TranSextreme (tape) angelusnovus.net group Deep wIreless for New Adventures in Sound Art, Canada. 8th May 2008.

We Know We Got Soul  (mini-opera) Radio Premiere on BBC Radio 3  'The Verb' with Ian McMillan, 18th April 2008 

StreetSong was presented at Lancaster University's first Contemporary Music Festival on 1st March 2008. Ailis Ni Riain will also presented a talk on her artistic practice.

Beautiful Cracked Eyes commissioned by Adam Swayne with funds from Arts Council England for piano solo was premiered by Adam Swayne as part of the Park Lane Group Young Artists Series on 8th January 2008 at the Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London.

brief-blue-electric-bloom a performance installation in collaboration with HooH HaH Productions , a Greenroom Ready? commission supported by Arts Council England was premiered at Manchester's Greenroom on 30th November at 6.30pm and 8.30pm featuring Tim Williams (percussionist) 

We Know We Got Soul, a mini-opera in collaboration with writer David Gaffney, 22nd November, Philharmonic Hall, Liverpool. This is a private performance. Supported by Arts Council England.  

UPTHEWALLS commissioned by SPNM/Serious for the London Jazz Festival will be performed on Sunday 25th November at the Purcell Room, Southbank Centre, London by the arthurs.høiby.ritchie trio and will be recorded by BBC Radio 3 for future broadcast.
DON'T! (2000) for bass-clarinet and cello will be performed by Psappha at 5.45pm at St. Ann's Church in central Manchester on 28th November.

But Will You? (tape) NewMediaFest2007, SoundLAB Edition V , under the theme of "soundSTORY - sound as a tool for storytelling" online presentation: 

Surrealist Pilgrims performed by Alfia Nakipbekova at The Horse Hospital, London on 26th October with visuals by Chiara Ambrosio.

METRO:GNOME was played on RadioReverb at 12noon on 26th October 2007 

Surrealist Pilgrims performed by Alfia Nakipbekova at The 8th INTERZONE Festival, 17th October 2007, Novi Sad, Serbia, with Chiara Ambrosio - visuals  

Surrealist Pilgrims (2007) for cello and tape, a National Concert Hall of Ireland commission will be performed by cellist Kate Ellis at the Goethe Institute, Dublin on 27th September at 6.30pm as part of the Contemporary Music Centre of Ireland's Salon Concert Series.  

FWD (no subject), a trumpet solo, was performed on 10th August by Chris Dowding at The Space, Isle of Dogs, London

2 Steep 4 Sheep (some hills are...)  Jane Chapman, amplified harpsichord and tape, BMIC Cutting Edge Tour, Corsham Festival, UK, 30th June 2007 

But Will You?  Broadcast on 1st, 3rd, 8th, 10th, 11th July on Manchester's Cornerhouse http://artradio.fm and installed in Gallery 1 @ Cornerhouse, UK.

StreetSong  Broadcast on SoundNetwork curated programme on ArtRadio 4th July 2000 http://artradio.fm 

StreetSong  DAW07 in Switzerland, 9th -14th July 2007

Into the Sea of Waking Dreams...  Matthew McCright, Solo piano, York Late Music Festival, UK, 2nd June 2007 
TranSextreme (2005)  Toronto, Canada. 1-31st May 2007, Deep Wireless Festival radio salon installation at Process Gallery.

StreetSong @ Futuresonic Festival  Friday 11th - Sunday 13th May 2007.  Presented by Soundnetwork at The Victoria Baths, Manchester.

Tilt  Tuesday 17th April - Saturday 21st April 2007, Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool, England.

