The Goethe Zentrum will host a free concert evening of the Contemporary Music Centre of Ireland (http://www.cmc.ie).
Four Irish composers will present their work:
Ed Bennett – Gothic
Jennifer Walshe – Faster, Faster, Pussy Cat, Kill, Kill, Kill
Frank Lyons – TEASE
Simon Mawhinney – Batu
When? Wednesday , 5th november 2008, 18:30 o’clock
Where? Goethe-Institut, 37 Merrion Square, Dublin 2
About Ed Benett:
Ed Bennett is a composer working in the fields of notated, electronic and improvised music.
'Musical accidents, stark contrasts and the freshness of improvisation interest me. Striving for perfection leads me to boredom. I like to be surprised by music, staying on the outside of things and occasionally dipping in and taking what I need to try to create something new.'
Frank Lyons:
'I am preoccupied with the task of forging an incredibly diverse set of influences into a musical language that is identifiably my own. Jazz, rock, pop, avant-garde, minimalism: elements from all of these inform my style. I also want my music to convey a sense of fun, a quality that is too often lost in the oh-so-serious world of contemporary music.'
Jennifer Welsh:
'The sounds I am interested in include those that we hear all the time but are normally considered flawed or redundant: twigs snapping in a burning fire, paper tearing, breathing, instrumental sounds that aren’t considered ‘beautiful’ in standard terms. I think these sounds have their own beauty in the way that pebbles on a beach or graffiti can have.'
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