CMC NEWS - 6 MAY 2003 - Number 3
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MAY 2003 - NEW ON OUR WEB SITE THIS MONTH
The Contemporary Music Centre's web site was relaunched
recently with an array of new features to showcase Irish
contemporary music.
www.cmc.ie
COMPOSER OF THE MONTH for May is Seoirse Bodley, who
turned seventy recently. Watch a video interview (with
transcript).
www.cmc.ie/articles/article639.html
CD OF THE MONTH for May is 'Mad Sweeney', a selection of
Frank Corcoran's chamber music. Listen to sound-clips and
purchase the CD online.
www.cmc.ie/shop/cd_detail.cfm?itemID=348
FEATURED ARTICLES this month include 'The Competing
Realities of Commissioning', a thought-provoking survey
by Michael Dungan of the current state of new music
commissioning in Ireland.
www.cmc.ie/articles/index.html
NEW PUBLICATION: CMC has published the new Irish works
specially commissioned for the AXA Dublin International
Piano Competition, which takes place this month. Read
about the pieces and purchase copies online in our Shop.
www.cmc.ie/news/2003/piano-album-iv.html
UPCOMING EVENTS
8 May: CMC Birthday Interview. Seoirse Bodley in
conversation with Gareth Cox at the Contemporary Music
Centre.
www.cmc.ie/news/2003/spring-summer-seminars2.html
Bookings: Karen Hennessy, Promotion Manager,
mailto:khennessy@cmc.ie
23 May: Bang on a Can All-Stars make their first visit to
Dublin and premiere a new Dennehy work.
www.cmc.ie/news/2003/bang-on-a-can-dublin.html
VISIT OUR ONLINE CALENDAR for listings of other new music
events in Ireland and abroad during May.
www.cmc.ie/calendar/index.cfm
SEND US YOUR NEWS! Short items (ca 150 words) directly
relevant to contemporary Irish music are welcome for
possible inclusion in the 'What's New' section of our web
site. Please email them (no attachments) to Sinead
O'Sullivan, mailto:sosullivan@cmc.ie by the 15th of each
month. No guarantee of publication is given and items are
subject to editing for length and clarity.
Greetings from the CMC team.
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