The Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland
@cmcireland.bsky.social
The all-island archive & resource organisation for Contemporary Music from Ireland. Find us on 19 Fishamble St, Dublin 8.
Explore New Music from Ireland at www.cmc.ie
Listen to our podcast #amplify
#ArtsCouncilSupported #ACNISupported
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Explore New Music from Ireland at www.cmc.ie
Listen to our podcast #amplify
#ArtsCouncilSupported #ACNISupported
Charity No. CHY 87 91
amplify #127 is available to listen now, wherever you get your podcasts! Recorded live at RAMP festival in Rathmullan, Donegal, this episode includes conversations with some of the artists featured: Timothy Cape, Mayah Kadish, Rob Casey & Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh.
Listen: www.cmc.ie/amplify/epis...
Listen: www.cmc.ie/amplify/epis...
November 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
amplify #127 is available to listen now, wherever you get your podcasts! Recorded live at RAMP festival in Rathmullan, Donegal, this episode includes conversations with some of the artists featured: Timothy Cape, Mayah Kadish, Rob Casey & Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh.
Listen: www.cmc.ie/amplify/epis...
Listen: www.cmc.ie/amplify/epis...
Artist Spotlight: CMC BRIGID Composer Anderinna Gooch ✨
It's been a remarkable and very busy year for the composer, who tells us about some of her recent work & upcoming projects!
Read at CMC Features: https://loom.ly/euRZjU0
📸 Still detail from 'Moon' (2005) by Anderinna Gooch.
It's been a remarkable and very busy year for the composer, who tells us about some of her recent work & upcoming projects!
Read at CMC Features: https://loom.ly/euRZjU0
📸 Still detail from 'Moon' (2005) by Anderinna Gooch.
November 6, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Artist Spotlight: CMC BRIGID Composer Anderinna Gooch ✨
It's been a remarkable and very busy year for the composer, who tells us about some of her recent work & upcoming projects!
Read at CMC Features: https://loom.ly/euRZjU0
📸 Still detail from 'Moon' (2005) by Anderinna Gooch.
It's been a remarkable and very busy year for the composer, who tells us about some of her recent work & upcoming projects!
Read at CMC Features: https://loom.ly/euRZjU0
📸 Still detail from 'Moon' (2005) by Anderinna Gooch.
📢 Coming soon! Our friends, Light Moves Festival present exciting dance, film, new media, sound and unique encounters in #Limerick City from 6-8 November.
Featuring artists from across the globe for three days of performances, screenings, and conversations that move, challenge and inspire!
Featuring artists from across the globe for three days of performances, screenings, and conversations that move, challenge and inspire!
October 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
📢 Coming soon! Our friends, Light Moves Festival present exciting dance, film, new media, sound and unique encounters in #Limerick City from 6-8 November.
Featuring artists from across the globe for three days of performances, screenings, and conversations that move, challenge and inspire!
Featuring artists from across the globe for three days of performances, screenings, and conversations that move, challenge and inspire!
What lives in the space between who you are and what you create? 💭
Flautist and performance coach Vourneen Ryan leads our next #SparkyConversation: 'The Space Between' - Working from the Inside Out.
Join us Friday 21 November at 12pm for an open and inspiring discussion!
🔗 Register: loom.ly/GIu_nlI
Flautist and performance coach Vourneen Ryan leads our next #SparkyConversation: 'The Space Between' - Working from the Inside Out.
Join us Friday 21 November at 12pm for an open and inspiring discussion!
🔗 Register: loom.ly/GIu_nlI
October 23, 2025 at 4:15 PM
What lives in the space between who you are and what you create? 💭
Flautist and performance coach Vourneen Ryan leads our next #SparkyConversation: 'The Space Between' - Working from the Inside Out.
Join us Friday 21 November at 12pm for an open and inspiring discussion!
🔗 Register: loom.ly/GIu_nlI
Flautist and performance coach Vourneen Ryan leads our next #SparkyConversation: 'The Space Between' - Working from the Inside Out.
Join us Friday 21 November at 12pm for an open and inspiring discussion!
