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CMC Updates: April 2004
CMC WEB UPDATE ­ 2 APRIL 2004 ­ Number 14
www.cmc.ie
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This is your monthly reminder to check out new material posted on the web site of the Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland.

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APRIL 2004 - NEW ON OUR WEB SITE THIS MONTH
www.cmc.ie

WATCH OUT FOR THESE SPECIAL EVENTS this month...
Composers’ Choice at the NCH, Dublin...
www.cmc.ie/news/2004/composers-choice.html
Sonorities festival at QUB, Belfast...
www.cmc.ie/news/2004/sonorities2004.html
Cork International Choral Festival...
www.cmc.ie/news/2004/commissions-from-cork.html

‘WHEN A PIECE ACTUALLY WORKS... When it’s well performed and you just know that it works, it’s a great feeling,’ says our Composer of the Month, Rhona Clarke. Read her interview with video and audio excerpts.
www.cmc.ie/articles/article796.html

WHAT’S NEW THIS MONTH?
Crash in Estonia... Pan Pan and Andrew Synnott... Arts Council commissions... Composers’ news... Plus everything that’s current in new music.
www.cmc.ie/news/index.html

OUR CD OF THE MONTH for April features Barry Guy’s ‘Inachis’ for solo violin representing ‘the mysteries and spirituality of nature’ for performer Maya Homburger.
Listen to sound clips and purchase the CD on line.
www.cmc.ie/shop/cd_detail.cfm?itemID=1546

RHONA CLARKE thought of horticulture as a career, but now she’s glad that gardening is just a hobby. Read our informal ‘What’s it like to be...?’ feature.
www.cmc.ie/articles/article795.html

WHO SAYS NEW MUSIC NEVER GETS a second performance? Join CMC on 13 April for the annual outdoor celebration of the ‘Messiah’ premiere, and view our new Handel plaque too.
www.cmc.ie/news/2004/handel-in-fishamble-street.htm

Don’t forget you can SEARCH THE LIBRARY for the music of some 130 Irish composers through our user-friendly on line database.
www.cmc.ie/library/index.cfm

SEND US YOUR NEWS! Short items (ca 150 words) directly relevant to contemporary Irish music are welcome for 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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