Traditional | Composed | Improvised
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Gig Guide
Classical/Early Music
14.4.08 Dots & Loops: 
Michael Seaver (clarinets, saxophones); Johnson, Sweeney, Siegel, Glass, 
Bryars, Reich; Stack Theatre, Cork School of Music, Union Quay, Co. Cork; 
8:00pm
14.4.08 Sam Rotman 
(piano); Scarlatti, Mozart, Debussy, Chopin & Bartok; Kingsley Hotel, 
Victoria Cross, Cork, Co. Cork; 8:00pm
15.4.08 Sam Rotman (piano); 
Scarlatti, Mozart, Debussy, Chopin & Bartok; Mall Arts Centre, Youghal, Co. 
Cork; 8:00pm
16.4.08 RTÉ 
Concert Orchestra, David Brophy (cond.), Sophie Cashell (piano); 
Glinka, Strauss, Mendelssohn, Shostakovich; RDS, Ballsbridge, Dublin 4; 
8:00pm
16.4.08 Margaret 
Burke Sheridan Memorial Concert: Liz Ryan (soprano); Linenhall Arts Centre, 
Castlebar, Co. Mayo; 8:00pm
18.4.08 RTÉ National Symphony 
Orchestra; Berlioz, Mozart, Puccini, Respighi; National Concert Hall, 
Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2; 8:00pm
19.4.08 Aoife Nic Athlaoich 
(cello) & Clíodna Shanahan (piano); Debussy, Messiaen, Beethoven, 
Raymond Deane; Christ Church, Waterford, Co. Waterford; 8:00pm; 15/12
20.4.08 Ballet Extravaganza 
2008; Cork Opera House, Emmet Place, Cork, Co. Cork; 8:00pm; €27/25
Contemporary/Experimental
15.4.08 Hunting 
Gathering: Smith Quartet & Gerard McChrystal; Corea, Ravel, Volans, Ó 
Súilleabháin, Farrell, Caffrey, Debussy, Dennehy, Nyman ; Coach House, Dublin 
Castle, Dublin 2; 8:00pm (www.musicnetwork.ie)
16.4.08 Hunting Gathering: Smith 
Quartet & Gerard McChrystal; Corea, Ravel, Volans, Ó Súilleabháin, 
Farrell, Caffrey, Debussy, Dennehy, Nyman ; Sonic Arts Research Centre, Queen's 
University, Belfast, Co. Antrim; 8:00pm (www.musicnetwork.ie)
17.4.08 Michael Finnissy 
(piano); Harty Room, Queens University, Belfast, Co. Antrim; 1:00pm
17.4.08 Hunting Gathering: Smith 
Quartet & Gerard McChrystal; Corea, Ravel, Volans, Ó Súilleabháin, 
Farrell, Caffrey, Debussy, Dennehy, Nyman ; Strule Arts Centre, Omagh, Co. 
Tyrone; 8:00pm (www.musicnetwork.ie)
18.4.08 Hunting Gathering: Smith 
Quartet & Gerard McChrystal; Corea, Ravel, Volans, Ó Súilleabháin, 
Farrell, Caffrey, Debussy, Dennehy, Nyman ; Down Arts Centre, Downpatrick, Co. 
Down; 8:00pm (www.musicnetwork.ie)
19.4.08 Hunting Gathering: Smith 
Quartet & Gerard McChrystal; Corea, Ravel, Volans, Ó Súilleabháin, 
Farrell, Caffrey, Debussy, Dennehy, Nyman ; Flowerfield Arts Centre, 185 
Coleraine Road, Portstewart, Co. Derry; 8:00pm (www.musicnetwork.ie)
20.4.08 Sundays at Noon: Seoirse 
Bodley's Song Cycles ; Sylvia O'Brien (soprano), Seoirse Bodley 
(piano); Hugh Lane Gallery, Parnell Square, Dublin 1; 12:00pm
Electronic
Fridays Electric 
Underground; Liquid Lounge, Marlborough Street, Co. Cork; 8:30pm (www.myspace.com/elecunderground)
19.4.08 Alabama 3; The Button 
Factory, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2; 7:30pm; €35
Jazz/Improvised
Thursdays Isotope; 
Richie Buckley (saxophone), Hugh Buckley (guitar), Myles 
Drennan (piano), Damian Evans (bass), Shane O'Donovann 
(drums); JJ Smyth's, 12 Aungier Street, Dublin 2; 9:00pm (www.hughbuckley.com)
Sundays Dublin City Jazz 
Orchestra; 4 Dame Lane, Dublin 2; 6:00pm
Tuesdays Jack Of Diamond 
Session; Voodoo Lounge, 39-40 Arran Quay, Smithfield, Dublin 1; 8:00pm
Sundays Sam Kavanagh Jazz 
Ensemble; Mulligan's, 86 Sandymount Road, Sandymount, Dublin 4; 5:00pm (www.myspace.com/samkavanaghmusic)
Thursdays Café Gitane; Bill 
Stewart (violin) & Karl Burthom (guitar); Tobergal Lane Café, 
