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The information for these calendar listings has been provided to us by composers and promoters. Although we make every effort to verify and check all details for each event, the Contemporary Music Centre cannot be held responsible for any inaccurate listings or changes to events after they have been published on the CMC web site.

Event Calendar for March 2012

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1 March 2012 (Thursday)
Concert
8:00 pm
venue: National University of Ireland, Maynooth , Maynooth,  Ireland
composer: Jesse Ronneau
work: Portée (premiere)
performer(s): Pascal Gallois (bn).

3 March 2012 (Saturday)
Con Brio Sligo Music Series 2011 - 2012
8:00 pm
venue: Model Arts and Niland Gallery , Sligo,  Ireland
composer: Deirdre McKay
work: mr shah stares to the heavens (premiere)
performer(s): ConTempo Quartet.
note: Also works by Haydn and Schubert.

4 March 2012 (Sunday)
11:00 am
venue: Vijandi Music School , Vijandi,  Estonia
composer: Ian Wilson
work: Drive
performer(s): Johan van der Linden (sax), Henry Kelder (pf).

MANTIS concert
2:00 pm
venue: University of Manchester , Manchester,  England
composer: Donal Sarsfield
work: The Luc Ferrari Piece (premiere)
work: Everybody Knows Everything (premiere)
performer(s): Crash Ensemble, Multi speaker diffusion.

Music Nation
1:00 pm
venue: Waterfront Hall , Belfast,  Northern Ireland
composer: Brian Irvine
work: Praise Aloud the Trees (premiere)
performer(s): Ulster Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, choir of Methodist College, Belfast, conductor Jurjen Hempel.
note: In celebration of the 2012 Olympics.

7 March 2012 (Wednesday)
Kaleidoscope: A Night of Music
9:00 pm
venue: Odessa Club Ireland
composer: Andrew Hamilton
work: Product No.1
performer(s): Maya Homburger (baroque vn), Barry Guy (db), Kate Ellis (vc), Juliet Welchman (vc), Malachy Robinson (db), Steve Kelly (perc), James Dunne (perc).
note: Also works by H.I.F. Biber, Niall Vallely, G.A. Rossini, Wayne Siegal and Steve Reich.

7:30 pm
venue: University of Minnesota, Morris , Morris,  USA
composer: Fergal Carroll
work: Song of Lir
performer(s): University of Minnesota Morris Symphonic Winds, conductor Simon Tillier.

8:00 am
venue: Recital Room, Glasgow City Halls , Glasgow,  Scotland
composer: Matthew Whiteside
work: Vociferous Palpitation (premiere)
performer(s): Tape

8 March 2012 (Thursday)
7:30 pm
venue: Gorey Educate Together Primary School , Gorey,  Ireland
composer: Vincent Kennedy
work: The Heart of Truth (premiere)
performer(s): Students of Gorey Educate Together School.

8:00 pm
venue: Tiroler Landes Theatra Austria
composer: Rhona Clarke
work: Drift - Knot
performer(s): Hanno Winder (gui).

9 March 2012 (Friday)
Women Composers Festival of Hartford
8:00 pm
, Hartford,  USA
composer: Karen Power
work: pink fluffy alarmetts still sound
performer(s): The Curiosity Cabinet Ensemble.

7:30 pm
venue: Gorey Educate Together Primary School , Gorey,  Ireland
composer: Vincent Kennedy
work: The Heart of Truth (premiere)
performer(s): Students of Gorey Educate Together School.

CMC New Music Marathon
10:30 am
venue: DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama , Dublin 6,  Ireland
composer: Alyson Barber
work: Grecian Swans (premiere)
performer(s): DIT Harp Ensemble.
note: CMC Events 2012.

Launch of CD Chalant-Memento Mori by Roger Doyle
6:00 pm
venue: Project Arts Centre , Dublin 2,  Ireland
composer: Roger Doyle
work: n/a
performer(s): Roger Doyle (kbd).
note: introduced by actress and writer Jeananne Crowley. Also launch of Éalú by Cormac Breatnach introduced by poet/writer Gabriel Rosenstock.

