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The Contemporary Music Centre September Newsletter
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September in CMC is usually a busy month, and this year is no exception with many exciting events and projects happening. Here's a brief summary of what we've been up, as well as a preview of contemporary music events happening in September and October!
CMC presents Beneath Iseult's Tower, a 'Pop Up' Opera commissioned by CMC for Culture Night 2017
Composed collectively by
Elis Czerniak
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Sinead Finegan and
Norah Walsh, the Contemporary Music Centre's 'pop up' opera
Beneath Iseult's Tower was commissioned specially for Culture Night 2017. The theme of this 'pop up' opera is Tristan and the Irish Princess Iseult, after whom Isolde's Tower in Wood Quay is named.
Working with these composers, Producer Síobhra Quinlan of OTC Opera Hub, Mentor Michelle O'Rourke and Deviser/Performer Bríd Ní Ghruagáin will bring Beneath Iseult's Tower from blank page to world premiere on Culture Night. The world premiere will take place at 6.30pm on Culture Night (22 September 2017) in CMC's historic building on Fishamble Street, with a second outdoor performance at the nearby Wood Quay Amphitheatre at 8.00pm.
JOHN MCLACHLAN'S MUSIC PERFORMED IN JAPAN
Composer
John McLachlan will travel to Japan later this month for performances of his work by Japanese pianist Satoko Inoue. The visit follows an Irish tour organised by both McLachlan and Tokyo-based Irish composer Paul Hayes earlier in the summer where she performed in Dublin, Waterford and Letterkenny.
Read more.
JENN KIRBY ON HER RECENT CMC/AIC SOUNDSCAPE RESIDENCY
Swansea-based Irish composer
Jenn Kirby talks about the soundSCAPE festival in Maccagno, Italy, which she attended as the 2017 Irish Artist-in-Residence. The annual residency is offered in association with CMC and the Association of Irish Composers, with support from Culture Ireland.
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AILÍS NÍ RÍAIN REPORTS ON HER RESIDENCY EARLIER THIS YEAR AT THE CENTRE CULTUREL IRLANDAIS, PARIS
A report from Ailis Ni Riain on her residency earlier this year at the Centre Culturel Irlandais. The annual residency for Irish composers, which takes place in January and February each year, is a partnership between the Contemporary Music Centre and the Centre Culturel Irlandais.
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Upcoming events in September/October
Choral Sketches - Performance Readings
Thursday 21 September 2017, 6.30pm (premiere), Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall
Choral Sketches is a partnership project between Chamber Choir Ireland and Contemporary Music Centre, which provides a unique professional development opportunity for composers wishing to develop their skills in writing choral music with mentoring from renowned composer Tarik O'Regan. Composers Amanda Feery, Michael Gallen and Seán Doherty were selected to participate, and the resulting works by Amanda Feery and Michael Gallen will be given a performance reading by Chamber Choir Ireland and conductor Nils Schweckendiek. Read more
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MORE SELECTED EVENTS
Date: Saturday 23 September, 6.30pm
Venue: Triskell Arts Centre Cork
(also 24 September, 12.00pm at Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin)
Date:
Sunday 24 September, 6.00pm
Venue: Casa da Musica, Portugal
New work by Sam Perkin premiered by the Irish Chamber Orchestra
Date: Wednesday 27 September, 20.00pm
Venue: National Concert Hall, Dublin
Date: Monday 2 October - 8 October, 7.30pm
Venue: O'Reilly Theatre, Dublin
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