Month: October 2012

Saturday 17^th November – 9pm
The Brandon Hotel, Tralee, Co. Kerry

On Saturday 17^th November, the final of the Christie Hennessy Song Competition will take place in the Brandon Hotel, Tralee. Ten finalists selected from over 200 entries across Ireland will perform their original songs in front of a live audience and a panel of expert judges. The winning songwriter will be presented with a cheque for €1,000 on the night, courtesy of Tralee Chamber Alliance.

The Christie Hennessy Song Competition takes place as a tribute to the life and music of one of Tralee’s most famous sons. Christie grew up in a house full of music in Tralee and went on to become one of Ireland’s best known singer songwriters. Among his songs which went on to be recorded by other artists were “All The Lies That You Told Me” performed by Frances Black, “Don’t Forget Your Shovel” performed by Christy Moore and “Oh Jealous Heart” performed by Moya Brennan.

Last year the inaugural Christie Hennessy Song Competition took place as part of a week-long celebration of Christie Hennessy in Tralee. The winning song, “Superman” by Paul McDonnell, has since gone on to be playlisted by Radio Kerry.

The ten finalists in the 2012 Christie Hennessy Song Competition taking to stage on the night for a chance to win this prestigious prize are:

Ciara Donnelly – Song: Circus

John Buggy – Song: What’s On Your Mind

Colin Deady – Song: Seasons Tide

Christine Deady & Enda Reilly – Song: Follow the Water

Peter Fitzpatrick – Song: This Hometown

Colin Fahy – Song: We’ve Come A long Way

Rachel Barror – Song: Fake Luv

Eli Spring – Song: Make a Wish

Dermot Kelly – Song: The Moon on His Back

Stuart Daly – Song: The Landing Light

Entry to the live final is free of charge, but due to limited capacity, booking is advised.

To reserve a place in the audience, email IMRO at membership@nullimro.ie or phone 01 661 4844.

The Christie Hennessy Song Contest is supported by IMRO, Tralee Chamber Alliance, Radio Kerry, Tralee Town Council, Kerry’s Eye, Tralee Advertiser, The Troubadour Club & Brandon Hotel.

“Create – Connect – Respect”

June 4 & 5, 2013, Washington, DC

CISAC (the International Confederation of Societies of Authors and Composers) has announced details of the fourth biennial World Creators Summit – Create, Connect, Respect, which will be held June 4-5, 2013, in Washington, DC, at the Ronald Reagan Center.

Formerly known as the World Copyright Summit, this conference is the leading international and cross-industry forum addressing the future of the creative community and the entertainment business in the digital economy.  Now in its fourth edition, this biennial event brings together the world’s most prominent creative artists, government officials, and industry leaders to exchange views on the value of creative works, the future of copyright, the role of creators, and the collective management of authors’ rights. While issues of copyright are always central to a discussion about the economic and moral value of a creative work, the event’s new name expresses the expanded focus on the creator.

“We are so pleased to return to the United States and to Washington, DC with the World Creators Summit,” said Hervé Di Rosa, French visual artist and CISAC Acting President. “Since we began hosting these biennial events in 2007, we have always emphasised the creators of art, whether music, drama, literature, audiovisual, photography, or visual arts. The change to the event name makes clear the emphasis on creators, whose work is the foundation of creative industries.”

The purpose of the Summit is to establish a constructive dialogue, exchange ideas, debate diverse viewpoints and discuss solutions linked to intellectual property and creative content online with all the stakeholders in the new digital economy – from creators, rights organisations and guilds, to content service providers, broadcasters, telecommunications operators, hardware manufacturers, legal experts and policy-makers. The Summit’s slogan, “Create – Connect – Respect,” encapsulates the event’s vision of a fair and sustainable environment for the creative sector.

