The Contemporary Music Centre's season of informal Salon performances has commenced.

On 17 September, harpist Cliona Doris gave informal performances of Ian Wilson's In Blue Sea or Sky, Donnacha Dennehy's Curves and Philip Hammond's the latter a recent RTÉ LyricFM commission. This took place in a new venue for CMC, the Printing House in Trinity College Dublin.

For the October Salon, which returns to our regular venue and partners, the Project arts centre, Irish composer and guitarist Ben Dwyer and flautist Susan Doyle head the bill. Their programme of solo and duo works by composers Paul Hayes, Donnacha Dennehy, and Dwyer himself takes place at 3.00 pm on Saturday 30 October.

On 13 November, once again at Project, Donnacha Dennehy, composer and lecturer in music technology and composition at Trinity College, curates a programme of music by graduate and undergraduate composers of the College.

The CMC Salon series, initiated experimentally last autumn in conjunction with Project arts centre, is proving very successful both with composers as a platform for gaining informal feedback on their music, and with performers as an opportunity to try out new repertoire in a relaxed atmosphere. For the growing audience, one of the most stimulating aspects is the opportunity to ask questions – whether technical or philosophical - and be drawn into debate around the music.

Admission is free and all are welcome. Discussions continue informally after the performances.

Further information: Karen Hennessy, Promotion Manager, email khennessy@cmc.ie

CMC’s Salon performances are made possible by the support of the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon. CMC would like to acknowledge the support of Project arts centre and the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering, Trinity College Dublin, in making the venues available.