🔗 Register: loom.ly/GIu_nlI
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In Cologne for rehearsals tomorrow with the fantastic Ensemble Musikfabrik in advance of my premiere in Tallin, Estonia on Sunday at Rahvusvaheline Nüüdismuusika Festival AFEKT festival. 👍 @musikfabrik.bsky.social @cmcireland.bsky.social @nmcrecordings.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 6:49 PM
In Cologne for rehearsals tomorrow with the fantastic Ensemble Musikfabrik in advance of my premiere in Tallin, Estonia on Sunday at Rahvusvaheline Nüüdismuusika Festival AFEKT festival. 👍 @musikfabrik.bsky.social @cmcireland.bsky.social @nmcrecordings.bsky.social
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I‘m up and on my way well before any glimmer of dawn today to talk about death, burial and resurrection rituals involving pianos. Is the king of instruments truly dead? Join me at Trinity College Dublin at 11am to find out. @cmcireland.bsky.social www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...
Is the piano dead? Rituals of burial and renewal in contemporary keyboard repertoire
A lecture by Dr Xenia Pestova Bennett (pianist and composer) as part of the Music Composition Centre Seminar Series.
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October 22, 2025 at 7:22 AM
I‘m up and on my way well before any glimmer of dawn today to talk about death, burial and resurrection rituals involving pianos. Is the king of instruments truly dead? Join me at Trinity College Dublin at 11am to find out. @cmcireland.bsky.social www.tcd.ie/trinitylongr...
Dublin Sound Lab have announced a new Associate Artists Scheme. This new initiative invites artists to engage with the New Music project group as a kind of creative laboratory.
Dublin Sound Lab's 2025 Associate Artists are David Coonan, Barbara Elison & Pauric Freeman.
👉 Read more loom.ly/YnHONho
Dublin Sound Lab's 2025 Associate Artists are David Coonan, Barbara Elison & Pauric Freeman.
👉 Read more loom.ly/YnHONho
October 21, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Dublin Sound Lab have announced a new Associate Artists Scheme. This new initiative invites artists to engage with the New Music project group as a kind of creative laboratory.
Dublin Sound Lab's 2025 Associate Artists are David Coonan, Barbara Elison & Pauric Freeman.
👉 Read more loom.ly/YnHONho
Dublin Sound Lab's 2025 Associate Artists are David Coonan, Barbara Elison & Pauric Freeman.
👉 Read more loom.ly/YnHONho
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Honoured to be one of those shortlisted to represent Ireland at ISCM World New Music Days in Bucharest in 2026. @iscm.bsky.social @cmcireland.bsky.social
October 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Honoured to be one of those shortlisted to represent Ireland at ISCM World New Music Days in Bucharest in 2026. @iscm.bsky.social @cmcireland.bsky.social
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Here's a link to the broadcast of Scarscape premiered recently by ORF RSO Wien at @musikprotokoll.bsky.social Austria. The piece itself starts c. 19:41 and remains online for a few weeks.
sound.orf.at/.../sendung/... @cmcireland.bsky.social
sound.orf.at/.../sendung/... @cmcireland.bsky.social
October 17, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Here's a link to the broadcast of Scarscape premiered recently by ORF RSO Wien at @musikprotokoll.bsky.social Austria. The piece itself starts c. 19:41 and remains online for a few weeks.
sound.orf.at/.../sendung/... @cmcireland.bsky.social
sound.orf.at/.../sendung/... @cmcireland.bsky.social
#amplify is back with a conversation with composer Jonathan Nangle, recorded at the ISCM World New Music Days Festival in Lisbon. Featuring extracts of Nangle’s 'Artificial Blissful State' a piece that reflects on our relationship with technology and how we are increasingly controlled by it.
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October 17, 2025 at 10:41 AM
#amplify is back with a conversation with composer Jonathan Nangle, recorded at the ISCM World New Music Days Festival in Lisbon. Featuring extracts of Nangle’s 'Artificial Blissful State' a piece that reflects on our relationship with technology and how we are increasingly controlled by it.
