The Totally Made-Up Orchestra

Experience The Totally Made Up Orchestra at the Ballaghadereen Arts Festival as it brings the brilliance of the orchestral experience to more people like never before.

Acclaimed composer Colm O’Hara passionately believes too many people in our communities feel orchestras are ‘not for the likes of me’ and have nothing in common with them and their lives.

Come and hear the ambitious and fun-filled new music written by the orchestra during a morning workshop in Ballaghadereen as it uniquely places the experiences, lives and worlds of Roscommon people and participants from all social classes at its heart.

The orchestra, led by Colm O’Hara, is the perfect antidote to any stuffy, formal perceptions. Instead, it's a unique orchestra that blends composition, improvisation, words, sounds, movements, noises, gestures, humour and much head scratching into a unique and captivating performance.

This is like nothing you’ve ever heard before!

Super fun and wild adventurous music guaranteed!

We’d love the orchestra to have a large and supportive and enthusiastic audience for their 20 minute concert, so please come along and be prepared to be ‘wowed’!