Tilt  Tuesday 24th - Saturday 28th April 2007, Granary Theatre, Cork City, Irish Republic. 
Tilt  Tuesday 1st - Saturday 5th May 2007, Citizen's Theatre, Glasgow, Scotland

The Falling (excerpt)  Greek Radio ERT, The Third Radio Programme, 28th March 2007 with Sofia Kamayianni

2 Steep 4 Sheep (some hills are...)  Broadcast on RTE Lyric FM NOVA by Bernard Clarke, Sunday 8th April 2007.

Into the Sea of Waking Dreams... PREMIERE 5 new miniatures for piano was premiered by Adam Swayne commissioned by The Living Composers Project at The Space, East London on 9th March 2007.

Composer's Choice @ the National Concert Hall, Dublin, 5th March 2007 An evening of contemporary music curated by Ailis Ni Riain by invitation. The programme includes the following works by Ailis Ni Riain: Rogue Boar Shot Dead - Premiere, Attrition, FWD (no subject), The Last Time I Died, A Song for my Body, Surrealist Pilgrims - Premiere New National Concert Hall Commission.

StreetSong was presented as part of the International Women's Electroacoustic Listening Room Project on 3rd March 2007 at California State Fullerton University as part of the 6th Annual Women in New Music Festival, USA.

10,000 Deviants - PREMIERE for amplified speaker, flute and piano premiered by Eleven New Music Ensemble with texts by Ailis Ni Riain Vortex Club, Dalston, London 24th January 2007.

How Did it Feel? (Tape) playing throughout January 2007 on Elektramusic radio show for Experimental Music

2006

Wounds, Scars, Screams at Unsafe 2 Festival of Improvised and Experimental Music, Lighthouse, Poole, 11th November 2006

2 steep 4 sheep (some hills are) for amplified harpsichord and digital playback performed by Jane Chapman at Morley College, London on 28th October 2006.

2 steep 4 sheep (some hills are) for amplified harpsichord and digital playback premiered by Jane Chapman at Harpsichordfest, Manchester, 14th October 2006.

StreetSong Dublin Cultural Night 22nd September, Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin City, Ireland.

FIRST ABSOLUTE EXECUTION Frode Haltli (accordion) & Anna Klett (clarinet) Roskilde, Denmark, 24th August.

DON'T! broadcast on Nova, RTE Lyric FM (Ireland), August. 

But Will You? at The Museum of Science and Industry, Futuresonic Music Festival, Manchester, UK, July.

StreetSong at ISCM World New Music Festival, Stuttgart, Germany as joint-first prize winner.  Also at special audio stations at the ZKM Karlsruhe and the festival's media center at the Theaterhaus Stuttgart, July.

StreetSong broadcast on the WebRadio of the Deutschen Gesellschaft für elektroakustische Musik (German Society for Electro-Acoustic Music) July.

StreetSong broadcast on Nova, RTE Lyric FM, June.

I am your Wounds as part of The International Women's Electroacoustic Listening Room Project, BIMhuis in the Muziekgebouw, Amsterdam, Holland. 
 StreetSong Outdoor sound installation as part of Diversions Festival played throughout June at the Contemporary Music Centre railings, Dublin, Ireland, June. 

I am your Wounds as part of the International Women's Electroacoustic Listening Room at California State Fullerton University, USA, March. 

Missing Persons Sound installation with texts and photographs @ Wellington Mill, Ancoats, Manchester, UK www.tilfeldigproductions.com 

Previous performances

THE FALLING One hour, electroacoustic piece with harpist/actor. 24th-31st July (five performances) The Midland Hotel, 24:7 Theatre Festival, Manchester, July 2005.

THE FALLING  Amy Liptrott (Harp/Actor), Ailis Ni Riain - (Director/Composer/Voice), Zion Arts Centre, Manchester, November 2004.

FWD (no subject) Thomas Osbourne, Trumpet, Huddersfield Festival of Contemporary Music Fringe, November 2004. 

FWD (no subject) Thomas Osbourne, Trumpet, at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK, October, 2004.

flat-footed-former-flyer Richard Brown, Trombone, at the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK, October 2004.

