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Stephen Graham reflects on the nature of musicology as a
discipline, particularly on its failure to gain a foothold in public debate,
and considers the state of musicology in Ireland ahead of the symposium on the
same subject at UCD on 4 April.
Cathy Jordan's new album, All the Way Home, is her first solo
project in a career of over twenty years. Paul O'Connor talks to her about how
it differs from her work with Dervish and the Unwanted.
First Period Performances
of St Matthew Passion in Ireland
The Irish Baroque Orchestra together with the choir Resurgam
will tour Bach's largest passion to Cavan, Galway and Kilkenny in April.
The director D?nal ? C?illeachair discusses his documentary
about the collaboration of Peadar ? Riada, Martin Hayes and Caoimh?n ?
Raghallaigh, which is to be broadcast next week on RT? One.
T?ada has added a sixth member to the band ahead of their
performance at the Ballydehob Irish Traditional Music Festival this weekend in
West Cork.
The Dublin-based music agency Music Network is looking for an
experienced arts management professional to be its new CEO.
The Hibernian Orchestra bring a programme of Russian music to
Dublin on 1 April.
The county Fleadh season is getting underway, and one of the
earliest to take place is the Carlow Fleadh which returns to Leighlinbridge
this weekend.
Johann Johannsson, Hauschka and Dustin O'Halloran, all on the
FatCat label, will travel to Ireland in May.
The? National Chamber Choir and Paul Hillier will
tour a programme of Irish and Irish-inspired music in April.
Fiddle player and composer Liz Carroll did an 'illustrated'
interview recently with the National Endowment for the Arts, and spoke at
length about her musical life in Chicago, the nature of traditional Irish
music, the culture of sessions, and the Kerry connection with her own tunes .
Grants of up to ?3,000 are available to musicians through the
Emerging Excellence Awards, which are administered by the Musicians Benevolent
Fund.
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