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AMP -- A Meeting Place

A Series of Cross-arts Interaction Seminars

24 April 2008

Attention composers, performers, painters, sculptors, animators, filmmakers, dancers and actors! A new weekly series of seminars exploring collaboration between musicians and artists from other disciplines begins in May.

Organised by the Contemporary Music Centre, the series, AMP, is designed to give musicians and artists the chance to interact, discuss, and learn about the ways in which they can impact on each other's work. The format for each evening will include short presentations by guest speakers, while also allowing the chance for open discussion.

The first seminar, which will look at the partnership between music and the visual arts, takes place on 13 May 2008 at 7.30pm in Pravda, Lower Liffey Street, Dublin 1. Speakers will include artist Anthony Kelly, composers David Stalling and George Higgs, who will discuss his latest project The Coin Operated Vibrating Video Juke Bed.

Other seminars in the series will investigate the relationship between music and multimedia, theatre and dance. The series will conclude with an evening in the Contemporary Music Centre on Thursday, 5 June 2008 at 7.30pm. This will incorporate screenings and performances submitted by artists over the course of the series, as well as a performance of live electronics by composer Neil O'Connor.

'We're thrilled to be facilitating this important series as there is a real desire among many composers and artists to learn and share experiences about different forms of artistic collaboration', says Aoife FitzPatrick, Promotion Officer at the Contemporary Music Centre.

Regular updates on the series will be available from the Centre's site www.cmc.ie and on MySpace at www.myspace.com/ampbycmc.

The Contemporary Music Centre is Ireland's national archive and resource centre for new music.The Centre is supported by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

For further information contact Aoife FitzPatrick, Promotion Officer, The Contemporary Music Centre, 19 Fishamble Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 8 on 01 673 1922, or email afitzpatrick@cmc.ie.

Notes for Editors

AMP 1 -- Music & the Visual Arts

Tuesday, 13 May 2008, 7.30pm in Pravda, Lower Liffey Street, Dublin 1

David Stalling
David Stalling was born in Bochum, Germany. His work includes music for concert performance, contemporary dance and experimental film. He recently started an ongoing collaboration with Dublin artist Anthony Kelly creating sound and audiovisual works, which have been exhibited extensively.
www.davidstalling.com

Anthony Kelly
Dublin born artist Anthony Kelly has produced a diverse portfolio of art. From 1985 to 1989 he attended Dun Laoghaire College of Art & Design graduating with a Distinction in Fine Art. Since then he has exhibited regularly.
www.anthonykelly.net

George Higgs
George Higgs is an American composer living in Ireland. In 2004, he completed a Master's degree in Music Technology at Trinity College, Dublin. Since then he has produced numerous works. He co-founded an experimental opera project, Glue Factory, which devises musical and visual performances inspired by the spaces they fill.
www.georgehiggs.com

AMP 2 -- Music & Multimedia

Tuesday, 20 May 2008, 7.30pm in Pravda, Lower Liffey Street, Dublin 1

Tim Redefern
Tim is an artist working in the field of new media based in Dublin. His work includes collaboration on audiovisual performances, designing effects for a live computer graphics show and producing abstract music promos.
www.electronics.org

Linda Buckley
Linda Buckley completed a Music Degree at University College Cork and a Masters in Music and Media Technologies at Trinity College Dublin. In February 2005, she was a prizewinner at the International Young Composers Meeting at Apeldoorn, The Netherlands. She is currently working on a soundtrack for film Textures.

AMP 3 -- Music & The Stage

Tuesday, 27 May 2008, 7.30pm in Pravda, Lower Liffey Street, Dublin 1

Jürgen Simpson
Jürgen Simpson gained a Masters in Music and Media Technologies from Trinity College, Dublin. He has written electronic, instrumental and vocal works and has composed for film, theatre and dance. Collaborations include co-composing Surface Tension for the Shobana Jeyasingh Dance Company and co-composing the music for filmmaker Clare Langan's Glass Hour.

Jo Mangan
Jo Mangan is Artistic Director of The Performance Corporation. She has directed award-winning theatre productions worldwide, directed for film and TV, and collaborated with Lyric FM. The Performance Corporation's latest initiative is The SPACE Programme, which is aimed at fostering the careers and creativity of artists from all artistic disciplines, from choreographers, writers and actors, to software designers, musicians and sculptors.
www.theperformancecorporation.com

AMP 4 -- Art & Music Party

Thursday, 5 June 2008, 7.30pm in The Contemporary Music Centre, 19 Fishamble Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 8.

Neil O'Connor
Neil O'Connor has been involved in a diverse range of musical activities including folk, jazz, rock, electronic and electro-acoustic music. In 2007, he won the Varèse Award for Ambient Music from the South Tipperary Arts Centre. His work has been performed in Dublin, New York, Portugal and Germany.