FW: Irish Harp Music; Composition in Chaos; Laurie Anderson

 

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Remembering the Boys of Ballisodare Festival
The organisers of the County Sligo festivals, which ran from 1977 to 1982, are looking for memories, images and any other artefacts relating to the events. Read more...

Free State VII
Dublin's Crash Ensemble is now inviting submissions to its seventh Free State event, which showcases music by Irish composers — the last concert took place at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, in April. Read more...

Music Network Announces Touring Award Recipients
A total amount of €27,150 was divided between six separate projects — there were twenty-two applications seeking a total of over €126,000 in funding — the majority of applications were in the award's contemporary/classical category. Read more...

Sligo Jazz Festival
The festival now also has an app available for Android devices, which includes complete listings for the events, as well as information on the artists performing. Read more...

Joe Mooney Summer School
The Joe Mooney Summmer School of Traditional Music, Song and Dance takes place in Drumshanbo, County Leitrim, on 16—23 July. Read more...

Knockanstockan Festival
This year's festival includes a new area, the 'Faerie Field', which will host workshops for children in tool making, fire building, wool crafts and a treasure trail. Read more...

MAKE SOME NOISE!
The Ark, the cultural centre for Children based in Temple Bar, Dublin, is presenting sound installations by the composer Jonathan Nangle from 20 July to 21 August. Read more...

New MA in Arts Management
Queen's University, Belfast, has announced details of a new MA in Arts Management. The course will be offered to both full- and part-time students and will include practical work experience at Belfast's cultural institutions. Read more...

Ulster Fleadh 2011
The Ulster Fleadh takes place in Dungiven, County Derry, on 17—24 July — the Fleadh was last held in the county in 2008. Up to 20,000 visitors are expected in the town. Read more...

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ARTICLES

More Strings
Niall Keegan
Irish harp music has evolved and diversified in recent history – now it ranges from the pub session to historical reconstructions and new-age airs. Read mre...

Songs About People
Alan Murphy
Through her songs, the New York musician Laurie Anderson resembles an anthropologist – but it is the ambiguity of her instrumental work that catches Alan Murphy's ear. Read more...

All is Chaos
John McLachlan
The idea of a common language in composition is a thing of the past: the world of contemporary music is now entirely chaotic, the result of individualism, tradition and cosmopolitanism pulling, irreconcilably, against each other. Read more...

Composer Versus World
Peter Rosser
An unlikely combination of sound-detritus and the craft of composition, the music of Ed Bennett makes strong statements about taking on, and overcoming, our contemporary challenges. Read more...

Separate and Together
John McLachlan
A concert in Donegal found unity in the vitality of contemporary Irish composition's diverse strands. Read more...

The Link is Real
Macdara Molloy
The music of Tarab brings together Mediteranean and Irish music traditions – reminiscent of medieval Irish travel stories, but also more than an imaginary tale. Read more...

Conflict and Intimacy
Andrew Christopher Smith
The best moments in the music of Dublin guitarist Cian Nugent are left unresolved and ambiguous. Read more...

Disrupting the Form
Liam Cagney
Adebisi Shank's sound is dangerous, ill-mannered – and irrepressibly exciting. They take apart our expectations of what a three-piece rock band can do. Read more...

An Irish Voice?
Patrick Groenland
Irish jazz musicians could be contributing a distinct Irish sound to the international scene, writes Patrick Groenland after a hearing a festival of European jazz. Read more...

Beware of Consensus
John McLachlan
Recent concert and competition jury experiences suggest to John McLachlan that only the best music sparks disagreement, and that mediocre work enjoys consensus. Read more...

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