amplify

By Contemporary Music Centre

A podcast from the Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland on new music and composers from Ireland.

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April 10, 2026amplify #130 — Paul Scully tries for a 'Personal Best' with Nadar Ensemble
Paul and Nadar ensemble performed his new piece, Personal Best as part of What’s next?, a concert of four new works developed by early-career composers as part of the 2025 NADAR Summer School. The summer school and international festival commissions were supported by NADAR in partnership with the Contemporary Music Centre, New Music Dublin (Ireland), Gaudeamus (Netherlands), Warsaw Autumn (Poland) and Transit Festival (Belgium).

Show Notes

Paul Scully
What’s next? Nadar Summer School @ New Music Dublin 2026
New Music Dublin Festival
Gaudeamas Festival
Warsaw Autumn Festival

Episode Credits

Recorded and edited by Jonathan Grimes
Additional editing by Keith Fennell
Hosted by Evonne Ferguson and Jonathan Grimes
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December 19, 2025 amplify #129 - Danny McCarthy
The final episode of 2025 features a conversation with pioneering sound artist Danny McCarthy. Recorded in early December at CMC to mark the launch of his new album on Farpoint Recordings, Haunted by Silence, the episode also includes a live performance from the launch in the CMC’s Creative Space, featuring Danny alongside Anthony Kelly and David Stalling. Presented by Jonathan Grimes.

Shownotes: https://www.cmc.ie/amplify/episode-129
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31min
December 05, 2025 amplify #128 - InTERRActions
CMC Emerging Composers Laura Heneghan and Santiago Kodela, and co-founder of Icon Arts Transylvania Academy and Festival Diana Gheorghiu talk to Evonne Ferguson about the InTERRActions concert tour showcasing recent work from Romania and Ireland, and the Composer Residency at the ICON Arts Festival in Sibiu, Transylvania, attended this summer by both composers as part of CMC's ongoing partnership with the festival. Presented by Jonathan Grimes.

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18min
November 14, 2025amplify #127 - RAMP Festival 2025
Conversations with some of the featured artists at this year’s RAMP Festival in Rathmullan, Co. Donegal which took place in July. Timothy Cape, Mayah Kadish, Rob Casey and Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh talk to Jonathan Grimes.Show Notes
RAMP Festival 2025
Timothy Cape
CMC Composer Page
Mayah Kadish
Ailbhe Nic Oireachtaigh
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36min
October 17, 2025 amplify #126 — Jonathan Nangle
Amplify returns with a conversation with composer Jonathan Nangle, recorded during this year’s ISCM World New Music Days 2025 in Lisbon in June. Presented by Jonathan Grimes, the episode centres on Nangle’s work Artificial Blissful State — performed at the festival by saxophonist Henrique Portovedo — a piece that reflects on our relationship with technology and how we are increasingly controlled by it.

Shownotes: https://www.cmc.ie/amplify/episode-126
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21min
June 20, 2025 amplify #125 – John Godfrey and Quiet Music Ensemble
A conversation with composer and guitarist John Godfrey, Artistic Director of Quiet Music Ensemble, recorded in May 2025 ahead of the launch in CMC of two new albums on Farpoint Recordings - *Moon Phases* by Francis Heery and a remastered edition of *The Mysteries Beyond Matter*. Presented by Jonathan Grimes, the episode includes an extract from a live performance recorded at the launch event with John Godfrey, QME cellist Yseult Cooper Stockdale, and Anthony Kelly and David Stalling of Farpoint Recordings.

Shownotes: https://www.cmc.ie/amplify/episode-125
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30min
May 30, 2025amplify #124 - Music Current 2025: Ownership of Music Material and Communities
This special live edition of amplify, recorded this April as part of the Music Current Festival in Dublin, presents Who Owns Music? A Discussion on Ownership of Music Material and Communities. The panel features Laetitia Deering (DIY arts facilitator), Eamonn Keating (IMRO), Maximilian Marcoll (festival composer) and Thilo Ruck (festival musician), who explore how digital technology is reshaping ideas of ownership in music — from copyright and distribution to creative control and the role of community. Hosted by Jonathan Grimes.
Show Notes

Music Current Festival

Laetitia Deering

Eamonn Keating

Maximilian Marcoll

Thilo Ruck
Recording Engineer: Paul LynchEditing: Keith Fennell
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48min
May 09, 2025 amplify #123 - Musici Ireland's Earthrise album launch
Conversations with Musici Ireland Artistic Director Beth McNinch and violinist Ioana Petcu-Colan, recorded during the launch of the group's album 'Earthrise' at CMC. Presented by Jonathan Grimes with Evonne Ferguson, the episode also features composer Liam Bates talking about composing the album's title track — a viola concerto written for Beth McNinch.Full show notes: https://www.cmc.ie/amplify/episode-123
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25min
May 02, 2025amplify #122 - Robert Finegan performs Jenn Kirby's 'Tripping' at CMC's New Music Exchange
In the third and final episode of our New Music Dublin Exchange Showcases, saxophonist Robert Finegan performs Jenn Kirby's Tripping. Presented by Jonathan Grimes. Show Notes
Robert Finegan
Jenn Kirby
CMC Composer Page
Music recorded at IMRO, Copyright House, Pembroke Row, Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2, D02 HW59. Recording: Keith Fennell and Garrett SholdiceEditing: Keith Fennell
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April 25, 2025amplify #121 - Tadhg Kinsella performs at CMC's New Music Dublin Exchange
In the second episode of our New Music Dublin Exchange Showcases, CMC Emerging Composer Tadhg Kinsella, a classically trained percussionist and live electronics musician, performs a live improvisation using modular synthesisers. Presented by Jonathan Grimes.
Show Notes
Tadhg Kinsella
Dublin Modular

Music recorded at IMRO, Copyright House, Pembroke Row, Baggot Street Lower, Dublin 2, D02 HW59.
Recording:
Keith Fennell and Garrett Sholdice
Editing:
Keith Fennell
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18min

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