Enigma

Trying to incorporate Bloch technique into my own style ... may use this later in some shape or form. This was our first try, first practice. Muireann Ní Raghallaigh (violin) and Caoimhe Browne (violin) and I (cello). It will probably drift and flux and come back.
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Improv group 1.1

Improv group 1.2

Not very hiphophappy with this recording but had to get it out of my mind

Erin's Song-like dissection available! Ha

When Clare Can't Wake Up

#1 (i) Don't know (ii) hold piano strings and hammer and not (iii) Roddy harmonics (iv) invert?

Sample No.1

2nd draft!

Muireann Ní Raghallaigh (violin)
Caoimhe Browne (violin)
Mo (piano)

Rhythmic Displacement (ii)

Inspired by paddling Hunt canoes
(Ceaseless Sea)

Muireann Ní Raghallaigh - Violin I
Caoimhe Browne - Violin II
Muireann Joyce-Hearne - Cello

an canú

FO(U)R(E)

String Quartet in 4 movements

Recorded in CIT Cork School of Music
Recorded and Mixed by Orla Broderick

Composed by Muireann Joyce-Hearne
Violin - Harry O' Connor
Viola - Cian MacGarry
Cello - Melanie Higgins
Cello - Muireann Joyce-Hearne
Conductor - Patrick Clinton

FO(U)R(E) - quartet

Live recording of the Cork Fleischmann Symphony Orchestra performing 'TO' by Muireann Joyce-Hearne in City Hall, Cork, Ireland. 10th November 2018.

My inspiration for TO was breath. 
Specifically, the minuscule moment of time that we experience e.g. in a concert. The moment of silence just before the musician plays their first note - all of the potential energy that is held in that moment, the inhale of breath. And then, the moment of silence, an exhale, after they have played their final note, but before the audience might applause - the release of that energy. I find these moments addictive, much like when cycling/driving over a bridge, that tiny, lifting moment you are held in before you go down the other side. 
The first section of TO is the inhale, the second is the exhale and the General Pause (following the chaotic string section) is the ephemeral moment - the potential and release of energy meeting. There are several melodies that come to the surface throughout the piece - however much like the swimming of emotions that do not always serve us in the moment, these melodies are acknowledged then let go of. Deep belly breath, exhalation. My intention with this piece was to create a space in time where we might be able to experience this, that TO might allow the audience member, or musician, to sink into the music, and indulge in the peaceful power of breath.
[Edited Composer's Note]

'an canú' is a series of short trio pieces, inspired by the rhythmic motion of paddling a canoe.

Track (i) - an canú pt.1 for Vln, Vln, Vlc.
Track (ii) - an canú pt.2 (a hello to wake up the whole world) for Vln, Vln, Vlc.
Track (iii) - an canú pt.1 arranged for Fl, Fl, Vlc.

Thank you to the wonderful musicians I had the pleasure of recording with. And a deep thank you to Orla Broderick for recording and mixing these pieces at the CIT Cork School of Music.

Violin - Muireann Ní Raghaillagh
Violin - Caoimhe Browne
Cello - Muireann Joyce-Hearne (Mo)
Flute - Aldina Murphy
Flute - Darragh Johnson

Composed by Muireann Joyce-Hearne on the San Juan islands and the Puget Sound, U.S.A.

an canú pt.1 (Fl, Fl, Vlc)

an canú pt.2 - 'a hello to wake up the whole world'

an canú pt.1 (Vln, Vln, Vlc)

Muireann Ní Sheoighe Eachthighearn (Mo) is a musician, luthier and artist who lives in Cork city. Growing up, surrounded by the comforting presence of the Comeragh and Knockmealdown mountains, she draws her creative inspiration from the beauty of nature and human experiences, and that which can ‘catch the heart off guard and blow it open’.
Other biteens: https://soundcloud.com/user-976185170

Mo

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