THE FALLING (Part 1) Amy Liptrott (Harp/Actor), BLUE 3, Royal Exchange Theatre, Manchester, July 2004

THE FALLING Part one, Amy Liptrott, Bolton Little Theatre, Bolton, UK, June 2004.

FIRST ABSOLUTE EXECUTION Gareth Davis (bass-clarinet), Dermot Dunne (accordion) Rebecca Walter (dancer), Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, Dublin, June 2004.

Under the Rose... Concorde Ensemble, Newland Arts Centre, Sligo, Ireland, May, 2004

EXIT  Studio Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, 2004

I Remember Three Minute Warning @ The Green Room, Manchester, UK, March, 2004.

FIRST ABSOLUTE EXECUTION Bass-clarinet, Gareth Davis, Elsbeth Mosner, Accordian, Galway Arts Centre, February 2004.

Silently in Space... Dibley String Quartet & Glasses, Quartetfest, the Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK, January 2004. 

FWD (no subject) for Trumpet at Cantiere Internationale D'arte Di Montepulciano, Italy, July 2003. 

UP! Trombone quartet by Bones Apart at Women in Brass Festival Illinois, USA, June 2003.

Spurious Balancing Vocal-triUKo (Text by composer) by Les Jeunes Solistes, Acanthes, Avignon, France, July 2003.

EXIT 45 mins, music-theatre piece, 6 singers, 8 piece ensemble,  pre-recorded sound and visuals. Produced, directed, composed and written by Ailis Ni Riain. March 2003.

Dogs in Waiting, Matt Baker (double-bass), Royal Northern College of Music, UK 2003

FWD (no subject) Thomas Osbourne, Trumpet, Cantiere Internationale D'arte Montepulciano music festival, Italy, 2003.

I Remember, Lord Rhodes Room, Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester, UK, 2003

The Last Time I Died (offered you my breath, gave you my pulse) Lord Rhodes Room,  Royal Northern College of Music, 2002

flat-footed-former-flyer, Brett Baker, The Great Hall, Leeds University, 2002

The Dead Live RNCM New Music Ensemble conducted by James MacMillan, UK. March.

Rude Boy, Adam Swayne (piano), Lord Rhodes Room, Royal Northern College of Music, UK, 2002

I Remember, Minesh Patel (vibraphone), Snape Maltings Concert Hall, Aldeburgh,UK,2002

The Last Time I Died (offered you my breath, gave you my pulse)  Black Hair Ensemble, Workshop Performance, York University, 2002

Possibility? Phoenix Saxophone Quartet, Lord Rhodes Room, Royal Northern College of Music, 2001

Rude Boy, Adam Swayne, Studio Theatre, Royal Northern College of Music, 2003

METRO:GNOME Der Ereprijs Ensemble, Apeldoorn, Holland, 2001

The Man Made of Rain, Ruth Hickey (clarinet), Dearbhla Collins (piano)broadcast on RTE Lyric FM 'Horizons', 2001

Never? Guitar duo, Jesper Mehmet, Tom McKinney, Royal Northern College of Music, 2001

DON'T! Paul Roe (clarinet) and David James (cello) - Concorde -, Chicago, USA, 2001

The Man Made of Rain, BMIC, London New Wind Festival, London, UK, 2001

DON'T! Harry Sparnaay (bass-clarinet), David James (cello), Dun Laoghaire, Ireland, 2001

Under The Rose... Concorde Ensemble, St Patricks College, Carlow, Ireland, 2001

DON'T! Harry Sparnaay (bass-clarinet), David James (cello), Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland, 2001
Under the Rose... Concorde Ensemble, Hugh Lane Municipal Gallery of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland. 2001 
Under the Rose...Concorde Ensemble, Musica In Irpinia Festival, Museo Irpino, Italy, 2000

Under the Rose... Concorde Ensemble, The Shaw Room, The National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, Ireland, 2000

Under the Rose... Concorde Ensemble, Progetta Musica, Accademia di Ungheria, Rome, Italy, 2000

