July/August 2006

Live Reviews: Fergus Johnston's 'Brahms Begins the Day'

Live Reviews: Fergus Johnston's 'Brahms Begins the Day'

Fergus Johnston's 'Brahms Begins the Day'World premiere Brahmsfest, NSO, Baiba Skride (violin), Gerhard Markson (cond.), NCH, Dublin, 28 April 2006Fergus Johnston’s Brahms begins the day is sculpted from unlikely clay: the m

Published on 1 July 2006

Benedict Schlepper-Connolly is a composer and a director of Ergodos, a production company and record label. schlepperconnolly.com

Piping Aces

Piping Aces

Piping Aces

Na Píobairí Uilleann's 39th Anual Tionól, which took place in Dublin.

Published on 1 July 2006

Toner Quinn is Editor of the Journal of Music. His new book, What Ireland Can Teach the World About Music, is available here. Toner will be giving a lecture exploring some of the ideas in the book on Saturday 11 May 2024 at 3pm at Farmleigh House in Dublin. For booking, visit https://bit.ly/3x2yCL8.

Recent Publications: Listings from the Contemporary Music Centre

Recent Publications: Listings from the Contemporary Music Centre

Continued from JMI May-June 2006NEW WORKS RECEIVEDBall, Derek, A Braided Stream [2006], cl pf; A Braided Stream [2006], cl va pf; Tarantula Hell [2006], A-solo, cl pf vn vc db; Photos of Max [2006], va pf.Bennett, Ed, Ausland [2005], 3222 4

Published on 1 July 2006

Recent Publications: Listings from the Irish Traditional Music Archive

Recent Publications: Listings from the Irish Traditional Music Archive

Listings from the Irish Traditional Music ArchiveContinued from JMI May-June 2006CDs PUBLISHED 2005/2006Adams, Dougal, & Ormonde Waters, flute & concertina, The Good Ear, Adams & Waters CDAW01, 2005.

Published on 1 July 2006

Live Reviews: Garry Walsh, Máire Breathnach, Dave Hennessy & Donal Clancy

Live Reviews: Garry Walsh, Máire Breathnach, Dave Hennessy & Donal Clancy

Garry Walsh, Máire Breathnach, Dave Hennessy & Donal ClancyMusic Network Tour, Briery Gap, Macroom21 May 2006The traditional music repertoire consists of many parts.

Published on 1 July 2006

Pat Ahern is a musician and producer. He lectures in mathematics at Cork Institute of Technology.

Live Reviews: Si Schroeder and Boxes

Live Reviews: Si Schroeder and Boxes

Si Schroeder and BoxesCrawDaddy, Dublin11 May 2006It’s been something of a running joke in Dublin’s music underground that Simon Kenny, who’s been the one constant in the Schroeder family of bands (Schroeder’s Cat, Schroedersound and...

Published on 1 July 2006

Paul Watts is a DJ, promoter and radio host. He lectures in theoretical physics at UCD.

‘Ag Tarraingt as an Dúchas’

‘Ag Tarraingt as an Dúchas’

Micheál Ó Conghaile agus Cló Iar-Chonnachta.

Published on 1 July 2006

Ciarán Ó Con Cheanainn (1981–2009) was a traditional singer from Saile Thúna, An Spidéal, in the Conamara Gaeltacht. He won Corn Uí Riada, the premier prize for sean-nós singing, at the Oireachtas in November 2008, the youngest ever singer to do so. He lectured in Modern Irish in UCD.

Music at hi-res

Music at hi-res

Notes from the Heart by Mick, Louise & Michelle Mulcahy and Buílle by Niall and Caoimhín Vallely and Paul Meehan.

Published on 1 July 2006

Terry Moylan is a researcher and archivist with Na Píobairí Uilleann. He is the author of The Age of Revolution in the Irish Song Tradition 1776-1815.

Editorial: A Young Man's Vision

Editorial: A Young Man's Vision

It is possible that, over the past five years or so of JMI, Seán Ó Riada has received more mentions in the magazine than any other Irish musical figure.

Published on 1 July 2006

Toner Quinn is Editor of the Journal of Music. His new book, What Ireland Can Teach the World About Music, is available here. Toner will be giving a lecture exploring some of the ideas in the book on Saturday 11 May 2024 at 3pm at Farmleigh House in Dublin. For booking, visit https://bit.ly/3x2yCL8.