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
2025
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HOST
JAN
FEB
MAR
APR
MAY
JUN
JUL
AUG
SEP
OCT
NOV
DEC
January
25
Ken
Ken
04
Dermot
Séamus
Theme: Operetta, Musical, Film, World
18
Séamus
Séamus
11
Ron
Ron + Éamon
January Concert
ANNIVERSARIES
03 Maurice Jaubert, 125b | 06 Xaver Scharwenka, 175b | 10 Sherrill Milnes, 90th | 11 Reinhold Glière, 150b 12 Stepan Davidov, 200d | 14 Andrew Manze, 60th | 15 Giovanni Battista Sammartini, 250d
16 Antonio Draghi, 325d | 17 Alexander Taneyev, 175b | 19 Simon Rattle, 70th | 27 Friedrich Gulda, 25d
30 Boris Blacher 50d
February
22
Jim
Éamon
01
Jim
Tom
[ Holiday weekend ]
08
Ken
Roy
15
Roy
Ken
Theme: Love & Romance
ANNIVERSARIES
01 William Sterndale Bennett, 150d | 02 Fritz Kreisler, 150b | 07 Erkki Melartin, 125b | 09 Rhoda Coghill , 25d 13 John McCabe, 10d | 17 Ron Goodwin, 100b | 19 Luigi Dallapiccola, 50d
March
01
NO SESSION TODAY (General unavailability)
29
Tom
Tom
08
Tom
NO PRESENTER TODAY
RAVEL DAY
15
Séamus
David
[ Holiday weekend ]
22
Jim
Jim
ANNIVERSARIES
01 Lionel Salter, 25d | 02 Kurt Weill, 125b | 03 Moritz Moszkowski, 100d | 07 MAURICE RAVEL, 150b
10 Joseph Daussloigne-Méhul, 150d | 21 Paul Kletzki, 125b | 22 Gerard Hoffnung, 100b
26 PIERRE BOULEZ, 100b | 27 Arthur Bliss, 50d
April
26
Éamon
Ken
05
Roy
Roy
27
Jim
20
April Concert
19
Séamus
Séamus
[ Easter Weekend ]
12
Jim
Jim + Tom
April Concert
ANNIVERSARIES
03 Václav Tomášek, 175b | 09 Aulis Sallinen, 90th + Bob Chilcott, 70th | 19 Natalie Desay, 60th
28 Kim Borg, 25d
May
31
Roy
Jim
[ Holiday weekend ]
03
Roy
Éamon
[ Holiday weekend ]
10
Jim
NO PRESENATION TODAY. BRING 15 MINUTES OF MUSIC
17
Séamus
Séamus
24
Dermot
Jim
ANNIVERSARIES
06 Nathalie Stutzmann, 60th | 07 Antonio Salieri, 200d | 08 Keith Jarrett, 80th | 09 Anne Sofie Von Otter, 70th
13 Tasmin Little, 60th | 18 Leroy Anderson, 50d | 22 James King, 100b
28 DIETRICH FISCHER DIESKAU, 100b | 29 Pascal Dusapin, 70th
June
28
Jim
Séamus
07
Jim
Ken
21
Ron
Ron
14
Éamon
David
ANNIVERSARIES
01 Frederica von Stade, 80th | 02 Lepo Sumera, 25d | 03 Georges Bizet, 150d
05 Orlando Gibbons, 400d + Sandrine Piau, 60th | 21 Alan Hovhannes, 25d | 24 Terry Riley, 90th
28 Thomas Hampson, 70th
July
26
Jim
05
Roy
Jim
19
Éamon
Roy
12
Ken
Ken (solo)
July Concert
ANNIVERSARIES
01 Nikolai Demidenko, 70th + Erik Satie, 100d | 04 Cathy Berberian, 100b | 06 Anthony Marwood, 60th
07 Matti Salminen, 80th | 08 George Antheil, 125b | 12 Roger Vignoles, 80th | 17 Donald Tovey, 150b
28 J.S. BACH, 275d | 29 Mikis Theodorakis, 125b
August
30
02
Séamus
Séamus
[ Holiday weekend ]
09
Roy
16
Jim
23
ANNIVERSARIES
06 Joan Trimble, 25d | 09 Albert Ketélbey, 150b + DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICH, 50d
15 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, 150b + Oscar Peterson, 100b | 23 Ernst Krenek, 125b
31 Daniel Harding, 50th + Itzak Perlman, 80th
September
27
20
06
13
Jim
ANNIVERSARIES
10 Boris Tchaikovsky, 100b | 11 Arvo Pärt, 90th | 17 David Willcocks, 10d | 20 Uuno Klami, 125b
21 Andrei Gavrilov, 70th | 24, John Rutter, 80th | 25 Tommy Reilly, 25d | 29 Richard Bonynge, 95th
October
25
[ Holiday Weekend ]
04
Jim
18
11
October Concert
ANNIVERSARIES
07 Yo-Yo Ma, 70th | 09 Heinrich von Herzogenberg, 125d | 10 Ferenc Farkas, 25d | 14 La Monte Young, 90th
15 Bernhard Cruselll 250b + Zdeněk Fibbich, 125d | 16 Silvius Weiss, 275d | 22 Alessandro Scarlatti, 300d
23 Manos Hatzidakis, 100b | 24 Luciano Berio, 100b + Malcolm Bilson, 90th + Cheryl Studer, 70th
25 Johann Strauss II, 200b | 26 Sakari Oramo, 60th | 27 Walter Berry, 25d
November
29
01
Jim
Theme: Scary music
15
22
Jim
08
ANNIVERSARIES
04 Elgar Howarth, 90th | 07 François Rebel, 250d | 08 Brian Boydell, 25d | 14 Aaron Copland, 125b
20 James King, 20d | 22 Arthur Sullivan, 125d | 23 Ludovico Einaudi, 70th | 24 Angelika Kirschlager, 60th
25 Håkan Hagegård, 80th
December
06
13
Jim
20
Roy
Roy
Theme: Christmas music
27
NO SESSION TODAY (Obvious reason)
ANNIVERSARIES
16 François-Adrien Boïeldieu, 250b | 21 Zděnek Fibich, 175b | 23 Victor Borge, 25d
24 Bernard Herrmann, 50d
PRESENTER / SPECIAL EVENT / NOTE
HOST