2 APRIL 2007 - Number 50

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APRIL 2007

NEW ON THE SITE 'I think you're more of a therapist than you are a composition teacher,' says composer and director of the Sonic Arts Research Centre in Belfast Michael Alcorn. 'To do the job properly you need to find ways to draw out the things that the student wants to talk about.' cmc.ie/articles/article1070.html

CMC NEWS

 CMC invites tenders for a study on the feasibility of setting up an Irish recording label and/or download platform for specialist/non-commercial musics.
cmc.ie/news/2007/recording-label-study.html

 CMC in conjunction with University College Cork presents a marathon of new music by student composers in Cork on 14 April.
cmc.ie/news/2007/cork-marathon.html

 CMC is hosting a number of events as part of this year's Handel Festival in Temple Bar.
cmc.ie/news/2007/handel-festival-2007.html

CD OF THE MONTH Roger Doyle: Salomé. Music composed for the Gate Theatre's production of Oscar Wilde's Salomé, performed by the composer. cmc.ie/shop/cd_detail.cfm?itemID=762

ALSO ON THIS SITE

A short video taken from the Crash Ensemble's premiere of Donnacha Dennehy's Grá agus Bás in February 2007.
cmc.ie/articles/article1166.html

WHAT'S HAPPENING IN ARIL?

 The Sligo New Music Festival takes place from 13-15 April.
cmc.ie/news/2007/sligo-festival-2007.html

 The 2007 Sonorities Festival of Contemporary Music takes place in Belfast from 20-25 April.
cmc.ie/news/2007/sonorities-2007.html

 Music by Michael McGlynn performed by Chanticleer in New York.
cmc.ie/news/2007/mcglynn-news.html

 Concorde perform at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin.
cmc.ie/news/2007/concorde-29apr-concert.html

 Music by Vincent Kennedy and Fergal Carroll features in the National Band Championships this April.
cmc.ie/news/2007/band-championships.html

PREMIERES THIS MONTH

Ronan Guilfoyle, Dublin, 7 Apr... Grainne Mulvey, Sligo, 13 Apr... Ian Wilson, New York, 17 Apr... Martin O'Leary, Dublin, 18 Apr... Bernadette Comac, Belfast, 21 Apr... Michael McGlynn, New York, 26 Apr... Benjamin Dwyer, Dublin, 27 Apr.

EASTER HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS...

The Centre will close on Thursday, 6 April at 5.30pm and will reopen on Tuesday, 10 April at 10.00am. Late night Thursday opening until 8.00pm will resume on 12 April.

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