Crash Ensemble is an Irish new music ensemble, founded in 1997 by composer Donnacha Dennehy, conductor and pianist Andrew Synott and clarinettist Michael Seaver. Donnacha Dennehy was born in Dublin in 1970 He studied Music at Trinity College Dublin and later at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. It played its first concert in Dublin in 1997. Dublin (ˈdʌblɨn/ /ˈdʊblɨn or /ˈdʊbəlɪn/, bˠalʲə aːha klʲiəh or cliə(ɸ is both the largest city and capital of Ireland. It currently consists of 11 performers and the conductor Alan Pierson, under the artistic direction of Dennehy, as well as using video, lighting and sound amplification as an integral part of the project.
The ensemble has been particularly associated with totalist (post-minimalist) composers from the US and post-new Hague school composers from Holland, as well as performing much music by Dennehy and other Irish coomposers and older pieces by the minimalist generation (including Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Louis Andriessen, Gavin Bryars, Kevin Volans and Terry Riley). WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Stephen Michael Reich (born October 3 WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> Philip Glass (born January 31 Louis Andriessen ( June 6, 1939) is a Dutch Composer and pianist based in Amsterdam. Richard Gavin Bryars (born 16 January 1943) is an English Composer and Double bassist He has been active in or has produced works in a variety Kevin Volans is a Composer associated with the post-minimalist movement in contemporary composition Terry Riley (born June 24 1935) is an American composer associated with the minimalist school It has given premieres or commissioned work by Peter Adriaansz, Raymond Deane, Arnold Dreyblatt, Stephen Gardner, Michael Gordon, John Godfrey, Andrew Hamilton, Jurgen Simpson, Gerhard Stabler, Jennifer Walshe, Ian Wilson, Linda Buckley and Julie Feeney. Arnold Dreyblatt (b New York City, 1953 is an American Composer and visual artist Michael Gordon is an American composer and co-founder of the Bang on a Can festival and ensemble John Godfrey is a composer and performer co-founder and musical director of Icebreaker (1989-1997 founder member of Crash Ensemble (1997-present founder of the Quiet Music
Since 2002 Crash has been mounting its own contemporary music festivals in Dublin, in a similar manner to the Bang on a Can Festival in New York, including adopting their popular 'marathon' format for their 2006 celebration of Reich. Bang on a Can is a multi-faceted musical organization based in New York City. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous
Other than touring in Ireleand, Crash have performed in Canada, Denmark, Estonia, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, the UK and the US. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Kingdom of Denmark ( ˈd̥ænmɑɡ̊ (archaic ˈd̥anmɑːɡ̊ commonly known as Denmark, is a country in the Scandinavian region of northern Europe Estonia, officially the Republic of Estonia ( Eesti or Eesti Vabariik) is a Country in Northern Europe in the Baltic region Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The United States of America —commonly referred to as the They have recorded for New York label Cantaloupe Music as well as for NMC in London. Cantaloupe Music is a Record label founded in March 2001 "created by the founders of Bang on a Can for music between the cracks" those founders
Members 2008
David Adams (Piano and Keyboards)
Olga Barry (Operations Director)
Aedín Cosgrove (Lighting Designer)
Donnacha Dennehy (Artistic Director)
Susan Doyle (Flute)
James Eadie (Sound Engineer)
Kate Ellis (Cello)
John Godfrey (Guitar and Keyboards)
Lisa Grosman (Viola)
Owen Gunnell (Percussion)
Natasha Lohan (Vocals)
Frances Mitchell (Manager and CEO)
Roddy O'Keefe (Trombone)
Deirdre O'Leary (Clarinet)
Alan Pierson (Principal Conductor)
Malachy Robinson (Double Bass)
Emily Thyne (Violin)
Links
www. crashensemble. com
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