September/October 2008

Editorial: 800,000 Children
Toner Quinn
1 September 2008
Improvements in music education are down to political will
Stargazers
Benedict Schlepper-Connolly
1 September 2008
Benedict Schlepper-Connolly gives an insider’s view of the Irish Composers’ Collective.
Q&A: Cora Venus Lunny
The Journal Of Music
1 September 2008
JMI talks to violinist and violist Cora Venus Lunny.
The Small Back Room
Ciaran Carson
1 September 2008
Ciaran Carson on the ideal space for playing traditional music.
Togetherness
Kevin Stevens
1 September 2008
Kevin Stevens meets two new collectives in the Irish jazz scene.
Northword: Here Be Monsters
Peter Rosser
1 September 2008
Peter Rosser looks at a new model for music production hatching in Northern Ireland.
Tochas Usher Nó Ceol Araibíse Mhuintir Elsafty?
Breandán Ó hEaghra
1 September 2008
Is Irish-language song in a western pop music ghetto? It needs a much broader musical context, writes Breandán Ó hEaghra
All Collisions End in Static: the Music of Linda Buckley
Bob Gilmore
1 September 2008
Bob Gilmore interviews leading young composer Linda Buckley who divides her time between Berlin and Dublin.
Short-circuiting the Soloist?
Toner Quinn
1 September 2008
In a new series of columns, Toner Quinn looks at contemporary issues in traditional music.
New Work Notes: Critical Mass
John McLachlan
1 September 2008
John McLachlan asks if we have what it takes to develop a thriving contemporary music scene.