Performing Arts Forum election for new board members

Theatre Forum CLG trading as Performing Arts Forum AGM
is holding its Annual General Meeting online on Zoom on Friday, 27 September 2024, at 11 a.m. This meeting is a valuable opportunity to learn more about the organisation’s strategy and upcoming initiatives.

Membership needs to be up-to-date in order to attend and vote at the AGM, and can be renewed online.

Members attending online, will have the opportunity to vote during the meeting. Those unable to attend can still make their voices heard by appointing a proxy to cast your votes on their behalf. Further details on appointing a proxy are available on performingartsforum.ie

Agenda
Open the meeting and review the minutes of the 2023 AGM
Consider the Company’s 2023 Financial Statements together with the report of the statutory auditors
Authorise the Directors to appoint the statutory auditor and to fix their remuneration
Review candidate statements and hold an election for two board positions
Receive the Chair’s Review of the company’s affairs and overview of the strategy, plans and forthcoming events
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Improvised Music Company General Manager Caitríona O'Mahony is one of the candidates for the board of Performing Arts Forum which will be elected at the AGM.

IMC has been a member of Theatre Forum for many years and has benefited from the great work they do. With the change from Theatre Forum to Performing Arts Forum, we would be delighted to see music represented at the board level of the organisation. For further details about Caitríona, please read below.

Caitríona O’Mahony is an arts worker, artistic director and musician from Cork. She is currently General Manager of Improvised Music Company and was also appointed Acting Director during an emergency period for the company. With IMC, she has gained a wide experience in the jazz and contemporary improvised music world. As Artistic Director of East Cork Early Music Festival, and a founding member of the Irish Early Music Network, she is also deeply familiar with the progress of early music across the island, and engages in independent research on Irish historical performance practices. She has worked with a number of other high-profile music organisations across the country, including Dublin International Chamber Music Festival and Blackwater Valley Opera Festival.

Caitríona has been involved in the founding and development of several network organisations, including the Irish Early Music Network (which was successful in sourcing funding for an equipment library), the Irish Jazz Forum (which is now part of a European touring project), and Music Alliance Ireland (which has been key in policy consultation for the Arts Council, Dublin City Council etc).

She has been invited to speak representing Ireland at conferences including the European Early Music Network conference and Jazz Promotion Network conference, with a focus on the need for connection and collaboration in the arts.

Caitríona continues to work as a professional violinist and violist, performing and directing nationally and internationally with ensembles including Sestina, Resurgam, Cork Baroque Players, and Ensemble Dagda, amongst others.