“Copyright is at the core of any discussion on creative activity and creators’ ability to thrive in the digital era,” said Olivier Hinnewinkel, Director General of CISAC. “The rapid changes in the market have had a huge impact on today’s copyright debates. The World Creators Summit brings together the top minds and decision makers from all copyright areas to engage in these debates and discuss how our changing market impacts on creators’ ability to earn a livelihood from their creation. With so much change in the air, from the U.S. Presidential election to the rise of cloud services, we are looking forward to some fascinating and thought provoking discussions”

The last Summit was held June 7-8, 2011, in Brussels and brought together over 730 participants from around the world, with 57 countries represented. Over 130 speakers took the stage, including:

Javed Akhtar, Indian scriptwriter, poet and lyricist

Carlo d’Asaro Biondo, Google Vice President for Southern and Eastern Europe, MEA

Michel Barnier, European Commissioner, Internal Market & Services

Victoria Espinel, White House Intellectual Property Enforcement Coordinator

Robin Gibb, legendary singer and songwriter of the Bee Gees and CISAC former President

Francis Gurry, WIPO Director General (World Intellectual Property Organisation)

Jean-Michel Jarre, French author, composer and performer

Ivo Josipović, President of Croatia and music composer

Neelie Kroes, Vice President of the European Commission and European Commissioner for Digital Agenda

Arnaud Nourry, Hachette Livre Chairman and CEO

Jean-Paul Philippot, RTBF Administrator General, and European Broadcasting Union President (EBU/UER)

Hervé Di Rosa, French visual artist and CISAC Acting President

Frank Stella, US painter and sculptor / CIAGP Chair (International Council of Creators of Graphic, Plastic and Photographic Arts)

An even larger audience is expected in Washington, DC in 2013 with delegates from all around the world, especially from North & Latin America, Europe and Asia.

CISAC is the leading worldwide network of collective management organisations and a unique international NGO uniting 231 authors’ societies and guilds in 121 countries, thus representing over 3 million creators and publishers from all creative genres (music, film, visual arts and literary). In 2010, worldwide royalties collected by CISAC members on behalf of creators reached €7.5 billion ($9.6 billion).

Follow:      

@CreatorsSummit/ #WCS13

www.CreatorsSummit.com

www.cisac.org / @CISACNews

Today sees the launch of the newly redesigned www.pro-music.org website – a simple information resource for anyone looking to find out more about legitimate digital music services across the world. The new version of Pro-music, which is backed by partners across the global music sector, gives precise and up-to-date information about the world’s 500+ legal music sites.  To keep pace with the growing choice of models available to music fans, the site now breaks down all the services by type (download, subscription, and ad-supported services),  as well as by territories across the globe.

Pro-music is created by IFPI in partnership with a coalition of global music industry partners representing major and independent record companies, performers, managers, publishers, retailers and musicians’ unions. 

The site has two main features: 

• A comprehensive directory of links to licensed music services, listed by type of service and by country
• An information portal with simple guidance about copyright law, an online guide on how to access music safely and legally (available in nine languages), and links to useful educational resources and reports about the industry

www.pro-music.org is designed to help music consumers find licensed sites and learn about digital music. It can also be a useful aid for other kinds of users, such as journalists, researchers and students.  The site is backed by seven organisations, from across the music industry, detailed in the “About us” section of the site: IFPI, FIM, GERA, GIART, ICMP, IMMF and IMPALA.

Pro-music is a great illustration of the rapidly-expanding choices available to consumers in today’s digital music world.  We hope that you will try out the newly-redesigned site and find it useful, easy to understand and easy to use.

The end of this month sees the Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO), Filmbase and the Contemporary Music Centre (CMC) host a networking event for film/TV music composers and filmmakers.

Trapped in an editing room or studio? Looking to connect with fellow composers or filmmakers, TV show creators and music industry professionals? Want to team up with others to make great shorts, documentaries, viral videos, features, animations or other types of broadcast content?  Then join us for this forthcoming event.

Date: Wednesday 31st October 

Time: 1:00pm – 5:30pm

Location:  Carolan Room, National Concert Hall, Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2.

We have a limited number of places available for this event. To have your name included in a draw for places please send an email to: keith.johnson@nullimro.ie Please indicate if you are a film & TV music composer or filmmaker when replying.