The Man Made of Rain, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, UK, 2001

Dogs in Waiting, Barry Guy (Double Bass), First Prize Mostly Modern Composition Competition, Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, Ireland, 1999

The Man Made of Rain, Ruth Hickey (clarinet), Dearbhla Collins (piano), Prizewinners Concert, RTE Composer of the Future Competition, RTE Network Two Television and RTE Lyric FM Radio Live Broadcast, 1999 
The Man Made of Rain, Ruth Hickey (clarinet), Dearbhla Collins (piano), Prizewinners Concert, RTE Composer of the Future Competition,  National Concert Hall, Dublin, 1999

The Man Made of Rain, Ruth Hickey (clarinet), Dearbhla Collins (piano), First-Prize, Finals RTE Composer of the Future Competition, John Field Room, National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland, 1999

The Man Made of Rain, Roger Heaton (clarinet), Steven Pruslin (piano), York De Grey Rooms, York Late Music Festival, UK, 1999

Dogs in Waiting, Barry Guy (Double Bass), Broadcast on Horizons RTE Lyric FM, 1999

A Song for My Body, Cornelius Cardew Ensemble, York De Grey Rooms, De Grey Rooms, York, UK, 1998

In-Dependence, Black Hair Ensemble, De Grey Rooms, York Late Music Festival, UK, 1998

Orizzontale, Concorde Ensemble, RTE Composer of the Future Finals, the John Field Room, National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland, 1998

Orizzontale, Ailis Ni Riain (piano), Marc Dooley (clarinet), Laura Moody (cello), Bryan Postlewaite (percussion), Elizabeth Siddons (violin) York Arts Centre, York Late Music Festival, UK, 1997

Mercury, Ailis Ni Riain (piano) & Nicky Haire (violin), Jack Lyons Concert hall, York University, UK, 1997

Child of Our Time & This Moment, Katie Mahon (Voice), York Arts Centre, York Late Music Festival, 1997

Child of Our Time, Emily Coates (Voice), Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, 1996

Child of Our Time, Emily Coates (Voice), Aula Maxima, University Cork, Ireland, 1996

More Smile Than Substance, Elizabeth Cooney (violin), Granary Theatre, Cork, 1996

The Falling (Choral Work), Alice Singers, Cork City Hall, 1995

The Falling (Choral Work) Alice Singers, First Prize, Capriccio Composition Competition, Aula Maxima, University College Cork, 1995

The Z Suite, Ailis Ni Riain (piano), UCC Music Society Annual Revue Concert, Aula Maxima, University College Cork, Ireland, 1994 and 1995

The Z Suite, Ailis Ni Riain (piano), UCC Music Dept. Open Day at Aula Maxima, University College Cork, Ireland, 1994

Xerophyte, Ailis Ni Riain (piano), Vincent Condon (Clarinet), Cillian Ni Dhonnabhain (Oboe), Michael Sexton (Bassoon), Maeve-Ann O Brien (Flute), Aula Maxima, University College Cork and Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland, 1994

Child of our Time, Dorothy Dorow (Voice), John O Kane (Cello), Ennis Composition Summer School, Co. Claire, Ireland, 1994

Down the Rabbit Hole, Aula Maxima, University College Cork, Ailis Ni Riain (piano), Maeve-Ann O Brien (Flute), Eric Cunningham (Bodhran) 1994, The Royal Music Association Annual Conference Concert, O Riada Room, University College Cork, 1994

Down the Rabbit Hole, Aula Maxima, University College Cork, Ailis Ni Riain (piano), Maeve-Ann O Brien (Flute), Eric Cunningham (Bodhran) 1994, Triskel Arts Centre, 1994.

Down the Rabbit Hole, Aula Maxima, University College Cork, Ailis Ni Riain (piano), Maeve-Ann O Brien (Flute), Eric Cunningham (Bodhran) 1994. Winner First Prize, Capriccio Composition Competition.