Below is a list of ensembles, musicians, composers and other artists that Dave Flynn has collaborated with as a composer and/or performer.
Orchestras
Irish Memory Orchestra (founder)
RTÉ Concert Orchestra
Prague Chamber Orchestra
Irish Chamber Orchestra
FAMES String Orchestra
Oriel Traditional Orchestra
DIT Concert Band
DIT Symphony Orchestra
Wiener Dom Orchestra
Ensembles
Beckett Guitar Quartet (founder)
Crash Ensemble
Concorde
Cois Cladaigh Choir
Cosmopolitan Guitar Quartet (founder)
The Dave Flynn Collective (founder)
D.F.F. (founder)
Dublin Guitar Quartet (co-founder)
Ensemble Eriú
The Farmleigh Singers (founder)
Liadán
New Juilliard Ensemble
Sing Mit Festival Choir
Slovenian Guitar Quartet
The Tune Makers (founder)
The Visionaries Choir
Wicklow Choral Society
String Quartets
ConTempo Quartet
Engegard Quartet
Guildhall Quartet
IMO Quartet (founder)
Jade Quartet
New Zealand String Quartet
Smith Quartet
Vanbrugh Quartet
Composers
(who he has worked with as a performer of their music)
Derek Ball, Alyson Barber, David Coonan
Jerome De Bromhead, Amanda Feery
Philip Glass, Michael Gordon, Brian Irvine
John McLachlan, Scott McLaughlin
Eric Sweeney, Kevin Volans
Conductors
Bjorn Bantock
David Brophy
Janos Czifra
Reinbert de Leeuw
Killian Farrell
Frank Kelly
Rebecca Kelly
Sinéad Hayes
Jiri Malat
Alan Pierson
Joel Sachs
Guitarists
Hilke Billerbeck (classical)
Brian Bolger (classical)
Pat Brunnock (classical)
Hugh Buckley (jazz)
Clive Carroll (Irish trad)
Dennis Cahill (multi-genre)
Steve Cooney (Irish trad)
David Creevy (classical)
John Feeley (classical)
Shane Hennessy (multi-genre)
Brian Joyce (rock)
Philip Lawson (classical)
Matthew McAllister (classical)
Barry McCormack (jazz)
Jason Noone (multi-genre)
Craig Ogden (classical)
Andrew Olwill (classical)
Tomás Ó Durcain (classical)
Cian Ó’Hara (classical)
Alec O’Leary (classical)
Michael O’Toole (classical)
Redmond O’Toole (classical)
Charles Postlewate (classical)
Laura Snowden (classical)
Louis Stewart (jazz)
Ciarán Swift (multi-genre)
Niwel Tsumbu (multi-genre)
Classical Violinists
Miranda Adams, Camille Bonnard, Brona Cahill, Anna Cashell, Eugen Cibisescu-Duran, Mia Cooper, Diane Daly, Gregory Ellis, Arvid Engegård, David Fulmer, William Hanfling, Adrian Hart, Ian Humphries, Katherine Hunka, Juliet Jopling, Michael Jorgenson, Dai Komatsu, Oonagh Keogh, Rick Koster, Monique Lapins, Elizabeth Leonard, Katharine Mac Maghnuis, Gwendolin Masin, Arthur Moeller, Daragh Morgan, Irina Muresanu, Charles Mutter, Aoife Ní Bhriain, Ciara Ní Bhriain, Ingrid Nicola, Siúbhán Ní Ghríofa, Keith Pascoe, Ioana Petcu-Colan, Sebastien Petiet, Helene Pohl, Anne Phelan, Carol Quigley, Louis Roden, Cliodhna Ryan, Bogdan Sofei, Atle Sponberg, Andre Swanepoel, Nicola Sweeney, Niamh Varian-Barry, Cora Venus-Lunny
Irish Fiddlers (excluding classical violinists listed above who also play Irish fiddle)
Marian Burns, Liz Carroll, Valerie Casey, Liz Coleman, Tara Connaghan, Claire Dolan, Róisín Donohoe, Paddy Glackin, Em Griffiths, Charlie Lennon, Éilis Lennon, Bríd Harper, Martin Hayes, Lucia MacPartlin, Áine McGrath, Pat O’Connor, Ronan O’Flaherty, Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh, Paul O’Shaughnessy, Siobhán Peoples, Tommy Peoples, Maria Ryan, Tony Trundle
Violists
Gillian Ansell, Robert Ashworth, Simon Aspell, Andreea Banciu, Mark Coates-Smith, Lisa Dowdall, Nicole Fischer, Jen Herman, Lisanne Melchior, Cian O Duill, Nic Pendlebury, Kenneth Rice, Joachim Roewer
Cellists
