Weekly Jazz Jam
Every Wednesday for the past few months a group of jazz musicians from various origins have been gathering in the basement of 15 Pembroke Street Lwr. We like to call it CFCP Jazz Jam.
Open to all, the sessions have no set programme and welcome any kind of instrument – percusion, guitar, double bass, sax, trumpet – the more the jazzier! Things kick off around 8:30pm and go on, usually, until well into the night.
So if you have a penchant for jazz and are looking for an outlet for your creativity, or if you just fancy spending an evening listening to some interesting music – come along!
It’s €7.50 at the door or €5 for members.
Also, take a look at the facebook page that some of our regulars have set up: Jazz Jam Sessions @CFCP, Dublin
Hope to see you Wednesday!
“The Open Rehearsals” – make, listen, forget…
This Thursday at 6:30pm – a special performance by David Bremner & His Improvised Music Theatre Band – “The Open Rehearsals”.
“The Open Rehearsals” are a group of professionally trained classical musicians/theatre artists who have come together to explore the possibilities of improvised music theatre.
“We’re developing a form of collective music-making, accentuating the performance element.”
The text sung by the singers, which is improvised anew in each performance out of a pool of material provided beforehand by composer David Bremner, creates an environment which the instrumentalists and actor feed off.
“What we do is pitched on the boundaries between abstract music, text art and theatre.”
Join us for this unique experience – 6:30pm this Thursday 15th July at CFCP.
Lunchtime Series Part 2 – Patricia O’Reilly
Our Lunchtime Series continued last Friday with a reading by author and writer-of-all-sorts, Patricia O’Reilly.
Talking about her new novel, A Type of Beauty, the story of Kathleen Newton (1854-1882), Patricia gave a fascinating insight into the research process behind the fact-led historical novel.
The story tells of the life of Kathleen Newton, the muse and lover of French painter Jacques Tissot, and her tempestuous affairs which left her a divorced single mother of two, struggling to reconcile her situation with her Irish Catholic background.
Following in the footsteps of her subject, Patricia was led on a journey from Ireland to India to Paris and finally London. Here, tragically, Kathleen Newton committed suicide after contracting Tuberculosis. She was just 28 at when she died.
Patricia has written several novels, as well as short-stories, radio plays, journalism and documentaries. Previous works of fiction which are widely translated include Time & Destiny – the story of Eileen Gray, Felicity’s Wedding and Once Upon a Summer.
Speaking of her work Patricia has said, “When I was a child I dreamed of not only being a writer, but of having a book for sale in a bookshop with my name on its cover. And like the best of dreams, it came to pass.” Patricia also lectures on writing and runs an online creative writing course.
Catch A Type of Beauty when it launches at Listowel Writers Week on June 4th and check out Patricia’s blog at http://lovewriting.patriciaoreilly.net/
Lunchtime Series Part 1 – Ria & Maurice Czerniak
Wonderful afternoon at CFCP yesterday. Our Lunchtime Series kicked off with a concert by the amazingly talented Ria & Maurice Czerniak.
Beautiful vocals accompanied by bittersweet melodies, Ria’s songs have been described as “earthy, whimsical tales of woe and mystery that leave audiences inspired to find black cats among buttons in the twilight where missing persons play chess against the hands of time…”
We couldn’t have put it better ourselves! It was the perfect way to spend one of the first summer afternoons in Dublin. And the yummy organic lunch was fab too!
Ria has been composing songs since her early teens. Initial influences included Kate Bush and Joni Mitchell, and since then a little jazz and music hall has crept in. In recent years she has formed a song-writing partnership with guitarist Maurice Czerniak. Together they have produced the four-track EP Cherry On My Sundae. Check it out at: www.riaczerniak.com
Looking forward to the next in our Lunchtime Series – author Patricia O’Reilly reading from her new novel A Type of Beauty, the story of Kathleen Newton (1854-1882), a fact-led story of the mistress and muse of French painter Jacques Tissot. Sounds like it’s going to be a fascinating read! Get a sneak preview this Friday between 12pm and 2pm at CFCP.