Dublin Laptop Orchestra and Special Guests

Featuring Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh on hardanger fiddle with dancer Nic Gareiss & special guests

Sunday 11th December 2011
Doors 7.30pm, Show 8pm sharp.
Boys School @ Smock Alley Theatre, Exchange Street Lower, Temple Bar, Dublin 8

Dublin Laptop Orchestra – bring “the physicality and energy of acoustic music to electronic performance.” (Journal of Music)

Caoimhín Ó Raghallaigh –  “the most imaginative and fascinating musician in all of trad” (Irish Echo)

Nic Gareiss – “mesmerizing… a whirling dervish in tap shoes” (Bay City Times)

In collaboration with some of the most exciting musicians in traditional Irish music, the Dublin Laptop Orchestra present a unique concert of new music at Smock Alley Theatre. The concert will feature a series of completely new pieces that combine Irish traditional music with live electronics. Laptops will be used to create complex rhythms and virtual droning fiddle strings, controllers will manipulate sound and allow it to blend with musicians in real-time, and the sounds of the performers themselves will even be used as raw material for completely improvised creations. This collaboration aims to infuse Irish traditional music with some of the potential that modern technology offers. Definitely not to be missed!

The Dublin Laptop Orchestra makes music with lots of laptops, hands, golf controllers, and hemispherical speakers. Their aim is to bring some theatricality and ‘physical presence´ into electronic music performance. They do this by creating software instruments that require movement and skill from performers and encourage interaction and improvisation. Irish traditional music is a particular focus as they look to capture some of the energy and excitement that naturally occurs in live ‘trad´ performances.

Dublin Laptop Orchestra are Rachel Ní Chuinn, Jenn Kirby, David Collier, Enda Gallery, Mark Rooney, Tara Lewis, Amanda Feery, Alex Dowling and Saramai Leech.

This collaboration was made possible through the generous support of the Arts Council´s Deis Fund for the Traditional Arts and the Trinity College Provost´s Fund for the Visual & Performing Arts.

Tickets: €10
Bookings: www.smockalley.com
Tickets also available at the door on the night