Outreach
Since our first festival in 2016, Ortús musicians have been committed to bringing our music out of the concert hall and into the community with energy and enthusiasm. These performances have included libraries, Kent Train Station, Cork Airport, Marymount Hospice, The English Market, Hayfield Manor and St. Raphael’s Centre for adults with disabilities. In 2023 we performed at Blackrock Castle Observatory incorporating the current observatory facilities and a selection of music inspired by the night sky.
We are particularly passionate about nurturing young ensembles. In collaboration with our educational partners at Cork ETB School of Music and MTU Cork School of Music, various young ensembles will participate in interactive Masterclasses with visiting Ortús musicians and have the chance to perform at our fringe events.
Our concerts and interactive workshops in Primary and Secondary schools have been very popular over the past 9 years.
Outreach for 2025
Proposed Outreach/Masterclass/Rehearsals
Saturday 22nd Feb – Sunday Mar 2nd 2025
- Cork ETB and MTU Cork School of Music masterclasses
- MTU Prizewinners Concert (feat. winners of Advanced Recital & Vanbrugh Chamber Music Competitions) – February 26th @ 1pm, St. Peter’s Cork
- Cork City Library concert- February 26th @ 3.30pm (entrance free)
- Side-by-side Rehearsals with MTU CSM students for a collaborative performance of the European premiere of Gibson-Cornish‘s “Waiporoporo Moana” for Solo Viola & String Orchestra
- Open rehearsals
- Composition Lecture by composer Ben Dwyer for third level students of MTU
- Audience reception and other outreach
- Primary school visits to take place later in 2025
Ortús Festival Strings
Violin 1
Johannes Marmén
Kate O’Shea
Sidney Užik
Claire O’Sullivan
Violin 2
Cillian Ó Cathasaigh
Katie Sheehan
Brefní Burke
Viola
Charlie Duff
Ilona Adams
Kseniia Yershova
Cello
Sinéad O’Halloran
Alina Obreja
Double Bass
Deirdre Cadogan