Kirkos Ensemble play their last concert of 2012, in the Katherine Brennan Hall.

It's a very special concert of works by current students of both RIAM and the pretty college around the corner. That's TCD in case you were wondering.

The programme will include six world premieres, and it's going to be class!


After Dark – Edgar Grunewald
Wood – Jane Deasy
Prayer for four hands – Sebastian Adams
4040 Jyllinge – Galen Mac Cába
Quietly, turning to Dust – Robert Coleman
Duophony – Anna Clifford
Tight Also – Bill McGrath
Chamber Music II – Eoghan Desmond

As always, it is FREE and there is FREE WINE!! 

There is absolutely no connection to Christmas, so come along for a break from the overwhelming festivities.

Or, even better, come along to help promote the careers of the next generation of top Irish composers and performers!

The Irish Composers' Collective presents

Izumi Kimura (piano)
&
Nick Roth (sax)


Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall
October 18th, 8.30pm

€10/€5


ICC concert regular Izumi Kimura will be joined by virtuosic Nick Roth for a concert of new works for piano and sax. Both known nationally and internationally as musicians that cross the boundaries between jazz and classical, this is a pairing that will undoubtedly yield moments of virtuosity, and a performance of musical and technical brilliance.

Nick Roth is a saxophonist, composer, producer and educator. His work explores the liberation of improvisation from composition, the impact of natural form on technology and the contemporary interpretation of traditional music. Nick has performed with and composed for some of the world's leading contemporary artists from across a wide spectrum of musical disciplines. He is the artistic director of the Yurodny Ensemble, artistic co-director of the Sefiroth Ensemble and a founding member of the Water Project. He also performs regularly with Matthew Jacobson’s ReDiviDeR and Francesco Turrisi’s Tarab. Nick is a director at Diatribe Records, Ireland’s leading independent record label for new music. He currently lectures in the School of Music at University College Cork (UCC). His compositions are published by the Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin.

Japan-born but Irish resident, Izumi Kimura is a highly acclaimed practitioner or contemporary piano music. Izumi has performed extensively throughout Ireland as a solo, orchestral and chamber musician, and she has numerous broadcasts on RTÉ Lyric FM, RTÉ One and others. She has worked with some of the leading performers and ensembles from both classical and jazz, including the RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Crash Ensemble, Benjamin Dwyer, and Métier among many others. She has performed at many festivals in Ireland and abroad, including RTÉ Living Music Festival, Boyle Arts Festival, Dublin Dance Festival, Dublin Fringe Festival, Ghent Street Festival of New Music, and Music 21's 'Brazil Now'. 'Artes Da Irlanda, Hoje!' in Sao Paolo. She has given many premieres of works by Irish and international composers, including a number of pieces that were written especially for her. Her solo piano album of Japanese and Irish music 'Asymmetry' has been chosen by broadcaster Karishmeh Felfeli "one of the most original creative and stimulating recording of 2010 to be heard on an Irish label, an absolute revelation".

Programme:
Sebastian Adams - Rhythm Study No.3
Patrick Connolly - Chiaroscuro
Robert Coleman - Just Beneath the Surface
Peter Moran - DECAphonic
Bill McGrath - Saxophone Sonata
Dylan Rynhart - Morally Wrong
Ryan Molloy - Séamsur IV

Keep up to date on Facebook, Twitter and blog for more information about the composers, performers and pieces.
Tickets for Izumi Kimura and Nick Roth cost €10/€5 conc.
and are available from The National Concert Hall Box Office at www.nch.ie
or 01 417 0000.
The Box Office is open Monday-Saturday 10am-6pm.

The Irish Composers' Collective gratefully acknowledges the support of the Arts Council, Dublin City Council and The National Concert Hall.

As part of the national Love Live Music Day, the Music Educators Orchestra will host a unique open mic session for classical musicians, with special guests performances. Admission is free.


~ PROGRAMME OF EVENTS ~


9.30PM Music Educators Orchestra (Debut Concert Performance)

Improvisations on Trois Gymnopédie – Erik Satie (arr. MEO)
Four – John Cage (arr. MEO)
Newspaper Reading Machine – John White
Improvisation on Frère Jacques ¬– Music Educators Orchestra
New Work (World Premiere) ¬– Music Educators Orchestra

9PM Sarah Finer

New York Counterpoint for clarinet and tape – Steve Reich
God Bless the Child – Billie Holiday (bass clarinet arr. Eric Dolphy)

8.15PM Kirkos Ensemble

The Royal Irish Academy of Music’s only student-run ensemble, Kirkos will showcase the work of some of Ireland’s most talented up-and-coming composers and performers.

Haunted Tracks - Nori Krupp
Organic Organum- Edgar Grunewald
Still Life IV - Robert Coleman
Work for Quintet - Sebastian Adams


Open Mic Sessions

10-minute recitals from a variety of classical musicians throughout the night. 
Performers sign up at the door, or put your name down in advance by e-mailing irishmusiceducation@gmail.com

Kirkos Ensemble is a dynamic new contemporary-music ensemble founded by students of the Royal Irish Academy of Music. Kirkos is generously supported by the RIAM, but is run entirely (both artistically and administratively) by students, making it the RIAM’s only student-run ensemble.

Dublin is lucky enough to possess a new-music scene which punches well above its weight internationally, but what is missing here is the opportunity for young people to be involved in the music of today. Kirkos Ensemble has a mission to promote the performance of contemporary music by the country’s best young performers, and to provide a platform for young composers to have their works performed well. What makes Kirkos unique is our access to the RIAM’s pool of Ireland’s top emerging performers. 

Kirkos Ensemble’s launch concert will be on 17th April at 8pm in St Ann's Church, Dawson Street. They will be performing works by students, teachers and alumni of the RIAM. Admission will be free and the concert will include seven world premieres, an Irish premiere and prize-winning composers and performers in a programme showcasing the huge variety in the output of the RIAM's composers. 


Programme:

Kevin O’Connell - Where Should this Music Be
Emma O’Halloran - Truth and Beauty
Edgar Grunewald - After Dark
Robert Coleman - Still Life IV
Fergal Mulloy - The Invading Sun

Bill McGrath - Prelude and Fugue
Nori Krupp - Haunted Tracks
Breffni O’Byrne - Stiallach
Sebastian Adams - Work for Quintet

works will be interspersed with field recordings by Jonathan Nangle