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Part one of a two-part series recorded at the Science Gallery, Dublin, in which three emerging Irish composers, Peter Moran, Dylan Rynhart and Donal Sarsfield, talk to Bob Gilmore about a range of issues related to composition today.

Copyright ©2008 Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland.

Peter Moran
Peter Moran
Dylan Rynhart
Dylan Rynhart
Donal Sarsfield
Donal Sarsfield

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Interview with Peter Moran, Dylan Rynhart and Donal Sarsfield (Part One)


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  • Issues for emerging composers
  • Current projects
  • Putting their stamp on the Irish and International music scene
  • The Young Composers' Collective
  • Making new music accessible
  • The crossover of musical genres in composition today
Music excerpts used:
0:40  Banff 27 Donal Sarsfield (Jin Theriault [asax], Tim Twomey [tsax], Ben Gait [hn], Jack MacKenzie [bcl]) © Donal Sarsfield
5:00 DECAphonic Peter Moran (Sounds Underground) © Peter Moran
8:50 Happy New Year Dylan Rynhart (Fuzzy Logic) © New Hat
15:50 Piano Accord Donal Sarsfield © Donal Sarsfield
19:50 Western Canteen Peter Moran (Laura Barber [vn], India Bourne [vc], Dan Chadwick [trb], Tom Langrish [trb], Gamelan Sekar Petak) © Peter Moran
23:20 Kitchey Shlock Dylan Rynhart (Maria Leach [asax], Amy Wray [ssax], Jin Theriault [tsax], Tim Twomey [barsax]) © Dylan Rynhart
25:20 Piano Accord Donal Sarsfield © Donal Sarsfield

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Peter Moran, Dylan Rynhart and Donal Sarsfield were interviewed on video by Bob Gilmore in the Science Gallery, Trinity College Dublin, on 12 May 2008.

CMC would like to thank the staff of the Science Gallery for the use of their cafe to record the interview.

The views expressed in this interview are those of the persons concerned and are not necessarily those of the Contemporary Music Centre.

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