10 March 2012 (Saturday)
Concorde: Up Close with Music
2:00 pm
venue: CMC Platform for Performance Space , Dublin 8,  Ireland
composer: Elaine Agnew
work: hhmmmm (premiere)
composer: Brian Keegan
work: Poltergeist (premiere)
composer: Jane O’Leary
work: Awakening
composer: James Wilson
work: Donizetti Variations
performer(s): Concorde: Tine Verbeke (voice), Paul Roe (cl), David James (vc), Dermot Dunne (acc).

Concorde: Up Close with Music
3:00 pm
venue: CMC Platform for Performance Space , Dublin 8,  Ireland
composer: Elaine Agnew
work: Music Box
work: In the Adriatic
composer: Gráinne Mulvey
work: duo
performer(s): Concorde: Tine Verbeke (voice), Paul Roe (cl), David James (vc), Dermot Dunne (acc).

Concorde: Up Close with Music
4:00 pm
venue: CMC Platform for Performance Space , Dublin 8,  Ireland
composer: Elaine Agnew
work: hhmmmm
composer: Gráinne Mulvey
work: Sonic Study II: Clay
performer(s): Concorde: Tine Verbeke (voice), Paul Roe (cl), David James (vc), Dermot Dunne (acc).
note: Also works by Carter and Jacob ter Veldhuis.

11 March 2012 (Sunday)
8:00 pm
venue: Kunstkring , Ommen,  Netherlands
composer: Ian Wilson
work: Ondes ombragées
performer(s): Ties Mellema (sax).

Beyond the Shamrock: Music from Ireland
7:30 pm
venue: Manchester Cathedral , Manchester,  England
composer: Elaine Agnew
work: Strings A-stray
composer: John Kinsella
work: Symphony No. 9
composer: Ailís Ní Ríain
work: Streetsong
composer: Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin
work: Oileán/Island
performer(s): Ivernia Orchestra, conductor Sinéad Hayes.
note: As part of Manchester Irish Festival 2012.

SUNDAYS @ NOON CONCERT SERIES 2012
12:00 pm
venue: Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane , Dublin 1,  Ireland
composer: Stephen Gardner
work: Quiet (premiere)
composer: Christopher Norby
work: Other Stories
performer(s): Paul Roe (cl), Nuala Hayes (narrator).

7:30 pm
venue: St. Mary’s Boys National School , Rathfarnham,  Ireland
composer: Vincent Kennedy
work: Sunny Day in Fethard-on-Sea
performer(s): Rathfarnham Concert Band, Cantando Chamber Choir, conductor by Vincent Kennedy.

12 March 2012 (Monday)
9:00 pm
venue: Artget Gallery , Belgrade,  Serbia
composer: Ian Wilson
work: Cetiri kamena (premiere)
performer(s): Trio Kontrasti.
note: Premiere of version for vn, bcl, pf.

7:30 pm
venue: Cameron University Theatre USA
composer: Fergal Carroll
work: Blackwater
performer(s): Cameron University Concert Band, conductor Roy Couch.

8:00 pm
venue: Recital Hall, Birmingham Conservatoire , Birmingham,  England
composer: Seán Clancy
work: White Paintings (premiere)
performer(s): Toy Sound Circus, conductor Dan Watson.

13 March 2012 (Tuesday)
6:30 pm
venue: Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM) , Dublin 2,  Ireland
composer: Ian Wilson
work: Bewitched
performer(s): Deirdre Moynihan (voice), members of the ICO.

16 March 2012 (Friday)
International Saxophone Week
venue: Conservatorium van Amsterdam Netherlands
composer: Ian Wilson
work: Ondes ombragées
performer(s): Ties Mellema (sax).

