Civic Trust House Newsletter No. 2

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No. 2: published Tuesday 24th March 2009

LIFELONG LEARNING FESTIVAL
AT CIVIC TRUST HOUSE
Want to learn a Cork song? Get started acting or film-making? Get to know something about jazz? Express yourself through poetry? In our first year participating in the festival we hope to share some of our knowledge and enthusiasm for our work here at Civic Trust House through a free week-long programme as part of Cork Lifelong Learning Festival March 30th - April 5th 2009.

We also hope to learn from visitors by hosting two conversations. The first will bring together a group of arts managers and experts from the community sector to consider the audience for the arts in Cork - who benefits most from Cork's cultural life and how we can best serve the community.

The second conversation brings together people involved in managing heritage buildings across Cork city with experts in conservation, architecture and environmental management in order to explore how best to approach the challenges of managing heritage buildings responsibly.

You can see our full programme here:
http://www.civictrusthouse.ie/lifelonglearning.htm

CORK INTERNATIONAL
CHORAL FESTIVAL
The Choral Festival office is a hive of activity now with the festival just a little over a month away. With some four and a half thousand singers visiting the city from all across the world there is a huge amount of planning to be done!

As ever the 'Gala' evening concerts will present some of the finest choirs from across the world with something to suit all tastes. For spectacular bombast and excitement check out the opening concert (more below), for some 'easy'-listening of the highest quality Finland's Club for Five are the hot tip, for cutting-edge chamber singing Germany's Singer Pur will no doubt astound, while our own National Chamber Choir under the direction of world-famous Paul Hillier have put together a tantalising programme entitled From the Sublime to the Ridiculous.

The centrepiece of the festival, the Fleischmann International Trophy Competition is highly competitive and very exciting, fans of the nail-biting excitement of TV talent shows can get a real live fix at City Hall!

The festival also features many national competitions and free events, check out the website for more.

This year the website includes helpful audio clips to help in making decisions between the huge variety of concerts on offer - take a trip to the Events page of the festival website and get exploring the programme - http://corkchoral.ie/index.php/events-2009.html

EMERGENCY BIRTH OF THE CSO FESTIVAL CHORUS!
Sadly the Royal Liverpool Philharmonic Choir had to cancel their trip to Cork to perform alongside the Harlow Chorus with Cork Symphony Orchestra for the opening concert of this year's Choral Festival.

Unfazed, conductor of the orchestra (and member of the Internationally-acclaimed RTE Vanbrugh String Quartet) Keith Pascoe set about putting together an impressive choir comprising some of the finest singers in Cork, not to mention some familiar instrumentalists and music professionals whose arms may not have been twisted successfully by anyone else!

As a proud member of this 'emergency' chorus I can report that rehearsals are going very well, we have had our first rehearsal with the orchestra already and by Wednesday 29th April I think Cork can expect an unforgettable concert.

Despite having a fair amount of choral experience I can safely say I have never sung more exciting words than Walt Whitman's - powerful images of thundering steamers, billowing sails, busy ports, storms and vast expanses of ocean ... and Ralph Vaughan Williams' hugely expressive music really brings it alive. (Nicki ff D)

CORCADORCA CAST mediEa
Corcadorca has just cast its forthcoming production medEia.
Actors Louis Lovett, Gina Moxley, and Tadhg Murphy will be performing in this modern re-telling of the classic Greek tragedy of Medea, from June 16th to July 4th. Click here to stay up to date>>>

ANIMATION:
BEGINNERS' ONE-DAY COURSE
with acclaimed animator Jane Lee, this course for adults will take place on April 18th.
full details here >>>

CORK SINGERS' CLUB
A club dedicated to unaccompanied Singing and Storytelling meet every Sunday night upstairs at an Spailpin Fanach Pub, South Main Street.
Upcoming guests:
29th March: John A. Murphy
5th April: Fiona Kelleher
19th April: Tom Long & Bill Daly
26th April: Mick Buckley
Doors at 9.30pm
Free admission.
More details 087 2759311

SPRING EXPERIMENTAL CONVERSATIONS
The Spring issue of Cork Film Centre's e-zine on video art and experimental film is published
full details here >>>

BOX-OFFICE LIVE
The Cork International Choral Festival Box Office is now open! full details here >>>

BECOME A FRIEND OF CORK MIDSUMMER FESTIVAL
Now you can become a vital part of the city's biggest festival and receive some great benefits including free tickets, priority booking, exclusive social events and much more. full details here >>>

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