Irish Composers Collective & Tonnta present a brand new festival of collaborative arts for Dublin city - in association with Smock Alley Theatre

Irish Composers Collective [ICC] and Tonnta in new co-production come together to for the first time to create a four-part concert series which premieres 20 new works by emerging Irish composers, pairing visual interpretations of dance, animation, projection, and simply, the physical body in space. Collaborative Arts is what it’s all about for 2016 and these must see, must experience, specially commissioned concert events run over the course of four separate months from Spring to Summer, at Smock Alley Theatre, March 14 [and running once again each month in April, June and July]. 

Irish Composers Collective [ICC], platforms the professional development of emerging composers and Tonnta, who have been creating new waves in vocal performance, are specialists in innovative interdisciplinary events - both very much having their finger on the veritable pulse, aim to show Irish audiences the best of emerging artists who are exceptional in their fields, positioning them with world-class artists in this exciting concert series. Each concert premieres five new works, developed collaboratively through a series of workshops to include a unique visual interpretation, along with a number of responsive works curated by the performers involved. Performers include Kate Ellis (artistic director, Crash Ensemble), Adrian Mantu (co-founder of RTE Contempo Quartet), Francesco Turrisi (“a musical alchemist” – The Irish Times) and Jessie Keenan (recent commission from Dublin Dance Festival & the GPO):

InSight #1 :: March 14 :: Adrian Mantu and Mihai Cucu

Cellist Adrian Mantu (co-founder of RTE Contempo Quartet) premieres five new works for live and pre-recorded cello, presented with projections from visual artist Mihai Cucu.

InSight #2 :: April 27 :: Tonnta

Tonnta and director Robbie Blake explore the concept of the physical body in space with new music written for not only the voice, but the entire body. With works written for choir, the body and electronics, composer Czerniak also uniquely incorporates the use of an iPad app in his piece.

InSight #3 :: June 4 :: Slipdraft

Installation and light mapping artists Slipdraft will present an immersive and unique live lighting reaction to five electronic works in the cavernous Boys’ School. Beginning and ending in darkness, this lighting installation showcase will respond in realtime to the frequencies of the electronic music.


InSight #4 :: July 27 :: Taquin and Jessie Keenan Dance

Taquin comprise of percussionist Francesco Turrisi, cellist Kate Ellis (artistic director Crash Ensemble) and saxophonist Nick Roth, working collaboratively with choreographer Jessie Keenan and dancers Lucia Kickham and Marion Cronin, will present five new works for ensemble and choreoghraphed dance. 

The collaboration of Irish Composers Collective and Tonnta extends the limits of both organisations, creating an ambitious project of new compositional Irish work presented by world-class performers across multiple artforms.  

SMOCKALLEYTHEATRE, Dublin

InSight #1 Adrian Mantu and Mihai Cucu | Monday 14 March | 8.00pm | €14/12 - *Special Series Pass: €40 (all four concerts)

InSight #2 Tonnta | Wednesday 27 April | 8.00pm | €14/12

InSight #3 Slipdraft | Saturday 4 June | 8.00pm | €14/12

InSight #4 Taquin and Jessie Keenan Dance | Monday 18 July | 8.00pm | €14/12

Box Office – Tel: 01 677 0014 / www.smockalley.com


FURTHER INFO at: www.irishcomposerscollective.com   or   www.tonnta.ie