Department of Music doctoral researcher and Senior Technical Officer Phil Maguire will launch his new CD, faint red / pencil lines on Farpoint Recordings at Anima Mundi #5, a series by Errant Sound that is part of Cultúr Éireann's Zeitgeist Irland 24 festival in Berlin. Phil will perform at Morphine Raum on 12th October.

Ostravská banda

International chamber orchestra
Petr Kotik, conductor

With special guests
Irena Troupová, soprano (Prague)
Susan Stenger, flute (London)
Alex Petcu, percussion (Cork)
Yseult Cooper, violoncello (Cork)

Program:
Martin Smolka - Oh, My Admired C-Minor
Donnchadh MacAodha - Music for Flute and a Two Handed Pianist
Petr Kotik - Many Many Women Plus I
Phill Niblock - Petr’s Charm 

Composers Smolka, MacAodha and Kotik will be present

Rearranged: pop and soul music for voice and piano

Clíodhna Octigan - voice
Paul O'Donnell - piano

This week's Friday lunchtime concert promises to be a real treat and features the wonderful duo of vocalist Clíodhna Octigan and none other than UCC's (and FUAIM's!) very own Paul O'Donnell on piano. Please join us in St. Fin Barre's Cathedral for this much-anticipated performance of brilliantly (re)arranged pop and soul tunes.

• The first programme of its kind in Ireland aims to inspire young people to consider careers in film and screen media.
• Atticus Education awarded Screen Ireland funding to deliver innovative skills development initiative for transition-year students with support from University College Cork.
• Led by Oscar-winning producer Lord David Puttnam, the programme offers students the opportunity to discover the diverse opportunities available across the Irish and international film industry.

Ciara Hyland is a highly experienced documentary director having made many broadcast documentaries on topics ranging from hunger strikes, epidemic diseases, sexual abuse and gender identity to political history. She champions voices that have been side-lined and neglected and is particularly drawn to narratives that have not been previously given a mainstream platform.

A Film Cafe event, reminiscent of the earliest Lumiere screenings will take place on Saturday, 5th of October from 11:00-13:00 at the following address: 46 Sprigg's Road, Gurranabraher. "An Enchanting Grove", explores what it means to be away from home. It is also inspired by a Romanian children's storybook! See the poster attached for more information.

VANBRUGH & FRIENDS 

Keith Pascoe, violin 
Marja Gaynor, violin 
Simon Aspell, viola 
Christopher Marwood, cello 
Maria O’Connor, cello

Black Atlantic Space-Time is an art series that presents Afrodiasporic embodied knowledge as ‘rhythm codes' that synchronise image, sound, dance and spoken language into expressions of identity and belonging. By turning towards indigenous knowledge, this multimedia narrative reaches for a decolonised future.

From her interactive map of Black Atlantic rhythms as intangible heritage – Deirdre will present theory, design, and audio/visual map content examples, including performances by Unity and rhythm culture-bearers from Africa and the Americas.

It is fifty years since the untimely death in April 1974 of Denis Murphy, the iconic Sliabh Luachra fiddle-player, who left an indelible mark on the course of Irish traditional music. In this illustrated presentation, the various facets and eras of his life and music will be explored – the early days as a pupil of the legendary Pádraig O’Keeffe; the great years in New York; and finally his time at home in Ireland during which the ‘classic’ album The Star Above the Garter was released. Audio and video archive material will provide further contextual background and insights.

Published in print and online on Sunday 29th, the special edition looks at the lives of students and the issues they face.