Successful applicants will be notified by email by Friday 12^th October

Event Details:

1pm – 2pm

“How To Get The Best Score For Your Film”  –  Seminar by Derek Gleeson

In addition to composing music for film, Derek Gleeson is Director of Screen Training Ireland’s Film Scoring Program, Dublin. He served as Composer Advisor to Moonstone International (sister company to Sundance Festival) and as Jury Chairman of the Irish Film & Television Awards (IFTA). In 2009, as Music Director and Conductor, Gleeson and The Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra embarked on its inaugural United States ten week tour of 49-cities in 24 states, presented under the auspices of Columbia Artists Management, Inc. In July 2010, Gleeson and the all-Irish DPO toured China, performing at the Shanghai Grand Theatre’s World Expo Program, and two concerts opening the Beijing Festival summer season at the National Centre for the Performing Arts at the Opera House, televised throughout China to over 400 million people.
Web: http://derekgleeson.com/

2pm – 2:45pm 

Screening of the short film ‘The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden’ followed by an interview with film/TV music composer Liam Bates & Foley artist Caoimhe Doyle

Caoimhe Doyle

Caoimhe is an Emmy nominated Foley artist who began her career in 1997 in the cutting rooms of Ardmore Studios. She has worked extensively on many feature films on both sides of the Atlantic with such great directors as Robert Altman, Neil Jordan and Guy Maddin.

Web: IMDB link to Caoimhe Doyle

Liam Bates

Liam’s current and recent film productions include Last Passenger, directed by Omid Nooshin, Earthbound directed by Alan Brennan, Out of the Blue and I Hate Musicals directed by Michael Lavelle, Mr Crocodile in the Cupboard directed by Morgan Bushe and Ghostwood a horror movie produced by Ned Dowd. Liam has written music for films including Show Girls, Circle of Friends and Don Juan De Marco starring Johnny Depp and Marlon Brando. He produced songs for the romantic comedy Leap Year directed by Anand Tucker and is the recipient of a Promax World Gold Award for Best Original Music for his score, Part of Life. Liam has recently had his score for The Girl with the Mechanical Maiden performed by the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, with performances at the National Concert Hall and Lincoln Centre in New York. Recent performances also include Moth Manoeuvre performed by Scottish flautist Aisling Agnew, Angel, performed by Cois Cladaigh Chamber Choir and a newly commissioned work Psalm, to be performed in the Vatican this October. Liam has also collaborated with choreographer Norman Morris and Royal Ballet dancer David Drew MBE, developing new works by choreographers from the Royal Ballet Company and Royal Ballet School and has been commissioned to write a new work for Irish ballet dancer and choreographer, Monica Loughman. Liam is regularly engaged as an arranger and conductor both in the concert hall and the recording studio having previously worked with Pete Townsend, Nancy Gustavson, Luciano Pavarotti, Bon Jovi, Meat Loaf, Bryan Adams and Dave Stewart.

Web: http://www.dna-music.com/liam_bates.html

2:45 – 3:15  Tea/Coffee Break

3:15 – 4:15      

Interview with Jonathan Tester | Head of Creative | Bucks Music Group | Interviewed By Phil Udell   

Jonathan started his musical journey playing drums in The Busking Shagwagon who were cruelly awarded last place at a Battle of the Bands final. It was then he realised he was not destined for a career as a musician and joined Songseekers International (now The Soundlounge) in 1998. He worked there for four years as a music supervisor for ad agencies working on campaigns including Pirelli, GO! Airlines, Adidas, Levis, Hugo Boss, KFC, Ford and Guinness. In 2002, he joined Bucks Music Group and is responsible for the Creative placement of their music in Commercials, Film, TV and Computer Games and Digital. Recent campaigns and placements include Hugo Boss, Juicy Couture, Burberry, Heinz, Unilever, Hovis, and Film & TV including Battleships, Kill List, Magic Mike, Waterloo Road, Beaver Falls and This Is England ’88. In 2012, Jonathan won ‘Best Sync In Film’ at the inaugural Music & Sound Awards for ‘It Could Have Been Better’ – Joan Armatrading in Kill List

 www.bucksmusicgroup.com

4:20 – 5:00   Interview with Ciarán Hope | Interviewed by Jonathan Grimes (CMC)

