Concorde specialise in the performance and promotion of new music. Founded in 1976, performances take place in a regular series at the Hugh Lane Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, the Irish Museum of Modern Art, and at international festivals. Instrumentation features flutes, clarinets, violin, cello, accordion, piano, soprano, percussion. Projects include working with guest performers, commissioning of new work from both Irish and international composers, exchanges with other ensembles, promotion of young Irish composers, international performances. Concorde are also involved in educational programmes with composers at the Dublin Institute of Technology Conservatory of Music and Drama and the National University of Ireland, Maynooth.