The Contemporary Music Centre presents Our Tunes – Immerse Yourself in Sound as part of the Dublin’s MusicTown festival.
This unique music event for children aged 6-10 is curated by cellist Adrian Mantu, Galway Music Residency/ RTÉ ConTempo Quartet.
Children will set out on a musical journey from listening to creating. Exploring music through the ages, they will be encouraged to discover and be intrigued by the eclectic cellist, the virtuoso pan pipes player, the mesmerising flute & singer duo, the happy violist and the skilled percussionist performing with water.
Renowned composer Karen Power will then lead them in a music composition workshop, which will allow them to experience different ways of constructing musical ideas from sound. Engaging them to listen and respond to sounds that can be made with everyday materials or organic instruments, Karen will encourage an alternative listening, responding and creative musical experience.
Our Tunes – Immerse Yourself in Sound will culminate in a collaborative celebration of sounds and musical ideas when the children perform on their organic instruments alongside the musicians, creating together a soundscape of music in a joint sound response that lies outside the realm of traditional melody-making.
Programme & Times
Taking place in the Contemporary Music Centre’s building at No. 19 Fishamble Street on Saturday, 8 April 2017
- 10.00am to 1.00pm for 6-8 year olds
- 2.00pm to 5.00pm for 8-10 year olds.
FRONT STEPS
WIND: Iulian Pusca (pan pipes)
A musical journey from Vivaldi to Bartok, from East Europe to South America
DOWNSTAIRS LOBBY
VOCAL DUO + CELLO: Miriam Kaczor (flute), Lorna Breen (voice), Adrian Mantu (cello)
Irish songs, Takemitsu solo flute piece, Handel Trio, John Buckley duet and a new work by composer Jane O’Leary
LIBRARY
DRUMS + GONGS: Alex Petcu Colan (percussion)
G.F. Handel: Water Music Hornpipe
Sam Barker: Sonnet No. 3 for solo vibraphone
Alex Petcu: Water Drumming
FRONT OFFICE
STRINGS: Andreea Banciu (viola), Adrian Mantu (cello)
Geminiani: Sonata No. 1
Jane O’Leary: No. 19 for solo viola
Sollima: Lamentatio for solo cello
Kummer: Sonata based on the theme from Handel’s Water Music
LIBRARY
SOUNDSCAPE PERFORMANCE: Led by Karen Power, composer and featuring an orchestra of Our Tunes particpants and musicans