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Month: September 2015

Collaborative Music Project Recorded at UL & LIT Celebrated in New Film Doc

Exactly a year to the day on which the Pigtown Fling was performed live in Limerick’s Crescent Hall, a new documentary film directed by Shane Serrano celebrates the project’s achievements and pays homage to the city which inspired the project. The Pigtown Fling music legacy project was recorded using facilities at University of Limerick and the Limerick Institute of Technology.

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Grayson making waves in The US

Australian IMRO artist ‘Grayson’ is finding his feet in the big pond of America. Grayson started his career in Ireland releasing his first album ‘Somewhere In The Night’. Grayson toured all around Ireland opening for ‘Aslan’ including a St Stephen’s Day sell out at Vicar St.
Shortly after Grayson was given the opportunity to go to America and film a documentary ’66 Days On Route 66′.

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That’s a wrap for ‘Date: Time’ short film

‘Date: Time’, the final short film in the hugely-anticipated Film Limerick trilogy has finished shooting and is now in post production. This romantic short film was written by Philip Shanahan and directed by Paul Corey and features local actors Mark Griffin and Erica Murray.

This ambitious project was realised by Film Limerick Project Manager, Ronan Cassidy, and Irish Writer and Director Gerry Stembridge and with the assistance of Behind the Scenes. The trilogy of films has brought together both professional and aspiring film makers in Limerick to create a film cultural legacy that will hopefully continue for many years to come.

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Funding for Musical Instruments Announced as Music Capital Scheme to Receive €210,000 Investment

 

Music Network is to receive an investment of €210,000 by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht for its Music Capital Scheme 2015. The announcement was made by Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Heather Humphreys TD who highlighted the opportunities the scheme has provided for musicians in recent years. The Music Capital Scheme, established in 2008, provides funding for the purchase of musical instruments to both non-professional performing groups/ensembles and professional musicians.

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Kaleidoscope Launch Gala

Kaleidoscope Night are launching their seventh year with a Season Launch Gala tonight at 8pm in the Unitarian Church. The concert will feature New Dublin Voices, Francesco Turrisi and the Taquin Experiments, John Adams’ Shaker Loops and Mozarts Gran Partita for 13 winds, conducted by Fergus Sheil.

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