Sonic Vigil

The Quiet Club will continue their explorations of sonic possibilities with a free concert in a new venue the Lavit Gallery. Performing there for the first time this coming Friday 5th July @ 1pm when they present the second instalment of their free improvisation and sound art work “The Rivers Of Silence (Part 2)”. Always tending to push the boundaries of listening and sound making to the extreme limits The Quiet Club continue to one of Ireland’s leading sound art /improvisation groups with numerous recordings and broadcasts to their name. The concert will run beside “Haunted By Silence” the new sound installation by Danny McCarthy currently in The Vaults Galleries at the Lavit Gallery
The concert is FREE admission but on a first come basic.

We’re finally here… come join us…treat your 👂…. 12pm start Cork Opera House

Fresh of an 😻 🤩 🥲 sell out night last night with Quiet Music Ensemble we move forward to tonight’s Sonic Vigil presents The Quiet Club + Cathal Roche / Memory Echo event The Guest House…see you 👋 or tomorrow…..

Things are in full swing ahead of Sonic Vigil Day 1. The Quiet Music Ensemble is almost at capacity, but there’s still places for the Pauline Oliveros film @4:30pm.. 🎫 Cork Opera House

It's Sonic Vigil week already!

Tickets for Sonic Vigil presents The Quiet Club + Cathal Roche / Memory Echo will be at the door and will be first-come-first-served only, so make sure you get there early! Tickets also include food at the Drunk Pig Café.

Of course, make sure you pick up your tickets online for the Cork Opera House concerts - Deep Listening film, Quiet Music Ensemble, and Sonic Vigil XI.

Sound, dance, movement, found objects, improvisation, reflection... this will be a special concert - Sonic Vigil presents Quiet Music Ensemble on 14 September at Cork Opera House.

At the heart of the In Your Own Time and Place festival will be the 11th Sonic Vigil marathon, taking place 16 September from 12pm to 6pm at Cork Opera House.

One of Ireland’s most significant improvisation and sound art events, Sonic Vigil has been on the Cork scene since its founding by Danny McCarthy and Mick O’Shea in 2005. Over the years, this unique improvisation marathon has been held in venues all over the city, with performers from across the world.

This year's Vigil features very special guest, David Toop, alongside 22 performers and improvisers.

For the 6-hour marathon, performers will play according to a randomly-generated timetable, producing unexpected and unplanned solos, duos and trios developing across the day.

Check out some highlights of past Sonic Vigils (photos by Robin Parmar).

Thanks GoldenPlec.com Music News for this preview of our 3-day festival, 14-17 September.

Cork's Sonic Vigil presents: In your own time and space | News Sonic Vigil, a regular feature of Cork’s experimental music scene going back to 2005, will this year expand to ‘In Your Own Time and Place’, a three-day

Thanks to The Journal of Music for this overview of the full 'In Your Own Time and Place' programme, focussing on the Sonic Vigil itself, with our guest David Toop.

From the organisers:
'We are excited to revive and expand Sonic Vigil, which is a multi-sensory event that merges sound, image, space, experience, taste and movement to bring unique experiences to new and old audiences in Cork.… [it] is a truly special event for its performers and audiences, as it offers time and space to practices that often live in-between more defined genres. We are interested in keeping Cork’s diverse sound art and improvisation scene alive through these and the many off-shoots that the Vigil has created over the years.'

Sonic Vigil Festival of Improvisation and Sound Art in Cork to Feature David Toop Weekend will include a range of Irish and international improvisers as well as a new film on Pauline Oliveros.

Sonic Vigil is honoured to open the In Your Own Time and Place festival with the Irish premiere screening of Daniel Weintraub's film 'Deep Listening: The Story of Pauline Oliveros'.

The film traces the life and work of the iconic composer/improvisor/philosopher, one of the most extraordinary and influential musicians of recent times.

Tickets are selling fast, so pick yours up soon from Cork Opera House - just €5/€3 (or get a discount if booking for Quiet Music Ensemble as well).
Link: https://www.corkoperahouse.ie/whats-on/deep-listening-the-story-of-pauline-oliveros-a-film-by-daniel-weintraub-sonic-xi/

Arts Council Ireland Cork Opera House The Contemporary Music Centre Carole Ione Daniel Weintraub

Explore the full three days of improvisation in our programme here: https://padlet.com/ammmgt/sonic-vigil-11-70qdeplmlholmn0s

Sonic Vigil Presents: In Your Own Time And Place, 14-16 Sept 2023
…a three-day celebration of improvisation, sound art + exploration in Cork, Ireland… featuring David Toop, Pauline Oliveros, Quiet Music Ensemble, The Quiet Club + many many more…..
Funded by Irish Arts Council + generously supported by Cork Opera House.
Beautiful poster by Mick O Shea.