arts in action programme 2009 / 10

October 1st, 2009

Townhall Theatre, 8pm

Stones in his Pocket by Marie Jones

The story is sent in a quiet rural town in County Kerry, that is over run by a Hollywood film crew and centres on two young mn who, like much of the town, are employed as extras for the filming.

October 8th, 2009

Huston School of Film and Digital Media, 8pm

Performance presentation of The Goldrush

Performance presentation of the original 1925 silent movie The Goldrush by Charlie Chaplin.

November 12th, 2009

Aula Maxima NUIG, 8pm 

In association with Music for Galway, presenting the acclaimed, young dynamic duo from Norway:Mari & Hakon Samuelson, violin and cello.

Featuring: Ole Bull: A Mountain Vision for vl &vc, Bach: Chaconne (solo Violin), Martinu: Duo for vl &vc, Hindermith: Sonata for Cello (1923), Kodaly: Duo for vl &vc, Handel/Halvorsen: Passacaglia

26th November, 2009

Seminar Room, Floor 1, 11am

Seminar Room, Floor 3, 1pm

The Hub, Aras Na Mac Leinn, 3pm

The Tower of Song, David Kitt

One of the most important and highly successful Irish singer/songwriters, David Kitt, will give three short solo performance / songwriter workshops at Tower Block 1 on 26th November.

21st January, 2010

Huston School of Film and Digital Media

1.30pm - 3pm

Course Co-Ordinators of MA’s in Screen Writing, Arts Policy and Practice, Film Studies, Digital Media, Production/Direction, Literature and Publishing, Writing, Drama and Theatre Studies, Public Advocacy and Activism will host an information seminar on all courses and the application process.

Managed and facilitated by Valerie Butler (valerie.butlernuigalway)

28th January, 2010

Medical Library, 3pm

In association with University of Limerick, the MA Students in Music Therapy at UL and the Director of the Programme Professor Jane Edwards will present an illustrated lecture (to include music samples from the students) at the medical library entitled: Music and Medicine, for the medical students at NUI Galway.

February 11th, 2010

Aras Na Mac Leinn, 9am - 6pm

Visual Art: Graffiti / Street Art - Benjamin de Burca

In association with Muscailt, the young painter Benjamin De Burca from Galway, currently based in Berlin will work throughout the day with assistance from the MA students from Arts Policy and Practice developing a street art/graffiti piece (Huston School of Film and Digital Media) incorporating life size stencil cutting, paint, music, cameras, lights, computers, printers, projectors, blades to make full scale paste ups. In one day Benjamin De Burca and his team will design and present the University with funky art paste ups, of their own creation.

International Jazz

February 23rd, 2010

Bank of Ireland Theatre NUI Galway, 8pm

In association with Music for Galway (http://www.musicforgalway.ie/) and Music Network (www.musicnetwork.ie).

Jazz Quartet from Great Britain Portico: Jack Wyllie, soprano saxophone, Milo Fitzpatrick, double bass, Nick Mulvey, Hang and percussion, Duncan Bellamy, drums and Hang.

Debut Album: Knee – Deep In the North Sea , Time Out’s Jazz and World music album of the year 2007.

25th March, 2010

Bailey Allen Hall, NUI Galway, 8pm

Leading international performers in the Traditional Arts, Frankie Gavin (fiddle) Mairtin O Connor (accordion) Ronan Browne (uillean pipes) Seamie O Dowd (guitar) Roisin Elsafty (sean-nos singing) Seosamh O Neachtain (sean-nos dancing) Mary Mc Partlan (traditional and contemporary singing) Lillis O Laoire (sean-nos singing) Louis De Paor (Irish Poetry)