Date:              Friday 11th March 2011
Time:             5pm
Venue:           Theatre One, Irish World Academy

Academos Irish World Academy Strings
 Director: Kieth Pascoe (RT

Academos is the graduate string orchestra of the MA Classical String Performance Programme at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, in association with the Irish Chamber Orchestra. Local members of the orchestra include Rebecca Carroll and Deirdre Scanlon.

Established in 2008, Academos has toured internationally each year as an integral part of its educational programme. Each orchestra member is a fulltime registered postgraduate student on the two-year MA Classical String programme at the Irish World Academy, University of Limerick and is tutored by internationally acclaimed Visiting Professors Dr Bruno Giuranna (Viola), Mariana Sirbu (Violin), Michael Wolf (Double Bass), with Cello tuition from Course Director, Ferenc Szücs.