The Camlin Keys Music Festival returns for the third year offering even more opportunities for budding musicians to gain competition experience in relaxed environment, to attend workshops facilitated by experienced and working musicians, and to perform for the public.
“One of the core parts of playing any instrument is sharing your work with others, and sometimes pianists don’t always get the opportunity to perform and share, making it quite a solitary instrument.”
Joanna Pearman,
Founder & Director
Competitions
Saturday, the 3rd of May
St. John’s N.S. (N39 VK22)
Our competitions are designed to encourage pianists and musicians of all abilities and ages to perform, the competitive element is incidental to the Festival.
Competitions are expected to start at 10:00am.
Camlin Keys Music Festival 2024
All photos © Lissette Carcamo
Saturday, the 3rd of May
St. John’s N.S. (N39 VK22)
| Workshops | Time |
|---|---|
| Dealing with Performance & Exam Anxiety | 09:30 |
| Music with Dee Dee | 09:30-12:30 |
| Composition with Tamara | 14:15 (02:15pm) |
| It Might Get Loud! | 14:15 (02:15pm) |
| Songwriting with FeeF | 14:15 (02:15pm) |
| Traditional Piano Accompaniment | 14:30 (02:30pm) |
| From Trad to Classical… and back! | 14:30 (02:30pm) |
| Vocal Play with Danna Davis | 14:30 (02:30pm) |
Performances
An Evening with Camlin Keys
Saturday, the 3rd of May
St. John’s Church (N39 KP59)
Join us in St. John’s Church for performances by a selection of competition entrants who will be opening for Tamara Niekludow and Dr. Benjamin Errington.
The evening will close with a performance by Lenny Chen, the amazingly talented young pianist from Boyle, Roscommon, who returns to the Camlin Keys Festival for the third time.
Irish Midlands Youth Orchestra
Sunday, the 4th of May
Backstage Theatre (N39 FP46)
The Irish Midlands Youth Orchestra are delighted to present a concert in Backstage Theatre, Longford as part of Camlin Keys Music Festival 2025.
Playing in Backstage Theatre to close the Camlin Keys Festival, Matt Rafter said:
“We are very excited to perform in the wonderful Backstage Theatre, as part of Camlin Keys Music Festival. With a steady stream of talented young musicians coming out of Longford, this is the perfect opportunity to present high quality orchestral music, played by young musicians from all over the Midlands.”
Festival of Youth Orchestras 2025
All photos © John Soffe 2025.
Brochure 2025
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