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MARCH 2005 - NEW ON OUR WEB SITE
www.cmc.ie

WHAT’S ON THIS MONTH?
CMC’s Salon on 5 March focuses on instrumental and electro-acoustic music by undergraduate students of TCD.
www.cmc.ie/news/2005/cmc-mar-salon.html

As part of the Amnesty International Women’s Day Festival in Temple Bar, our web site features the work of Irish women composers during March.
www.cmc.ie/news/2005/irish-women-composers.html

The Contemporary Irish Music Cup with prizes awarded by CMC takes place at the Feis Ceoil on 8 March.
www.cmc.ie/news/2005/cmc-irish-music-cup.html

The RTE Horizons lunchtime series continues at the NCH, featuring Siobhan Cleary and Frank Corcoran.
www.cmc.ie/news/2005/rte-horizons-series.html

AND IN THE MARCH CALENDAR...
At Carnegie Hall, the ICO plays Kinsella on 15 March and Rutgers University Wind Ensemble plays Fergal Carroll on 27 March...
Premieres by Frank Corcoran in Cork, 3 March... Ed Bennett in Sheffield on 5 March... Rachel Holstead in Dublin on 9 March... Jennifer Walshe in Stuttgart on 19 March...
And Crash Ensemble performs in Dublin on 31 March...
www.cmc.ie/calendar/index.cfm

EARLY WARNINGS FOR APRIL
The Sligo New Music Festival runs from 1-3 April... www.cmc.ie/news/2004/sligo-festival-2005.html
The CMC Salon takes place on 9 April with students of NUI Maynooth...

‘I WOULD NEVER JUST HAND A PERSON A PIECE,’ says Mary McAuliffe. ‘I want them to know from day one what's in my head.’ Read our Composer of the Month feature with video and audio clips.
www.cmc.ie/articles/article1004.html

OUR CD OF THE MONTH features some of Frank Corcoran’s most exciting ensemble and electro-acoustic works.
www.cmc.ie/shop/cd_detail.cfm?itemID=1736

ENDURING FRIENDSHIPS with composers and performers are treasured by Mary McAuliffe in her working life. Read our ‘What’s it like to be...?’ feature.
www.cmc.ie/articles/article1005.html

WHAT’S NEW?
Catch up on all the latest events in new music.
www.cmc.ie/news/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.

Greetings from the CMC team.