Author: Breffni Banks

IMRO member, Sean O’Neill, embarks on a busking marathon this Friday, 5th June in Roscommon to help raise vital funds for Concern’s Earthquake Appeal.

Sean’s four-hour indoor busk in Duffy’s Supervalu, Ballaghaderreen is hoping to raise at least €1,000 for those affected by the recent earthquake in Nepal.

Busking under the name of ‘Seanie’s Homemade Songs’, Sean doesn’t play covers and rarely repeats a song.

You can donate at Sean’s fundraising page here or head to Ballaghaderreen on Friday between 1pm and 5pm.

On its very first day, ‘Clouds So Blue’ received over 600 YouTube hits. The video for her new release was shot at Blessington Lakes near Poulaphouca in Co Wicklow late in Spring just before the leaves had lost their new green hue. They end result is a stunning portrayal of both the song and Alicija’s camera friendliness.

The Matthews – hotly-tipped Wicklow band make their headline debut appearance at Whelan’s on Wed June 3rd.

County Wicklow band The Matthews have confirmed their first headline gig when they play Upstairs @ Whelan’s on Wednesday June 3rd.

The Association of Irish Composers presents:

Irish Composers on Irish Music:

Anne-Marie O’Farrell (harp)

in association with The Drawing Room

4.30pm, 31 May 2015

12 Henrietta Street, Dublin

The final event in the AIC’s Irish Composers on Irish Music concert series sees us join forces with The Drawing Room to present a very special concert in the beautiful Georgian house at 12 Henrietta St.

Anne-Marie O’Farrell’s harp recital on 31^st May features two kinds of harp, the pedal harp (normally used in classical orchestral settings), and the Irish harp, a modern version of our national instrument. The repertoire chosen expresses a range of musical languages explored by composers on these instruments over the last fifty years, from John Kinsella’s Allegro Giocoso of 1966, when the semitone mechanism on the Irish harp was an extremely basic one, to Anne-Marie’s own recent composition, Chromatétude which creates 12-note textures on the harp while also giving a nod to much older music heard at the Belfast 1792 harp festival. Kinsella’s work is also a representative piece from Sheila Larchet Cuthbert’s seminal volume for Irish harp, ‘The Irish Harp Book’. Pedal harp repertoire features the voices of James Wilson in his Sonata, Frank Corcoran with In the Deep Heart’s Core and Gráinne Mulvey in Explorations, who in their distinctive ways delve into the large timbral and pitch range of the pedal harp. A number of the works are receiving their first performance, including Mary Kelly’s three Aislingí for Irish harp. The recital creates a welcome opportunity to perform Boydell’s seldom heard but most idiomatic Triptych for Irish harp, and to give a further performance of David Bremner’s miniature Pool.

Irish Composers on Irish Music is supported by the Arts Council. The Association of Irish Composers is supported by IMRO.

Concert and walk: €30 Concert only: €15 – Tickets available through Eventbrite

Contact:
Anna Murray
Secretary
Association of Irish Composers
W: www.composers.ie
E: aicconcerts@nullgmail.com