The March-April edition of the Journal of Music in Ireland is now available.

This month's issue introduces the Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland, which is scheduled to be published in 2009. In his article, Barra Ó Séaghdha asks questions about the encyclopaedia’s coverage of classical and contemporary Irish music.

Richard Pine asks why issues in the Royal Irish Academy of Music have not yet been addressed, while Barra Boydell reviews the new book on composer Raymond Deane by Patrick Zuk.

The new CD of new music for saxophone and guitar, PluckBlow, is reviewed in this issue, as are the Horizons concerts and the premiere of Donnacha Dennehy's work Grá agus Bás.

JMI also includes a two-month guide to concerts, festivals, sessions, talks and seminars, as well as comprehensive listings of new CDs, DVDs, books and scores.

For more information, email editor@thejmi.com or visit www.thejmi.com.

Posted: 16 March 2007