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Womex is the most important international professional market of world music of every kind and this year’s Expo will take place from October 27th – 31st in Copenhagen, Denmark. Run by the Berlin based Womad organisation, this annual event is one of the biggest showcases for talent on the European World and Folk music circuit, strangely over the past ten years Irish agents and acts have not taken the opportunity to showcase our music at WOMEX.
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Chris’s new CD will be officially released and available in the shops from November 1st. Still Getting Away with It is a musical autobiography - the front cover features Chris as a five-year-old playing the guitar in his grandmother’s garden! and a perfect showcase for his extraordinary skills as guitarist, mandolinist, composer and arranger.
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A new Geantraí series came back to TG4 in September. Geantraí is a traditional music series that has been a part of the TG4 schedule since the stations inception and is very popular with traditional music followers nationwide. The Geantraí series reflects the very special atmosphere of the pub session and programmes feature the best of regional traditional music from the traditional music pub scene right around the country.
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Music Network is calling for applications for a range of supports being offered to support the career development of musicians. Application deadlines are approaching for the following professional development training courses and funding schemes.
NUI Galway has recently announced the 2010/2011 ‘Arts in Action’ Programme, which invites students to engage with the creative arts during their studies. Aimed at students across the campus, ‘Arts in Action’ offers access to a variety of international-standard arts events throughout the academic year. New additions and highlights this year include an exhibition from the Architectural Association of Ireland, an NUIGalway/ Telegael digital media exhibition and a contemporary opera from the Italian ensemble Gatto Marte.
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Music has been performed in oral tradition in Ireland now for some ten-thousand years, but it was 1724 before the first notated collection of Irish music appeared. Consisting of forty-nine tunes and far older than any surviving manuscript collection, “A Collection of the Most Celebrated Irish Tunes Proper for the Violin, German Flute or Hautboy” was published that year in the yard of Christ Church Cathedral in central Dublin by the musical-instrument makers John and William Neal, a father and son of obscure origins who dominated the Dublin music trade in the first half of the eighteenth century.
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The 12th Return to Camden Town Festival will take place over the final two weekends of October 2010. Once again, Return to Camden celebrates the
finest traditional Irish music, song and dance - with artists from Ireland,the US and around the UK.
This year sees a new format for the Festival, with music and song events concentrated over one long weekend and dance events over the following
weekend. Festival dates are:
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THE FESTIVAL THAT’S EASY ON YOUR POCKET BUT WILL BLOW YOUR MIND!
SLIGO LIVE SESSIONS 2010
· OVER 100 PERFORMANCES
· OVER 300 PERFORMERS
· OVER 5 DAYS
· OVER 80% FREE
· ALL INDOORS
· NO WELLINGTONS REQUIRED!
Weekend Tickets to All Events - €75.00
Thursday 21st to Monday 25th October 2010
TICKETS ON SALE NOW
SLIGO is getting ready to welcome an array of International artists and thousands of dedicated fans to Sligo Live Sessions this October Bank Holiday Weekend. Sligo Live Sessions will take place from Thursday, 21st – Monday, 25th October 2010.
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The Irish Music Rights Organisation (IMRO) and Irish Association of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (IASCA) in association with some of Ireland’s top music magazines - Irish Music Magazine, State and Hot Press - will be hosting an evening of public interviews and live performances in Copyright House this Friday 24th September from 6:30pm onwards to celebrate this year’s Culture Night.
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March 2nd – 6th 2011
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Follow The Gathering Festival On Facebook
The Gathering Traditional Festival this week embraced the world of social networking by joining the international online phenomenon Facebook.
Fans of The Gathering Festival on Facebook will be treated to competitions, up-to-the-minute announcements and pictures from the festival. To become a fan of The Gathering on Facebook simply follow the link on www.thegathering.ie
The 2011 Gathering Traditional Festival takes place at The Gleneagle Hotel, Killarney from March 2nd to 6th. The stellar line-up of concerts already confirmed for 2011 include performances by De Danann, Shaskeen, Fidil, The Glacken Brothers, Noel Hill & Tony Linnane, Guidewires, John Carty & Brian Rooney, John & Pip Murphy and many more.
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