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Our Supporters

Our community of support sits at the core of the IBO, and helps to make our work possible.

The IBO is proudly funded by Arts Council Ireland / An Chomhairle Ealaíon.

IBO Supporters

Brendan Cullen, Eileen Lee, Jackie Doherty, John McBratney, John Reynolds, Richard Cox

IBO Friends

Alan & Frances Tuffery, Anna Drury, Anne Fogarty, Ciara Higgins, Clodagh Bowen, David and Dorothy Byers, David Croke Garrett, Dalton Geoffrey Keating, Hugh Hartnett,  John Quinn, Judith Gannon, June Ryan, Jürgen Uhlich, Kenneth Langan, Margaret Sinnott, Marianne Gorman, Marie Betts, Marjo Moonen, Mary Flynn, Mary O'Kennedy, Robert Mourik, Séamus Moran, Simon Boyle, Siobhan O'Beirne, Stephen Cahill, Sue Phillips, Yvonne Grayson

and other Friends who wish to remain anonymous.

Peter Whelan and soprano Rachel Redmond in rehearsal.

IBO Foundational Friends

Aibhlin McCrann & Peter Finnegan, Cathy & John Brown, Ciaran Diamond, Dermot and Susan Scott, Felicity Maxwell, Francis Kelly, Helen Butler, Hugh Owens, Jiri Kytka, Joan & John Martin, John McGrane, Joseph Hamill, Martin Dilly, Maureen O'Sullivan, Oonah McCrann & Noel McMahon, Peader O'Mórdha, Raymond & Patricia Turner, Robert Anderson, Scott Hayes, Tim Fiennes, Tim Thurston, Valerie Keegan 

and other supporters who wish to remain anonymous. 

Malcolm Proud in rehearsal at the organ.

IBO Patrons 

Aurelie Fabre, Brian Patterson, Duncan and Laughlin Brickenden Rigby, Frances McDonagh, Geraldine O’Sullivan, Jennifer Caldwell, Tony Baines

IBO Gold Circle

Andrew Newman, Eric and Jean Finch, Lyndon MacCann, Mike Beary

IBO Directors Circle

Daphne Burnett, Rhoda Draper, Paddy Morton, Isabella de Sabata

Double bassist Malachy Robinson in rehearsal.

Rachel Baptist Champions 

We are hugely grateful to our Rachel Baptist Champions for helping us to bring the Rachel Baptist story and music to life in 2024:

Rhoda Draper, Carol Reynolds, Simon Boyle, Val Keegan, Paddy Morton, Siobhan O'Beirne, Geoffrey Keating, Peter Roycroft, Garret Cahill, Jürgen Uhlich, Elizabeth Hilliard, Annick Smith, Tony Baines, Isobel Bailey, Garret Dalton, Sean Tester, Kathy Brown, Garry Hynes, Kenneth Langan

and several donors who wish to remain anonymous. 

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Trusts and Foundations

The Benefacts Group - Movement for Good Awards 

CESCA Grassroots Fund

Backstage Trust

Aviva Stadium Community Fund 

The Tomar Trust

Core Partners

The Office of Public Works 

National Concert Hall, Dublin

RTÉ Supporting the Arts 

Project Partner

Italian Institute of Culture, Dublin 

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The end of a piece, in the first violins.
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