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Ailís is very grateful to have been awarded a Fellowship to attend the Ragdale Foundation's Artist Residency for the month of February 2019. Ragdale is a non-profit artists’ community located 30 miles north of Chicago, USA. She will spend her time at...

St Brigid's Day Celebration - Intimate Performances from Powerful Irish Women "This night of musical and spoken word performances is the perfect way to wave goodbye to winter and look forward to the year ahead with some of the most creative and talented...

Temenos - Paul Roe (Clarinets) and Laoise O' Brien (Recorders) will give the premiere of Parambassis at The Hugh Lane Gallery in Dublin on Sunday 27th January 2019 as part of the Hugh Lane Gallery Concert Series.  Parambassis was commissioned by Paul Roe...

The pianist and contemporary music specialist Xenia Pestova will perform Into the Sea of Waking Dreams – a suite of pieces for speaking pianist at Canterbury Christ Church University on 23rd January 2019. More details.Award-winning professional pianist...

 Wolodymyr Smishkewych (tenor) and Yonit Kosovske (piano) premiered Ailís Ní Ríain's song Regret Not Me with text by Thomas Hardy on 15th December 2018 at Gan Shemu'el in Northern Israel. "Regret not me;Beneath the sunny treeI lie uncaring, slumbering...

Ní Ríain's 'Soundless' for tenor recorder, violin and oboe will have its UK premiere in Leeds on 8th December 2018. LSTwo ensemble directed by Dr Mic Spencer performs a diverse programme of works by international composers and University of Leeds...

The Royal Irish Academy of Music, National Museum of Ireland and the Houses of the Oireachtas mark the centenary of women's suffrage with a very special event in the Seanad Chamber, which celebrates the legacy of women composers and highlights the next...

The American GRIT Collaborative will present the USA premiere of 'Soundless' by Ailís Ní Ríain as part of a multi-concert interdisciplinary arts festival in Phoenix, Arizona, USA from November 16-17, 2018.  The two concerts, “Are You Alarmed?” and “Get...

The pianist and contemporary music specialist Xenia Pestova will perform Into the Sea of Waking Dreams - a suite of pieces for speaking pianist at Queens University Belfast on 6th December 2018.  Reviews for Xenia Pestova “Outstanding” (Tempo), “stunning”...

We Are Still Here a specially commissioned new work for brass instruments - trumpet, saxophones and tuba - in collaboration with digital artist Simon Mckeown for a large-scale outdoor projection, next-gen digital mapping software and immersive soundscape...

  “These Days – The Manchester Peace Song Cycle”A specially commissioned classical Song Cycle to commemorate Manchester’s 100 years of war and peace. Featuring a libretto by celebrated Manchester poet Tony Walsh and music by nine distinguished composers....

Kate Halsall will give the Scottish premiere of 2 Steep 4 Sheep (some hills are) on 27th October 2018 as part of her recital at 2018's Sound Festival in Aberdeen, Scotland. Details.  Kate has performed at international festivals and series, including Marte...

The People's Orchestra as part of Contemporary Music for All Festival Sealán - a new work commissioned by COMA - Contemporary Music Making for Amateurs - will be premiered at the CBSO Centre in Birmingham on Sunday 14th October 2018 alongside new work by...

There will be a reading of Ailís' new play Bitterweed at The Everyman Palace Theatre in Cork, Ireland on Thursday 11th Oct at 8pm. BITTERWEED hones in on a splintered family struggling to regain a sense of identity some twenty years after the devastation...

Ní Ríain's Soundless has been shortlisted by the Association of Irish Composers for ISCM World Music Days 2019 international new music festival in Tallin, Estonia. Soundless is a 6 minute chamber work with theatrical elements scored for flute, violin,...

University College Cork Alumni Network Alumni Spotlight - Ailís Ní Ríain, Composer & Writer Ailís Ní Ríain is a contemporary classical composer and playwright. The Yorkshire-based artist was the winner of the prestigious Paul Hamlyn Award for Artists...

Award-winning recording artist, the Polish flautist Iwona Glinka presents a recital of 53 pieces by 40 composers from 14 countries whose creativity is rooted in various popular trends in the 21st century.  Glinka has gained a substantial reputation, in...

An interview in Totally Dublin about I Used to Feel Ailís was pleased to write The Time of My Life for The Irish Times about the Irish poet Brendan Kennelly. An interview on Artbeat on Dublin City FM on 12th September 2018 in advance of I Used to Feel in...