MONDAY | 16TH APRIL 10 am
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Main Atrium, WIT Cork Road Campus
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WIT, COLLEGE STREET CAMPUS, THE CHAPEL
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THE CENTRAL LIBRARY, lady lane
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The Large Room, City Hall, The Mall
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CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL
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Improvisation is to music what conversation is to recitation; the discussion of an agreed topic without following a rigid text. It’s an area that most classically trained musicians shy away from, generally because part of their training has been to slavishly follow the printed score and not to deviate from what they believe is the composer’s intention. Creativity in music is too often stamped out at an early stage thus denying young musicians the chance to experience what should be a liberating and exhilarating experience. Waterford New Music Week 2012 seeks to examine, encourage and celebrate this most important area of music making.
THE MANSION HOUSE, 39 JOHNSTOWN
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NEW music week MONDAY 16TH – FRIDAY 20TH | APRIL | 2012
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For further festival programme information go to www.wit.ie. Ticket information and booking, contact Garter Lane Box Office at 051 855 038 or go to www.garterlane.ie.
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Continuing the theme of ‘improvisation’, the students, led by their tutor, Phill Collins, will perform a varied programme of ballads, jazz standards and tracks from the Blue Note record label. *Admission free, no booking necessary.
Linda Buckley
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CHRIST CHURCH CATHEDRAL
The idea to perform baroque solo works in the context of free improvised music and newly commissioned pieces sparked off the Homburger/Guy Duo. Together Maya Homburger and Barry Guy have given concerts in many major Jazz, New Music and Baroque Music Festivals all over Europe. http://www.barryguy.com/
RTÉ Lyric fm’s Composer in Residence Linda Buckley will facilitate listening and improvisation workshops for New Music Week, exploring new forms of attentiveness to the sonic environment. *Admission free, limited places available, pre-book through the Garter Lane Box Office, 051 855 038 or www.garterlane.ie LUNCH MUSIC 1 | MUSIC FOR GUITAR
1.15 pm
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Garter Lane THEATRE | O’Connell Street
Classical guitar students Colin Harries and Shaun Walsh will perform pieces by Carlo Domeniconi, Federico Moreno Torroba, and Andrew York. They will be joined by contemporary guitarist Brendan Maher, who will perform a selection of his own compositions. An exhibition of paintings by Patricia Burns will provide a backdrop for this lunchtime event. *Admission free, no booking necessary.
8 pm
THE NEW MUSIC BIG BAND – MD: PAUL FROST
WIT | COLLEGE STREET CAMPUS | THE CHAPEL
Some of the very best session musicians in the country have been assembled for this unique event organised for New Music Week. For the first time a jazz big band will dedicate a whole evening to original music penned by Irish composers. Featured composers are Brian Byrne, Cormac McCarthy, David O’Rourke, Paul Dunlea, Phill Collins, Paul Frost, Nick Roth, and Mitch Cuss. This promises to be a rip-roaring combination of contemporary jazz composition and improvisation. *Admission €10, €5 concession, free to WIT student card holders, pre-book through the Garter Lane Box Office, 051 855 038 or www.garterlane.ie, or purchase at the door.
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WRITING ABOUT MUSIC – CHAIR: DR. DAVID RHODES
WIT | COLLEGE STREET CAMPUS | HA 06
PhD student Angela Horgan-Goff will present a paper on the musical interpretation of “The Táin” (1971) by Irish composer James Wilson. Brother Ben Hanlon will speak about the opera he is composing as part of his PhD research, and analytical musicologist Dr. Hazel Farrell will examine Eric Sweeney’s Violin Concerto (2011). *Admission free, no booking necessary.
WIT | COLLEGE STREET CAMPUS | THE CHAPEL
2.30 pm Improvisation workshop Barry will talk about his methods of composition and improvisations (demonstrations provided by Maya and himself ) with students preparing a performance using one of Barry’s scores. *Admission free, limited places available, pre-book through the Garter Lane Box Office, 051 855 038 or www.garterlane.ie 8 pm Concert Their programme alternates improvisations by Barry Guy with excerpts from the Mystery Sonatas by the 17th century composer Biber. *Admission €10, €5 concession, free to WIT student card holders, pre-book through the Garter Lane Box Office, 051 855 038 or www.garterlane.ie, or purchase at the door.
WEDNESDAY | 18TH APRIL 10 am & 1.15 pm
LUNCH MUSIC 3 | COMPOSERS OF TOMORROW
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WIT | COLLEGE STREET CAMPUS | THE CHAPEL
10 am Open Rehearsal & 1.15 pm Concert
This concert of new music by undergraduate students at WIT will again showcase the variety of styles and lively engagement with different compositional genres. Not to be missed! *Admission free, no booking necessary. WIT Music School
7.30 pm
Fintan O’Carroll Feis Prizewinners’ concert
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THE PHILL COLLINS TRIO
8 pm
THE MANSION HOUSE | 39 JOHNSTOWN
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As part of the weekly jam session, ‘Jazz At The Mansion House’, the trio will be launching a new album recently recorded in Youghal. After the gig all hell will break loose as mad cats from the underground Waterford jazz scene will unleash their ferocious jazz improvisation chops... mmm chops.... oh and there’ll be sausages! Bring AXES. *Admission free, no booking necessary.
