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Summer Concerts 2026
- Jonathan Lee, organ (Australia)
- Vox Orbis
- Mark Keane, director
- Raymond O'Donnell, organ
- Bálint Karosi, organ (USA)
- Dorothee Mülheisen, baroque violin (Germany)
- Michael Shields, harpsichord & organ
- Carole O'Connor, organ
- Patrice Keegan, organ
Summer Concerts 2025
- Aisling Kenny, soprano
- Charlotte O'Hare, soprano
- Rachel Factor, harpsichord
- Raymond O'Donnell, organ
Summer Concerts 2024
- Peter Barley, organ
- Luminosa String Orchestra & guests
- Raymond O'Donnell, conductor
- Judit Máté, organ
- Gyula Nagy, baritone
- Robbie Carroll, chamber organ
- Raymond O'Donnell, harmonium
Summer Concerts 2023
- Irish Modern Dance Theatre
- John Scott, choreographer
- Raymond O'Donnell, organ
- Audivi Chamber Choir
- Darina McCarthy, director
- Esker Festival Orchestra
- Peter Joyce, conductor
- Kathleen Nic Dhiarmada, soprano
- Madeline Judge, mezzo-soprano
- Esker Festival Choir
Summer Concerts 2022
- Amstel Saxophone Quartet (Netherlands)
- Una Cintiņa, organ (Latvia/Netherlands)
- Peregryne
- Jack Oades, organ
- A showcase of young talent from the Galway area
Summer Concerts 2021
- David Grealy, organ
- Conor Prendiville, tenor
Summer Concerts 2020
Summer Concerts 2019
- Aimee Banks, soprano
- Justin O'Hagan, piano
- St John's Voices, Cambridge
- Shanna Hart & Hugh Crook, organ
- Graham Walker, director
- Ensemble Bleu
- Emanuele Jannibelli, organ
- Joachim Schwander, director
- Pedro Alberto Sánchez, organ
Summer Concerts 2018
- Silent movie with improvised organ accompaniment
- The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928), directed by Carl Th. Dreyer
- John Columba McCann, organ
- Eugenio Maria Fagiani, organ
- Schola Gregoriana Maynooth
- Darina McCarthy, director
- Michael Vignoles, uilleann pipes
- Raymond O'Donnell, organ
- Dublin Brass Ensemble
- Raymond O'Donnell, organ
Summer Concerts 2017
- David Grealy, organ
- Galway Cathedral Players
- Raymond O'Donnell, conductor
- Ansgar Wallenhorst, organ
- Choir of St Paul's College, Hong Kong
- Sandy Ng, director
- Felix Yeung, organ
- Aisling Kenny, soprano
- Conor Hastings, cornett
- Raymond O'Donnell, organ
Summer Concerts 2016
- David Cassan, organ (France)
- Antonio Caporaso, organ (Italy)
- Audivi Chamber Choir
- Darina McCarthy, director
- Patrice Keegan, organ (Dublin)
- Edward De Geest, organ (Belgium)
- Lisa McLoughlin-Gnemmi, violin
- Sylvain Gnemmi, oboe
- Raymond O'Donnell, organ
Summer Concerts 2015
- Eoin Hynes, tenor
- David Grealy, organ
- Cathedral Jubilee Choir & ConTempo Jubilee Orchestra
- Raymond O'Donnell, conductor
- Rónán Murray, organ (Dublin)
- Lisa Hummel, organ (Germany)
- Sharon Carty, mezzo-soprano (Ireland)
- Veunv Recorder Consort (Germany)
Summer Concerts 2014
- Joanne Cater, flute
- Tom Murphy, violin
- Raymond O'Donnell, organ
- Aachen Madrigal Choir
- Hans Leenders, organ
- Tuomas Pyrhönen, organ (Finland)
- Simon Thomas Jacobs, organ
Summer Concerts 2013
- Schola Gregoriana Maynooth, conducted by Darina McCarthy
- Raymond O'Donnell, organ
- Sharon Carty, mezzo-soprano
- Andrew Robinson, viola da gamba
- David O'Shea, harpsichord
- Martin Baker, organ (Westminster Cathedral)
- Uwe & Judith Bestert, organ duet (Hamburg)
- Ciarán O'Connell, flute
- Siobhán Kilkelly, organ
Summer Concerts 2012
- Choir of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- Edel O'Brien, mezzo-soprano
- John O'Keeffe, organ
- Galway Cathedral Choir
- Robbie Carroll, organ
- Raymond O'Donnell, director
Summer Concerts 2011
- ConTempo Quartet
- David Grealy, organ
- Cristel de Meulder, soprano
- Jan Van Mol, organ
Summer Concerts 2010
- Róisín O'Grady, soprano
- Malcolm Proud, organ & harpsichord
- Michael Harrison, trumpet
- Emma Gibbins, organ
- Chamber Philharmonia Cologne
Summer Concerts 2009
- Deridre Moynahan, soprano
