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For Immediate Release

Play with Music!

15 September 2005

Come create weird and wonderful sounds and coloured lights in the Contemporary Music Centre with young composers Jonathan Nangle and Frances Mitchell and their installations, Light Instrument and Meniscus.

As part of the Young Fringe the Contemporary Music Centre opens its doors from 1.00pm - 4.00pm on 24 and 25 September 2005 to children age 4 upwards and adults of all ages to play with music.

Why not try your hand at Light Instrument -- a box filled with pipes which makes music by reacting to hand gestures or Meniscus -- an interactive balloon which creates coloured lights and triggers sounds.

There is no fixed time and admission is free. All children should be accompanied by an adult. Group bookings should be made with Karen Hennessy tel: 01 673 1922 or email:
khennessy@cmc.ie

The Young Fringe is part of the Dublin Fringe Festival, 12 Sep - 2 Oct 2005. All participating artists are age 30 and under. The programme includes the very best of theatre, dance, music, live art, visual art and workshops for young people. For further information see www.fringefest.com

Speaking today about the importance of the Music Programme of the Young Fringe, Co-Director Orla Dunne says, “Music is accessible by all...it can provide people with peace or energy, excitement or ease. Every age, culture and social group can connect with music!”

Notes for Editors
Jonathan Nangle has a degree in Music and Philosophy and a Masters in Music and Media Technology from Trinity College Dublin. He has studied composition with Donnacha Dennehy and Rob Canning and electro-acoustic composition with Roger Doyle and Jürgen Simpson.

Frances Mitchell studied Mechanical Engineering in UCD (2001) before completing a Masters in Music and Media Technology from TCD in 2005. Frances is also a singer/keyboardist and cellist and has performed in many events since her return from France in 2003, most notably in Hongongalongalo for the Dublin Fringe Festival in 2004.