This CD, the first in a new promotional series, presents 11 works by a range of Irish composers performed by a diverse range of international and Irish performers. Funded by Culture Ireland, the series aims to showcase the current work of Irish composers, taking the listener on a journey into the vibrant world of new Irish music.

A unique Tallaght University Hospital (TUH) and Community Arts project supported by the Meath Foundation has resulted in a unique CD. “Same as it ever was?” showcases the music and poetry resulting from a scheme inspired by Reminiscence Therapy that was run in schools in Tallaght and Cashel in conjunction with the hospital

The project explored the potential of sharing musical experiences between students and their grandparents to enhance intergenerational communication, understanding, and knowledge, and project co-leader, composer Ian Wilson, produced a musical composition that reflects the commonality and differences of those musical choices and the themes that arose from them. Late last year the generations involved in the project were brought together in Mount Seskin Community School Tallaght and Cashel Community School Tipperary. The CD contains five songs by Ian Wilson, settings of poems by Helen Pizzey which were a direct response to the outcomes of the project.

The Book of Ways is a collaboration between composer Ian Wilson, saxophonist Cathal Roche and the RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet. I-Ching, an ancient Chinese system of divination, forms the basis of a musical structure, devised by Roche and Wilson, that marries improvisation and notation, improviser and classical ensemble.