http://www.summermusicontheshannon.com/wordpress Providing accessibility to excellence in music Fri, 12 Mar 2010 20:06:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en “Bruce (Dunn) and I share an Irish connection in that we have worked together for several years in Ireland as part of the Summer Music on the Shannon Festival in Limerick, Ireland.” Here's KamloopsThisWeek.com - a piece by Dale Bass, published 12 March It's a testament to the amazing  reach and connections ... http://www.summermusicontheshannon.com/wordpress/?p=728 I heard yesterday that this is the last week for grant applications to be lodged with the Arts Council of Ireland. As far as I know SMS hasn't yet lodged a grant application for SMS in 2010. Does this mean that there will be no SMS in 2010? I'd be grateful if someone ... http://www.summermusicontheshannon.com/wordpress/?p=724 The future of SMS?  I have no inside information.  So please don't jump to any conclusions? We (on this blog) did our best to support SMS09.  We've created a record of sorts - that'll be there for posterity.  We've linked people and created a resource for others to use as they ... http://www.summermusicontheshannon.com/wordpress/?p=722 Here you can see an album of photographs from Maria Ryan who plays violin... http://www.summermusicontheshannon.com/wordpress/?p=720 This is an attempt at a homage (or an homage - pronounce it as ye will) to Bob Creech, and a poor one at that. Not being a Classical music connoisseur, let alone a buff, I'm not privy to what Bob Creech has achieved in a lifetime of dedication to Classical ... http://www.summermusicontheshannon.com/wordpress/?p=124 We are delighted to welcome Michael Murphy, Director of University Concert Hall (UCH), which is on the campus of University of Limerick (UL). This is 2nd in a series of interviews we plan to publish about SMS around the theme of “SMS : Significance & Future” -  showcasing views of key ... http://www.summermusicontheshannon.com/wordpress/?p=682 Fans of Carl Davis who loved his recent visit to SMS, have a look at this... http://www.summermusicontheshannon.com/wordpress/?p=691 On Wednesday I drove from Cork to Limerick and interviewed Michael Murphy about Summer Music on the Shannon (SMS).  We talked about his experience of SMS for almost an hour. I think you'll be interested in his perspective. All I have to do is finish knocking my notes and recording into shape. Michael ... http://www.summermusicontheshannon.com/wordpress/?p=685 What wonder of modern civilization the Internet is. I think of it like the wheel.  And sometimes even like fire... The arena that is the Internet is a porous affair,  a permeable  membrane... a space where fault lines cross, rivers converge and ideas splinter in a trillion directions. SMS is out there now.  ... http://www.summermusicontheshannon.com/wordpress/?p=677 I've finally got the video snippets I took with my common-or-garden Nokia mobile phone in the correct (flv) format for the web, so will be posting them here very soon. The picture quality is not great but the sound is. They're mostly 1-1:30 minutes long and were taken in the ... http://www.summermusicontheshannon.com/wordpress/?p=675