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<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT color=#3f7c99 size=6 face=Rockwell><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell; COLOR: #3f7c99; FONT-SIZE: 28pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">‘New Time Ensemble’</SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT color=#3f7c99 size=6 face=Rockwell-Bold><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell-Bold; COLOR: #3f7c99; FONT-SIZE: 28pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">CD Release Concert & Reception</SPAN></FONT></B><B><FONT color=#3f7c99 size=5 face=Rockwell-Bold><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell-Bold; COLOR: #3f7c99; FONT-SIZE: 16.5pt; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">*</SPAN></FONT></B></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#3f7c99 size=6 face=Rockwell><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell; COLOR: #3f7c99; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">Tuesday, 11 May 2010 • 17:30–19:00</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#49ba9e size=6 face=Rockwell><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell; COLOR: #49ba9e; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">Tower Theatre at the </SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#49ba9e size=6 face=Rockwell><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell; COLOR: #49ba9e; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">New</SPAN></FONT><I><FONT color=#49ba9e size=6 face=Rockwell-Italic><SPAN style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell-Italic; COLOR: #49ba9e; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"> </SPAN></FONT></I><FONT color=#49ba9e size=6 face=Rockwell><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell; COLOR: #49ba9e; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">Irish World</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#49ba9e size=6 face=Rockwell><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell; COLOR: #49ba9e; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">Academy</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#49ba9e size=6 face=Rockwell><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell; COLOR: #49ba9e; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"> of Music and Dance Building</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#49ba9e size=6 face=Rockwell><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell; COLOR: #49ba9e; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">University</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#49ba9e size=6 face=Rockwell><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell; COLOR: #49ba9e; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"> of Limerick</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#49ba9e size=6 face=Rockwell><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell; COLOR: #49ba9e; FONT-SIZE: 24pt"></SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#3f7c99 size=6 face=Rockwell><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell; COLOR: #3f7c99; FONT-SIZE: 24pt">Free Admission • Light Refreshments</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><B><FONT color=#3f7c99 size=3 face=Rockwell-Bold><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell-Bold; COLOR: #3f7c99; FONT-SIZE: 12pt; 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</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#3f7c99 size=3 face=Rockwell><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell; COLOR: #3f7c99; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">while pursuing the MA in Traditional Irish Music Performance course at the University of</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#3f7c99 size=3 face=Rockwell><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell; COLOR: #3f7c99; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Limerick</SPAN></FONT><FONT color=#3f7c99 face=Rockwell><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell; COLOR: #3f7c99">. The band emerged from a shared passion for animating traditional Irish tunes</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#3f7c99 size=3 face=Rockwell><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell; COLOR: #3f7c99; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">in new ways—incorporating influences from France, Scotland, and the U.S. New Time</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#3f7c99 size=3 face=Rockwell><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell; COLOR: #3f7c99; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Ensemble features Frédéric Pouille (guitar), Kay Vickers (fiddle), Leslie Anne Harrison</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#3f7c99 size=3 face=Rockwell><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell; COLOR: #3f7c99; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">(flute), and Liz Davis Maxfield (cello).</SPAN></FONT></P>
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<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#3f7c99 size=3 face=Rockwell><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell; COLOR: #3f7c99; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">* The reception also celebrates a year-long collaboration between the University of</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#3f7c99 size=3 face=Rockwell><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell; COLOR: #3f7c99; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Limerick</SPAN></FONT><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</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#3f7c99 size=3 face=Rockwell><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell; COLOR: #3f7c99; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">respect and understanding through educational and cultural exchanges. Liz Davis</SPAN></FONT></P>
<P class=MsoNormal><FONT color=#3f7c99 size=3 face=Rockwell><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Rockwell; COLOR: #3f7c99; FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Maxfield is the Academy’s visiting student Fulbright grantee.</SPAN></FONT><FONT size=2 face=Arial><SPAN style="FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"></SPAN></FONT></P></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>