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IBSL champions Irish composer Ina Boyle (1889-1967) as a key figure in Irish 20th century music, promoting her life and legacy, and that of other neglected Irish composers. www.inaboyle.org

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๐Ÿ“ขTonight! Esther Abrami with the Bath Philharmonia in concert, includes a performance of Ina Boyle's Violin Concerto ๐ŸŽป

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธhttps://bathboxoffice.org.uk/whats-on/bath-phil-and-esther-abrami-1821

#InaBoyle #EstherAbrami #Classical #RebeccaMiller #BathPhil #IrishComposer #WomenInClassicalMusic

27.11.2025 10:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ina Boyle: The Irish Composer you NEED to listen to Spotify video

๐Ÿ“ขTune in! open.spotify.com/episode/0OFz...

โ„น๏ธP.S. Planning to use Ina Boyle's music? Permissions are essential! Visit the Ina Boyle Society website for copyright guidance.

#InaBoyle #FemaleComposers #ChordsAndQueens #LetsTalkAboutInaBoyle #IrishComposer #WomenInMusic #Spotify

25.11.2025 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐Ÿ“ปThe Chords & Queens podcast, hosted by Jennifer Athan, recently dedicated an entire episode to the Irish composer, Ina Boyle!

๐ŸŽถThe show spotlights the historical contributions of women composers. A must-listen!

25.11.2025 12:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Radio 3 in Concert - Grace: Geneva Lewis plays Maconchy - BBC Sounds The BBC NOW and Stephanie Childress perform four works by female composers.

BBC Radio 3's 'In Concert' plays the music of Grace Williams, Elizabeth Maconchy, Anna Semple and Julia Wolfe!

Williams and Maconchy were friends of Ina Boyle, remarkable women who blazed a trail for female composers in the 20th century!๐ŸŽถ

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

#FemaleComposers #Women

25.11.2025 11:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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MfW present Benjamin Russell and Niall Kinsella: Ina Boyle, Three Songs by Walter de la Mare โ€” Ina Boyle Society Limited Music for Wexford present the wonderful pairing of Benjamin Russell, baritone and Niall Kinsella , piano  on Friday 21st November 2025.

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธIna Boyle's Three Songs by Walter de la Mare will be performed by the wonderful pairing of Benjamin Russell, baritone and Niall Kinsella, piano on Friday 21st November, 8pm in St Iberius' Church, Main Street, Wexford Town as part of 'Music for Wexford'!

#InaBoyle

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18.11.2025 13:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Phantasy by Ina Boyle - World Premiere Recording - Typeset & Performed by Erin Hennessey
YouTube video by Royal Irish Academy of Music Phantasy by Ina Boyle - World Premiere Recording - Typeset & Performed by Erin Hennessey

Escaped rewrite hell after finding this perfect score for my story about a 12th century warriorsโ€™ pro-peace underground ๐Ÿ’ƒ

โ€œPhantasyโ€ by the great but lesser known Irish composer Ina Boyle
๐ŸŽผโ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŽผ๐Ÿ€๐ŸŽผโ˜€๏ธ๐ŸŽผ

#womeninart #music #Irish #writingcommunity #peace
#eastcoastkin

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17.11.2025 15:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Just some of the many women composers through history whose music should be better known today: Germaine Tailleferre, Ruth Crawford Seeger, ร‰lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Elizabeth Maconchy, Avril Coleridge-Taylor, Ruth Gipps / Florence Price, Louise Talma, Augusta Holmรจs, Madeleine Dring, Grace Williams, Cacilda Borges Barbosa / Ina Boyle, Leonora Duarte, Graลผyna Bacewicz, Morfydd Owen, Margaret Bonds, Ingebord Bronsart.

Just some of the many women composers through history whose music should be better known today: Germaine Tailleferre, Ruth Crawford Seeger, ร‰lisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Elizabeth Maconchy, Avril Coleridge-Taylor, Ruth Gipps / Florence Price, Louise Talma, Augusta Holmรจs, Madeleine Dring, Grace Williams, Cacilda Borges Barbosa / Ina Boyle, Leonora Duarte, Graลผyna Bacewicz, Morfydd Owen, Margaret Bonds, Ingebord Bronsart.

