2012 Performances
New Work for the British International Flute Convention, Manchester, 20th August 2012.
Quantitas Speaks performed by DuoDorT at Newcastle University, 20th April 2012.
New Work for Jeremy Huw Williams (baritone), the York Late Music Festival, 7th April 2012.
Streetsong Manchester Cathedral as part of Manchester Irish Festival 11th March 2012.
In Sleep… Ensemble 10:10, Epstein Theatre, Liverpool, 7th March 2012
Quantitas Speaks performed by DuoDorT, Newcastle University 7th February 2012.
Quantitas Speaks performed by DuoDorT at the Royal Festival Hall, London as part of Women of the World Festival 9th March 2012.
StreetSong broadcast on RTE Lyric FM radio ‘Blue of the Night’ 1 February and ‘Nova’ on 5th February 2012.
TAKEN, a site specific sound installation for Clitheroe Castle Keep in East Lancashire as part of Mid-Pennine Arts Contemporary Heritage Programme. Played daily from 18th June 2011 – 18 June 2012. Opening times 12 noon to 4pm during Winter months.
2011
Quantitas Speaks a new commission for pianvoglass for DuoDorT, Snape Maltings, Aldeburgh, UK, 3rd December 2011
DON’T!, performed by Concorde, at the Rubicon Gallery, Dublin, 2pm on 13th November 2011
Desolate Heaven, Everyman Playhouse Everyword Festival, Wed 16th November, Liverpool, 2011
Sawn-off Opera (private sharing), Opera North, Leeds, Friday 11th November 2011
The Man Made of Rain, Kevin Barry Room at The National Concert Hall of Ireland, 19th October 2011
Boy You Turn Me, music and text installation for Birmingham Book Festival, daily, 6-16th October, The Pavilions, Birmingham 2011
Brief-Blue-Electric-Bloom, 16th September 2011, Royal Northern College of Music as part of the Decibel Performing Arts Showcase, Manchester (showcase delegates only)
Flat-Footed-Former-Flyer (trombone solo) Performed by Jonathan Wettermark at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, 19th August 2011
Extracts from Brief-Blue-Electric-Bloom (Ailis Ni Riain, Voice), Tom McKinney (guitar), Hebden Bridge Arts Festival, 9th July 2011
Pulse Prelude I, female voices, guitar and harp. Premiered at What Counts at The Rag Factory London 26 June-3 July 2011
StreetSong, Sensorium Festival, Dublin, 12th March 2011
DOWN, as part of The Open West Exhibition, Cheltenham, UK 9 Feb – 5 March 2011
2010
Dancing Fears, Ludlow Assembly Rooms, 17th December 2010
Cease to Exist, Tate’s Nam June Paik Procession, Liverpool, 16th December 2010
Reinventions, Mostings Hus, Copenhagen, Denmark, 12th December 2010
End with Words of Hope, National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland 4th November 2010
Crevice Cradle Cracks, Odessa Club, Dublin, 3rd November 2010
Brief-Blue-Electric-Bloom, Anthony Burgess Foundation, 7th Oct 2010
Dogs in Waiting, The Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin 21st September 2010
DOWN, METAL, Edge Hill Train Station, Liverpool as part of Liverpool Biennial 15 Sept – 23 Oct 2010
Sawn-off Opera, 21 & 22 August at Riverside Studios, London as part of the Tete a Tete Opera Festival 2010
But Will You? at Dragon Fly Festival, near Gothenberg, Sweden 20-22 August 2010.
Beautiful Cracked Eyes, Adam Swayne (piano), Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London 15th July 7.30pm.
Conversations We Wished We’d Had, FutureEverything 12-23rd May at the Museum of Science and Industry in Manchester.
BEATEN, a play, performed at the Deutschestheater in Berlin, Germany from February – December 2010. Performed in German.
The Man Made of Rain and Beautiful Cracked Eyes, TTAATTOO on Sunday 21st March 2010 at Møstings Hus, Copenhagen.
