East.
10
Jim
Séamus
17
No session today (St Patrick's Day)
31
Jim
Ken
Easter weekend
24
Roy
Peadar
DEBUSSY + RACHMANINOV DAY
ANNIVERSARIES
9th David Matthews, 75th | 12th Alun Hodinott, 10d | 13th César Cui, 100d | 15th Lili Boulanger, 100d
16th Mario Castelnuovo Tedesco, 50d + Christa Ludwig, 90th | 20th Bernd Alois Zimmermann, 100b
24th Théophile Ysaÿe, 100d | 25th CLAUDE DEBUSSY, 100b | 28th SERGEI RACHMANINOV, 75d
April
28
Jim
Dermot
21
Roy
Roy
14
Ken
David + Dermot
April Concert
07
Ken
Éamon
ANNIVERSARIES
1st Scott Joplin, 150b | 3rd Franz Berwald, 150d | 8th Marian Anderson, 25d
12th Montserrat Calallé, 85th | 16th Frederic Mompou, 125b
May
26
Roy
David
05
Dermot
Jim
12
Jim
Tom
19
Ken
Séamus
ANNIVERSARIES
7th Leopold Koželuch, 200d | 16th Eugene Goosens, 125b | 27th Thea Musgrave, 90th
June
02
No session today (Holiday weekend)
09
No session today (BachFest in Leipzig)
30
Jim
No presentation today. Bring 15 minutes of music.
16
Jim
Roy
GRIEG DAY
23
Séamus
Séamus
ANNIVERSARIES
2nd André Mathieu, 50d | 9th Charles Wourinen, 80th
10th Arrigo Boito, 100d + Heinrich von Herzogenberg 175b
15th EDVARD GRIEG, 175b | 17th Charles Gounod, 200b | 27th Magnus Lindberg, 60th
July
21
Tom F
Tom
14
Ken
Peadar
July Concert
07
Dermot
Ken
28
No session today for one reason and another
ANNIVERSARIES
15th Julian Bream, 85th | 16th Pinchas Zukerman, 70th
August
04
Jim
Jim
11
Ken
Éamon
18
Roy
Séamus
25
SESSION CANCELLED
BERNSTEIN DAY
ANNIVERSARIES
3rd Alfred Schnittke, 20d | 5th Oskar Merikanto, 150b | 13th Kathleen Battle, 70th
21st Lili Boulanger, 125b | 25th LEONARD BERNSTEIN, 100b
September
01
Ken
Ken
08
No session today (Widespread unavailability)
29
Roy
Peadar
15
Jim
Éamon
22
Séamus
David
ANNIVERSARIES
18th Arthur Benjamin, 125b + Mauricio Kagel, 10d | 22nd A.J. Potter, 100b + Henryk Szeryng, 100b
October
27
Ken
Séamus
06
Dermot
Tom
October Concert
20
Roy
Dermot
13
Jim
Éamon
ANNIVERSARIES
7th Charles Parry, 100b | 16th Granville Bantock, 150b | 18th Charles Gounod, 125d
23rd Ned Rorem, 95th | 31st Francesco Maria Veracini, 250d
November
24
Tom
Tom
03
Jim
David
TCHAIKOVSKY DAY
10
Séamus
Séamus
ROSSINI DAY
17
Dermot
Jim
ANNIVERSARIES
6th PETER ILYiCH TCHAIKOVSKY, 125d | 10th François Couperin, 350b
13th GIOACHINO ROSSINI, 150d
December
01
Jim
08
15
Roy
Theme: Christmas Music
22
Jim
29
No session today
ANNIVERSARIES
Date unknown: Marc-Antoine Charpentier, 375b | 19th Steven Isserlis, 60th | 3rd José Serebrier, 80th
31st Stephen Cleobury, 70th
PRESENTER / SPECIAL EVENT / NOTE
HOST