Features 2003

An Interview with Eibhlis Farrell [December]

Eibhlis Farrell, interviewed on video by Ita Beausang, talks about her home background in Northern Ireland, her work as a composer and educator, and her aspiration to reach the state of wisdom.

What's it like to be Eibhlis Farrell? [December]
A short, informal question and answer interview with Eibhlis Farrell.

An Interview with Ailís Ní Ríain [November]

Ailís Ní Ríain feels like a composer in exile from herself, she says, yet while her own music moves closer to the conceptual arts she is committed to accessibility through music education and community music. She speaks to Michael Dungan.

What's it like to be Ailís Ní Ríain? [November]
A short, informal question and answer interview with Ailís Ní Ríain?.

An Interview with Rob Canning [October]

Rob Canning thinks about his music in terms of eco-systems, evolution and probability theory. He speaks on video to Michael Dungan.

An Interview with Ian Wilson [September]

Ian Wilson, interviewed on video by Michael Dungan, talks about his creative inspiration and his compositional output, including his recent first opera, Hamelin.

What's it like to be Ian Wilson? [September]
A short, informal question and answer interview with Ian Wilson.

An Interview with Kevin O'Connell [August]

Kevin O'Connell, interviewed on video by Michael Dungan, talks about creativity, the roots of inspiration, and growing up in Northern Ireland during the Troubles.

What's it like to be Kevin O'Connell? [August]
A short, informal question and answer interview with Kevin O'Connell.

An Interview with Ronan Guilfoyle [July]

Jazz composer and performer Ronan Guilfoyle, interviewed on video by Michael Dungan, talks about his philosophy of music, his commitment to improvisation and his own composing and teaching.

What's it like to be Ronan Guilfoyle? [July]
A short, informal question and answer interview with Ronan Guilfoyle.

An Interview with Jürgen Simpson [June]

Jürgen Simpson interviewed on video, tells Michael Dungan about his unconventional background, his eclectic musical tastes and his new opera, a 'Rabelasian raft debate' with echoes of Beckett.

What's it like to be Jürgen Simpson? [June]
A short, informal question and answer interview with Jürgen Simpson.

An Interview with Seóirse Bodley [May]

Composer Seóirse Bodley, in a video interview shortly before his seventieth birthday, talks to Michael Dungan about his long and productive creative career.

What's it like to be Seóirse Bodley? [May]
A short, informal question and answer interview with Seóirse Bodley.

An Interview with Jane O'Leary [April]

Jane O'Leary, interviewed on video by Michael Dungan, talks about her life in Ireland, her work with young musicians and the creative influences on her composition and performance.

What's it like to be Jane O'Leary? [February]
A short, informal question and answer interview with Jane O’Leary.

An Interview with Raymond Deane [February]

Raymond Deane talks about the ideas behind his chamber work, Seachanges (with Danse Macabre), and his development as a composer.

Opera: Just Another Art Form? [September]
Michael Dungan ponders the present state of contemporary opera in Ireland.

The Competing Realities of Commissioning [May]
Michael Dungan writes about the current state of new music commissioning in Ireland.

Composers' Choice 2003 [May]
John McLachlan writes about this year’s series and assesses its impact since its foundation.

Summer Preview [May]
Irish composers are busy this summer. New Music News previews the wide variety of events and performances taking place over the coming months.

A View from the Library [February]
Anne-Marie Casey, CMC's Music Information Officer, reviews the new works added to the library collection during 2002.

Rooted in Zest [February]
Michael Dungan talks to composer Donnacha Dennehy about his work, his ideas on music, and his many new projects reaching fruition in 2003.

Up North! [February]
John McLachlan writes about the recent festival of new Irish and Nordic music.