Welcome to the Sligo Baroque Orchestra website. Please take the time to look around and find out a bit about us. Check out our news section for any upcoming concerts.
Sligo Baroque Orchestra began life as Sligo Early Music Ensemble in 1990 at a time when classical instrumental music in Sligo was almost non-existent.
Its aim was playing music from the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in a historically informed manner and for twenty years it has maintained that goal, meeting for weekly rehearsals, exploring hundreds of baroque compositions, holding workshops and giving more than a hundred performances in Sligo and the North West.
The orchestra is markedly inclusive, involving much sought-after professional musicians as well as amateur and student instrumentalists, and involving members from very different musical backgrounds.
The sbo has been joined by eminent soloists including cellist Stephan Forck, viola player Stefan Fehlandt, flautist Eleanor Dawson, gamba player Sarah Groser and violinists Niamh Crowley and Nicola Cleary.
On Friday 29th November, Sligo Baroque Orchestra will perform Haydn's Cello Concerto in C and Mozart's Violin Concerto in G. Nicola Cleary will perform the Mozart while Anna Heuston will be performing the Haydn. Do come along and let the music provide you with an evening of calm before the Christmas frenzy begins to take hold! If the rehearsals are anything to go by, we are in for a treat on Friday... Calry Church, The Mall, 8pm.