In Sleep… Premiered by RLPO’s 10:10 Ensemble, Liverpool conducted by Clark Rundell with Lore Lixenberg (Soprano) on 19th February 2010.
CELL, a play, performed as part of RE:PLAY, Library Theatre, Manchester 28-30th Jan 2010.
BEATEN, a play, Goteborgs Stadsteater, Gothenburg, Sweden, 6th Nov 2009 to 23rd January 2010. Performed in Swedish.
TranSextreme (tape) Radio WCSB Cleveland, USA, 20th Jan 2010.
2009
2 Steep 4 Sheep (some hills are): Michael Quinn (harpsichord), Dublin Sound Lab New Music Festival, St Werburgh’s Church, Dublin, Saturday 28th November.
Sawn-Off Opera: RNCM New Music North West Festival presented Are Friends Electric?, 7pm on Thursday 26th November, Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama, Manchester University.
Sawn-Off Opera: RNCM New Music North West Festival presented The People with Complicated Shoes, 7pm on Weds 25th November, Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama, Manchester University.
Sawn-Off Opera: RNCM New Music North West Festival presented We Know We Got Soul, 7pm on Tues 24th November, Martin Harris Centre for Music and Drama, Manchester University.
Dogs in Waiting: performed by Bryan Quigley (double bass), Riverstone Hall, NUI Maynooth, Ireland, Thursday 22nd October.
Sawn-off Opera presents three new mini-operas by Ailis Ni Riain supported by Arts Council England: We Know We Got Soul; Are Friend’s Electric?; The People with Complicated Shoes. 6pm Friday 16th Oct 2009 at the Royal Exchange Theatre , central Manchester.
10,000 Deviants: RNCM New Music North West Festival presents 10,000 Deviants, words and music by Ailis Ni Riain, 5.15pm Fri 27th November, Lord Rhodes Room, Royal Northern College of Music, central Manchester
TILT, a play, The Cockpit Theatre, London, UK, 1930 on Friday 14th August 2009. Directed by Tom Latter.
TILT, a play, The Cockpit Theatre, London, UK, 1430 on Friday 14th August 2009. Directed by Tom Latter.
TILT, a play, The Cockpit Theatre, London, UK, 1930 on Thursday 13th August 2009. Directed by Tom Latter.
Cell, a play, Pure, Printworks, Manchester, UK, 1230 on Monday 20th July 2009. Directed by Paula Simms.
Cell, a play, Pure, Printworks, Manchester, UK, 1930 on Wednesday 22nd July 2009. Directed by Paula Simms.
Cell, a play, Pure, Printworks, Manchester, UK, 1800 on Friday 24th July 2009. Directed by Paula Simms.
Cell, a play, Pure, Printworks, Manchester, UK, 1930 on Saturday 25th July 2009. Directed by Paula Simms.
Cell, a play, Pure, Printworks, Manchester, UK, 1230 on Sunday 26th July 2009. Directed by Paula Simms.
Lighthouse Lullaby was presented as part of the Sonic Picnic Festival, Cumbria, 14th March 2009.
2 Steep 4 Sheep (some hills are) for amplified harpsichord and tape was performed by Richard Casey of Psappha on Saturday 12th February 2009 at The Great Hall, Lancaster University.
Lighthouse Lullaby a sound installation commissioned by fold, Maryport, Cumbria, 29-30th January 2009.
2008
Valley of Stone commission, for Rossendale Male Voice Choir and tape, Horse and Bamboo, Rossendale, Lancashire 5-20th December 2008.
2 Steep 4 Sheep (some hills are) performed by Psappha. St. Ann’s Church, Central Manchester, 12th November 2008.
DON’T! Carnegie Hall, New York, USA 17th October 2008.,/p>
BEATEN (also known as Tilt), a play, 8-20th September 2008 at the Granary Theatre, Cork City, Ireland.
