Kaleidoscope Night

Music For Curious Ears
Bello Bar
Doors 8pm Music at 8.30pm

Kaleidoscope Night and The Night With… are pleased to present an evening with violinist Emma Jane Lloyd and cellist Naomi Berrill on Wednesday 1st October 2025 at Bello Bar, Dublin 8. An adventurous evening of contemporary compositions, improvisation Jazz and song for your curious ears, featuring the music of Egidija Medekšaitė, Emma Jane Lloyd. Matthew Whiteside, Émilie Girard-Charest, Rylan Gleave, Sam Perkin (world premiere), Naomi Berrill and Bill Whelan.

Emma Jane Lloyd performs a programme of contemporary works that explore the violin’s expressive possibilities through extended techniques, electronics, and open-ended interpretation. Featuring music from her album mue, the concert brings together pieces shaped by long-standing collaborations and a shared curiosity for sound.

Emma Jane Lloyd is an international performer, improviser, composer, and artist. She performs as a soloist and in small ensembles, working often with live electronics, and collaborating regularly with composers. In addition to the modern set-up, she plays a baroque violin and performs both baroque and contemporary music written specifically for this instrument.

As an improviser, Emma's performance tends to be quiet and intimate in nature, exploring the innate timbral qualities of the violin, and discovering some of the often hidden sounds that can be found with her unique combination of technique and tools.

Naomi Berrill is a cellist, singer and composer originally from Ireland, now based in Florence, Italy. Naomi is one of the most eclectic voices in today’s music scene. After her classical training, she developed a unique language using the cello as an accompanying instrument to her voice, while exploring new harmonic possibilities of the cello . Her work extends to theatre, contemporary dance, and design and she has collaborated with artists such as Arvo Pärt, Giovanni Sollima and Mario Brunello.

Programme :

Mue - album performance by Emma Jane Lloyd

freely, darkly, deeply by Matthew Whiteside

Small Haven by Rylan Gleave

caprices esquisses by Emma Jane Lloyd

Mue by Émilie Girard-Charest

Mishra Pilu By Egidija Medekšaitė

Improvisation – Naomi Berrill  (cello anf voice) & Emma Jane Lloyd (violin)

Fragments – by Bill Whelan

(commissioned by Music for Galway for Cellissimo Festival 2020)

 Blue –  by Naomi Berrill

 Galatea – by Naomi Berrill

 Sea Warrior – by Naomi Berrill 

 Incantation – by Sam Perkin (Irish Premiere)

About Kaleidoscope

About the Kaleidoscope Night music series - Now in its 16th year the Kaleidoscope Night series presents classical and contemporary music alongside experimental, jazz and folk music in a unique, intimate and informal setting. A variety of music for the curious ear, the series boasts performances from the country’s top classical music performers and composers. The series is curated by cellist Lioba Petrie, Managed by Caterina Schembri , sound engineering by Adrian Hart and stage management and photography by Juraj Jablonka.