Applications are open until Tuesday 31 March for the RPS Ambache Fund, offering grants of up to ยฃ5,000 to support performers, ensembles, venues and festivals putting music by historic women composers at the heart of their programming. Find out more: royalphilharmonicsociety.org.uk/performers/r...

31.10.2025 12:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 5    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Image from: Bath Philharmonia @bathphil

Bath Philharmonia and Bath Phil Creative Learning.

 Esther Abrami performs Ina Boyle's Violin Concerto๐ŸŽปwith Bath Philharmonia, Thur 27 Nov in Bath!

Rebecca Miller also conducts Vaughan Williams' 5th Symphony at the stunning Art Deco Forum ๐Ÿ›๏ธ 
@vwfndn.bsky.social

Image from: Bath Philharmonia @bathphil Bath Philharmonia and Bath Phil Creative Learning. Esther Abrami performs Ina Boyle's Violin Concerto๐ŸŽปwith Bath Philharmonia, Thur 27 Nov in Bath! Rebecca Miller also conducts Vaughan Williams' 5th Symphony at the stunning Art Deco Forum ๐Ÿ›๏ธ @vwfndn.bsky.social

๐Ÿšจ Esther Abrami performs Ina Boyle's Violin Concerto๐ŸŽปwith Bath Philharmonia, Thur 27 Nov in Bath!

Rebecca Miller also conducts Vaughan Williams' 5th Symphony at the stunning Art Deco Forum ๐Ÿ›๏ธ
@vwfndn.bsky.social

inaboyle.org/forthcoming-...

#InaBoyle #EstherAbrami #RVW #Classical #RebeccaMiller

30.10.2025 11:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 1
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๐ŸŽถWarmest thanks to Father Kevin Morris of St Michael and All Angels for his kind words on Ina, whose music was heard alongside superb company, including her cousin Charles Wood, Charles Villiers Stanford, and Michael William Balfe.

#InaBoyle #IrishHeritageUK #WBYeats #BedfordPark #TheStolenChild

23.10.2025 10:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽถBrian Hughes and Stephen Walker's performance of 'The Stolen Child' was wonderful, and having the opportunity to listen to Aimee Kearney and Georgina Cassidy in the setting of St Michael and All Angels Church, Bedford Park was a deeply special experience.

23.10.2025 10:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽถThanks to Irish Heritage UK, Jim, Brian, Tara and all the team for sharing Ina's music with a new audience.

๐ŸŽถParticular thanks to the remarkable Cahal Dallat, founder of the W.B. Yeats Bedford Park Project, whose engaging insight into Yeats and Bedford Park was a particular highlight!

23.10.2025 10:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŽถIBSL extends its heartfelt gratitude to Irish Heritage UK
and W.B. Yeats Bedford Park Project for the truly magical concert, "I Dreamt I Dwelt" - WB Yeats and Bedford Park's heyday, last night.

๐ŸŽถIt was an honour to hear Ina Boyle's exquisite setting of the Yeats poem, 'The Stolen Child.'

23.10.2025 10:38 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ‘The Ambache Charitable Trust (now RPS Ambache Fund) was vital in supporting Ina Boyle, bringing her manuscript scores to performance & contributing to the setting of Symphony No. 1 in 2016. Marvellous opportunity here to celebrate overlooked women composers! ๐ŸŽถ #FemaleComposers #RPSAmbacheFund

21.10.2025 10:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
๐Ÿ“ฃ New Ina Boyle Society Newsletter is out now! 

๐ŸŽ‰ Get the latest on Wigmore Hall's 'Ina Boyle: A Rediscovery' concert, Ina's music in an upcoming W.B. Yeats evening, hear from our new Chair, and much more!

๐Ÿ“ฃ New Ina Boyle Society Newsletter is out now! ๐ŸŽ‰ Get the latest on Wigmore Hall's 'Ina Boyle: A Rediscovery' concert, Ina's music in an upcoming W.B. Yeats evening, hear from our new Chair, and much more!

๐Ÿ“ฃ New Ina Boyle Society Newsletter is out now!

๐ŸŽ‰ Get the latest on Wigmore Hall's 'Ina Boyle: A Rediscovery' concert, Ina's music in an upcoming W.B. Yeats evening, hear from our new Chair, and much more!

