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NOVEMBER 2011 - Number 105

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November 2011

NEW ON THE SITE

A Celebration of the Music of Frederick May

CMC, DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama and RTÉ Performing Groups present an afternoon of discussion and performances on 12 November 2011 of composer Frederick May's music, featuring the RTÉ Vanbrugh String Quartet and mezzo-soprano Colette McGahon.
cmcireland.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/fredmayevent/

As part of the celebration of Frederick May's music, CMC has put together a page of digital resources on the composer.
cmc.ie/digitalarchive/may.html



CMC NEWS

 The last CMC new music::new Ireland Salon of 2011 takes place on Wednesday, 30 November 2011 in the Kevin Barry Room of the National Concert Hall, and features the Quiet Music Ensemble. Admission is free.
cmcireland.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/cmc-salon-november/

 CMC's Platform for Performance presents a cross art-form night of contemporary music and visual art with the screening of two short films featuring music by Rhona Clarke and Stephen Gardner on Tuesday, 15 November 2011.
cmcireland.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/platformnovember/


NEWS AND EVENTS

 Congratulations to composer Dave Flynn, who was presented with a PhD in Composition from DIT Conservatory of Music.
cmcireland.wordpress.com/2011/11/03/dave-flynn-phd/

 A major new work, 'Pass the Spoon', by David Fennessy will be premiered in Glasgow on the 17-19 November.
cmcireland.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/passthespoondavefennessy/

 Concorde present the first in their new concert series, up close with music, in the Rubicon Gallery, Stephen's Green, Dublin on Sunday, 13 November 2011.
cmcireland.wordpress.com/2011/11/04/upclosewithconcorde/

 New Sound Worlds continues with another innovative programme of music at The Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall on 16 November 2011, 8.30pm.
cmcireland.wordpress.com/2011/11/02/new-sound-worlds-november-2011/

 The Arts Council and RTÉ launched a new CD of orchestral works by Irish composer and Aosdána member John Kinsella as part of the Composers of Ireland series on the RTÉ lyric fm label.
cmcireland.wordpress.com/2011/10/20/johnkinsellacd/

 The Crash Ensemble perform a concert of music by US composers on 25 November.
cmcireland.wordpress.com/2011/11/08/youngamericans


ALSO ON THE SITE

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 Enda Bates' work for harp and electronics specially written for Culture Night 2011 - 'Overture, an elegy to G.F. Handel', performed by Cliona Doris with the composer on electronics.
cmc.ie/articles/article1973.html



DISC OF THE MONTH

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Frederick May: Sunlight and Shadow

A new release from RTÉ lyric fm of Frederick May's orchestral works
cmc.ie/shop/cd_detail.cfm?itemID=3070


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