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
• 10th Oct 2026 World Premiere of An Drucht Geal Ceo (from Guid Friday Symphony) for string orchestra by St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Modestas Barkauskas, at Vilnius Town Hall, Lithuania
• 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
• 24th Oct 2026 3rd performance of Echosymbiont by Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble, at SARC, QUB, Belfast, for Belfast International Arts Festival
• 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 (4th 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