New Music Dublin 2022

Presented in partnership with the Arts Council of Ireland, the National Concert Hall and RTÉ, New Music Dublin 2022 returns from 28th April to 1st May 2022 with a 25-concert Festival across Dublin. Venues include the National Concert Hall, Christ Church Cathedral and Dublin Castle’s Chapel Royal and Courtyard.  

CMC @ New Music Dublin

CMC is delighted to partner with New Music Dublin for a number of activities and events at this year's festival including screenings of Ulysses Journey 2022 at the National Concert Hall throughout the weekend, the annual networking programme New Music Dublin eXchange (NMDX) which will be hosted by CMC, and two LIVE recordings of the CMC podcast amplify - 'Joyce & new music' discussion, and George Higgs' Music for 5 Silent Poems.

The festival programme also includes the launch and first public meeting of Music Alliance Ireland, and the 'Final read-through' performance of the Choral Sketches programme - a Chamber Choir Ireland & CMC partnership.

CMC Composers Featured at New Music Dublin 2022

Thursday

14:00 | NCH Kevin Barry Room | TOTEMIC: Nathan Sherman & Alex Petcu, featuring new works by Ian Wilson & Benedict Schlepper Connolly.

15:00 | NCH Studio | Chamber Choir Ireland: Choral Sketches final read-through featuring new works by David Bremner, Kerry Hagan & Peter Moran

17:00 | NCH Room 103: Diatribe Stage 1 | 'Études'  Kevin Volans & Jill Richards

20:00 | NCH Main Stage | Irish Premiere of Jennifer Walshe's PERSONHOOD with Olso Sinfonietta & Andreas Borregaard

Friday

11.30 | NCH Iveagh Room | (the first of two live recordings of CMC’s podcast, ‘amplify’)  'Joyce and new music' with composers Benjamin Dwyer & Frank Corcoran & CMC's Linda O'Shea Farren

12:30 | NCH Kevin Barry Room | Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble performing new works from Frank Corcoran, Rhona Clarke & Elaine Agnew

14:00 | NCH Studio / Carolan Room | Crash Works Open Session featuring new works by Anselm McDonnell & Amy Rooney

16:30 | NCH Kevin Barry Room | Irish Composers Collective Album Launch 

19:30 | NCH Main Stage | 'In Memoriam/In Celebration' National Symphony Orchestra & Ensemble Interforma, featuring new works by David Fennessy & Benjamin Dwyer

Saturday

11:30 | Dublin Castle Main Courtyard | Brassfest - Six world premieres created with six brass bands, featuring music by Anselm McDonnell

14:00 | NCH Room 103 | The Landscape Series, featuring 'Burrenscapes' by Óscar Mascareñas

15:30 | NCH Kevin Barry Room | World premiere of George Higgs' Music for 5 Silent Poems - with discussion for amplify LIVE

17:30 | NCH The Studio | 'Putting it into music' - Crash ensemble performing works by Emma O'Halloran & Sam Perkin

Sunday

17:30 | NCH Kevin Barry Recital Room | Isabelle O'Connell (piano) featuring works by Linda Buckley, Ann Cleare, Siobhán Cleary & Donnacha Dennehy 

19:30 | NCH Main Stage | RTE Concert Orchestra present 'Deliverance' featuring new music by Stephen Gardner, Ailís Ní Ríain, Garrett Sholdice & Andrew Synnott

21:30 | NCH The Studio | 'The possibilities from here are endless' - Crash X Diamanda Dramm, with music by Barry O'Halpin

To book tickets for New Music Dublin, visit www.nch.ie. For the full programme of events, visit www.newmusicdublin.ie.