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The Contemporary Music Centre presents The Art of Sound—a glimpse into the creativity of some Irish composers

17 January 2011

To celebrate 25 years of the Contemporary Music Centre and as part of a series of events planned for 2011, The Contemporary Music Centre is showing a selection of its Art of Sound exhibition on an ongoing basis in its new Platform for Performance space in Fishamble Street.

The Art of Sound is a multi-media exhibition consisting of large panels with striking photos of composers, graphic scores and information on the composers. The exhibition is accompanied by an audio-guide, with music excerpts, narrated by Eamon Lawlor, RTÉ lyric fm. The panels and music on display are: Gerald Barry (Au Milieu); Barry Guy (Un coup de dés /A dice-throw); Mícheal Ó Súilleabháin (Oileán/Island); Deirdre Gribbin (Venus Blazing) and Judith Ring (Interference).

This exhibition is open to the public from 11am – 4pm, Monday to Friday. Admission is free and no booking is required. It is envisaged that the panels on exhibit will rotate during the year and that other music related exhibitions will also be displayed in the Centre's Platform for Performance space at intervals throughout the year.

"It is great to have these wonderful panels on display in our own building in Fishamble Street. We are encouraging people to call in and experience them and we hope that this might assist a wide cross section of the public in getting to know Irish composers and our Centre" says Karen Hennessy, Promotion Manager, The Contemporary Music Centre.

Devised by the Contemporary Music Centre in partnership with the Music Department of University College Cork, The Art of Sound exhibition was funded by Cork 2005: European Capital of Culture, with capital funding provided by the Arts Council/ An Chomhairle Ealaíon for the audio-guide system. To date it has been on view in Cork County Museum as part of Cork 2005: European Capital of Culture; in Rothe House as part of the Kilkenny Arts Festival 2007; at the Contemporary Urban Centre during Liverpool European Capital of Culture 2008 and in the Civic Theatre, Tallaght, South County Dublin in 2008.

The Contemporary Music Centre is Ireland's national archive, resource centre and promotional body for new music, supporting the work of Irish composers from the Republic and Northern Ireland. The Centre is supported by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon and the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

For further information on the Art of Sound exhibition and the Centre's new Platform for Performance space contact Karen Hennessy, Promotion Manager, The Contemporary Music Centre, 19 Fishamble Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 8. Tel: 01 6731922 Email khennessy@cmc.ie