The Contemporary Music Centre's April Salon focuses on instrumental and electro-acoustic music, together with short films, by composition students of the PhD and MA in Computer Music programmes at the National University of Ireland (NUI), Maynooth as well as Dublin-based composer/musicians David Stalling and Rory Walsh. All works will be performed by the Electro Acoustic Revue (EAR) ensemble.

Taking place on 9 April, it features work by Rory Walsh, Victor Lazzarini, Ian Brabazon, Barbara Dignam, Ruth Kennington and David Conway. Two short films by David Stalling and Anthony Kelly will also be screened. All composers involved are students of Victor Lazzarini who will present the event. Victor Lazzarini coordinates the Music Technology Laboratory in NUI Maynooth, which he established in 1998.

EAR was founded in 2001 for the collaborative performance of original contemporary music. Members of the Music Technology Laboratory at Maynooth have played a seminal role in its formation. Since its inception the group has performed locally around Ireland and on the barge Le Vaisseau Fantôme, at the Quai du Mauriac on the river Seine in Paris, as part of the electro-acoustic music festival Les Utopies Sonores in March 2003. EAR are Victor Lazzarini, David Stalling, Rory Walsh, Stefan Gaelens, Lioba Petrie, Anthony Kelly and Ian Brabazon.

The Salon takes place in Project Arts Centre on Saturday, 9 April from 3.00-4.00pm. Discussions continue informally afterwards and admission is free.

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 in making the venue available.

For further information contact Karen Hennessy, Promotion Manager, Contemporary Music Centre, tel: 01 673 1922 email: khennessy@cmc.ie.

Posted: 23 March 2005