StreetSong will be presented at FILE Electronic Language Festival Rio de Janeiro/Brazil, 4th-31st August 2008.
StreetSong will be presented at the Hebden Bridge Arts Festival, Yorkshire on 29th June and 13th July.
Brief-Blue-Electric-Bloom (extract) Maestrazgo, Northern Spain, 18th June 2008.
TranSextreme (tape) angelusnovus.net group Deep wIreless for New Adventures in Sound Art, Canada. 8th May 2008.
We Know We Got Soul (mini-opera) Radio Premiere on BBC Radio 3 ‘The Verb’ with Ian McMillan, 18th April 2008
StreetSong was presented at Lancaster University’s first Contemporary Music Festival on 1st March 2008. Ailis Ni Riain will also presented a talk on her artistic practice.
Beautiful Cracked Eyes commissioned by Adam Swayne with funds from Arts Council England for piano solo was premiered by Adam Swayne as part of the Park Lane Group Young Artists Series on 8th January 2008 at the Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London.
2007
brief-blue-electric-bloom, a performance installation in collaboration with HooH HaH Productions , a Greenroom Ready? commission supported by Arts Council England was premiered at Manchester’s Greenroom on 30th November at 6.30pm and 8.30pm featuring Tim Williams (percussionist)
We Know We Got Soul, a mini-opera in collaboration with writer David Gaffney, 22nd November, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. This is a private performance. Supported by Arts Council England.
UPTHEWALLS commissioned by SPNM/Serious for the London Jazz Festival will be performed on Sunday 25th November at the Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London by the arthurs.høiby.ritchie trio and will be recorded by BBC Radio 3 for future broadcast.
DON’T! (2000) for bass-clarinet and cello will be performed by Psappha at 5.45pm at St. Ann’s Church in central Manchester on 28th November.
But Will You? (tape) NewMediaFest2007, SoundLAB Edition V , under the theme of “soundSTORY – sound as a tool for storytelling” online presentation:
Surrealist Pilgrims performed by Alfia Nakipbekova at The Horse Hospital, London on 26th October with visuals by Chiara Ambrosio.
METRO:GNOME was played on RadioReverb at 12noon on 26th October 2007
Surrealist Pilgrims performed by Alfia Nakipbekova at The 8th INTERZONE Festival, 17th October 2007, Novi Sad, Serbia, with Chiara Ambrosio – visuals
Surrealist Pilgrims (2007) for cello and tape, a National Concert Hall of Ireland commission will be performed by cellist Kate Ellis at the Goethe Institute, Dublin on 27th September at 6.30pm as part of the Contemporary Music Centre of Ireland’s Salon Concert Series.
FWD (no subject), a trumpet solo, was performed on 10th August by Chris Dowding at The Space, Isle of Dogs, London
2 Steep 4 Sheep (some hills are…) Jane Chapman, amplified harpsichord and tape, BMIC Cutting Edge Tour, Corsham Festival, UK, 30th June 2007
But Will You? Broadcast on 1st, 3rd, 8th, 10th, 11th July on Manchester’s Cornerhouse http://artradio.fm and installed in Gallery 1 @ Cornerhouse, UK.
StreetSong Broadcast on SoundNetwork curated programme on ArtRadio 4th July 2000 http://artradio.fm
StreetSong DAW07 in Switzerland, 9th -14th July 2007
Into the Sea of Waking Dreams… Matthew McCright, Solo piano, York Late Music Festival, UK, 2nd June 2007
TranSextreme (2005) Toronto, Canada. 1-31st May 2007, Deep Wireless Festival radio salon installation at Process Gallery.
StreetSong @ Futuresonic Festival Friday 11th – Sunday 13th May 2007. Presented by Soundnetwork at The Victoria Baths, Manchester.
Tilt Tuesday 17th April – Saturday 21st April 2007, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, England.
Tilt Tuesday 24th – Saturday 28th April 2007, Granary Theatre, Cork City, Irish Republic.
