A new CD featuring my 2007 piece StreetSong will be launched on 7th December at the Contemporary Music Centre of Ireland. StreetSong was commissioned by the Contemporary Music Centre of Ireland in 2007 to celebrate their 20th anniversary and was installed for one month in the ‘old city’ area of Temple Bar, Dublin. It went on [...]
Yearly Archives: 2011
Residency with DuoDorT at Aldeburgh Music
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
In November 2011 Ailís took part in a Residency at Aldeburgh Music with piano duo DuoDorT where she developed a new work for two pianos, voices, text and wine glasses based on an artwork by Manchester based Zeke Clough. Quantitas Speaks will be premiered by DuoDorT in 2012.
Lighthouse Lullaby at Cardew Festival, London
Sunday, November 27, 2011
Lighthouse Lullaby, a sound installation for Maryport Lighthouse in West Coast Cumbria is presented as part of the 2011 Engine Room Festival in London until 15th December 2011. Lighthouse Lullaby was featured on BBC Radio 4′s The Today Programme. Listen here and watch on Channel 4′s Big Art Project website.
DON’T! Performed by Concorde in Dublin
Sunday, November 27, 2011
DON’T! – a duet for Bass Clarinet and Cello was performed at the Rubicon Gallery, Dublin on 13th November by the Irish contemporary music ensemble Concorde – Martin Johnson and Paul Roe.
Desolate Heaven at Everyword, Liverpool
Thursday, November 17, 2011
Desolate Heaven was presented as part of the Liverpool Everyman and Playhouses’ Everyword Festival at Liverpool Playhouse on Wednesday 16th November. With Bríd Brennan, Laura Pyper and Lisa Hogg. Directed by Tessa Walker.
Sawn-off Opera at Opera North
Sunday, November 13, 2011
Sawn-off Opera developed three new mini-operas by Ailís Ní Ríain with libretto by David Gaffney as part of a residency at Opera North in Leeds from 7-12 November 2011 supported by Arts Council England, the RVW Trust and Opera North.
The Man Made of Rain at the National Concert Hall, Ireland
Wednesday, October 19, 2011
‘The Man Made of Rain’ was performed at The National Concert Hall in Dublin on Wednesday 19th October by Lithuanian based musicians Jose Kotar & Luca Ferrini. Based on the book-length poem by Brendan Kennelly, I recited his poetry within the piece. Contemporary Music Centre Salon Series at The National Concert Hall of Ireland
‘Boy You Turn Me’ launched at Birmingham Book Festival
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Boy You Turn Me is a specially commissioned sound installation for Birmingham Book Festival 2011 (6-16th October) by composer Ailís Ní Ríain and writer David Gaffney. Situated in an empty shop in the Pavilions shopping centre it uses a unique structure of an inner and outer layer of sound, the two layers of music and [...]
Ailís awarded Research Residency
Sunday, September 25, 2011
AND in partnership with DaDa – Disability and Deaf Arts are developing an innovative artists’ online residency programme. This residency offers a unique opportunity for a disabled or D/deaf artist to work alongside a technologist to develop an online / web based art project or area of research. The aim of the residency is to [...]
Brief-Blue-Electric-Bloom presented at Decibel Showcase
Sunday, September 25, 2011
Brief-Blue-Electric-Bloom was presented at Arts Council England’s Decibel Showcase in Manchester on September 16th. It is a unique piece of music-theatre that combines interpretive sign-language, poetry, contemporary classical music and film, where each element fuses seamlessly to tell of how love breaks down. It explores Ailis’ hearing impairment and is a provocative piece which challenges [...]