2026
• 11th Jan 2026 Premiere Recording of The Blue Bird by Cappella Caeciliana for their upcoming album.
• 30th Jan 2026 World Premiere of Cello Concerto No.1: Hostile Summits, by Martin Johnson and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. Also broadcast live on RTÉ Lyric FM – listen from 52:00 https://www.rte.ie/radio/lyricfm/lyric-live/2026/0130/1556064-rte-lyric-live-friday-30-january-2026/ My violin piece Rusted Sugar was also broadcast on the same programme at 2:39:50
• 7th Mar 2026 World Premiere of The Boy Who Cried Wolf by Ulster Touring Opera at the Young at Art Belfast Festival (2 performances) Tickets https://ulstertouringopera.com/shows/aesops-fables/
• 27th Mar 2026 7th performance of Kraina song cycle by Rebecca Murphy & Cahal Masterson at the Imagine! Belfast Festival. Tickets https://imaginebelfast.com/event/kraina-songs-of-the-polish-diaspora/
• 21st May 2026 US Premiere (2nd performance) of Genesis Cradle by Leah Asher at the DiMenna Center for Music, NYC, as part of MATA Festival – tickets here
• 30th Aug 2026 World Premiere of Caillech, by soprano Rebecca Murphy & pianist Daniel Browell at the Harty Room, Queen’s University Belfast https://www.qub.ac.uk/research-centres/sarc/research/rma-smi-eadh-conference-2026/ConcertsandDanceWorkshop/#d.en.5803173
• 18th Sep 2026 Northern Irish premiere (5th performance) of Rusted Sugar by Larissa O’Grady at Belfast Culture Night 2026
• 17th Oct 2026 World Premiere of O God the King of glory by Matthew Owens & the Ulster Consort at St. Molua’s Church, Stormont https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/new-sounds-tickets-1975574452368?aff=oddtdtcreator
• 30th Oct 2026 US Premiere of Ceaslessly into the Past by Hana Chu at Kent State University, Ohio
• 31st Oct 2026 preview performance of some movements from Sídhe by Robert Finegan at Bloomsbury Festival, London https://bloomsburyfestival.org.uk/whats-on/lands-lost-and-found
• 12th Nov 2026 World Premiere of Sundrop for cello and piano by Cheng² Duo for Music Network, Newry Chamber Music at Warrenpoint Town Hall https://www.musicnetwork.ie/whats-on/cheng%C2%B2-duo
• 13th Nov 2026 2nd performance of Sundrop for cello and piano by Cheng² Duo for Music Network, Waterford Music at Dr. Mary Strangman Large Room, City Hall
• 14th Nov 2026 3rd performance of Sundrop for cello and piano by Cheng² Duo for Music Network, Derravaragh Music Association at Tullynally Castle, Castlepollard
• 15th Nov 2026 4th performance of Sundrop for cello and piano by Cheng² Duo for Music Network, IWML, Windmill Lane, Dublin
• 17th Nov 2026 5th performance of Sundrop for cello and piano by Cheng² Duo for Music Network, Pavilion Theatre, Dún Laoghaire
• 18th Nov 2026 6th performance of Sundrop for cello and piano by Cheng² Duo for Music Network, glór, Ennis
• 19th Nov 2026 World Premiere of Retrogressive Thaw Slump for chamber orchestra & organ in Zürich, Switzerland by Collegium Novum Zürich https://cnz.ch/ali-wertmueller-mcdonnell-steamboat-switzerland
• 19th Nov 2026 7th performance of Sundrop for cello and piano by Cheng² Duo for Music Network, Cork Orchestral Society at MTU Cork School of Music
• 20th Nov 2026 8th performance of Sundrop for cello and piano by Cheng² Duo for Music Network, Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely
• 21st Nov 2026 UK Premiere (2nd performance) of Retrogressive Thaw Slump for chamber orchestra & organ at HCMF, Huddersfield by Collegium Novum Zürich. Performance will be live broadcast on BBC Radio 3 https://hcmf.co.uk/programme/collegium-novum-zurich-steamboat-switzerland/
• 5th Dec 2026 World Premiere of New Work by New Dublin Voices at Christchurch, Dublin
• 9th & 10th Dec 2026 lecture on Sídhe by Anselm McDonnell & Robert Finegan at Maynooth University, Dublin
2027
• 29th Jan 2027 Canadian Premiere (3rd performance) of Echosymbiont by Paramirabo at Le Vivier, Montréal
• Feb 2027 UK Premiere (2nd performance) of Cello Concerto No.1 – Hostile Summits details tba
• March 2027 World Premiere of Talkoot Choral Cycle by the Helsinki Chamber Choir in Helsinki, Finland details tba
• 7th-10th April 2027 World Premiere of Sídhe for saxophone and electronics by Robert Finegan at New Music Dublin Festival
• 17th April 2027 2nd performance of Sídhe at Oriel Centre Dundalk
• 29th April 2027 Irish premiere (2nd performance) of Talkoot Choral Cycle by the Helsinki Chamber Choir details tba
• 30th April 2027 World Premiere of New Work for choir details tba
• 5th May 2027 German Premiere (3rd performance) of rap opera Politics of the Imagination at realtime:Bremen festival in Bremen
• Jun 2027 World Premiere of View but this Tulip for carillon at GCNA Conference, Ohio, USA details tba
• Summer 2027 UK Premiere (3rd performance) of Sídhe for saxophone and electronics by Robert Finegan details tba
• tbc 2027 World Premiere of new guitar duo by Éire Guitar Duo Details tba
• tbc 2027 World Premiere of Longways I met a lass by Chris Roberts. Details tba