This afternoon, Paul Roe and Bill Dowdall kick off the second season in the Association of Irish Composers’ Irish Canon concert series with a recital and masterclasses as part of Waterford New Music Week. This season sees concerts taking place in Dublin, Waterford, Limerick and Cork, and with partners such as the Cork Orchestral Society, Waterford IT and Mary Immaculate College, with more to be confirmed over the coming weeks.
The Irish Canon sees some of Ireland’s top performers bringing specially selected programmes of Irish works to universities and venues across the country. With this series, the Association of Irish Composers seeks to create a new canon of Irish works by ensuring multiple performances of music by Irish composers, and taking the first steps toward making them repertoire standards, redefining what it means to have a musical ‘canon’. Each programme is carefully chosen by the performer from the current repertoire of music by Irish composers for their instrument.
Listen to past programmes here: www.soundcloud.com/irishcomposers
Performers:
Kate Ellis (cello); David Bremner (organ); Isabelle O’Connell (piano); Cora Venus Lunny (violin); Bill Dowdall (flute); Paul Roe (clarinet); Michelle O’Rourke (voice); David Bremner/Elizabeth Hilliard (piano/voice)
For more information, please contact Anna Murray, Concerts Secretary, The Association of Irish Composers at aicconcerts@nullgmail.com