Barry Guy & Maya Homburger
2.30 & 8 pm
10.30 am & 2 pm
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WIT | Cork Road Campus | Main Atrium,
THE CENTRAL LIBRARY | Lady lane
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9 pm
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10.30 am – 12.30 pm, Vocal Workshop. 2 – 4pm, Listening Workshop
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LUNCH MUSIC 2 | BA Music Jazz Ensemble
NEW MUSIC WEEK GOES TO THE LIBRARY
WIT graduates and music education group Rhythm & Shakes will work with 1st class from St. John of God’s to create some noise at the Central Library to officially launch New Music Week 2012.
WAT E R F O R D I N S T I T U T E O F T E C H N O L O G Y
WATERFORD NEW MUSIC WEEK 2012 VENUES
1.15 pm
WIT | COLLEGE STREET CAMPUS | THE CHAPEL
The Fintan O’Carroll Feis is an integral part of the Music Schools’ calendar, which is now in its 22nd year. This year the prizewinners’ concert will showcase contemporary music performed by talented young musicians from Waterford and the South East. *Admission free, no booking necessary.
THURSDAY | 19TH APRIL 11 am
Europe Direct at the Central Library
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THE CENTRAL LIBRARY | Lady lane
‘Everyone Can Sing!!’ As part of WIT’s New Music Week and in anticipation of Bealtaine Festival, Anne Woodworth invites you to come along to two sessions in Central Library in Lady Lane on Thursday 19th and 26th April at 11am - and let’s prove how well you can sing! You don’t have to be able to read music - just be prepared to enjoy yourself while making music. This event is organised by the Waterford Europe Direct Information Centre as part of the EU Year of Active Aging. *Admission free, pre-book through the library 051 849975.
1.15 pm
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The LargeRoom | City Hall | The Mall
The National Chamber Choir of Ireland is the country’s flagship choral ensemble. Under the internationally celebrated and multi award winning choral conductor Paul Hillier, the choir will perform a range of contemporary work by composers O’Regan, Pärt, Maw, Hellawell (world premiere), Bates, Fennessy and Corcoran. In association with Waterford Music and supported by the Arts Council’s Touring and Dissemination of Work Scheme. *Admission €15, free to WIT student card holders, pre-book through the Garter Lane Box Office, 051 855 038 or www.garterlane.ie, or purchase at the door.
FRIDAY
| 20TH APRIL
10 am & 1.15 pm
Lunch Music 5 | A Contemporary Mix
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WIT | COLLEGE STREET CAMPUS | THE CHAPEL
10 am Open Rehearsal & 1.15 pm Concert
Postgraduate students Ben Hanlon, Alan Dunne, Kieran Fitzgerald, Greg Scanlon and Julie Quinlan will present a concert of their music that demonstrates the wide variety of musical styles and genres of contemporary music in Ireland today. MA performance student, Ruth Gallagher (soprano) accompanied by Malcolm Proud will perform works by Benjamin Britten. *Admission free, no booking necessary.
LUNCH MUSIC 4 | JOE O’FARRELL FLUTE & ELECTRONICs
Garter Lane THEATRE | O’Connell Street
Joe O’Farrell is a flautist specialising in contemporary music and active as a composer, improviser and teacher. He will perform works by Eric Sweeney, Derek Anthony Kelly and Gráinne Mulvey. *Admission free, no booking necessary.
3.00 pm
National Chamber Choir
NEW MUSIC:: NEW VOICES–Exploring New Choral Music
The Large Room | City Hall | The Mall
Join Paul Hillier, Artistic Director of the National Chamber Choir, with Evonne Ferguson, Director of the Contemporary Music Centre, as they explore aspects of performance and composition unique to contemporary choral writing. Help in tackling these choral questions will come from members of the NCC and composers, David Fennessy and Piers Hellawell whose works feature in the 8 pm performance. Hosted by New Music Week in association with the National Chamber Choir and the Contemporary Music Centre. *Admission free, no booking necessary.
second helpings | FRIDAY | 27TH APRIL NEW MUSIC WEEK AT THE MOVIES | CITY LIGHTS (1931)
8 pm
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Garter Lane THEATRE | O’Connell Street
New Music Week and Waterford Festival of Architecture bring together their themes of ‘improvisation’, and ‘living city’ in this screening of the Charlie Chaplin classic “City Lights” (1931). The film will be accompanied by an improvised music score by the WIT Jazz ensemble directed by Phill Collins. Introduction by Dr. Richard Hayes, Assistant Registrar, WIT. *Admission free, no booking necessary.
WIT, Department of Creative & Performing Arts delivers three undergraduate degree programmes: BA (Honours) Visual Art; the BA (Honours) Design in Visual Communications; and the BA (Honours) Music. The Department also delivers a postgraduate taught MA in Arts and Heritage Management. Graduates can also engage in research at both masters and PhD levels in the areas of art, design and music. For further information log on to the WIT home page: www.wit.ie or alternatively e mail cpa@wit.ie Feedback comments on New Music Week are very welcome and can be made via e mail to cpa@wit.ie