Richard Angel, Naomi Berrill, Carmel Comiskey, Deirdre Cooper, Margaret Doris, Kate Ellis, David Garner, Rolf Gjelsten, Jan-Erik Gustaffson, David James, Elizabeth Lara, Adrian Mantu, Christopher Marwood, Emma-Jane Murphy, Cormac Ó Briain, Maria O’Connor, Yue Tang, Adrienne Winninsky
Bassists
Daniel Bodwell (multi-genre), Joe Csibi (classical), Seamus Doyle (classical), Klas Ehnemark (rock/pop bass), Elton Mulally (rock/pop bass), Neil Ó Lochlainn (multi-genre), Brian O’Toole (rock/pop bass), Malachy Robinson (classical), Liam Wylie (classical)
Flautists
Aisling Agnew (Classical and Irish flute), Deirdre Brady (classical), Harry Bradley (Irish flute), Catherine Clohessy (Irish flute), Elaine Cormican (Irish flute), Tom Doorley (Irish flute), Susan Doyle (classical), Lucy Forde (classical flute/piccolo), Aine Gallagher (Irish flute), Mick Hand (Irish flute), Wu Jing (classical and Chinese flute), Eimear McGeown (Classical and Irish flute), Brendan Rowan (Classical and Irish flute), Paul Smyth (Irish flute), Madeleine Staunton (classical), Séamus Tansey (Irish flute), Julia Wetzel-Kagelmann (classical)
Uilleann Pipes
Amy Campbell, Eoin Duignan, Cormac Ó Briain, Mick O’Brien, Darragh Ó Héiligh, Mark Redmond
Tin Whistle
Mary Bergin, John Kelly, Paddy Moloney
Voice
Breanndán Begley (sean nós Irish), Paddy Casey (singer-songwriter), Ceara Conway (sean nós Irish), Elaine Cormican (sean nós Irish), John Leo Carter (singer-songwriter), Shay Cotter (singer-songwriter), Síle Denvir (sean nós Irish), Declan O’Rourke (singer-songwriter), Róisín Donohoe (sean nós Irish), Gram Geraghty (singer-songwriter), Paula Greenwood (classical mezzo), Maya Kasir (classical soprano), Vyvienne Long (indie pop), Etain McCooey (Irish folk), Dave Murphy (singer-songwriter), Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh (sean nós Irish), Roesy (Singer-Songwriter), Maria Rylander (jazz), Martina Schilling (classical mezzo), Ann Scott (singer-songwriter), Johan Trottersdam (classical tenor), Niamh Varian-Barry (Irish folk), Edel Vaughan (Irish folk)
Concertina (Irish)
Cormac Begley, Eoin Begley, Chris Droney, Francis Droney, Anne Kiranne-Droney, Edel Fox, Peadar Ó Riada, Jack Talty
Accordion (Irish)
Breanndán Begley, Dermot Byrne, Deirdre Chawke, Tracy Collins, Duncan Davidson, Johnny Óg Connolly, Mairtín O’Connor, Eoghan O’Sullivan, Martin Tourish
Clarinet and/or Sax
Matthew Berrill, Rachel Clancy, Jean Duncan, Andy Lamy, Gerard McChrystal, Deirdre O’Leary, Paul Roe, Michael Seaver
Oboe
David Agnew, Rebecca Halliday, Etain McCooey
Bassoon
John Leonard, Ian Forbes, Éanna Monnaghan
Harp (Classical and/or Irish)
Floriane Blancke, Siobhán Buckley, Síle Denvir, Cliona Doris, Fiona Gryson, Emily Kelly, Geraldine O’Doherty, Anne-Marie O’Farrell
Piano
David Adams, Colette Boushell, Iulia Cibisescu-Duran, Nigel Foster, Rolf Hind, Isabelle O’Connell, Shu Wang, Andrew Zolinsky, Zina Zibova
Percussion
Éamonn Cagney (multi-genre), James Dunne (classical), Aidan Dunphy (multi-genre), Noel Eccles (multi-genre), Brian Fleming (multi-genre), Stephen Kelly (classical), Cameron Kennedy (classical), Manluckerz (African), Manus Lunny (Irish trad), Billy Mag Fhloinn (Irish trad), Johnny ‘Ringo’ McDonagh (Irish trad), Conan McDonnell (Irish trad), Cion O’Callaghan (rock/pop), Maeve O’Hara (classical), Alex Petcu (classical), Danny Roe (classical), Cara Wildman (multi-genre)
Trombone
Alex Borwick, John Kenny, Stephen Mathieson, Chris Nery, Roddy O’Keeffe, Kieran Sharkey
Trumpet
Peter Berrill
Neil Yates
Miscellaneous:
