Entry is free and is open to all composers currently based in Ireland or holding Irish citizenship.
Competition entrants should write a piece of music for the violin and piano of between three and five minutes in duration. The work should not have been previously performed in public prior to its world premiére at the festival.
The competition is open to composers of all ages, including emerging composers, and entrants can only submit one work. Each entry received will be judged anonymously by an independent judging panel.
The winning composer s new work will be premièred at the West Wicklow Chamber Music Festival s Rising Star recital taking place on Saturday, May 29, and will be performed by Phoebe White on violin and Peter Regan on piano.
The line-up for this year s West Wicklow Festival has been announced with dates taking place in May, while details of events due to take place in November will be announced in Autumn.
Fiachra Garvey, Founder and Artistic Director, grew up as a pianist and farmer in Ballyknockan, West Wicklow, on the glistening Blessington Lakes. The festival is now in its fifth year and featured artists for 2021 include Sean Shibe (guitar), Rosanne Philippens and Zoltán Fejérvári (violin and piano), Quatuor Van Kuijk, Jamal Aliyev and Sam Armstrong (cello and piano), Trio Sitkovetsky, Rachel Kelly (mezzo-soprano), Fiachra Garvey (piano), Phoebe White and Peter Regan (violin and piano). The programme will also feature a new commission by composer Linda Buckley.
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Behold the Banjo Guzheng Pickin’ Girls, as goes the title of one the many joyous collaborations here, bringing together diverse traditional music from China’s marginalised communities and the clawhammer banjo style that began in west Africa before being claimed by the American south. In many tracks – such as the gorgeous Water Is Wide/Wusuli Boat Song, a weaving-together of a Scottish ballad with a Hezhe traditional – this record is a constant celebration of how music can help us explore common ground, and freshly discover it together.
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Advent with music by Irish composer Linda Buckley.
RTÉ in association with the Creative Ireland Programme is calling on Ireland to Shine Your light on Sunday, December 20 from 8.30pm to create an important, national moment of solidarity, on the eve of the 2020 winter solstice. Both RTÉ Radio and Television will mark this special moment with story, song and poetry.
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The Sussex County Library System (SCLS) is offering a wide variety of online events for all ages the week of December 14:
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Monday, December 14 at 11 a.m. – They Called Her “Honeybear.” Gail Just-Cornelius, the first female State Trooper in New Jersey. Meet Gutsy Gail and learn about her barrier-breaking career as the first and only woman in her unit.
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Monday, December 14 at 6 p.m. – Holiday BINGO with Santa. It’s picture-board BINGO with a holiday theme. For ages 3-8.
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Tuesday, December 15 at 2 p.m. – Career Transition Tips via Zoom. Julie Wyckoff, of Customer Career Solutions, shares tips on transitioning careers no matter the cause. Topics will include career research, self-assessments, resumes, and using LinkedIn.