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Some photos from the fantastic premiere of my recent orchestral piece 'Scarscape' by ORF Wien Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra at Musikprotokoll, Graz, Austria. Conducted by Vimbayi Kaziboni. Professional photos © ORF musikprotokoll/Martin Gross. @cmcireland.bsky.social @musikprotokoll.bsky.social
October 15, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Some photos from the fantastic premiere of my recent orchestral piece 'Scarscape' by ORF Wien Vienna Radio Symphony Orchestra at Musikprotokoll, Graz, Austria. Conducted by Vimbayi Kaziboni. Professional photos © ORF musikprotokoll/Martin Gross. @cmcireland.bsky.social @musikprotokoll.bsky.social
EMPOWER: Women Changing Music invites proposals for a new work for flute, oboe, violin, viola & cello for the OpusHER Award. Winner will receive:
🔹£750 prize
🔹Mentoring
🔹Publication of the piece
🔹Workshopping with performers
🔹Premiere + performances at 5 EMPOWER 2026 events
More info loom.ly/ienOjOY
🔹£750 prize
🔹Mentoring
🔹Publication of the piece
🔹Workshopping with performers
🔹Premiere + performances at 5 EMPOWER 2026 events
More info loom.ly/ienOjOY
October 14, 2025 at 9:52 AM
EMPOWER: Women Changing Music invites proposals for a new work for flute, oboe, violin, viola & cello for the OpusHER Award. Winner will receive:
🔹£750 prize
🔹Mentoring
🔹Publication of the piece
🔹Workshopping with performers
🔹Premiere + performances at 5 EMPOWER 2026 events
More info loom.ly/ienOjOY
🔹£750 prize
🔹Mentoring
🔹Publication of the piece
🔹Workshopping with performers
🔹Premiere + performances at 5 EMPOWER 2026 events
More info loom.ly/ienOjOY
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Coming up in Belfast - experience my audiovisual piece GLOW from this year’s New Music Biennial, alongside grandpa Boulez @cmcireland.bsky.social @prsfoundation.bsky.social belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/event/boulez...
Boulez: Anthems and Dialogues - Belfast International Arts Festival
Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble presents landmark solo works by Pierre Boulez. Experience an evening of pioneering contemporary music as Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble presents solo works by Pierre Boulez…
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October 10, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Coming up in Belfast - experience my audiovisual piece GLOW from this year’s New Music Biennial, alongside grandpa Boulez @cmcireland.bsky.social @prsfoundation.bsky.social belfastinternationalartsfestival.com/event/boulez...
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On 24th/25th October I'll be premiering polar soundings by Karen Power @soundscotland.bsky.social Find out more about learning the piece in my blog: nordicviola.com/2025/10/10/p... @creativescots.bsky.social @newmusicscotland.bsky.social @cmcireland.bsky.social
Polar Soundings
In a couple of weeks I’ll be premiering Karen Power’s polar soundings at soundfestival in Aberdeen on 24th/25th October. For me, the piece requires a long and immersive period of learning, so I tho…
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October 11, 2025 at 9:49 AM
On 24th/25th October I'll be premiering polar soundings by Karen Power @soundscotland.bsky.social Find out more about learning the piece in my blog: nordicviola.com/2025/10/10/p... @creativescots.bsky.social @newmusicscotland.bsky.social @cmcireland.bsky.social
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I'm delighted and grateful that @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social & the New London Chamber Ensemble will perform my sextet for wind and percussion on Friday 17th October at Canterbury Festival #canterburyfestival @cmcireland.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 9:47 AM
I'm delighted and grateful that @dameevelynglennie.bsky.social & the New London Chamber Ensemble will perform my sextet for wind and percussion on Friday 17th October at Canterbury Festival #canterburyfestival @cmcireland.bsky.social
BUTCHER / DAFELDECKER / CARROLL
On tour 👇 🎶
16 Oct, 13:10: SARC, Belfast
17 Oct, 13:10: FUAIM, UCC, Cork
18 Oct, 20:00: Kirkos Ensemble, Dublin
19 Oct, 12:00: Sundays at Noon, Dublin