Tilt Tuesday 1st – Saturday 5th May 2007, Citizen’s Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland.
The Falling (excerpt) Greek Radio ERT, The Third Radio Programme, 28th March 2007 with Sofia Kamayianni
2 Steep 4 Sheep (some hills are…) Broadcast on RTE Lyric FM NOVA by Bernard Clarke, Sunday 8th April 2007.
Into the Sea of Waking Dreams… PREMIERE 5 new miniatures for piano was premiered by Adam Swayne commissioned by The Living Composers Project at The Space, East London on 9th March 2007.
Composer’s Choice Ailis Ni Riain@ the National Concert Hall, Dublin, 5th March 2007 An evening of contemporary music curated by Ailis Ni Riain by invitation. The programme includes the following works by Ailis Ni Riain: Rogue Boar Shot Dead – Premiere, Attrition, FWD (no subject), The Last Time I Died, A Song for my Body, Surrealist Pilgrims – Premiere New National Concert Hall Commission.
StreetSong was presented as part of the International Women’s Electroacoustic Listening Room Project on 3rd March 2007 at California State Fullerton University as part of the 6th Annual Women in New Music Festival, USA.
10,000 Deviants – PREMIERE for amplified speaker, flute and piano premiered by Eleven New Music Ensemble with texts by Ailis Ni Riain Vortex Club, Dalston, London 24th January 2007.
2006
How Did it Feel? (Tape) playing throughout January 2007 on Elektramusic radio show for Experimental Music
2006
Wounds, Scars, Screams at Unsafe 2 Festival of Improvised and Experimental Music, Lighthouse, Poole, 11th November 2006
2 steep 4 sheep (some hills are) for amplified harpsichord and digital playback performed by Jane Chapman at Morley College, London on 28th October 2006. Blue-Eyed Dragon
2 steep 4 sheep (some hills are) for amplified harpsichord and digital playback premiered by Jane Chapman at Harpsichordfest, Manchester, 14th October 2006.
StreetSong Dublin Cultural Night 22nd September, Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin City, Ireland.
FIRST ABSOLUTE EXECUTION Frode Haltli (accordion) & Anna Klett (clarinet) Roskilde, Denmark, 24th August.
DON’T! broadcast on Nova, RTE Lyric FM (Ireland), August.
But Will You? at The Museum of Science and Industry, Futuresonic Music Festival, Manchester, UK, July.
StreetSong at ISCM World New Music Festival, Stuttgart, Germany as joint-first prize winner. Also at special audio stations at the ZKM Karlsruhe and the festival’s media center at the Theaterhaus Stuttgart, July.
StreetSong broadcast on the WebRadio of the Deutschen Gesellschaft für elektroakustische Musik (German Society for Electro-Acoustic Music) July.
StreetSong broadcast on Nova, RTE Lyric FM, June.
I am your Wounds as part of The International Women’s Electroacoustic Listening Room Project, BIMhuis in the Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam, Holland.
StreetSong Outdoor sound installation as part of Diversions Festival played throughout June at the Contemporary Music Centre railings, Dublin, Ireland, June.
I am your Wounds as part of the International Women’s Electroacoustic Listening Room at California State Fullerton University, USA, March.
Missing Persons Sound installation with texts and photographs @ Wellington Mill, Ancoats, Manchester, UK www.tilfeldigproductions.com
Previous performances
THE FALLING One hour, electroacoustic piece with harpist/actor. 24th-31st July (five performances) The Midland Hotel, 24:7 Theatre Festival, Manchester, July 2005.
THE FALLING Amy Liptrott (Harp/Actor), Ailis Ni Riain – (Director/Composer/Voice), Zion Arts Centre, Manchester, November 2004.
FWD (no subject) Thomas Osbourne, Trumpet, Huddersfield Festival of Contemporary Music Fringe, November 2004.