Rhys Darby (actor), Theo Dorgan (poet), Mick Dunne (Mandolin/Banjo), James Flynn (actor/writer), Joan Jennings (poet), Michael Lempelius (bouzouki), Billy Mag Fhloinn (Celtic horns/bouzouki), Pádraic Ó Beirn (lyricist/poet), Myles O’Relly (film-maker), Judith Sherman (producer), Janne Suits (Estonian folk), Juhan Suits (Estonian folk), Gerd-Kaisa Vorren (choreographer), Taika Waititi (actor)
Irish Memory Orchestra Apprentices
Musicians who performed with The Irish Memory Orchestra in a non-professional capacity as apprentices or youth orchestra members (Incomplete list, to be updated)
Bridge Barker (fiddle), Síofra Barker (fiddle), Brónagh Barnes (fiddle), Ryan Behnke (uilleann pipes), Gloria Birardi (harp), Caitlin Bloomer (oboe), Niamh Bloomer (violin), Fergal Breen (pipes), Aisling Bridgeman (violin), Colm Broderick (pipes), Róisín Broderick (concertina), Kyle Burghout (violin), Darragh Carey-Kennedy (banjo), John Caulfield (voice), Rhodri Ceredig (violin), Andrew Christofides (trumpet), Róisin Clancy (fiddle/viola), Steph Comiskey (guitar), Ailish Conneely (piano accordion), Aoife Corbett (concertina), Eimear Coughlan (harp), Eileen Coyle (voice), Robert Creed (voice/composer), Nicole Delaney (flute), Eilish Devine (viola), Oisin Dilger (clarinet), Celia Donoghue (clarinet), Helena Doyle (harp), Aisling Drost-Byrne (fiddle), Conal Duffy (double bass), Rachel Duffy (harp), Sinead Duggan (violin), Mary Duggan (violin), Ciara Dullea (flute), Isobel Elger (fiddle), John Elwood (fiddle), Leah Elwood (harp), Aoife Enright (concertina), Pádraig Enright (percussion), Fionnuala Fahey (violin), Fintan Farrell (violin), Mikhaila Fitzpatrick (flute), Sarah Fox (fiddle), Natalie Flynn (violin), Rebecca Flynn (violin), Oisín Gallagher (cello), Peadar Giles (pipes), Myles Girling-Moore (voice), Willow Girling-Moore (voice), Tadgh Griffin (voice), Clara Grimes (Viola), Paddy Groenland (guitar), James Guerrero (cello), Imogen Gunner (fiddle), Pat Hargan (guitar), Emma Harte (cello), Devanney Haruta (oboe), Nuala Hayes (flute), Margaret Hoban (piano), Abigail Holman (violin), Abbie Hoyne (fiddle), Rachael Hughes (concertina), Áine Humphreys (harp), Mary Hutton (oboe), Andrew Jackson (viola), Rosina Joyce (fiddle), Keri-Marie Kelly (voice/composer), Oisin Kiely (cello), Daniel Landers (percussion), Fiona Lavin (fiddle), Orla Leavy (fiddle), Genevieve Leyden (double bass), Caoimhe Liddane (harp), Evelyn Linnane (Tin Whistle), Aisling Lyons (harp), Aileen Maloney (violin), Sorcha McCague (harp), Lauren McCann (fiddle), Jana McCarthy-Kent (flute), Erin McGeown (fiddle), Sibeal McGonigle (voice), Molly McHale (sax), Sarah McHale (violin), Claire McHugh (cello), Ciara McKeown (cornet), Fionnuala McKey (fiddle), Ciara McMahon (oboe), Grainne Meyer (harp), Caitriona Moloney (violin), Senan Moran (violin), Sinéad Mulqueen (concertina), Sarah Murchan (voice), Clodagh Murphy (violin), Conn Naughton (baritone sax), Freddie Ní Almhain (viola), Aoife Ni Cathasaigh (voice), Líle Ní Chonchubhair (fiddle), Siofra Ni Dubhghaill (harp), Emer Ní Scolaí (harp), Yuki Nishioka (violin), Seamus Ó Baoighill (fiddle), Alannah O’Connor-Dunford (cello), Mary O’Donnell (fiddle), Ross O’Donovan (fiddle), Clodagh O’Farrell (fiddle), Fionn Ó hAlmhain (uilleann pipes), Sharon O’Halloran (concertina), Anna O’Mahony (fiddle), Laura Scanlon (fiddle), Betty O’Shea (flute), Caitriona O’Sullivan (voice), Elizabeth O’Sullivan (concertina), Matt Rafter (cello), Kate Reilly (violin), Amber Robson (flute), Liam Scott (trumpet), Ailbhe Sexton (fiddle), Daire Shannon (fiddle), Nina Sheahan (voice), Orla Sheridan (harp), Emily Shiel (violin), Ciara Taaffe (harp), William Troy (guitar), Tara Viscardi (harp), Eithne Walsh (voice)