The microsite for CMC's Music Trail is now live

The site www.cmc.ie/musictrail is available as part of CMC's Music in the Historic Quarter project, an initiative which consists of The Contemporary Music Centre Outdoor Music Trail and an event programme run by partners in the project. It runs from 21 August – 1 September 2010.

The Music Trail contains works by eight Irish composers playing in five outdoor locations. There is an inner trail and an extended trail. Along the inner trail music is playing outdoors on an ongoing basis between 1pm and 4pm, 21 August - 1 September 2010. The extended trial incorporates two additional locations in which the music can be listened to in situ with a smartphone (iPhone 3GS, iPhone 4 and Android devices).

The extended trail employs the very latest in location-based, augmented reality technology for mobile phones. "This is a mixed-reality music trail that combines real and virtual sound sources placed in different locations around the city's historical quarter. Each source broadcasts a piece of contemporary music by an Irish composer. Despite the use of location-based technology, we've tried to keep it open to everyone and so there are essentially two ways to experience the trail." says Brian Solon, Music Trail Developer with The Contemporary Music Centre.

The music trail will be launched in the Contemporary Music Centre at 5pm on Friday, 20 August 2010 by the new Director of the Contemporary Music Centre, Evonne Ferguson. To attend, please RSVP to Karen Hennessy, khennessy@cmc.ie.

The Contemporary Music Centre Outdoor Music Trail is free. Music in the Historic Quarter is made possible through the funding support of Dublin City Council and the Summer in Dublin programme www.dublincity.ie as well as the ongoing funding support of the Contemporary Music Centre by the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon.

See also: an Audioboo interview with Brian Solon