7:00 pm
venue: Conservatoire J. Tomadini , Udine,  Italy
composer: John Buckley
work: les oiseaux revent dans les arbres
work: Sea Echoes
composer: Benjamin Dwyer
work: Crow
performer(s): William Dowdall (fl).
note: Also works by Telemann.

17 March 2012 (Saturday)
7:30 pm
venue: The Palladium , Carmel,  USA
composer: Fergal Carroll
work: Song of Lir
performer(s): Indiana Wind Symphony, conductor Charles Conrad

Native Music 2012: Symposium on Irish Modern Music
3:00 pm
venue: Beijing Central Conservatory of Music , Beijing,  China
composer:
work: n/a
note: Discussion on Irish Modern music in Ireland with Brian Bridges (compostion/computer music) and Enda Bates (Spatial Music).

The Harp - Old and New
3:00 pm
venue: National Museum of Ireland , Dublin 2,  Ireland
composer: Rachel Holstead
work: Air-drawn Curves
composer: T. C. Kelly
work: Interlude
performer(s): Anne-Marie O’Farrell (harp), Kylemore Harp Ensemble.
note: Also works by George Frideric Handel and Turlough O’Carolan.

18 March 2012 (Sunday)
Irish Modern Music Festival 2012
3:00 pm
venue: Beijing Central Conservatory of Music , Beijing,  China
composer: Enda Bates
work: The Bucks (premiere)
composer: Ciaran Hope
work: Solstice
performer(s): TIMi Modern Music Ensemble.
note: Also works by Demetrius Spaneas, Gianluca Delfino, Mary Sherman, Benoit Granier, Hugh O'Neil and Brian Bridges.

19 March 2012 (Monday)
8:00 pm
venue: Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts , Belgrade,  Serbia
composer: Ian Wilson
work: Cetiri kamena (premiere)
performer(s): Trio Kontrasti.
note: Premiere of version for vn, bcl, pf.

21 March 2012 (Wednesday)
NewSoundWorlds 2012
8:30 pm
venue: Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall , Dublin 2,  Ireland
composer:
work: n/a
performer(s): Hugo Ticciati (vn).
note: Works by John Adams, Toru Takemitsu, Béla Bartók, George Crumb, Esaias Järnegard, Witold Lutoslawski.

22 March 2012 (Thursday)
Performance Workshop: Khalwat
12:30 pm
venue: Music Department, University College Cork , Cork,  Ireland
composer: Ian Wilson
work: Khalwat (premiere)
performer(s): Carla Rees (fl), RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet.

23 March 2012 (Friday)
Sonorities Festival
venue: Crescent Arts Centre , Belfast ,  Northern Ireland
composer: Bernadette Comac
work: The Virtual Performer (premiere)
performer(s): Sarmen Almond (virtual performance).

Concert
8:00 pm
venue: Dundalk Institute of Technology , Dundalk,  Ireland
composer: Patrick Connolly
work: Beginning for the End (premiere)
performer(s): Fr. McNally Chamber Orchestra.

24 March 2012 (Saturday)
Sonorities Festival
venue: Crescent Arts Centre , Belfast ,  Northern Ireland
composer: Bernadette Comac
work: The Virtual Performer (premiere)
performer(s): Sarmen Almond (virtual performance).

11:30 am
venue: Ravens Wood School , Bromley BR2 8HP,  England
composer: Fergal Carroll
work: Jubilo
performer(s): Invicta Wind Orchestra, conductor Jeremy Cooper.

venue: Sala Silvestre Revueltas del Centro Cultural Ollin Yoliztli , Mexico City,  Mexico
composer: Donnacha Dennehy
work: Elastic Harmonic
composer: Aloys Fleischmann
work: An Cóitín Dearg
composer: Frederick May
work: Suite of Irish Airs
composer: Seán Ó Riada
work: Seoladh na nGamhan
composer: A. J. Potter
work: Fantasia Gaelach No. 1
performer(s): Greg Harrington (vn-solo), Orquesta Filarmonica de la Ciudad de México, conductor Robert Houlihan.