Tobergal Lane, Sligo, Co. Sligo; 7:00pm
Saturdays Café Gitane; Bill 
Stewart (violin) & Karl Burthom (guitar); Tobergal Lane Café, 
Tobergal Lane, Sligo, Co. Sligo; 7:00pm
Sundays Ellamental; Clarence 
Hotel, Wine Street, Sligo, Co. Sligo; 5:00pm - 7:00pm
14.4.08 Brad Shepik Trio; 
Crawdaddy, Harcourt Street, Dublin 2; 7:30pm
14.4.08 Louis Stewart & Myles 
Drennan; JJ Smyth's, 12 Aungier Street, Dublin 2; 9:00pm
18.4.08 Miles David Electric 
Tribute: Paul Williamson (Trumpet), Michael Buckley (Sax), Tommy 
Halferty (Guitar), Justin Carroll (Fender Rhodes), Ronan Guilfoyle 
(Electric Bass) & Sean Carpio (Drums); JJ Smyth's, 12 Aungier 
Street, Dublin 2; 9:00pm
20.4.08 Pendulum: Carroll and 
Rigby Quartet; JJ Smyth's, 12 Aungier Street, Dublin 2; 9:00pm
Rock/Pop
18.4.08 Sharon Jones 
& The Dapkings; The Button Factory, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2; 
7:30pm; €19.50
18.4.08 The 
Jimmy Cake; The Button Factory, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2; 7:30pm; 
€15
19.4.08 Maria Doyle 
Kennedy; Half Moon Theatre, Emmet Place, Co. Cork; 9:00pm; €20
19.4.08 Maria Doyle Kennedy; 
Half Moon Theatre, Emmet Place, Co. Cork; 9:30pm; €20
20.4.08 Divokej Bill; The 
Button Factory, Curved Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2; 7:30pm; €30
20.4.08 Dr. Hook’d and the 
Medicine Band; Pavilion Theatre, Dun Laoghaire, Co. Dublin; 8:00pm
Seminars/Courses
14.4.08 Bealtaine 2008: 
Making Music, Striking Sounds; Kevin O'Connell; Contemporary Music Centre, 
19 Fishamble Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 8; 11:00am (www.cmc.ie)
14.4.08 Maggie from Mayo: 
Biographer Anne Chambers dicusses the life of Margaret Burke Sheridan; 
Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo; 8:00pm
16.4.08 Michael Finnissy: The 
Origins and Persistence of New Complexity; McMordie Hall, School of Music, 
Queens University, Belfast, Co. Antrim; 1:00pm
Traditional Music Sessions
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Traditional/Folk
World/Blues
Thursdays Lee Delta Blues 
Club; The Corner House, Coburg Street, Cork, Co. Cork; 9:00pm (www.leedeltablues.com)
Fridays Cuban Orishas; 
Floridita, Irish Life Mall, Dublin 1; 9:30pm
Saturdays Cuban Orishas; 
Floridita, Irish Life Mall, Dublin 1; 9:30pm
Tuesdays Irish Blues Club; JJ 
Smyth's, 12 Aungier Street, Dublin 2; 9:00pm (www.irishblues.com)
14.4.08 Spanish Harlem 
Orchestra; Cork Opera House, Emmet Place, Cork, Co. Cork; 8:00pm; 
€35/25
16.4.08 Preston Reed 
(guitar); Cork Opera House, Emmet Place, Cork, Co. Cork; 7:30pm; €25 (tinyurl.com/223pal)
19.4.08 Nigel Mooney 
(guitar); JJ Smyth's, 12 Aungier Street, Dublin 2; 9:00pm; €10 (www.nigelmooney.com)
19.4.08 The Beatlesons; The 
Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon, Co. Leitrim; 8:30pm; €15.00
19.4.08 Preston Reed; Barry's 
Public House, Grange, Co. Sligo; 9:30pm
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Bulletin
1) Win Tickets to Percussion Festival
Ergodos, in association with JMI, is giving away 6 tickets to the evening performances of 'but what about the noise of crumpling paper...', a festival of percussion music taking place at Liberty Hall on 26 April. For more information visit www.ergodos.ie. To win tickets, email competition_at_ergodos_dot_ie]
2) Dublin Handel Festival
The Dublin Handel Festival is in full swing this week, with a number of concerts, talks and walking tours. Tickets to all events are free. Visit www.templebar.ie
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