A six hour Sonic Vigil featuring over 20 musicians including David Toop, Danny McCarthy, Vicky Langan, Pierre Berthet and Rie Nakajima.

The improvisation marathon Sonic Vigil has been a remarkable presence on Cork’s arts scene for more than 15 years. This, the eleventh, includes music, film, sound-art and movement, and features world-renowned writer/improvisor David Toop alongside 23 Irish and international artists, performing to a timetable nobody gets to see until the day itself! (Performers: Danny Mc Carthy, Mick O’ Shea, Irene Murphy, Karen Power, John Godfrey, Imna Pavon, Harry Moore, Vicky Langan, Anthony Kelly, David Stalling, Robin Parmar, Tony Langlois, Sean Taylor, Eimear Reidy, Cathal Roche, Katie O’ Looney, Anne Marie Deacy, Claudia Barton, Andy Ingamells, David Bremner, Billy Kemp, Pierre Berthet + Rie Nakajima)

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Part of Sonic Vigil: In Your Own Time and Place

In Your Own Time and Place is a three-day celebration of musical improvisation featuring:

• the Irish Premiere of Daniel Weintraub’s ground-breaking documentary on Pauline Oliveros
• Renowned experimental music group Quiet Music Ensemble
• Ireland’s celebrated improvisation duo Quiet Club with saxophonist Cathal Roche
• Memory Echo: a short film featuring Pauline Oliveros by Andrew Deutsch
• The eleventh iteration of Cork’s unique improvisation marathon, Sonic Vigil