25 March 2012 (Sunday)
WCA Come the Sails
5:00 pm
venue: Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford , Waterford,  Ireland
composer: Ben Hanlon
work: Come the Sails (premiere)
composer: Marian Ingoldsby
work: Come the Sails (premiere)
composer: Eric Sweeney
work: Come the Sails (premiere)
performer(s): Waterford Choirs Association.
note: Collaborative work, also involving Greg Scanlon and Sue Furlong. Words by Michael Coady, Peter Sirr, Megan Nolan, Mark Roper and John Ennis.

26 March 2012 (Monday)
7:00 pm
venue: Orgelsaal Mozarteum Austria
composer: Rhona Clarke
work: Drift - Knot
performer(s): Hanno Winder (gui).

8:00 am
venue: St James Church , London,  England
composer: Ruaidhri Mannion
work: Pearly (premiere)
performer(s): Joseph Houston (pf).
note: Also a work by Debussy.

27 March 2012 (Tuesday)
1:00 pm
venue: Harty Room, Queen’s University , Belfast,  Northern Ireland
composer: Matthew Whiteside
work: Dichroic Light
performer(s): Chandra Chapman (vc), Matthew Whiteside (electronics).

28 March 2012 (Wednesday)
CMC new music::new Ireland Salon Series 2012
6:00 pm
venue: Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall , Dublin 2,  Ireland
composer: Simon Mawhinney
work: Flux
composer: Ryan Molloy
work: Sliabh Geal gCua (premiere)
performer(s): Simon Mawhinney (pf).
note: CMC Events 2012. Also a work by Eduard Zatriqi.

Petits Four
8:00 pm
venue: Calary Church , Co. Wicklow,  Ireland
composer: Michael Doherty
work: Petits Four (premiere)
performer(s): Herbert Cello Quartet:Ben Cashell (vc), Peggy Nolan (vc), Aoife Dennedy (vc) and Paul Grennan (vc).
note: Also works by Muse, Piazzolla and The Cinematic Orchestra (arr. Doherty).

29 March 2012 (Thursday)
Mozart by Moonlight
8:00 pm
venue: University Concert Hall , Limerick,  Ireland
composer: Elaine Agnew
work: Twilight
performer(s): Irish Chamber Orchestra, conductor Joana Carneiro.
note: Also works by Mozart and Schoenberg.

Petits Four
8:00 pm
venue: Block T Ireland
composer: Michael Doherty
work: Petits Four (premiere)
performer(s): Herbert Cello Quartet:Ben Cashell (vc), Peggy Nolan (vc), Aoife Dennedy (vc) and Paul Grennan (vc).
note: Also works by Muse, Piazzolla and The Cinematic Orchestra (arr. Doherty).

8:00 pm
venue: Kevin Barry Room, National Concert Hall , Dublin 2,  Ireland
composer: Ryan Molloy
work: Sliabh Geal gCua
performer(s): David Bremner (pf), Izumi Kimura (pf).

30 March 2012 (Friday)
Petits Four
8:00 pm
venue: Anaverna House , Dundalk,  Ireland
composer: Michael Doherty
work: Petits Four (premiere)
performer(s): Herbert Cello Quartet:Ben Cashell (vc), Peggy Nolan (vc), Aoife Dennedy (vc) and Paul Grennan (vc).
note: Also works by Muse, Piazzolla and The Cinematic Orchestra (arr. Doherty).

31 March 2012 (Saturday)
Petits
8:00 pm
venue: Droichead Arts Centre , Drogheda,  Ireland
composer: Michael Doherty
work: Petits Four (premiere)
performer(s): Herbert Cello Quartet:Ben Cashell (vc), Peggy Nolan (vc), Aoife Dennedy (vc) and Paul Grennan (vc).
note: Also works by Muse, Piazzolla and The Cinematic Orchestra (arr. Doherty).

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