A video of the final workshops between Galway’s Ensemble in Residence, the
ConTempo Quartet and composers
Ed Bennett, Rob Canning and
David Flynn held in the Galway Education Centre on 28 September 2007.
Composer Deirdre Gribbin facilitated the second of two workshops, during which the ConTempo String Quartet rehearsed the pieces by the three composers. The workshop, which was open to the public, enabled each composer to try out their pieces with the quartet and gave them the opportunity to work out any technical difficulties with their pieces on the day.
The three new pieces will be premiered in Dublin on 2 December and Galway on 4 December.
See www.cmc.ie for details.
Rob Canning has posted examples from his string quartet for Con Tempo entitled 'Melencholia I for String Quartet'. He has created non-traditional score structure (above) for the musicians to improvise with. The score and more info are on www.robcanning.info
