Improvising Across Boundaries
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Improvising Across Boundaries is a four-year collaborative research project on women + gender minority improvising musicians active on the island of Ireland.
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Introducing our Musician Partners: Beth McNinch is based in Co. Wexford + plays the Viola, Violin, Viola D'Amore. Beth is one of Ireland’s leading musicians, enjoying a busy + varied freelance career as a violist, educator, artistic director + producer. improvacrossboundaries.ie/beth-mcninch
Introducing our Musician Partners: London-born, Carole Nelson is a composer, improviser + performer living in South Carlow. She works primarily in jazz + film. Her instruments are piano, saxophone + voice. Carole has spent several decades making music. improvacrossboundaries.ie/carole-nelson
Introducing our Musician Partners: Catachán aka Caterina (Cat) Turchi was born in Italy and is now based in Co. Sligo. In November 2021, they released their first self-produced album Tinned Tomatoes. Cat is also a member of the punk band The Amniotics improvacrossboundaries.ie/caterine-turchi
Introducing our Musician Partners: Cora Venus Lunny is a musician with a strong classical background + extensive experience in contemporary classical, improvised, recorded + folk. They have been exploring improvisation + composition for many years. improvacrossboundaries.ie/cora-venus-lun…
Introducing our Musician Partners: Emily O'Rourke is a guitarist + composer based in Co. Kildare. She regularly performs on Ireland’s jazz scene. She is the founder + manager of The Kind of New Series, a part of Dublin Jazz Co-Op, + a passionate teacher. improvacrossboundaries.ie/emily-o-rourke
Introducing our Musician Partners: HK Ní Shioradáin is a composer, lyricist, + performer from Dublin. They compose, music direct, + sound design for film, theatre, musical theatre, and radio (at home and internationally). They play piano, sing, + produce. improvacrossboundaries.ie/hk-n-shioradin
Introducing our Musician Partners: Karen Power is a composer/sound artist/improviser, based in Cork. Her compositions utilise two primary sources: acoustic instruments + everyday sounds. How + where we hear everyday sounds are central to Karen's practice. improvacrossboundaries.ie/karen-power
Introducing our Musician Partners: Katie Gerardine O’Neill is a multidisciplinary + socially engaged artist from Dublin. Katie is known for her experimental sound art/music (with analogue/niche mediums), film work, performance art, painting + photography. improvacrossboundaries.ie/katie-gerardin…
Introducing our Musician Partners: Lara Gallagher is an Irish sound artist, vocalist + multi-instrumentalist working across a number of mediums including interactive installation art, live electronic performance + theatre. She plays saxophone + piano. improvacrossboundaries.ie/lara-gallagher
Introducing our Musician Partners: Laura Hyland works with sound/music to explore Nature + our place within it. She lives on the south Wexford coast. With singer-songwriter beginnings, she has embraced more abstract areas of contemporary music + sound art improvacrossboundaries.ie/laura-hyland
Introducing our Musician Partners: Sarah Grimes is an interdisciplinary drummer based in Waterford/Dublin. Her work spans across post-punk, folk, experimental + improvised music. She performs with Rising Damp, Brigid Mae Power + postpunk band Grave Goods improvacrossboundaries.ie/sarah-grimes
Introducing our Musician Partners: So-Young Yoon is a Dublin-based jazz pianist + composer currently. She has been a part of the Dublin jazz scene since 2008, performing at jazz club JJ’s Smyth’s + collaborating with Ireland's leading jazz musicians. improvacrossboundaries.ie/so-young-yoon
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