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

WHAT’S ON THIS MONTH?
CMC hosts a public interview with Kevin Volans on Wednesday, 8 December at 6.30pm.
www.cmc.ie/news/2004/volans-interview.html

Dead but not buried! Morse code comes alive again in a multimedia collaboration between the Context Gallery, Derry, and the Contemporary Music Centre.
www.cmc.ie/news/2004/morse-code.html

AND IN THE CALENDAR...
Jane O’Leary’s string quartet is toured by the Vanbrugh Quartet...
Kevin Volans’ guitar quartet is premiered at the Mermaid, Bray...
Simon Mawhinney plays his own and other new works for piano...
Improvised music by Mike Nielsen and Ben Dwyer in the Mostly Modern series...
www.cmc.ie/calendar/index.cfm

CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FROM IRELAND VOLUME 4, CMC’s latest ‘musical calling card’ has now been released.
www.cmc.ie/news/2004/cmc-cd-vol4.html

‘THE IMAGE OF THE COMPOSER emerging from an ivory tower once every three months is outdated and irrelevant’ says our Composer of the Month, David Fennessy. Read the full interview with video and audio clips.
www.cmc.ie/articles/article964.html

PERFECT FOR CHRISTMAS! Three of Hans Christian Andersen’s fairytales told by Jytte Abildstrom and charmingly set to music by James Wilson -- our CD of the Month.
www.cmc.ie/shop/cd_detail.cfm?itemID=1690

WHAT’S NEW?
Your latest round-up of all the news and upcoming events.
www.cmc.ie/news/index.html

‘WATCHING A CAR-CRASH in very slow motion’ is how David Fennessy describes hearing a new piece for the first time. Read his ‘What’s it like to be...?’ interview.
www.cmc.ie/articles/article965.html

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.

The CMC Board and Staff would like to wish you all a very happy and peaceful Christmas and New Year.