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The Contemporary Music Centre October Newsletter
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We've had a busy few weeks in CMC, with many wonderful events and projects happening. Here's a brief summary of what we've been up to in September and October!
CULTURE NIGHT AT CMC
C
ulture Night at CMC took place on Friday, 16 September 2016, and saw composers Jennifer Walshe, Nick Roth & Panos Ghikas present an exciting programme of new music with live performance, film screenings and talks surrounding Walshe's fascinating
Aisteach
project, a fictional history of the Irish avant garde.
Read
a full report of the event and check out a video of some of the performance on our website!
CROSS CURRENTS RADIO SERIES
Cross Currents is a landmark music documentary series, narrated by award-winning actor Barry McGovern, exploring contemporary Irish composers and their work. Produced by Athena Media in association with CMC, the series was broadcast on RTÉ lyric fm in September across three episodes and features interviews with composers Gerald Barry, Seóirse Bodley, John Buckley, Linda Buckley, Frank Corcoran, Raymond Deane, Donnacha Dennehy, Roger Doyle, Dave Flynn, Amanda Feery, Michael Gallon, John Kinsella, Garrett Sholdice, and Jennifer Walshe.
As part of the series, CMC ran some special features on our website, which included highlighting some of the stories of contemporary Irish composition as well as a series of short audio portraits recorded at the homes of some of the composers featured in the series.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY CONCORDE!
Concorde, the first specialist contemporary music ensemble to be established in Ireland, celebrates its 40th anniversary w
ith a series of four concerts at the Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin.
Formed in 1976 under the artistic direction of Jane O'Leary, the ensemble gave its first performance at the American Embassy on 18 September that year. The first concert in the series took place in September, with an upcoming concert this Sunday October 16, featuring a programme of music by Jane O'Leary who also celebrates her birthday this month.
To mark this anniversary, a special online exhibition Concorde40, which explores the history of the ensemble has been put together by Maynooth University MA Digital Humanities student Richard Breen. Concorde40
highlights various materials (programmes, photographs, recordings) which document the history of Ireland's first specialist music ensemble in an engaging and interactive manner.
R
ead more
about the project here.
Upcoming events in October
DIT WORKSHOP: CONCORDE & GARTH KNOX
25 October, 2016,
McCann Hall, DIT Conservatory of Music & Drama, Chatham Row, Dublin 2,
7:00 - 9:30 pm
Continuing its birthday celebrations, Concorde are hosting a workshop with Garth Knox, violist and composer. Concorde have commissioned Garth to write a new piece for the ensemble (flute, clarinet, violin, cello, accordion with viola) and all musicians will be coming together to try out various compositional ideas and materials as the piece starts to take shape. The workshop will be particularly useful for students of composition and string playing. More information is available here.
CMC OCTOBER SALON SERIES: MODERN IRISH MUSIC
27 October 2016, Lutheran Hall, 24 Adelaide Road, Dublin 2, 7-8pm
The Contemporary Music Centre continues its 2016 Salon Series in October.
This month's upcoming concert features a programme which celebrates modern Irish music, performed by Gavin Brennan (saxophone), Aileen Cahill (piano), Adrian Mantu (cello) and Andreea Banciu (viola). It will be hosted by composer Jonathan Nangle, who will also have the premiere of his new work for saxophone and electronics performed on the night. For programme details and further information, visit our website!
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