4 DECEMBER 2006 - Number 46

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DECEMBER 2006 - NEW ON OUR WEB SITE

COMPOSER OF THE MONTH 'The best form of inspiration is when the electricity bill comes through the door and you have to pay it, then you're inspired to do some work.' says Composer of the Month, Colin Mawby. This interview is available as a podcast, transcript or video/audio clips. cmc.ie/articles/article1113.html Politics is the career that Colin Mawby might have chosen if he weren't a composer. 'What's it like to be Colin Mawby'. cmc.ie/articles/article1114.html

CMC EVENTS

 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, 7 December at 6.30 pm.
cmc.ie/news/2006/carols-at-cmc.html

ALSO ON THE SITE

 CMC held an information day on collaborations across visual arts and music last month. Read a report on the day:
cmc.ie/articles/article1112.html

 Check out a short video report on CMC's final new music Salon of 2006 held on 23 November.
cmc.ie/news/2006/cmc-salon-november.html

CD OF THE MONTH Christus Vincit: The Music of Colin Mawby is a new release to mark the composer's seventieth birthday. www.cmc.ie/shop/cd_detail.cfm?itemID=2233

WHAT'S HAPPENING IN DECEMBER?

 The EAR-plugged Festival of electro-acoustic music takes place at The LAB, Dublin on 8-9 December.
cmc.ie/news/2006/ear-plugged-2006.html

PREMIERES THIS MONTH

Rona Guilfoyle, Dublin, 10 Dec... Elaine Agnew, Belfast, 13 Dec. And lots more performances. www.cmc.ie/calendar

CHRISTMAS ARRANGEMENTS

The Centre will close at 1.00pm on 22 December until 10.00am on 2 January. The Centre will not open late on Thursday, 21 December and will close at 5.30pm. Late night opening on Thursday will resume on 4 January 2007. To ensure delivery in good time before Christmas please let us have any score or CD orders by Monday, 11 December. Our Shop has an excellent selection of CDs for your Christmas gifts.
www.cmc.ie/shop/index.cfm

Send us your news!
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 Niamh Tumelty, mailto:ntumelty@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 all a peaceful and musical Christmas and New Year.

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