If you are a lover of music and would like to give yourself a treat, you might like to consider an annual membership to the Friends of the National Concert Hall. The benefits on offer are comprehensive and include a 10% discount to the majority of their concerts. Other incentives include priority booking with a dedicated Friends phone line and a fairly extensive programme of events and tours which are exclusive to the group, with many of these complimentary with your membership.
Free events include private tours of the Hall, access to open rehearsals of the National Symphony Orchestra and concerts and receptions, which. Are all exclusive to members. Some of the excursions available are Dublin based, but there are also many day trips throughout the country and two overseas throughout the year, most of which would naturally have musical and themes.
The National Concert Hall is one of Ireland’s most vibrant centres for music and the arts, regularly staging the world’s foremost artists and performers. Their extensive programme of live performance incorporates classical and contemporary music, as well as jazz, traditional Irish music, spoken word and a lot more. So there should be something for all tastes.
Friends membership is also a way of supporting the work of NCH, providing resources to the Learning and Participation work of the Hall which strives to use music as a positive force in its programmes of which there are many and include bringing music to children’s hospitals and Tea Dance Tunes, its concerts for people suffering with dementia among others.
You can contact the National Concert Hall’s Friends office by emailing friends@nch.ie or calling them on 01 417 0067, there. Is also information on the website at www.nch.ie
