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
2024
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HOST
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
January
27
Roy
Jim
06
Dermot
Éamon
Theme: Operetta, Musical, Film, World
20
Ken
Dermot
13
Jim
David + Ken
January Concert
ANNIVERSARIES
1st Milan Horvat, 10d + Knudage Riisager, 50d | 2nd Péter Eötvös, 80th | 4th Josef Suk, 150b
7th Francis Poulenc, 125b | 8th Benjamin Lees, 100b | 9th Francesco Malipiero, 200b
16th Marilyn Horne, 90th | 17th Jaakko Kuusisto, 50th | 20th Yvonne Loriod, 100b
21st Alexander Tcherepnin, 125b
February
24
Roy
David
03
Jim
Ron
[ Holiday weekend ]
10
Séamus
Séamus
Theme: Love & Romance
17
Ken
Éamon
ANNIVERSARIES
7th Antoni Wit, 80th | 15th Kurt Atterberg, 50d | 15th Georges Auric, 125b | 16th Sigiswald Kuijken, 80th
17th Karl Jenkins, 80th | 17th Oscar Merikanto, 100d | 23rd John Blow, 375b | 25th Andrew Marriner, 70th
26th Silvio Varviso, 100b | 27th JoAnn Falletta, 70th
March
02
Jim
Jim
09
Dermot
No presenter today. Bring 15 minutes of music.
16
Ken
Séamus
[ Holiday weekend ]
23
Jim
David
30
No session today. Easter weekend.
ANNIVERSARIES
2nd Leif Segerstam, 80th + Bedřich Smetana, 200b | 3rd Giovanni Battista Viotti, 200d
5th Christoph Ernst Friedrich Weyse, 250b | 6th Kiri Te Kanawa, 80th | 7th John Wilbye, 450b
8th Pepe Romero, 80th | 13th Arthur Duff, 125b | 16th Vilem Tauský, 20d | 17th John Lill, 80th
20th Hans Christian Lumbye, 150d | 23rd Michael Nyman, 80th | 25th Johann Adolf Hasse, 325b
29th Charles Villiers Stanford, 100d
April
27
Ken
Dermot
06
Éamon
Ron
27
Jim
20
April Concert
20
Jim
Ken
13
Tom
Tom + Jim
April Concert
ANNIVERSARIES
7th Robert Casadesus, 125b | 15th Neville Marriner, 100b | 16th Henry Mancini, 100b
29th Duke Ellington, 125b
May
25
Tom
Tom
04
Roy
Roy
[ Holiday weekend ]
11
Jim
Éamon
18
Dermot
Ken
ANNIVERSARIES
1st Frank Corcoran, 80th | 4th Tatiana Nikolayeva, 100b | 7th Joseph Benda, 300b | 11th Judith Weir, 70th
14th Joly Braga Santos, 100b | 17th Paul Crossley, 80th | 18th Samson François, 100b
26th Victor Herbert, 100b | 27th Fromental Halévy, 225b | 31st Anders Hillborg, 70th
June
01
Séamus
Séamus
[ Holiday weekend ]
15
Roy
David
08
Jim
Ron
22
NO SESSION TODAY (General unavailability)
29
Ken
Ken
ANNIVERSARIES
3rd Johann Strauss II, 125d | 5th Iona Brown, 20d | 13th Carlos Chávez, 125b | 19th Luigi Nono, 100b
21st Pavel Haas, 125b | 22nd Darius Milhaud, 50d | 23rd Carl Reinecke, 200b
July
27
Jim
David
06
Jim
Tom
20
Roy
Jim
13
Dermot
Séamus (solo)
July Concert
ANNIVERSARIES
5th János Starker, 100b | 6th Joaquín Rodrigo, 25d | 9th Leonard Pennario, 100b
13th Carlo Bergonzi, 100b + Carlos Kleiber, 20d + Lorin Maazel, 10d | 23rd Maria João Pirez, 80th
26th Serge Koussevitsky, 150b | 27th Ferrucio Busoni, 100d | 30th Gerald Moore, 125b
August
03
NO SESSION TODAY (Time off for good behaviour)
[ Holiday weekend ]
31
Ken
Roy
10
Séamus
Séamus
17
Roy
Ken
24
Jim
Éamon
ANNIVERSARIES
9th Reynaldo Hahn, 150b | 14th Georges Prêtre, 100b | 18th Benjamin Godard, 175b
20th Maxim Vengerov, 50th
September
07
NO SESSION TODAY (General unavailability)
14
NO SESSION TODAY (General unavailability)
28
Roy
Dermot
21
Jim
David
ANNIVERSARIES
1st Leonard Slatkin, 80th | 4th ANTON BRUCKNER, 200b
13th Maurice Jarre, 100b + Arnold Schoenberg, 150b | 21st Gustav Holst, 150b
28th, Rudolf Barshai, 100b
October
26
Ken
Ken + Jim
October Concert
05
Jim
Tom
19
Séamus
Séamus
CHOPIN DAY
12
Dermot
Roy
ANNIVERSARIES
2nd Ton Koopman, 80th + Georg Tintner, 25d | 13th Josef Krips, 50d + Robert Merrill 20d
17th FRÉDÉRIC CHOPIN, 175b | 20th Charles Ives, 150b | 24th David Oistrakh, 50d
26th Peter Cornelius, 150d | 28th Florian Uhlig, 50th
November
30
Dermot
No presenter today. Bring 15 minutes of music.
PUCCINI DAY
02
Jim
Jim
Theme: Scary music
16
Tom
Ron
23
Jim
Dermot
09
Roy
Ken
ANNIVERSARIES
4th Gabriel Fauré, 100d | 9th Egon Wellesz, 50d | 14th Leonid Kogan, 100b + Gasparo Spontini, 250b
18th Eugene Ormandy, 125b | 21st Frank Martin, 50d | 22nd Hoagy Carmichael, 125b
23rd Martin Haselböck, 70th | 29th GIACOMO PUCCINI, 100d
December
07
Ron
Éamon
14
Jim
Jim
21
Roy
Roy
Theme: Christmas music
28
NO SESSION TODAY (Obvious reason)
ANNIVERSARIES
1st Jeremiah Clarke, 350d | 8th Xaver Scharwenka, 100d | 16th Noël Coward, 125b
17th Domenico Cimarosa, 275b | 20th André Jolivet, 50d | 21st Michael Tilson Thomas, 80th
22nd Franz Schmidt, 150b | 24th Peter Cornelius, 20b | 26th Ian WIlson, 60th | 30th Reinhold Glière, 150b
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