FWD (no subject) Thomas Osbourne, Trumpet, at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK, October, 2004.
flat-footed-former-flyer Richard Brown, Trombone, at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK, October 2004.
THE FALLING (Part 1) Amy Liptrott (Harp/Actor), BLUE 3, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, July 2004
THE FALLING Part one, Amy Liptrott, Bolton Little Theatre, Bolton, UK, June 2004.
FIRST ABSOLUTE EXECUTION Gareth Davis (bass-clarinet), Dermot Dunne (accordion) Rebecca Walter (dancer), Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, Dublin, June 2004.
Under the Rose… Concorde Ensemble, Newland Arts Centre, Sligo, Ireland, May, 2004
EXIT Studio Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 2004
I Remember Three Minute Warning @ The Green Room, Manchester, UK, March, 2004.
FIRST ABSOLUTE EXECUTION Bass-clarinet, Gareth Davis, Elsbeth Mosner, Accordian, Galway Arts Centre, February 2004.
Silently in Space… Dibley String Quartet & Glasses, Quartetfest, the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK, January 2004.
FWD (no subject) for Trumpet at Cantiere Internationale D’arte Di Montepulciano, Italy, July 2003.
UP! Trombone quartet by Bones Apart at Women in Brass Festival Illinois, USA, June 2003.
Spurious Balancing Vocal-triUKo (Text by composer) by Les Jeunes Solistes, Acanthes, Avignon, France, July 2003.
EXIT 45 mins, music-theatre piece, 6 singers, 8 piece ensemble, pre-recorded sound and visuals. Produced, directed, composed and written by Ailis Ni Riain. March 2003.
Dogs in Waiting, Matt Baker (double-bass), Royal Northern College of Music, UK 2003
FWD (no subject) Thomas Osbourne, Trumpet, Cantiere Internationale D’arte Montepulciano music festival, Italy, 2003.
I Remember, Lord Rhodes Room, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK, 2003
The Last Time I Died (offered you my breath, gave you my pulse) Lord Rhodes Room, Royal Northern College of Music, 2002
flat-footed-former-flyer, Brett Baker, The Great Hall, Leeds University, 2002
The Dead Live RNCM New Music Ensemble conducted by James MacMillan, UK. March.
Rude Boy, Adam Swayne (piano), Lord Rhodes Room, Royal Northern College of Music, UK, 2002
I Remember, Minesh Patel (vibraphone), Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh,UK,2002
The Last Time I Died (offered you my breath, gave you my pulse) Black Hair Ensemble, Workshop Performance, York University, 2002
Possibility? Phoenix Saxophone Quartet, Lord Rhodes Room, Royal Northern College of Music, 2001
Rude Boy, Adam Swayne, Studio Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, 2003
METRO:GNOME Der Ereprijs Ensemble, Apeldoorn, Holland, 2001
The Man Made of Rain, Ruth Hickey (clarinet), Dearbhla Collins (piano)broadcast on RTE Lyric FM ‘Horizons’, 2001
Never? Guitar duo, Jesper Mehmet, Tom McKinney, Royal Northern College of Music, 2001
DON’T! Paul Roe (clarinet) and David James (cello) – Concorde -, Chicago, USA, 2001
The Man Made of Rain, BMIC, London New Wind Festival, London, UK, 2001
DON’T! Harry Sparnaay (bass-clarinet), David James (cello), Dun Laoghaire, Ireland, 2001
Under The Rose… Concorde Ensemble, St Patricks College, Carlow, Ireland, 2001
DON’T! Harry Sparnaay (bass-clarinet), David James (cello), Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland, 2001
Under the Rose… Concorde Ensemble, Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland. 2001
Under the Rose… Concorde Ensemble, Musica In Irpinia Festival, Museo Irpino, Italy, 2000
Under the Rose… Concorde Ensemble, The Shaw Room, The National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, 2000
