From: Journal of Music in Ireland [info_at_thejmi_dot_com]
Sent: 18 February 2008 18:44
Subject: JMI Gig Guide & Bulletin
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Gig Guide

Classical/Early Music

Sundays (until March 2nd) Orchestra of St. Cecilia: Bach Cantatas; St. Ann's Church, Dawson Street, Dublin 2, 3:30pm.
18.2.08
Utsav Lal (piano), Koushik Chandra Shekar (tabla) & Dara O'Brien (sitar); National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, 8:00pm.
19.2.08
Our Lady's Choral Society; Dvořák (Stabat Mater); National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, 8:00pm.
20.2.08
Lang Lang (piano); National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, 8:00pm.
20.2.08
Pascal Rogé; Chopin, Debussy; St. Mary's Church, New Ross, Co. Wexford, 3:00pm.
21.2.08
Hugh Tinney (piano), Finghin Collins (piano) & Ulster Orchestra, Kenneth Montgomery (cond.); Liszt, Stavinsky, Tchaikovsky; National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, 8:00pm.
21.2.08
What Makes A Great Song? An Animated Recital: Conor Biggs (baritone) & Pádhraic Ó Cuinneagáin (piano); Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, 8:00pm.
22.2.08
Eamon Sweeney (baroque guitar), Roisín O'Grady (soprano); Ó Cátháin, Corbetta, Sanz, Mouliníe; National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, 1:00pm.
22.2.08
RTÉ NSO, Ailish Tynan (soprano), Valérie Hartmann Clavérie (ondes-martenot), Roger Muraro (piano), Pascal Rophé (cond.); Ravel, Messiaen; National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, 8:00pm. (www.rte.ie/performinggroups)
22.2.08
Cora Venus Lunny (violin) & Redmond O'Toole (guitar); Vivaldi; Strule Arts Centre, Omagh, Co. Tyrone, 8:00pm.
24.2.08 - 25.2.08
Donizetti: L'Elisir d'Amore; National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, 7:30pm.
24.2.08
Cora Venus Lunny (violin) & Redmond O'Toole (guitar); Vivaldi; National Gallery of Ireland, Merrion Square West, Dublin 2, 3:00pm.
25.2.08
Archie Chen (piano); O'Connell, Chopin, Schumann, Liszt, Scarlatti, Mozart; National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, 8:00pm.

Contemporary/Experimental

19.2.08 Isabelle O'Connell (piano): Performance & Workshop; Dennehy, Crumb; Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music, Union Quay, Co. Cork, 1:00pm.
20.2.08
Isabelle O'Connell (piano): Performance & Workshop; Dennehy, Crumb; Dundalk IT, Dundalk, Co. Louth, 1:30pm.
21.2.08
Duo Contour: Lee Ferguson (percussion) & Stephen Altoft (trumpet); Clarke, Lewis, Mackay, Bousted, Williams; Sonic Arts Research Centre, Queen's University, Belfast, Co. Antrim, 1:00pm.
24.2.08
Sundays at Noon: Ioana Petcu-Colan (violin), Izumi Kimura (piano); Ronan Guilfoyle; Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square, Dublin 1, 12:00pm.
24.2.08
'Beyond the Keyboard': workshop with Isabelle O'Connell (piano); Katherine Brennan Hall, Royal Irish Academy of Music, 36-38 Westland Row, Dublin 2, 2:30pm.

Jazz/Improvised

Thursdays Isotope; Richie Buckley (saxophone), Hugh Buckley (guitar), Myles Drennan (piano), Damian Evans (bass), Shane O'Donovann (drums); JJ Smyth's, 12 Aungier Street, Dublin 2, 9:00pm. (www.hughbuckley.com)
Sundays
Dublin City Jazz Orchestra; 4 Dame Lane, Dublin 2, 6:00pm.
19.2.08
Ferenc Snétberger Trio; Coach House, Dublin Castle, Dublin 2. (
www.musicnetwork.ie)
20.2.08
Ferenc Snétberger Trio; Ballina Arts Centre, Market Square, Ballina, Co. Mayo, 8:00pm. (
www.musicnetwork.ie)
21.2.08
Frank Gratkowski (alto saxophone, bass clarinet) & CLOG: Rob Casey (piano), David Lacey (drums) & Seán Óg (woodwinds); Goethe-Institut, 37 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, 8:00pm. (
www.sean-og.com)
21.2.08
To Rococo Rot; The Sugar Club, 8 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2, 8:00pm. (
www.note.ie)
21.2.08
Ferenc Snétberger Trio; The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim, 8:30pm. (
www.musicnetwork.ie)
22.2.08
Ferenc Snétberger Trio; Droichead Arts Centre, Drogheda, Co. Louth, 10:00pm. (
www.musicnetwork.ie)
Tuesdays
Jack Of Diamond Session; Voodoo Lounge, 39-40 Arran Quay, Smithfield, Dublin 1, 8:00pm.

Seminars/Courses

19.2.08 - 21.2.08 Cork Pops Orchestra: Concerts for Primary Schools, Dr. Evelyn Grant (presenter); City Hall, Cork, Co. Cork, 10:00am. (www.corkpops.ie)
20.2.08
Nicholas Carolan: Editing John and William Neal’s A Collection of the most celebrated Irish tunes proper for the violin, German flute, or hautboy (Dublin, 1724) ; McMordie Hall, School of Music, Queens University, Belfast, Co. Antrim, 1:00pm.

Traditional Music Sessions

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Traditional/Folk

19.2.08 Bewley's _at_ 6: Barcó - Cormac de Barra (harp, voice), Fionán de Barra (guitar, voice) & Éamonn de Barra (flute, voice); Bewley's Café Theatre, 78/79 Grafton Street, Dublin 2, 6:00pm - 8:00pm. (www.gael-linn.ie)
22.2.08
Noel Hill (concertina), Tony Linnane (fiddle), Lillis Ó Laoghaire (song); Ionad Cultúrtha, Baile Bhuirne, Co. Chorcaí, 8:30pm.
23.2.08
Are We There Yet?: Cora Smyth (fiddle) & Sean Horsman (multimedia); Dunamaise Arts Centre, Portlaoise, Co. Laois, 8:00pm.
23.2.08
Lorcán MacMathúna; Courthouse Arts Centre, Tinahely, Co. Wicklow, 8:30pm.
25.2.08
Corofin Traditional Festival 2008; Corofin (Various venues), Corofin, Co. Clare. (
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World/Blues

Thursdays Lee Delta Blues Club; The Corner House, Coburg Street, Cork, Co. Cork, 9:00pm. (www.leedeltablues.com)
Fridays
Cuban Orishas; Floridita, Irish Life Mall, Dublin 1, 9:30pm.
Saturdays
Cuban Orishas; Floridita, Irish Life Mall, Dublin 1, 9:30pm.

Traditional Music Sessions

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Bulletin

1) Opera 2005 Auditions

Opera 2005 is holding auditions for their forthcoming production of Verdi’s Un Ballo in Maschera in Cork and London. The production, three performances, will take place later this year at the Cork Opera House. The exact dates of the performances are to be confirmed but the dates being investigated are mid/end of September with availability from mid August to end of September. Visit www.opera2005.ie

2) Electrolight Award

Electrolight, a radio programme on RTÉ lyric fm has won the 2007 New Adventures in Broadcasting Scheme awarded by the Broadcasting Commission of Ireland (BCI). The programme, which surveyed six decades of electronic music was presented by composer Roger Doyle and produced by Sarah Blake. Visit www.lyricfm.ie

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