JMI out this week Look out for the latest issue
of JMI when it appears in shops and letterboxes this week. In the
September-October issue of JMI,read an insiders' view of the Irish Composers' Collective;
track Cora Venus Lunny's rising star; read Ciaran Carson on the ideal spaces for
traditional music, or Toner Quinn on why solo rarely means solo in traditional
music; win a subscription to the Naxos Music Library; Plus our new Ireland-wide
guide to traditional music sessions, the latest CD and concert reviews, and much
more. Visit www.thejmi.com
Win Tickets to Ensemble ICC Ensemble ICC, the new performing
wing of the Irish Composers' Collective, performs in Dublin (Thursday, 4
September) and Galway (Friday, 5 September) this week. The group features Cora
Venus Lunny, Kate Ellis, Daniel Bodwell, Roger Moffat and Karl Rooney and will
have performed over thirty-five new works by early 2009. For more information
visit www.irishcomposerscollective.org. Following last week's
competition, JMI has two more pairs of tickets to give away to each concert.
To win, email competition_at_thejmi_dot_com with your name, phone number and
preferred concert.
Arts
Council to Continue Traditional Arts Scheme After the completion of the
Traditional Arts Initiative (2005–2008), the Arts Council has announced it will
be continuing the Deis scheme. Since 2005, Deis has funded over 250 projects,
spending almost €1.7 million. Speaking about the scheme, Olive Braiden, Chair of
the Arts Council, said, 'This was an
initiative that responded to the unique status accorded these art forms in Irish
culture, which - although shaped by each generation - express something of a
perennial native genius; one that continues to make its presence felt in Irish
life.' Visit www.artscouncil.ie
Monaghan Rhythm & Blues Festival The Monaghan Rhythm & Blues
Festival kicks off at The Marquee, Monaghan Town this week. Headline acts
include Earl Thomas, Mitch Wood and Walter Trout and the Radicals.
Visit www.harvestblues.com
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Gig Guide
Clare
5.9.08 CHORD Festival: Sonia Esquivel;
Vertigo Smyth;
Glór Centre, Ennis, Co. Clare; 8:00pm; €20/10 (www.glor.ie) 6.9.08 CHORD Festival: Rafael; The Jimmy Cake; Glór Centre, Ennis, Co. Clare;
8:00pm; €15 (www.glor.ie)
Dublin
1.9.08 Togetherness: Michael Buckley
(tenor
saxophone),
Justin Carroll (piano), Simon Jermyn (bass), Sean Carpio (drums); JJ Smyth's, 12 Aungier Street, Dublin 2
(www.myspace.com/justincarrollmusic) 1.9.08 Zrazy; National Concert Hall, Earlsfort
Terrace, Dublin 2; 8:00pm 2.9.08 Emer Mayock & Jean-Michel Veillon; The Cobblestone, King Street North,
Smithfield, Dublin 7; 9:30pm; €12 3.9.08 Dave Browne; JJ Smyth's, 12 Aungier Street,
Dublin 2 4.9.08 Ensemble ICC: Cora Venus Lunny (viola), Kate Ellis (cello), Daniel Bodwell (bass), Karl Rooney (saxophone) & Roger Moffat
(percussion); Laura Kilty, Dónal Adams, Simon O'Connor,
Brian Bolger, Benedict Schlepper-Connolly, Amanda Feery, Scott McLaughlin &
Francis Heery; Unitarian Church, St. Stephen's Green, Dublin 2; 8:00pm; €12/8
(www.irishcomposerscollective.org) 4.9.08 Métier: Paul Williamson
(trumpet), Michael Buckley (saxophones), Justin Carroll (piano), Ronan Guilfoyle
(bass) & Sean Carpio (drums); Cabinteely House,
Dublin 18 4.9.08 Robert Doyle; EP Launch; Bewley's Café Theatre, 78/79 Grafton Street,
Dublin 2; 8:30pm; €5 (www.robertdoyle.net) 5.9.08 RTÉ NSO, Gerhard Markson (cond.) & Hugh Tinney
(piano); Beethoven; National Concert Hall,
Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2; 8:00pm; €35/10 (www.rte.ie/performinggroups) 5.9.08 Isotope: Chas DePaolo & Ben
Prevo; JJ
Smyth's, 12 Aungier Street, Dublin 2; 9:00pm; €10 (www.benprevo.net) 6.9.08 The Heavyweights; JJ Smyth's, 12 Aungier Street, Dublin 2 6.9.08
Darragh
O’Neill;
Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire; €18 / €16 7.9.08 Tundra: Ian Wilson
(composer), Anne Gilpin (dancer), Mark O'Keeffe (trumpet), Conleth White (lighting); Empty Space _at_ Smock Alley, ; 9:15pm
(http://dublinfringefest.ticketsolve.com/events/events_for_show/701620) 8.9.08 Music21 2008 Series: Ian Pace
(piano); Olivier Messiaen Vingt Regards sur
l’Enfant-Jésus; John Field Room, National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace,
Dublin 2; €20 / €15
Galway
5.9.08 Ensemble ICC: Cora Venus Lunny
(viola), Kate Ellis (cello), Daniel Bodwell (bass), Karl Rooney (saxophone) & Roger Moffat (percussion); Laura Kilty, Dónal
Adams, Simon O'Connor, Brian Bolger, Benedict Schlepper-Connolly, Amanda Feery,
Scott McLaughlin & Francis Heery; St. Nicholas' Collegiate Church, Galway,
Co. Galway; 8:00pm; €12/8 (www.irishcomposerscollective.org)
Monaghan
5.9.08 - 7.9.08
Monaghan Rhythm
& Blues Festival; The Marquee, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan (www.harvestblues.com)
Wicklow
5.9.08 Trad Connections: Martin Tourish
(accordion), Hugh Buckley (guitar), Liz Coleman (fiddle) & Dave Flynn (guitar); Dave Flynn; Mermaid
Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow; 8:00pm; €16/14 (www.daveflynn.com) 6.9.08 Harmonic Sound; Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, Co. Wicklow; 8:00pm;
€15
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