21 Oct, 20:00: Hundred Years Gallery, London
More info at CMC Events: loom.ly/1PdhLjM
Supported by The Arts Council
On tour 👇 🎶
16 Oct, 13:10: SARC, Belfast
17 Oct, 13:10: FUAIM, UCC, Cork
18 Oct, 20:00: Kirkos Ensemble, Dublin
19 Oct, 12:00: Sundays at Noon, Dublin
21 Oct, 20:00: Hundred Years Gallery, London
More info at CMC Events: loom.ly/1PdhLjM
Supported by The Arts Council
October 13, 2025 at 10:16 AM
BUTCHER / DAFELDECKER / CARROLL
On tour 👇 🎶
16 Oct, 13:10: SARC, Belfast
17 Oct, 13:10: FUAIM, UCC, Cork
18 Oct, 20:00: Kirkos Ensemble, Dublin
19 Oct, 12:00: Sundays at Noon, Dublin
21 Oct, 20:00: Hundred Years Gallery, London
More info at CMC Events: loom.ly/1PdhLjM
Supported by The Arts Council
On tour 👇 🎶
16 Oct, 13:10: SARC, Belfast
17 Oct, 13:10: FUAIM, UCC, Cork
18 Oct, 20:00: Kirkos Ensemble, Dublin
19 Oct, 12:00: Sundays at Noon, Dublin
21 Oct, 20:00: Hundred Years Gallery, London
More info at CMC Events: loom.ly/1PdhLjM
Supported by The Arts Council
The Contemporary Music Centre is delighted to welcome 8 newly represented Associate Artists: Katrina Emtage, Gerard Gormley, Anita Mawhinney, Peter O'Doherty, Aran O'Grady, Cárthach Ó Nuanáin, Rory Murphy & Dorone Paris.
👉 Find out more & meet the artists here: https://loom.ly/JQrovAQ
👉 Find out more & meet the artists here: https://loom.ly/JQrovAQ
October 10, 2025 at 12:10 PM
The Contemporary Music Centre is delighted to welcome 8 newly represented Associate Artists: Katrina Emtage, Gerard Gormley, Anita Mawhinney, Peter O'Doherty, Aran O'Grady, Cárthach Ó Nuanáin, Rory Murphy & Dorone Paris.
👉 Find out more & meet the artists here: https://loom.ly/JQrovAQ
👉 Find out more & meet the artists here: https://loom.ly/JQrovAQ
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Thanks to @journalofmusic.bsky.social for a nice lil review of our Plus Minus // Ultan O Brien concert last week. Fair play to Ultan & Plus Minus for such an enjoyable show…
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From Faeries to Field Recordings, Plus or Minus
The British new music group Plus-Minus Ensemble made their Irish debut last week at Whelan's (1 October), performing works by Jessie Marino, Bernhard Lang and Seán Clancy. Brendan Finan reviews.
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October 9, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Thanks to @journalofmusic.bsky.social for a nice lil review of our Plus Minus // Ultan O Brien concert last week. Fair play to Ultan & Plus Minus for such an enjoyable show…
@ucddublin.bsky.social
@cmcireland.bsky.social
@artshumanitiesucd.bsky.social
journalofmusic.com/reviews/faer...
@ucddublin.bsky.social
@cmcireland.bsky.social
@artshumanitiesucd.bsky.social
journalofmusic.com/reviews/faer...
Wonderful to meet Will, a researcher from the University of Wisconsin who visited the CMC Library recently 📚 🎶
Will is working on typesetting the piano reduction of Joan Trimble's 'Blind Raftery', with the permission of the Estate. Thanks for visiting Will!
Will is working on typesetting the piano reduction of Joan Trimble's 'Blind Raftery', with the permission of the Estate. Thanks for visiting Will!
October 9, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Wonderful to meet Will, a researcher from the University of Wisconsin who visited the CMC Library recently 📚 🎶
Will is working on typesetting the piano reduction of Joan Trimble's 'Blind Raftery', with the permission of the Estate. Thanks for visiting Will!
Will is working on typesetting the piano reduction of Joan Trimble's 'Blind Raftery', with the permission of the Estate. Thanks for visiting Will!
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We chatted with composer Amelia Clarkson ahead of the Friday evening première of The Rain Keeps Coming.
Our thanks to the Vaughan Williams Foundation and the Ulster Orchestra Foundation for supporting the commission of The Rain Keeps Coming. @cmcireland.bsky.social
🎫: buff.ly/TpdfPl8
Our thanks to the Vaughan Williams Foundation and the Ulster Orchestra Foundation for supporting the commission of The Rain Keeps Coming. @cmcireland.bsky.social
🎫: buff.ly/TpdfPl8
October 7, 2025 at 7:02 PM
We chatted with composer Amelia Clarkson ahead of the Friday evening première of The Rain Keeps Coming.
