New Music Connects is a collaborative project between the Contemporary Music Centre and the Galway Ensemble-in-Residence, the ConTempo String Quartet and is funded by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon’s Project: New Work Award Scheme 2006.

The project enables three Irish composers, Ed Bennett, Rob Canning and David Flynn, to compose a new string quartet by collaborating with the ensemble through a number of workshops.

Composer Deirdre Gribbin facilitated the second of two workshops, during which the ConTempo String Quartet rehearsed the pieces by the three composers. The workshop, which was open to the public, enabled each composer to try out their pieces with the quartet and gave them the opportunity to work out any technical difficulties with their pieces on the day.

The three new pieces will be premiered in Dublin on 2 December and Galway on 4 December.

For further information please see our Calendar or contact Aoife Fitzpatrick, Promotion & Administration Assistant, Tel: 01 673 1922 or email info@cmc.ie.