new music::new Ireland Salon Series with ConTempo Quartet and John Feeley
For its seventh series, CMC presents the ConTempo String Quartet as its residence artists for two wonderful evenings of new music. The new music::new Ireland salon series aims to encourage newcomers and enthusiasts alike to engage with the music of Irish composers. Each performance takes place in an informal atmosphere with dialogue encouraged between composers, performers and audience. In this series the ConTempo String Quartet and guest John Feeley (guitar) take a second glance at works written for them in recent years, which are housed in the CMC's extensive library of scores in Fishamble Street.
The first Salon takes place in the Kevin Barry Room of the National Concert Hall, 6pm – 7pm, 10 November 2010. The Quartet will perform works by Rhona Clarke and Grainne Mulvey. The two works, Pas de Quatre and entropy, were commissioned by the Contemporary Music Centre and the Galway Music Residency in 2009 through the Arts Council/An Chomhairle Ealaíon’s project new work award. Both composers will be in attendance and will talk about their music and experience of working with the quartet.
On 17 November, the quartet will be joined by John Feeley (Guitar). 
Together they will perform Eric Sweeney’s Concerto for Guitar as well as individually performing minard nithsdale by Jennifer Walshe and Four Pieces for Guitar by Jane O’Leary. This concert will be followed by the launch of John Feeley’s latest CD, Islands, in the Kevin Barry Room.
Both events are free and require no advance booking.
Direct links for booking
Further information: Karen Hennessy, Promotion Manager, The Contemporary Music Centre, 19 Fishamble Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 8, tel 01-673 1922 or email: khennessy@cmc.ie.
(John Feeley with composer Eric Sweeney)