1 DECEMBER 2005 - Number 34

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DECEMBER 2005 - NEW ON OUR WEB SITE

FEATURED THIS MONTH A lively introduction to CMC's latest CD release, Contemporary Music from Ireland, Volume Five, is available as a podcast. Presented by Bernard Clarke of RTÉ lyric fm, it features interviews and audio clips with some of the composers on the CD. www.cmc.ie/articles/article1048.html More about the CD. www.cmc.ie/shop/cd_detail.cfm?itemID=1858

CMC news
 Ms Rosemary Kelly, Chair, Arts Council of Northern Ireland (ACNI), will launch the new CD at a reception in CMC on Wednesday, 7 December 2005 at 11.00 am. All welcome.
www.cmc.ie/news/2005/cmc-cd-december.html

 The CMC Christmas Party is back! Get Christmas off to a festive start with contemporary and traditional carols from the Mornington Singers and join us for seasonal refreshments afterwards. Handel Courtyard beside CMC, 8 December at 6.30 pm.
www.cmc.ie/news/2005/carols-at-cmc.html

 A workshop on new Irish choral music will be held in CMC on 14 January.
www.cmc.ie/news/2005/irish-choral-music.html

 The centenary of the composer Elizabeth Maconchy occurs in 2007. Anthony Burton surveys her extensive output.
www.cmc.ie/articles/article-maconchy.html

What's happening in December?
 Sounds Electric '05, NUI Maynooth, 2-4 December.
www.cmc.ie/news/2005/sounds-electric.html

 Other performances: Stephen Gardner and the Vanbrugh Quartet, 4 Dec... Michael Holohan, Mass of Fire, 4 Dec... IPNM presents the Callino Quartet, 6 Dec... Mostly Modern lunchtime concert, 8 Dec... Benjamin Dwyer, new work for violin and guitar, 10 December... Rob Canning, new work for the National Chamber Choir, 14 & 15 December... All this and more in the Calendar.
www.cmc.ie/calendar

Christmas
The Centre will close at 3.00pm on 22 December until 10.00am on 3 January. To ensure delivery in good time before Christmas please let us have any score or CD orders by Friday 9 December. Our Shop has an excellent selection of CDs.
www.cmc.ie/shop/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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