Under the Rose… Concorde Ensemble, Progetta Musica, Accademia di Ungheria, Rome, Italy, 2000
The Man Made of Rain, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK, 2001
Dogs in Waiting, Barry Guy (Double Bass), First Prize Mostly Modern Composition Competition, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, 1999
The Man Made of Rain, Ruth Hickey (clarinet), Dearbhla Collins (piano), Prizewinners Concert, RTE Composer of the Future Competition, RTE Network Two Television and RTE Lyric FM Radio Live Broadcast, 1999
The Man Made of Rain, Ruth Hickey (clarinet), Dearbhla Collins (piano), Prizewinners Concert, RTE Composer of the Future Competition, National Concert Hall, Dublin, 1999
The Man Made of Rain, Ruth Hickey (clarinet), Dearbhla Collins (piano), First-Prize, Finals RTE Composer of the Future Competition, John Field Room, National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland, 1999
The Man Made of Rain, Roger Heaton (clarinet), Steven Pruslin (piano), York De Grey Rooms, York Late Music Festival, UK, 1999
Dogs in Waiting, Barry Guy (Double Bass), Broadcast on Horizons RTE Lyric FM, 1999
A Song for My Body, Cornelius Cardew Ensemble, York De Grey Rooms, De Grey Rooms, York, UK, 1998
In-Dependence, Black Hair Ensemble, De Grey Rooms, York Late Music Festival, UK, 1998
Orizzontale, Concorde Ensemble, RTE Composer of the Future Finals, the John Field Room, National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland, 1998
Orizzontale, Ailis Ni Riain (piano), Marc Dooley (clarinet), Laura Moody (cello), Bryan Postlewaite (percussion), Elizabeth Siddons (violin) York Arts Centre, York Late Music Festival, UK, 1997
Mercury, Ailis Ni Riain (piano) & Nicky Haire (violin), Jack Lyons Concert hall, York University, UK, 1997
Child of Our Time & This Moment, Katie Mahon (Voice), York Arts Centre, York Late Music Festival, 1997
Child of Our Time, Emily Coates (Voice), Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, 1996
Child of Our Time, Emily Coates (Voice), Aula Maxima, University Cork, Ireland, 1996
More Smile Than Substance, Elizabeth Cooney (violin), Granary Theatre, Cork, 1996
The Falling (Choral Work), Alice Singers, Cork City Hall, 1995
The Falling (Choral Work) Alice Singers, First Prize, Capriccio Composition Competition, Aula Maxima, University College Cork, 1995
The Z Suite, Ailis Ni Riain (piano), UCC Music Society Annual Revue Concert, Aula Maxima, University College Cork, Ireland, 1994 and 1995
The Z Suite, Ailis Ni Riain (piano), UCC Music Dept. Open Day at Aula Maxima, University College Cork, Ireland, 1994
Xerophyte, Ailis Ni Riain (piano), Vincent Condon (Clarinet), Cillian Ni Dhonnabhain (Oboe), Michael Sexton (Bassoon), Maeve-Ann O Brien (Flute), Aula Maxima, University College Cork and Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland, 1994
Child of our Time, Dorothy Dorow (Voice), John O Kane (Cello), Ennis Composition Summer School, Co. Claire, Ireland, 1994
Down the Rabbit Hole, Aula Maxima, University College Cork, Ailis Ni Riain (piano), Maeve-Ann O Brien (Flute), Eric Cunningham (Bodhran) 1994, The Royal Music Association Annual Conference Concert, O Riada Room, University College Cork, 1994
Down the Rabbit Hole, Aula Maxima, University College Cork, Ailis Ni Riain (piano), Maeve-Ann O Brien (Flute), Eric Cunningham (Bodhran) 1994, Triskel Arts Centre, 1994.
Down the Rabbit Hole, Aula Maxima, University College Cork, Ailis Ni Riain (piano), Maeve-Ann O Brien (Flute), Eric Cunningham (Bodhran) 1994. Winner First Prize, Capriccio Composition Competition.