CMC Library Week: Explore our library and archive
Mon 27 Nov 2017
Curious about Contemporary Music from Ireland?
Be your own musical detective in CMC’s Library. Delve into our unique archive of programmes, recordings and books and explore a world of new music.
CMC's Library and Archive houses over 10,000 works, more than 9,000 recordings and a large collection of programmes, photographs, concert posters and other ephemera. Our library also houses a growing collection of books, journals and news articles.
CMC's collections are the only comprehensive collections of contemporary music from Ireland in existance and are a valuable resource to musicians, composers, researchers and to anyone interested in exploring contemporary music.
Find out more about CMC's pop-up opera at this year's Culture Night, watch a feature portrait on composer Frank Corcoran from 2014. Read Ronan Guilfoyle's piece on jazz musician Thelonious Monk, and learn more about Composer Lab, a CMC and RTÉ National Composer initiave to encourage composers who want to write for a symphony orchestra.
Explore out other features on CMC's website to learn more, and check out our news section to keep up with the latest news in contemporary music.
Explore our audiovisual archive in 19 Fishamble Street by listening to recordings of works by CMC composers, alongside talks and interviews.
Read programme notes and articles dating back to the 1950s and learn more about contemporary music from Ireland. Discover more in our library of books and journals and become your own musical detective!