DMITRY Sitkovetsky, the Ulster Orchestra's new principal conductor and artistic advisor has announced details of its 30th anniversary season, which will include six Tchaikovsky symphonies and the Gala Premiere Concert, with James Galway and Barry Douglas, to open Belfast's new Waterfront Hall on January 17th. He will conduct the opening concert at the Guildhall in Derry on September 26th and will also conduct his wife, the American soprano Susan Roberts, in Britten's Les Illuminations on October 4th and 5th - full programme available on 08 01232 233240 ... The Wheelworks Mobile Community Arts Programme, which helps children explore their creativity through art, will be at Poleglass Youth Centre, Belfast, from Monday to Friday phone 08 01232 329499 for details ... Organised by Beyond Borders, Plus is the second annual exhibition of temporary sited works and performance events in public sites in and around Derry City - artists are invited to make proposals for designated sites and other sites.

Phone 08 01504 373538 for information ... Artists may apply for briefs for Waterford Corporation's Convergence public art programme, to The Art Section, Waterford Corporation, The Mall, Waterford - and make it snappy, the closing date for queries is August 30th ... From Monday next there will be a week long acting/ directing workshop at the Taibhdhearc Theatre in Galway, with Mikhail Mokecv, a graduate of the Moscow Arts Theatre who has directed and taught at the RSC, Stratford - it's too late to book for this now, but tickets are available for the masterclass on Saturday August 24th. Phone 091-562024 ... The Budweiser Clifden Country Blues Festival takes place over the weekend of August 30th-September 1st, and has such artists as Glen Hansard, the Richie Buckley Quartet and the Gripe Water Blues Band - phone 095 -21086 ... The Shakespeare Summer School takes place at Trinity College Dublin from Friday August 23rd to Sunday 25th, phone 01 8490686/01 4944340 for information ...