Irish composer Ciarán Hope studied composition at the DIT Conservatory of Music and at the Prague Conservatory before attending the UCLA film scoring programme. His work on the Hollywood feature film ‘The Insider’ was nominated for a Golden Globe Award, and he recently completed the score for ‘Truth about Kerry’, a movie starring Stana Katic. He is also working on music for an upcoming epic on the life of Mother Teresa, which is being shot by Academy Award-nominated cinematographer Jack Green and directed by award winning director Bill Riead. He is a recipient of numerous composition awards including the International Solstice Composition Prize, a Fulbright Scholarship in Film Music, a National Training Commission for Film and Television Bursary, an Arts Council of Ireland Postgraduate Award and the IMRO prize at the RTÉ Musician of the Future. Ciarán Hope has given master classes on composing for film at a variety of venues including Trinity College Dublin, the Dundalk Institute of Technology, the University of Colorado at Denver and the Solstice Arts Centre in Navan. He has written and produced songs for the Raleigh Studio’s motion picture ‘Manfast’, and for the closing credits of the feature film ‘The Man In The Iron Mask’. He has also, among others, arranged and produced tracks for ‘Buffy The Vampire Slayer’.

Web: http://www.ciaranhope.com/

5:00 -5:30

In coversation…Filmmaker Paddy Breathnach and composer Stephen Rennicks discuss the relationship between filmmaker and composer and the process of composing for screen

Paddy Breathnach

Paddy Breathnach started his directing career making natural history documentaries for Eamon de Buitlear. He went on to direct a number of sports documentaries and observational documentaries for his company Treasure Films. His first feature, Ailsa, won the Euskal Media Award for Best First/Second Film at the San Sebastian Film Festival. Breathnach’s second feature I Went Down (BBC films) starring Brendan Gleeson, also won the New Directors at the San Sebastian Film Festival in 1997. At Thessaloniki, Paddy won the Best Director Award. In 1997/98 Breathnach produced SouthPaw, a feature that was selected for Sundance in 1999. Breathnach then went on to direct Blow Dry, which was released in the US, UK and Ireland in Spring 2001, for Miramax. His next film Man About Dog was released in 2003 becoming one of the most successful independently produced Irish films at the Irish box office. Recent work include horror films ‘Shrooms and Redmist in 2008. He is currently working on an adaptation of Conor McPherson’s play “The Good Thief”, he is working with Mark O’Halloran on Perdido Amor, a film set in Cuba and is in post-production on a documentary “An oiche a gineadh m’athar” for TG4.

Web: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0106456/

Stephen Rennicks

Stephen Rennicks is a composer with extensive experience in composing for film with numerous feature, documentary and short credits to his name. Most notably, Rennicks has composed for some of the most successful Irish films in recent years including Man About Dog, which was directed by Paddy Breathnach, and two Lenny Abrahamson films Garage and Adam & Paul. Stephen has also composed the original music for Abrahamson’s latest film What Richard Did which is in Irish cinemas now.

Web: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0719673/

This networking event will be followed by Psycho – Live! 

A Live Screening with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra

In the Main Auditorium at the National Concert Hall

Tickets for this performance are available through the NCH booking office: https://www.nch.ie/online/

Following sell-outs in 2010, the RTÉ Concert Orchestra presents a very special Halloween screening of Alfred Hitchcock’s classic Psycho. This cinematic masterpiece comes alive in a big-screen presentation accompanied by a live performance of Bernard Herrmann’s spine-tingling score. Imagine the impact of the iconic shower scene on the big screen with the screeching violin music live underneath! Actress Janet Leigh claimed that she never took a shower again after making Psycho – we could see another wave of shower phobia hit Dublin after this. Anthony Perkins is unforgettable as Norman Bates, one of cinema’s most notorious psychopaths, and the evocative black-and-white photography and all-strings score all add to the tension, thrills and terror. Bernard Herrmann is a film music master. As well as his close association with Hitchcock that also included the scores for North by Northwest, The Man Who Knew Too Much and Vertigo, his music enriched other classics from Citizen Kane to Taxi Driver.