๐ŸŽผhttps://www.inaboyle.org/newsletter-september-2025

#InaBoyle #FemaleComposers #WigmoreHall

30.09.2025 12:11 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
๐ŸŽผA momentous occasion! 'Ina Boyle: A Rediscovery' will be celebrated at Wigmore Hall on 10 March 2026, featuring Ailish Tynan, Paula Murrihy, Robin Tritschler, & Iain Burnside.

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธPriority booking opens tomorrow & General sale 7 Oct.

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธTicket info: https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202603101300

๐ŸŽผA momentous occasion! 'Ina Boyle: A Rediscovery' will be celebrated at Wigmore Hall on 10 March 2026, featuring Ailish Tynan, Paula Murrihy, Robin Tritschler, & Iain Burnside. ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธPriority booking opens tomorrow & General sale 7 Oct. ๐ŸŽŸ๏ธTicket info: https://www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202603101300

๐Ÿ“ข'Ina Boyle: A Rediscovery' will be celebrated at Wigmore Hall on 10 March 2026, featuring Ailish Tynan, Paula Murrihy, Robin Tritschler, & Iain Burnside.

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธPriority booking opens tomorrow 24 Sept & General sale 7 Oct.

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธTicket info: www.wigmore-hall.org.uk/whats-on/202... @wigmore-hall.org.uk

23.09.2025 10:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
ALT: Painted image of Anna Isabella Leonarda

ALT: Painted image of Anna Isabella Leonarda

9/6/1620 โ€” b. Isabella Leonarda, Baroque composer, music teacher, nun. One of the most prolific female #Baroque era composers; famous musician of early modern Lombardy. She published 20 volumes of music, and 200+ compositions in most of the sacred genres #womenshistory #WomenInMusic #MusicSky #TDIH

06.09.2025 14:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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"Grenzenlos lyrisch". Die irische Komponistin Ina Boyle

๐Ÿ“ปGerman radio station, Deutschlandfunk Kultur
aired a feature by writer and broadcaster, Sylvia Roth, on Irish composer Ina Boyle, with interviews with Nadรจge Rochat, Paula Murrihy, and Killian Farrell.

The broadcast is available for 4 weeks.

deutschlandfunkkultur.de/grenzenlos-l...

#InaBoyle

16.09.2025 09:31 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ina Boyle: A Rediscovery, Wigmore Hall 2026 โ€” Ina Boyle Society Limited Wigmore Hall, the world's leading chamber music venue, is set to host a thrilling concert celebrating the life and stunning compositions of Irish composer Ina Boyle . This performance, scheduled fo...

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#InaBoyle #WigmoreHall #WigmoreHall125 #IBSL #FemaleComposers #WomenInMusic #RalphVaughanWilliams #IrishClassicalMusic #ClassicalMusic

11.09.2025 12:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โœจ โ€‹IBSL is thrilled Wigmore Hall will celebrate Ina Boyle with a concert in 2026, perfectly resonating with the words of her mentor, Ralph Vaughan Williams: "I think it is most courageous of you to go on with so little recognition. The only thing to say is that it sometimes does come finally." โœจ

11.09.2025 12:08 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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๐ŸŒŽThanks to California's Classical KDFC for championing the music of Irish composer Ina Boyle! We were thrilled to hear her Violin Concerto featured in your show, Classical California All-Night. ๐ŸŽปโœจ This incredible performance by Esther Abrami
can be found on her album, 'Women'.
www.kdfc.com #InaBoyle

09.09.2025 11:09 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
This September, immerse yourself in the world of Irish composer Ina Boyle with our latest newsletter. 

Packed with all the latest news and event details, itโ€™s a must-read for both new and current subscribers. Keep an eye on your inbox and don't forget to SUBSCRIBE at https://www.inaboyle.org/newsletter

This September, immerse yourself in the world of Irish composer Ina Boyle with our latest newsletter. Packed with all the latest news and event details, itโ€™s a must-read for both new and current subscribers. Keep an eye on your inbox and don't forget to SUBSCRIBE at https://www.inaboyle.org/newsletter

๐Ÿ“ฃ This September, immerse yourself in the world of Irish composer Ina Boyle with our latest newsletter.

๐ŸŽถ Packed with news and event details, itโ€™s a must-read. Keep an eye on your inbox, and don't miss out!

