September

Seachanges
Raymond Deane's Seachanges (with Danse Macabre), the Irish set work for the Leaving Certificate music syllabus, is published by the Contemporary Music Centre.

Frank Corcoran wins the EMS Prize 2002
Frank Corcoran was awarded joint first prize at the EMS award ceremony in Fylkingen, Sweden for Quasi Una Missa.

Events at CMC
After a summer break through July and August, the CMC monthly talks series resumed this autumn with a very special event on 24 September.

Kinsella Concerto
Congratulations to John Kinsella whose Cello Concerto (2000) has been performed three times in Mexico this year, following its successful premiere in Dublin's National Concert Hall in March.

Choir's Anniversary
On 28 June 2002 the Irish Youth Choir celebrated its 21st Anniversary in a gala reunion concert of twentieth- and twenty-first century Irish choral music.

WIT Feis 2003
The Waterford Institute of Technology Music School's Fintan O'Carroll Feis will celebrate its seventh year with a relaunch in April 2003, having undergone major changes this year.

CMC Prizes
The Contemporary Music Centre is very pleased to continue its sponsorship of prizes for the performance of new Irish music.

National Chamber Choir
On 5 December 2002 in the Shaw room of the National Gallery of Ireland the National Chamber Choir and artistic director, Celso Antunes, will perform a special concert dedicated to Peace.

CMC Choral Trophy
The Tredagh Singers, Drogheda, conducted by Patricia Hegarty, were the first prizewinners of the newly-commissioned Contemporary Music Centre Perpetual Trophy at the Cork International Choral Festival in May this year.

Genesis Opera Project
September saw the launch of the second Genesis Opera Project (previously known as the Genesis Prizes for Opera).

Waterford New Music Week 2003
The fourth Waterford New Music Week will take place next year from 27-31 January.

Composers Represented
The Contemporary Music Centre is very pleased to welcome composers who have been accepted for representation.

Forum for Music in Ireland
The next plenary meeting of the Forum for Music in Ireland takes place at the RDS, Dublin, on Friday 8 November, hosted by the RDS Music Committee.

CMC Board of Directors
The Contemporary Music Centre is very pleased to welcome Proinnsías Ó Duinn to the Board of Directors.

First RTÉ Living Music Festival
Friday 25 - Sunday 27 October will see the first RTÉ Living Music Festival, a major new festival devoted to contemporary music by leading international and Irish figures, take place in The Helix, Ireland's newest multi-venue performance centre located at Dublin City University.

Con Brio
This season's programme from the Con Brio music society in Sligo seeks to build on previous successes with an exciting line-up of music and artists of the highest calibre.

AIC Autumn Series
This autumn marks the fifth year of the Association of Irish Composers' concert series.

Seachanges
Raymond Deane's Seachanges (with Danse Macabre), the new Irish set work for the Leaving Certificate music syllabus, is published by the Contemporary Music Centre.

May

Choral Award for Mawby
Colin Mawby's choral work, Prayer of Forgiveness, for SATB choir published by Kevin Mayhew Ltd, has just been awarded Top Honors in the Mixed Chamber Chorus category of the Waging Peace Through Singing competition, Oregon, USA.

Galway Ensemble-in-Residence
A unique partnership to support the full-time residency of a professional music ensemble has been announced in Galway.

Barry at Fifty
Congratulations to composer Gerald Barry who celebrated his fiftieth birthday in April.

Rolf Hind Workshops
As an up-and-coming composer it can be difficult to secure a performance of one's work and even more difficult to interact with the artists involved.

Soundshapes
Described as 'a cross-media experience centring on the creative combination of sound and object', the Soundshapes project will be unveiled at the 2002 Galway Arts Festival.

World Music Days
Two Irish works, Gerard Power's Cyclopsleep for orchestra and Raymond Deane's Pentacle for violin and cello, have been selected for performance in the 2002 ISCM World Music Days in Hong Kong from 11-19 October.

Apeldoorn Prize for Hamilton
Congratulations to Andrew Hamilton (b. 1977) on winning the prestigious 2002 award at the Eighth International Young Composers Meeting in Apeldoorn.

Voyages: Dublin-Montréal
In March a new music exchange project took place between Ireland and Canada.

Irish Chamber Orchestra
The Irish Chamber Orchestra has commissioned five Irish composers to collaborate on a work for the opening night of the Killaloe Music Festival 2002.

Walshe at Gaudeamus
Jennifer Walshe's moving in/love song/city front garden with old men written in 2000 is one of 24 pieces shortlisted from 370 entries for this year's Gaudeamus Prize.

Hugh Lane Gallery
The well-regarded and well-attended Sundays at Noon concerts in Dublin's Hugh Lane Gallery continue into May and June and feature a number of Irish composers.

National Chamber Choir
The Gerard Victory Commission for 2002 has been awarded to young composer Garrett Sholdice from St Andrew's College, Dublin.

Black Box CDs
Chris Craker's CD label, Black Box, has been sold to the UK's largest independent music company, the Sanctuary Group plc.

CMC Awards
The Contemporary Music Centre's new Perpetual Trophy for the performance of Irish contemporary choral music was awarded at the Cork International Choral Festival 2002 to the Tredagh Singers from Drogheda, Co Louth, under conductor Patricia Hegarty.

Music Copyright and Contracts
The CMC monthly talks series continues on Tuesday, 28 May 2002 with a talk on copyright and contracts. It will be given by Donal McGuirk, Manager of Member Services at IMRO, and Linda Scales, a solicitor.

February

Concorde Anniversary
The contemporary chamber ensemble, Concorde, celebrated its twenty-fifth anniversary on 26 November last with a concert in the Dublin Civic Offices.

NCH Composers' Choice
Dublin's National Concert Hall presents its third annual contemporary music series, Composers' Choice, from 22 to 28 March 2002.

Arts Council Commissions
Details of those who received funding in the first round of the Arts Council's newly-restructured Commissions and Projects schemes have been announced.

Canning's Mirrors
Music for Galway's 2002 concert season features the premiere of a new work for amplified piano and electronics by Rob Canning.

Horizons 2002
RTÉ Music Horizons 2002 series comprises four concerts of contemporary music presented by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland.

Young Composers Abroad
Young Irish composers are increasingly making their work known outside the country.

Irish Discography
Irish Classical Recordings, described as 'A discography of Irish art music' has just been published by Greenwood Press.

Irish Music Board
The appointment has been announced of Maura Eaton, former Music Officer of the Arts Council, as Chief Executive of the newly-formed Music Board of Ireland/Bord Ceol na hÉireann.