The Contemporary Music Centre, in association with the International Association of Music Information Centres (IAMIC) presents The Listening Crowd, an international conference exploring new music and audiences at NUI Galway. 

The Listening Crowd is a conference examining why we listen, who is listening and how audiences are engaging across genres and around the world. The conference is for anyone who is immersed in music: as an audience member, composer/creator, performer, programmer, lecturer/musicologist,  promoter, broadcaster, and those who connect through music. 

Featuring a host of international and national speakers and panelists, The Listening Crowd aims to stimulate discussion and debate around the relationship between new music and audiences, and will feature a full conference programme of presentations and panel discussions followed by a live Music Trail on the NUI Galway campus featuring works by renowned Irish composers Ed Bennett, Deirdre McKay, Dave Flynn and Jane O’Leary.  

Speakers and panelists include:

Delegate fee (includes hot lunch): €50; students/OAPs €40. 

For more information visit: www.cmc.ie/the-listening-crowd 

The Contemporary Music Centre acknowledges the support of The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon, the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, NUI Galway, Galway City Council, the Galway Music Residency, Creative Europe Desk Ireland, Culture Ireland, RTÉ lyric fm, IMRO and Fáilte Ireland in making this conference possible.