- Pauline Frizelle, mezzo-soprano
- Fionnuala Moynihan, piano
- Renée Ann Louprette, organ
- Ansgar Wallenhorst, organ
- Audivi Chamber Choir
- Darina McCarthy, director
- Raymond O'Donnell, organ
Summer Concerts 2008
- Marcus Strümpe, organ (Germany)
- Aitor Olea Juaristi, organ (Basque Country)
- Hana Bartošová, organ (Czechia)
- Maynooth Guitar Orchestra
- Brendan Walsh, director
Summer Concerts 2007
- Brendan Walsh
- Zoë Shannon, flute
- Thomas Heywood, organ (Australia)
- Thomas Murphy, viola
- Raymond O'Donnell, organ
Summer Concerts 2006
- Galway Baroque Singers
- Audrey Corbett, director
- Aisling Kenny & Darina McCarthy, sopranos
- Paul Corbett & Patricia Kelly, violins
- Liz Johnston, violoncello
- Raymond O'Donnell, organ
- Li Lu, violoncello (China)
- Edel Shannon, soprano
- Brendan Collins, bass
- Ingrid Nicola & David Clark, violins
- Tom Murphy, viola
- Liz Johnston
- Raymond O'Donnell, continuo & director
- Edel O'Brien, mezzo-soprano
- Elena Gekker, piano
- Jean-Pierre Menuge, flute (France)
- Fernanda Romila, harpsichord (Romania)
- Kansai Clarinet Choir (Japan)
- Una Russell, organ
Summer Concerts 2005
- Harry Sparnaay, bass clarinet (Netherlands)
- Silvia Castillo, organ (Netherlands)
- Juan Paradol Solé, organ (Rome)
- Jeremy Cull, organ (Scotland)
- Audivi Chamber Choir
- David Grealy, organ
Summer Concerts 2004
- Loma Linda Academy Symphonic Wind Orchestra (USA)
- Philip Binkley, director
- Virgil Nielsen, organ
- Regina Hanley, soprano
- Raymond O'Donnell, organ
- Darina McCarthy, organ
- Martin Hanley, organ
- Alan Burke, organ
- Aisling Kenny, organ
- David Grealy, organ
Summer Concerts 2003
- Albert Schönberger, organ
- Galway Cathedral Choir
- Raymond O'Donnell, Director of Music, Galway Cathedral
- David Grealy, Organ Scholar
- Ansgar Wallenhorst, organ (Germany)
- Hans Houtman, organ (Netherlands)
Summer Concerts 2002
- Paul Corbett & Patricia Kelly, violins
- Seamus O'Grady, viola
- Liz Johnston, violoncello
- Raymond O'Donnell & Darina McCarthy, harpsichords
- Stefan Frank, organ (Germany)
- Giovanni Vello, trumpet (Italy)
- Margherita Gianola, organ (Italy)
- Audivi Chamber Choir
- Raymond O'Donnell, organ
- Edouard Oganessian, organ (Russia)
Summer Concerts 2001
- Line Most, violin (Denmark)
- Marie Ziener, organ (Denmark)
- Regina Hanley, soprano
- Raymond O'Donnell, organ
- Whitefriar Street Church Choir, Dublin
- Shane Brennan, organ & director
Summer Concerts 2000
- Antonio Cafolla, saxophone
- Anne Leahy
- Darina McCarthy, organ
- The Shantalla Singers (dir. Michael Shields)
Summer Concerts 1999
- John Cantrell, organ (USA)
- Alexis Paul McKeever, organ
- Raymond O'Donnell, organ
- Schola Temporara
- West Winds Brass
- Raymond O'Donnell, organ
- Donald George, organ (USA)
- Johannes Ebenbauer, organ (Austria)
Summer Concerts 1998
- Emanuele Cardi, organ (Italy)
- Ansgar Wallenhorst, organ (Germany)
- Annemarie Duggan, clarinet
- Raymond O'Donnell, organ
- Deirdre Cooling-Nolan, contralto
- Raymond O'Donnell, organ
Summer Concerts 1997
- Ignace Michiels, organ (Belgium)
- aarnoud de Groen, organ (Netherlands)
- Elizabeth Barry, violoncello
- Raymond O'Donnell, organ
- Cois Cladaigh Chamber Choir
- Brendan O'Connor, director
- Raymond O'Donnell, organ
Summer Concerts 1996
- Michael Vignoles, uileann pipes
- Raymond O'Donnell, organ
- Laurence Carson, organ (USA)
- Patricia Gleeson, violin
- Lisa McLoughlin, violin
- Raymond O'Donnell, organ
Summer Concerts 1995
- Günther Kaunzinger, organ (Germany)
- Gráinne Thomas, soprano
- Raymond O'Donnell, organ
- David Agnew, oboe
- Peter Sweeney, organ
- Shantalla Singers (dir. Michael Shields)
- Raymond O'Donnell, organ
- Jan van Mol, organ (Belgium)
Summer Concerts 1994
- Josef Sluys, organ (Belgium)
- Jean Wolfs, organ (Netherlands)
- Ivan Sokol, organ (Slovakia)
- Edel O'Brien, mezzo-soprano
- John O'Keeffe, organ