amplify is back with another live showcase from NMDX 2026! Mixed-media composer Anna Murray presents INK, a new live painting and electronics project that combines gestures and textures in both the sonic and visual realm. Hear Anna in conversation with CMC's Jonathan Grimes. Listen: buff.ly/HOACWNV

Dublin Sound Lab has announced that the 2026-2027 Music Current Commission has been awarded to Italian composer and multimedia artist Massimiliano Vizzini. Massimiliano will write a new work for Dublin Sound Lab to be performed at Music Current Festival 2027. Read more: www.cmc.ie/news/0603202...

Tune in to hear composer Jane O'Leary on Galway Talks on Galway Bay fm this morning, discussing her recent election as an honorary member of the ISCM - the first Irish composer to receive this significant title: www.galwaybayfm.ie/shows/galway...

My new album came out two weeks ago today, maybe you’d like to give it a whirl? Played by +- Ensemble & recorded by Spud Murphy they’ve collectively made everything sound class… 🙏🏻 @ucddublin.bsky.social @cmcireland.bsky.social @nmcrecordings.bsky.social seanclancy.bandcamp.com/album/se-n-c...

Warm congratulations to composer Caterina Schembri on last night's performance of 'Ode to Psyche', selected by the ISCM World New Music Days Festival to represent the Irish Section at this year's festival in Romania 🎉

🎉 Composer Jane O'Leary has been elected an honorary member of the International Society for Contemporary Music (ISCM)! 🔗 Read more: www.cmc.ie/news/0528202... 📸 Jane O'Leary. Photo by CMC.

CMC was delighted to host the launch of @seanlclancy.bsky.social's 'Where the Paths End' at the Creative Space last week 🚀 Bringing together works written between 2013 - 25, the album explores lived experience, repetition and loss, and features the critically-acclaimed Plus-Minus Ensemble.

My new album from @nmcrecordings.bsky.social is OUT! Have a listen below 👇🏻 seanclancy.bandcamp.com/album/se-n-c... @ucddublin.bsky.social @cmcireland.bsky.social

amplify returns with a live recording from NMDX 2026 featuring composer and improvisor, Timothy Cape with violist, composer and sound artist Joanna Mattrey⚡️ The artists speak to CMC's Jonathan Grimes following their performance of 'Flindling'. 🎧️ Listen to episode #131: www.cmc.ie/amplify/epis...

Delighted to say that my new album is released by @nmcrecordings.bsky.social today! Was incredible to work with @mknoop.bsky.social Plus Minus Ensemble, Spud Murphy & Andrew Weathers on this. Take a look see @cmcireland.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social seanclancy.bandcamp.com/album/se-n-c...

Composer Ailís Ní Ríain speaks to the Not Yet Premiered podcast about her new commission "Hidden Heartache", a collaborative work of New Music Theatre opening at the Münich Biennnale this Friday: noch-nicht-premiere.podigee.io/5-folge-5 👉Find out more: www.cmc.ie/events/2026/...

West Wicklow Festival & CMC are delighted to announce Harry O’Connor as winner of the 2026 Emerging Composer Composition Competition (Mezzo Soprano & Piano Award) 🥳

CMC Rewind is a new feature from the Library looking back at the wealth of work that has been collected over the Centre's 40 years of archiving. The series begins with Irish composer Seóirse Bodley's 'A Small White Cloud Drifts Over Ireland' ☁️ 🎶 Find out more: www.cmc.ie/features/cmc...

Our friends ICon Arts have launched a vibrant academy and festival at beautiful Kylemore Abbey in Connemara! Applications are open for Composition, Chamber Music and Violin masterclasses led by internationally acclaimed artists and educators this Spring 🌱 Find out more: iconarts.ro/ireland/

Introducing The Studio @ CMC 🎧 🎛️ Situated on the 2nd floor of the CMC building on Dublin city’s historic Fishamble St, Temple Bar, the Studio is available for composition work, basic audio post-production, podcast recording and single instrument tracking. Find out more: www.cmc.ie/content/stud...

This Sunday 8 March, Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble present a concert featuring 25/26 Young Artist Charlie Shortt and celebrate International Women’s Day showcasing new and recent works by Elaine Agnew, Amelia Clarkson, Bianca Gannon, Deirdre Gribbin & Jane O’Leary. More info 🔗 buff.ly/UkMN0EJ #IWD2026

📣 Calling Artists of all disciplines living in South Dublin County: SDCC Arts Office want to hear from you about artists' workspaces. Responses will inform the Arts Office of the practical requirements of artists in the area, and establish what resources are currently available 🔗 lnkd.in/ddeKJMDA

This Wednesday as part of DCU's Lunchtime Concert Series: David Aspin (viola) and Kathryn Mosley (piano), featuring Eibhlís Farrell's 'Elegy', alongside music by Gareth Farr and Arthur Bliss. 🗓️ 4 March, 1.10-1.50pm 🥳 All are welcome, admission is free 📍 Room SPD.B118, DCU, St Patrick's Campus

Choral Sketches is an artist development programme supporting composers to develop their choral writing skills with mentorship from renowned composer Rhona Clarke. Applications are open for 2026, find out more www.cmc.ie/opportunitie... Delivered in partnership by Chamber Choir Ireland & CMC Ireland

✍️ Applications invited for Choral Sketches 2026! Choral Sketches is a unique artist development #opportunity for composers who wish to develop their skills in writing choral music with mentoring from renowned Irish composer Rhona Clarke. Find out more: www.cmc.ie/opportunitie... #opencall

Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble's present 'Peaceline Perspectives: Voices from a Divided City' an all-island tour from 27 February - 6 March. Featuring pieces by Irish composers Elaine Agnew, Greg Caffrey, Áine Mallon, Ryan Molloy, Úna Monaghan, Ian Wilson & Eduard Zatriqi. Find out more 🔗 buff.ly/u4KddpJ

Minister O’Donovan announced the New Basic Income for the Arts scheme in Dublin yesterday. Peter Power of the Steering Committee for National Campaign for the Arts thanked the artists who have lobbied for the campaign to retain, extend and expand it. Read more 🔗 www.gov.ie/en/departmen... 📸 CMC

🎶 👏 Congratulations to composer @ailisniriain.bsky.social on the #worldpremiere of EARTHSTOPPER commissioned by Belfast Music Society and presented as part of a fantastic concert by trombonist Peter Moore & pianist Zeynep Özsuca at Queen's University Belfast on Thursday. Photos by Jonathan Grimes.

🎉🎉🎉 Huge congratulations to composers Donnacha Dennehy & Emma O'Halloran both nominated for the #2026grammyawards which took place in Los Angeles last weekend. Read more at: www.cmc.ie/news/0203202...

Join us tomorrow for the grand finale of a year-long creative process! New works by Solfa Carlile, Elis Czerniak, Bianca Gannon & Caterina Schembri will be performed by full forces of National Symphony Orchestra Ireland at the NCH, Dublin 🥳 🎟️ 🔗 Composer Lab Premieres: www.nch.ie/all-events-l...

📣 Calling Emerging / Early-Career Women Composers in Ireland: Finding a Voice & CMC Ireland invite expressions of interest to take part in an artist development initiative, including a workshop + public performance opportunity, w/ mentorship from an established mentor 👉🔗 www.cmc.ie/opportunitie...

"The Midnight Verdict" connects composers from Ireland, France and Hungary with the ancient myth of "Orpheus and Eurydice" in its translation by Irish poet Seamus Heaney. Artists Deirdre McKay, Benoît Sitzia, Gregory Vajda and Katalin Koltai share more this collaborative project : loom.ly/S-SgHY0

🎄As we approach the festive period, CMC Scholar-in-Residence Laura Sheils delves into some winter-themed choral works in CMC’s catalogue for #ThroughTheDigitalDoor Featuring music by Rhona Clarke, Eoghan Desmond, Seán Doherty & Eoin Mulvany capturing the awe of the season! 🔗 loom.ly/CwGwG5A

📢 Call for Papers/Call for Works: RMA-SMI-EADH 2026 Conference at SARC, Queen's University Belfast. Proposals invited for standard formats, complete or in-progress compositions (supported by Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble), audio-visual art works, lecture-recitals, amongst others. Info: lnkd.in/dki9uFpr

📣 Congratulations to CMC Composer Xenia Pestova Bennett who has been appointed to the LSO Soundhub Scheme for 2025/26! Xenia will undertake an initial project at LSO St Luke’s and receive mentorship + support from industry professionals, the Soundhub Community, LSO members & staff 🔗 loom.ly/KejFi_4

amplify #128 is out now ✨ In this episode we hear from composer, curator and co-founder of ICon Arts Festival Romania, Diana Gheorghiu and CMC Emerging Artists Santiago Kodela and Laura Heneghan in conversation with CMC's Evonne Ferguson 🎧 Hosted on Acast, listen at www.cmc.ie/amplify/episode-128

This Monday 8th December is the last date before the Winter Holidays to order from the CMC Shop, any orders made following this will be processed in January 2026. #CMCShop #ChristmasOrders #Giftideas #musicgifts #ShopLocal

amplify #127 is available to listen now, wherever you get your podcasts! Recorded live at RAMP festival in Rathmullan, Donegal, this episode includes conversations with some of the artists featured: Timothy Cape, Mayah Kadish, Rob Casey & Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh. Listen: www.cmc.ie/amplify/epis...

Artist Spotlight: CMC BRIGID Composer Anderinna Gooch ✨ It's been a remarkable and very busy year for the composer, who tells us about some of her recent work & upcoming projects! Read at CMC Features: https://loom.ly/euRZjU0 📸 Still detail from 'Moon' (2005) by Anderinna Gooch.

📢 Coming soon! Our friends, Light Moves Festival present exciting dance, film, new media, sound and unique encounters in #Limerick City from 6-8 November. Featuring artists from across the globe for three days of performances, screenings, and conversations that move, challenge and inspire!

What lives in the space between who you are and what you create? 💭 Flautist and performance coach Vourneen Ryan leads our next #SparkyConversation: 'The Space Between' - Working from the Inside Out. Join us Friday 21 November at 12pm for an open and inspiring discussion! 🔗 Register: loom.ly/GIu_nlI

Dublin Sound Lab have announced a new Associate Artists Scheme. This new initiative invites artists to engage with the New Music project group as a kind of creative laboratory. Dublin Sound Lab's 2025 Associate Artists are David Coonan, Barbara Elison & Pauric Freeman. 👉 Read more loom.ly/YnHONho

#amplify is back with a conversation with composer Jonathan Nangle, recorded at the ISCM World New Music Days Festival in Lisbon. Featuring extracts of Nangle’s 'Artificial Blissful State' a piece that reflects on our relationship with technology and how we are increasingly controlled by it. 🔗👇

EMPOWER: Women Changing Music invites proposals for a new work for flute, oboe, violin, viola & cello for the OpusHER Award. Winner will receive: 🔹£750 prize 🔹Mentoring 🔹Publication of the piece 🔹Workshopping with performers 🔹Premiere + performances at 5 EMPOWER 2026 events More info loom.ly/ienOjOY