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

THE ART OF SOUND, CMC’s new multi-media exhibition, opens in Cork Public Museum on 4 May offering a glimpse into the creativity of some Irish composers.
www.cmc.ie/news/2005/aos.html

ASSOCIATED EVENTS IN CORK INCLUDE
...Jennifer Walshe and Anton Lukoszevieze in performance. Half Moon Theatre, 6 May at 1.00pm.
...Crash Ensemble concert. Half Moon Theatre, 7 May at 9.30pm.
...Seminar and performance by Barry Guy and Maya Homburger. Cork Public Museum, 8 May at 4.00pm.
www.cmc.ie/news/2005/aos.html

WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING IN MAY?
Premiere of Ian Wilson’s new orchestral work, 13/15 May. www.cmc.ie/news/2005/wilson-premiere.html

‘Skin’, multimedia collaboration between Ian Wilson, Ian Joyce and Jenny Roche, 17-21 May.
www.cmc.ie/news/2005/skin.html

‘The bed of soft’, music installation and performance by Jennifer Walshe, 25-28 May.
www.cmc.ie/news/2005/walshe-bed-of-soft.html

Premiere of Gerald Barry’s opera, ‘The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant’, 27 May.
www.cmc.ie/news/2005/barry-premiere.html

‘I’VE ALWAYS ENVIED painters and sculptors because they have an exhibition and the work is there’, says John Gibson, our Composer of the Month. Read or download the full interview.
www.cmc.ie/articles/article1008.html

‘FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION’ is the best thing about being a composer, says John Gibson. Read the informal ‘What’s it like to be...?’ feature.
www.cmc.ie/articles/article1009.html

OUR CD OF THE MONTH for May features chamber works by five Northern Ireland composers performed by contemporary music group, Lontano.
www.cmc.ie/shop/cd_detail.cfm?itemID=1623

WHAT’S THE LATEST?
All the latest news and happenings from Ireland and abroad.
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.