a world in itself

quiet music ensemble
John Godfrey, Musical Director/electric guitar
Seán Mac Erlaine, clarinets
Roddy O’Keefe, trombone
Yseult Cooper Stockdale, ‘cello
Dan Bodwell, double bass
Alexis Nealon, sound engineer

Scott McLaughlin A World in Itself (world premiere)
Rob Curgenven New Work (world premiere)
Rory Tangney New Work (world premiere)
Cat Lamb New Work (world premiere)

This concert features four new works by artists celebrated for their unorthodox and experimental engagement with sound. For each work, new sonic resources have been developed, both analogue and digital, creating a rich and complex sound-world to be explored live on stage. 

Quiet Music Ensemble is Ireland’s premiere professional group dedicated to experimental and improvised music. Founded in 2009, the group has performed in Ireland, the UK, Germany, Poland and the USA; has been broadcast worldwide; and has released albums with Other Minds, Farpoint Recordings and Diatribe Records. In 2025, QME releases albums with Farpoint and UK label NMC. QME’s expert improvisors create fragile soundscapes, remarkable sonorities painted into pregnant silences, and deep sonic contemplation.

“In these deafening times, the very notion of “quiet music” is something of a revolutionary act…” The Independent, UK

“delicately ambiguous, and entirely compelling” (Journal of Music, IRL).

Presented by New Music Dublin
Sponsored by RTE/NCH/Arts Council Ireland