Dogs in Waiting (1999) was performed hourly by double-bassist Bryan Quigley at The Contemporary Music Centre of Ireland’s Culture Night on 23rd September 2010. Dogs in Waiting is a virtuosic piece for double-bass which mimics the behaviour of dogs who are left outside shops while their owners go inside. It won the Mostly Modern Composition Competition in 1999 in Dublin. See him perform it here.
World renowned Austrian contemporary music ensemble Klangforum Wien will give the world premiere of Ailís Ní Ríain's wrack/line on 13th June 2026 at ORF...
Ailís Ní Ríain is honoured to have been invited to take part in the 2026 Vienna Festival/Wiener Festwochen Academy Second Modernism 'No More Excuses' an...
A music theatre piece in body language “Hidden Heartache” reflects on the experience of music from a non-hearing perspective and asks where does movement...