Music academy to showcase its many talents

I rarely pass the Royal Irish Academy of Music on Westland Row without wondering what great things are happening behind its closed doors; what great talent is being nurtured, which young stars are being groomed, what marvelous music is being performed.

I mention this for three reasons: first, its student flautist Miriam Koczena has just been named young Irish musician of the year; secondly, one of its most famous alumni, Finghin Collins, will ...