CRASH WORKS 2023 – OPEN CALL
Do you write music? Crash Works 2023 is now open for applications!
https://www.crashensemble.com/news/crash-works-open-call
Video: Crash Works 2022-2023
Crash Works is an initiative to commission and support the artistic and professional development of music creators (from any genre) at pivotal stages of their careers, offered in partnership with New Music Dublin, Crash Ensemble musicians, and a team of creative minds.
4 music creators will be commissioned to write a new work for Crash Ensemble to be premiered at New Music Dublin Festival in 2025. Each of the music creators will receive a commission fee to write an 8-minute work for full ensemble, as well as taking part in the 2- year development programme.
As part of the commission, music creators will join Crash Works – a development hub incorporating Crash musicians, a team of lovely, skilled, talented people, and the composers/music creators, to meet the needs of emerging musical artists in the 21st century. The team will share their knowledge of the sector with you, exploring and supporting new ways of creating music and the people who create this music.
Kate Ellis, Artistic Director of Crash Ensemble says, “We want to fully support the commission and presentation of each new work and to allow time for thinking, creating, collaborating, investigating and redefining what it is to be a music creator. We want to create music in a different way and to explore new ideas, new sounds, and new music.”
Video: Crash Works 2022-2023 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AU6VbGlCphw
For ‘Crash Works I’, Crash Ensemble collaborated with leading Ireland based creators, composers Amy Rooney, Anselm McDonnell, songwriter and composer Laura Hyland, pianist and composer Yue Song, and harpist and composer Úna Monaghan. Each creator had development time with the ensemble over a 2-year period to work on the concepts and ideas for their commissions. Crash Works I culminated in the premiere of their new commissions for full ensemble New Music Dublin festival 2023 at the National Concert Hall. The concert was recorded and is out on Crash Records now: ‘Crash Works I’ https://lnk.fuga.com/crashensemble_crashworks
For details on how to apply for ‘Crash Works II’, visit crashensemble.com. The closing date for applications is Friday 13 October, 12 noon
“For me Crash Works has been a chance to explore in practice the conventions of different music-making traditions – both those of my own folk/pop background, and those of contemporary classical music – and to find ways of authentically communicating artistic ideas across these different artistic methodologies or ‘languages’. It’s been thrilling and challenging in equal measures! I really value the spirit in which Crash Ensemble has embarked on this project, and I’m looking forward to seeing how it progresses over the coming years, especially in its potential to positively and practically address the cultural biases that often stand in the way of collaboration between different music-making traditions.” Laura Hyland, Crash Works 2022-2023
“The time spent with Crash Ensemble working on Crash Works has been a wonderful experience.The group gave helpful feedback on the instrumental writing and electronics during the workshops, and their precise, insightful and efficient way of working is inspiring.” Yue Song, Crash Works 2022-2023
“Crash Works has been a fantastic experience for me: an opportunity to focus on composing one piece over the course of a year, exploring ideas regularly with musicians. Crash provided a supportive and creative environment which encouraged me to experiment and push my imagination to its limits. This is the third piece I have written for them, and each project has been a major step forward in my creative practice as I have had time and support to explore new methods of working and making music.” Anselm McDonnell, Crash Works 2022-2023
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