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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=6 color="#3f7c99"
face=Rockwell><span style='font-size:28.0pt;font-family:Rockwell;color:#3F7C99;
font-weight:bold'>‘New Time Ensemble’<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=6 color="#3f7c99"
face=Rockwell-Bold><span style='font-size:28.0pt;font-family:Rockwell-Bold;
color:#3F7C99;font-weight:bold'>CD Release Concert & Reception</span></font></b><b><font
size=5 color="#3f7c99" face=Rockwell-Bold><span style='font-size:16.5pt;
font-family:Rockwell-Bold;color:#3F7C99;font-weight:bold'>*<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=6 color="#3f7c99"
face=Rockwell><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Rockwell;color:#3F7C99'>Tuesday,
11 May 2010 • 17:30–19:00<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=6 color="#49ba9e"
face=Rockwell><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Rockwell;color:#49BA9E'>Tower
Theatre at the </span></font><font size=6 color="#49ba9e" face=Rockwell><span
style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Rockwell;color:#49BA9E'>New</span></font><i><font
size=6 color="#49ba9e" face=Rockwell-Italic><span style='font-size:24.0pt;
font-family:Rockwell-Italic;color:#49BA9E;font-style:italic'> </span></font></i><font
size=6 color="#49ba9e" face=Rockwell><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:
Rockwell;color:#49BA9E'>Irish World<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=6 color="#49ba9e" face=Rockwell><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:
Rockwell;color:#49BA9E'>Academy</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font size=6
color="#49ba9e" face=Rockwell><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Rockwell;
color:#49BA9E'> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Music</st1:PlaceName> and <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Dance</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Building</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceType
w:st="on"><font size=6 color="#49ba9e" face=Rockwell><span style='font-size:
24.0pt;font-family:Rockwell;color:#49BA9E'>University</span></font></st1:PlaceType><font
size=6 color="#49ba9e" face=Rockwell><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:
Rockwell;color:#49BA9E'> of <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Limerick</st1:PlaceName></span></font></st1:place><font
size=6 color="#49ba9e" face=Rockwell><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:
Rockwell;color:#49BA9E'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=6 color="#3f7c99"
face=Rockwell><span style='font-size:24.0pt;font-family:Rockwell;color:#3F7C99'>Free
Admission • Light Refreshments<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><b><font size=3 color="#3f7c99"
face=Rockwell-Bold><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Rockwell-Bold;
color:#3F7C99;font-weight:bold'>New Time Ensemble </span></font></b><font
color="#3f7c99" face=Rockwell><span style='font-family:Rockwell;color:#3F7C99'>comprises
four international postgraduate students who met<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color="#3f7c99"
face=Rockwell><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Rockwell;color:#3F7C99'>while
pursuing the MA in Traditional Irish Music Performance course at the University
of<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=3 color="#3f7c99" face=Rockwell><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Rockwell;color:#3F7C99'>Limerick</span></font></st1:place><font color="#3f7c99"
face=Rockwell><span style='font-family:Rockwell;color:#3F7C99'>. The band
emerged from a shared passion for animating traditional Irish tunes<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color="#3f7c99"
face=Rockwell><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Rockwell;color:#3F7C99'>in
new ways—incorporating influences from <st1:country-region w:st="on">France</st1:country-region>,
<st1:country-region w:st="on">Scotland</st1:country-region>, and the <st1:country-region
w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">U.S.</st1:place></st1:country-region> New Time<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color="#3f7c99"
face=Rockwell><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Rockwell;color:#3F7C99'>Ensemble
features Frédéric Pouille (guitar), Kay Vickers (fiddle), Leslie Anne Harrison<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color="#3f7c99"
face=Rockwell><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Rockwell;color:#3F7C99'>(flute),
and Liz Davis Maxfield (cello).<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color="#3f7c99"
face=Rockwell><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Rockwell;color:#3F7C99'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color="#3f7c99"
face=Rockwell><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Rockwell;color:#3F7C99'>*
The reception also celebrates a year-long collaboration between the University
of<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><st1:place w:st="on"><font
size=3 color="#3f7c99" face=Rockwell><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
Rockwell;color:#3F7C99'>Limerick</span></font></st1:place><font color="#3f7c99"
face=Rockwell><span style='font-family:Rockwell;color:#3F7C99'> and the </span></font><b><font
color="#3f7c99" face=Rockwell-Bold><span style='font-family:Rockwell-Bold;
color:#3F7C99;font-weight:bold'>U.S. Fulbright Program</span></font></b><font
color="#3f7c99" face=Rockwell><span style='font-family:Rockwell;color:#3F7C99'>,
an organisation designed to increase mutual<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='text-autospace:none'><font size=3 color="#3f7c99"
face=Rockwell><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Rockwell;color:#3F7C99'>respect
and understanding through educational and cultural exchanges. Liz Davis<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 color="#3f7c99" face=Rockwell><span
style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:Rockwell;color:#3F7C99'>Maxfield is the
Academy’s visiting student Fulbright grantee.</span></font><font size=2
face=Arial><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Arial'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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