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E-debate: Music Education Ita Beausang, Richard Pine Ita Beausang’s article on music education in the Sept-Oct issue of JMI evoked a strong letter from Richard Pine in our last issue. In this email debate we bring the two together to further discuss the future of music education in Ireland.
E-debate: Music Education Ita Beausang, Richard Pine Ita Beausang’s article on music education in the Sept-Oct issue of JMI evoked a strong letter from Richard Pine in our last issue. In this email debate we bring the two together to further discuss the future of music education in Ireland.
Live Reviews: INTRO 05 Derek Cremin Firkin Crane, Cork, 30 Oct 2005Rick Peckham, musical director; Aoife Doyle, voice; Simone Mendonca, violin; Matt Berrill, alto sax, clarinet; Bill Blackmore, trumpet; Colm O’Hara, trombone; Julie Cruickshank, piano; Stephen McFarlane, guitar; Andrew...
Live Reviews: Rachid Taha Barra Ó Séaghdha Vicar Street, Dublin, 24 November 2005
Live Reviews: Musical Migrations – Irish Voices Pat Ahern (Paddy in the Smoke – Irish traditional music from England; Iarla Ó Lionáird & Band; Donal Lunny & Friends)Various venues, Cork , 23–26 November 2005Irish Voices, the third and final instalment in the Musical Migrations series,...
Recent Publications Irish Traditional Music Archive CDS PUBLISHED 2005Benny O’Carroll’s Traditional All-Ireland Band, instrumental & vocal, Dance it Yourself! Pinorrekk Records PRDVD3405040 (CD with DVD)Burke, Kevin, fiddle, & Ged Foley, guitar, singing in English, In Tandem, Burke &...
RTÉ Broadcaster and Collector Ciarán Mac Mathúna Irish Traditional Music Archive RTÉ BROADCASTER AND COLLECTOR CIARÁN MAC MATHÚNA C. 1960 RECORDING JOHN RYAN, A CONCERTINA PLAYER FROM DONOHILL, CO TIPPERARY, IN RYAN’S PUBLIC HOUSE ON THOMAS ST, DUBLINCiarán Mac Mathúna recently retired from fifty...
Contemporary Music? Contemporary Music? Ronan Guilfoyle Jazz may be challenging and complex, but, rooted in the rhythm, pulse and groove of Western society, it attracts a large and loyal audience.

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