Our thanks to the Vaughan Williams Foundation and the Ulster Orchestra Foundation for supporting the commission of The Rain Keeps Coming. @cmcireland.bsky.social
🎫: buff.ly/TpdfPl8
Our thanks to the Vaughan Williams Foundation and the Ulster Orchestra Foundation for supporting the commission of The Rain Keeps Coming. @cmcireland.bsky.social
🎫: buff.ly/TpdfPl8
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Delighted to be welcoming singer, Michelle O Rourke to @ucddublin.bsky.social tomorrow for a lunchtime recital. Michelle will sing music from the 12th century to the present day inc. lots of Irish composers. Free entry & details below…
@cmcireland.bsky.social
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October 8, 2025 at 6:41 AM
Delighted to be welcoming singer, Michelle O Rourke to @ucddublin.bsky.social tomorrow for a lunchtime recital. Michelle will sing music from the 12th century to the present day inc. lots of Irish composers. Free entry & details below…
@cmcireland.bsky.social
www.ucd.ie/music/newsan...
@cmcireland.bsky.social
www.ucd.ie/music/newsan...
📢 6 works have been nominated by the Irish Section for the ISCM World New Music Days Festival in Romania in 2026. The pieces selected were composed by David Fennessy, Dylan Murphy, Ailís Ní Ríain, Xenia Pestova Bennett, Caterina Schembri and Ian Wilson.
Read more at CMC News: loom.ly/RnKLC14
#ISCM
Read more at CMC News: loom.ly/RnKLC14
#ISCM
October 3, 2025 at 4:17 PM
📢 6 works have been nominated by the Irish Section for the ISCM World New Music Days Festival in Romania in 2026. The pieces selected were composed by David Fennessy, Dylan Murphy, Ailís Ní Ríain, Xenia Pestova Bennett, Caterina Schembri and Ian Wilson.
Read more at CMC News: loom.ly/RnKLC14
#ISCM
Read more at CMC News: loom.ly/RnKLC14
#ISCM
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Day 1 of recording with Plus Minus Ensemble in the bag. Lovely to be in the Dublin Mountains with the mighty Spud Murphy at the helm. New album out with @nmcrecordings.bsky.social in 2026… exciting times ahead
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October 2, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Day 1 of recording with Plus Minus Ensemble in the bag. Lovely to be in the Dublin Mountains with the mighty Spud Murphy at the helm. New album out with @nmcrecordings.bsky.social in 2026… exciting times ahead
@ucddublin.bsky.social
@cmcireland.bsky.social
@artshumanitiesucd.bsky.social
@ucddublin.bsky.social
@cmcireland.bsky.social
@artshumanitiesucd.bsky.social
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Delighted to be in Vienna this week rehearsing Scarscape with Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna in advance of its premiere this weekend at Musikprotokoll this weekend. @musikprotokoll.bsky.social @cmcireland.bsky.social
October 2, 2025 at 2:09 AM
Delighted to be in Vienna this week rehearsing Scarscape with Radio Symphony Orchestra Vienna in advance of its premiere this weekend at Musikprotokoll this weekend. @musikprotokoll.bsky.social @cmcireland.bsky.social
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Very excited for Plus Minus Ensemble in Whelan's in Dublin tonight! Music by Jessie Marino, Bernhard Land, & Me. Special Guest: Ultan O Brien. Will be a beaut!
@ucddublin.bsky.social @cmcireland.bsky.social @enthusiasticeunuch.bsky.social @journalofmusic.bsky.social
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Plus Minus Ensemble + Ultan O'Brien
Enthusiastic Eunuch, In Association With The Arts Council Presents Plus Minus Ensemble performing J...
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October 1, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Very excited for Plus Minus Ensemble in Whelan's in Dublin tonight! Music by Jessie Marino, Bernhard Land, & Me. Special Guest: Ultan O Brien. Will be a beaut!
@ucddublin.bsky.social @cmcireland.bsky.social @enthusiasticeunuch.bsky.social @journalofmusic.bsky.social
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