MJQ Irish Cultural and Sports Centre “The Centre hosts the annual East Durham Memorial Day Weekend Irish Festival which draws approximately 20,000 people from throughout the east coast. In addition, we also host the Catskills Irish Arts Week, the Traditional Irish Music Festival, Irish Film Series, the East Durham Feis, The Celtic Festival and other… Continue reading MJQ Irish Cultural and Sports Centre
Category: Grantees
Arone Dyer
Arone Dyer is a musician, composer & founding member of duos Buke and Gase, and Mistresses. Dyer used her grant “to further develop my craft, expand my songwriting and musical education to encompass composition for chamber orchestra.
being-sound
being-sound being-sound aims to change how we listen. This project balanced on the threshold between music and sound, between recorded samples and live input, between acoustic instruments and digital sources. For this performance, being-sound used binaural microphones and wireless (“Silent Disco”) headphones. A warm organic White Peony (Bai Mudan) Tea was served alongside three 30-minute performances.… Continue reading being-sound
Diata Diata International Folkloric Theatre
Diata Diata International Folkloric Theatre Through the affectionate retelling of cherished folktales, FIREDANCE! celebrates the marvelous way indigenous people of this region, and throughout this country, were able to live in harmony with their natural world. “FIREDANCE! is a call to regenerate and renew the fire within, that always seeks to remain a vital source… Continue reading Diata Diata International Folkloric Theatre