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JANUARY 2005 - NEW ON OUR WEB SITE THIS MONTH www.cmc.ie

WHAT’S HAPPENING THIS MONTH?
Waterford New Music Week runs from 29 January to 3 February with special guest composers John Metcalf and Seóirse Bodley.
www.cmc.ie/news/2004/waterford.html

Concorde performs new music from Europe with special guest artists Elsbeth Moser (accordion) and Gareth Davies (bass clarinet). National Gallery of Ireland, 16 January.
www.cmc.ie/news/2005/concorde-concert.html

Teaching the Unteachable, a one-day conference on teaching composition takes place at WIT on 29 January.
www.cmc.ie/news/2005/waterford-conference.html

IN THE JANUARY CALENDAR...
Jennifer Walshe’s new opera, Kommander Kobayashi No.17, runs in Germany from 14 January...
Andrew Hamilton’s new piano piece premieres in Berlin on 15 January...
Works for percussion will be heard in the ‘Mostly Modern’ lunchtime concert on 20 January...
The Haydn Trio of Eisenstadt plays Ian Wilson on 22 January...
Eric Sweeney’s new cantata is premiered on 30 January...
www.cmc.ie/calendar/index.cfm

THE CD OF THE MONTH is the latest release in our promotional series, Contemporary Music from Ireland Volume 4.
www.cmc.ie/news/2004/cmc-cd-vol4.html

‘I SUPPOSE I MIGHT BE OLD-FASHIONED’, says Marian Ingoldsby. ‘I like a tune and harmony and I think I'd be lost without some kind of harmonic structure.’ Read our Composer of the Month interview with audio and video clips.
www.cmc.ie/articles/article974.html

AND IN THE NEWS?
Catch up on events and developments in new music.
www.cmc.ie/news/index.html

‘I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A VET’, says Marian Ingoldsby of her alternative career choices. Read the informal ‘What’s it like to be...’ feature.
www.cmc.ie/articles/article975.html

REMEMBER THE OPPORTUNITIES SECTION is the place to go for up-to-date listings of competitions and awards as well as CMC schemes.
www.cmc.ie/opportunities/index.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 wish you a peaceful and fruitful year in 2005.