West Cork Chamber Music Festival facts for kids
The West Cork Chamber Music Festival is a music festival, established in 1995, that takes place in the town of Bantry, Ireland, usually in July.
Performers
Performers at the festival have included the RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, Barry Douglas, Ruby Hughes, Nicola Benedetti, Tanja Becker-Bender and Natalie Clein and works have included some by contemporary composers, such as Thomas Larcher and Mathias Hinke.
Venues and activities
The performances take place at venues around the town, including Bantry House and St Brendan's Church. The central performance venue is Bantry House, where the drawing room, with a capacity of approximately 50 seats, is used for some concerts.
Alongside the performances the festival includes violin and bow making, master classes and a composition competition whose past winners include Harry Whalley, Sebastian Adams and Solfa Carlisle.
Composition competition
The festival runs a composition competition for young composers born or resident of Ireland under the age of 35.
| Name | Composition | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Amy Rooney | Viscosity | 2015 |
| Peter Leavy | Kintsukuroi | 2015 |
| Robert Coleman | Monster | 2015 |
| Finola Merivale | The Language of Mountains is Rain | 2015 |
| Amy Rooney | Foreground Background | 2014 |
| Christopher McAteer | Intaglio | 2014 |
| Patrick Connolly | Extracts of Music from the Room next door | 2014 |
| Sean Doherty | Arche | 2014 |
| Patrick Egan | Then Til Now | 2013 |
| Timothy Cape | Collector's Item | 2013 |
| Solfa Carlile | Fables | 2013 |
| Sean Doherty | Retreat | 2013 |
| Solfa Carlile | Saul and the Witch | 2012 |
| Bill McGrath | Bill McGrath | 2012 |
| Harry Whalley | Compression | 2012 |
