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For Immediate Release

New Sound Worlds In Paris!

17 October 2012

The innovative and imaginative contemporary music series, NewSoundWorlds, curated by the composer Siobhán Cleary travels to Paris to take part in the tenth anniversary celebrations at the Centre Culturel Irlandais. The festival is held in collaboration with the Contemporary Music Centre Ireland and made possible through funding from Culture Ireland.

The festival includes performances given by the Vanbrugh Quartet and pianist Hugh Tinney (25 October), violinist Catherine Leonard and Hugh Tinney (26 October), and the NewSoundWorlds Ensemble (27 October).

Featured composers include Elaine Agnew, Gerald Barry, Enda Bates, Siobhán Cleary, Raymond Deane, Donnacha Dennehy, Benjamin Dwyer, David Fennessy, Dave Flynn, Andrew Hamilton, Gráinne Mulvey, Garrett Sholdice, Jennifer Walshe, and Ian Wilson.

"The Contemporary Music Centre is very excited about the works of so many Irish composers being performed over three days in Paris. It's a special experience for any Irish composer to feature in the anniversary programme at the Centre Culturel Irlandais and at the Irish Embassy. We're grateful to both hosts for creating this showcase of Irish works and we have no doubt that the innovative programming we have all come to enjoy with Siobhan's NewSoundWorlds series will be well received by Parisian new music enthusiasts." Evonne Ferguson, Director, Contemporary Music Centre Ireland

FURTHER INFORMATION

NewSoundWorlds Festival in Paris

Date: 25 - 27 October 2012
Booking: €7 per concert/ €10 for both concerts on 25 and 27 October (admission free for students/unemployed), reservation recommended

Programme:

Thursday 25 October, 7.30pm
Vanbrugh Quartet with Hugh Tinney, piano
Raymond Deane Embers
Frederick May String Quartet
Dave Flynn String Quartet No. 2 'The Cranning'
Siobhán Cleary Scenes from a Dongba Script
Aloys Fleishmann Quintet
Donnacha Dennehy Pluck, Stroke and Hammer
Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris

Friday 26 October (Invitation only)
Catherine Leonard, violin; Hugh Tinney, piano
Ravel Ondine
Ian Wilson From the Book of Longing
Raymond Deane Parthenia Violata
Siobhán Cleary The Whitening
Ravel Sonata in G major
Embassy of Ireland, Paris (Invitation only)

Saturday 27 October, 7.30pm
NewSoundWorlds Ensemble
(William Dowdall, flute; Paul Roe, clarinet; Nick Roth, saxophone; Izumi Kimura, piano; Joanne Quigley, violin; Cora Venus Lunny, viola; Kate Ellis, cello; Enda Bates, sound engineer)
Enda Bates Duo & Tape (violin, cello & electronics)
Gráinne Mulvey Shifting Colours (flute and tape)
Garrett Sholdice After Thomas Tallis (piano)
Gerald Barry In the asylum (piano trio)
Jennifer Walshe /AND JUMP FROM THE GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
Andrew Hamilton music for losers (cello)
Benjamin Dwyer Tiento (soprano saxophone & piano)
Elaine Agnew hmmm
David Fennessy The room is the resonator (cello & electronics)
Siobhán Cleary Psychopomp (ensemble)
Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris

LINKS

Information on the composers involved can be found on the Contemporary Music Website: www.cmc.ie

Siobhán Cleary: www.cmc.ie/composers/composer.cfm?composerID=21

Vanbrugh Quartet: www.vanbrughquartet.com

Leonard & Tinney Duo: www.classicallinks.ie

Kate Ellis: www.kateelliscello.com

NOTES FOR EDITORS

More information: Sam Wilcock, Promotion Manager, Contemporary Music Centre, 19 Fishamble Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 8 (tel. 01 673 1922 / email: swilcock@cmc.ie / web site: www.cmc.ie)

The Contemporary Music Centre
The Contemporary Music Centre is Ireland's national archive and resource centre for new music, supporting the work of composers throughout the Republic and Northern Ireland. It engages in an ongoing programme of development work to promote new Irish music at home and abroad, and is a member of the International Association of Music Information Centres (IAMIC). The Centre is used, nationally and internationally, by performers, composers, promoters and members of the public interested in finding out more about music in Ireland. Its library and sound archive, open to the public free of charge, contain the only comprehensive collection in existence of music by Irish composers. Extensive reference and advice services are available and the Centre's website provides access to CMC's resources for those who cannot visit in person.
www.cmc.ie