4 in a Bar is an award-winning vocal quartet based in Dublin, Ireland, four friends who combine their Classical music backgrounds with a love for modern, close-harmony singing.

The group’s concert programs explore topics such as identity, nationality, conflict and love – all presented with characteristic spontaneity and wit.

A broad, yet select repertoire includes new, commissioned works by living composers, folk songs, pop, barbershop, Early music and traditional Irish airs, some of which can be heard on the quartet’s two CD albums.

In 2024, we premiere and tour a new work by Rhona Clarke, one we commissioned with the support of the Arts Council. By this work, we celebrate the centenary of Dublin-born composer Charles Villiers Stanford.