SUBSCRIBE www.inaboyle.org/newsletter

#InaBoyle #IrishComposer #WomeninMusic #Heritage

04.09.2025 11:29 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Compositrices is an 8-disc study of 21 female composers of French Romantic music, some legends and some nearly forgotten. That it even exists is a joy, and one you can share in with trivial effort and expense.

02.09.2025 09:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 6    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

๐Ÿ“ผ#ThrowbackThursday From the RTร‰ Archives a 2016 episode of "Composing The Island" remembers Irish composers Ina Boyle and Frederick May. The broadcast includes our dearly missed friend, Dr. Ita Beausang. A wonderful listen!

๐Ÿ“ปhttps://www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/clips/21051374/
#InaBoyle #WomenInMusic

28.08.2025 09:20 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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THE EXPANSIVE CANVAS: Lunchtime Recital The Expansive Canvas Recitals are free and open to the public. No booking required. Aisling Kenny, SopranoLevon Chilingirian, ViolinSarah Koo Freeman, CelloLorna Griffitt, Piano PROGRAMMEClara Schuman...

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธTomorrow! Wonderful opportunity to hear two of Ina Boyle's works! As part of 'The Expansive Canvas' conference, a FREE recital at Whyte Recital Hall, (RIAM, Dublin) 1PM, 27 August, features Boyle's Sleep Song & The Joy of Earth. No booking required ๐ŸŽผ

www.riam.ie/whats-on/the...

#InaBoyle #RIAM

26.08.2025 11:33 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Ina Boyle in Summer Lunchtime with the RTร‰ Concert Orchestra โ€” Ina Boyle Society Limited On Tuesday 26th August, 2025, at 1:05 PM, the RTร‰ Concert Orchestra will present a "Summer Lunchtime" concert on the Main Stage at the National Concert Hall, Dublin, under the direction of conductor S...

๐Ÿ“ข Dublin! The RTร‰ Concert Orchestra is performing a fantastic lunchtime concert TODAY at the National Concert Hall, 1:05 PM. ๐ŸŽปโœจ

Presented by Liz Nolan of RTร‰ lyric fm, the program features works by composers, including Ina Boyle and Anne Dudley.

๐ŸŽŸ๏ธ www.inaboyle.org/forthcoming-...

#WomenInMusic

26.08.2025 08:07 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Winifred Letts Exhibition โ€“ Her Life and Work | National Heritage Week 16th โ€“ 24th August 2025 Winifred Letts was a dramatist, poet and childrenโ€™s author. This exhibition celebrates her life and works more than 50 years after her death. The exhibition op...

Did you know Ina Boyle set several of Winifred Letts's poems to music, including 'A Soft Day, Thank God!'? ๐ŸŽผ

As part of Heritage Week author Bairbre O'Hogan is giving an illustrated talk, 'W.M. Letts - From the harbour to the mountains.'

@heritagecouncil.ie

www.heritageweek.ie/event-listin...

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Print featuring the upper half of a white woman in a dress with hair up facing forwards

Print featuring the upper half of a white woman in a dress with hair up facing forwards

Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847)
composed more than 460 works, which were published under her lauded composer brother, Felix Mendelssohn's name #WomensArt

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I Dreamt I Dwelt - Celebrating William Butler Yeats ft 'The Stolen Child' โ€” Ina Boyle Society Limited IBSL is excited to share the wonderful news that Ina Boyle's 'The Stolen Child' will be part of an extraordinary evening celebrating the literary genius of William Butler Yeats. 'I Dreamt I Dwelt' wi...

Get your tickets now! Details in the link๐Ÿ‘‡
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#InaBoyle #WBYeats #WilliamButlerYeats #TheStolenChild #IrishHeritageUK #LondonYeatsSociety #IDreamtIDwelt #BedfordPark

14.08.2025 09:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
WB Yeats (1908)
Portrait by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)

WB Yeats (1908) Portrait by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)

๐Ÿ“ฃ Irish composer Ina Boyle's stunning composition of W.B. Yeats's 'The Stolen Child' will be performed at an upcoming London event, 'I Dreamt I Dwelt', on 22nd October.

โ˜˜๏ธIt's a night dedicated to celebrating Irish composers and poets, presented by Irish Heritage UK and The London Yeats Society.

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Fanny Mendelssohn
String Quartet in E flat major (1st mvt)

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