Louth Contemporary Music Society

We all know what folk music is, more or less. What about folks’ music, then? Would that be the music of lots of different folks? Indeed it would.

Folks’ Music will be the next annual midsummer festival presented by Louth Contemporary Music Society, and it will bring together just that: lots of different folks. Some with dirt on their musical boots.

The Explore Ensemble will play in the clean, intimate space of Dundalk Gaol on Sat 17th June. Their concert includes a new piece for string quartet and electronics Synchronicity by Irish live wire Sam Perkin, but most of the music is by Clara Iannotta: two urgently whispering quartets, both quite different, but both of them leading you along with the dream logic of a David Lynch movie. No wonder Iannotta is one of the most sought-after composers in Europe today.

Funded by the Arts Council and Create Louth. Supported by RTÉ Supporting the Arts and with the friendly support of Ernst von Siemens Music Foundation. Cassandra Miller’s commission was co-funded by The Robert D. Bielecki Foundation.

Tickets for this and other LCMS festival events available @ www.louthcms.org/perform-music-by-clara-iannotta-and-sam-perkin/