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SUMMARY:BAN BAM: Joanna Mattrey & Christine Tobin
DTSTAMP:20260510T113439Z
DTSTART:20260308T130000Z
DESCRIPTION:> Concert\n\nA play on 'bean' (the Irish word for 'woman')\, BA
	N BAM is an initiative by the\nImprovised Music Company to support and dev
	elop the work of women and\ngender-minority artists in jazz and improvised
	 music.\n\nTickets €15/€10 on Powertik\n[https://ie.powertik.com/events/ma
	ttrey-tobin-ban-bam]\n\nComposers Joanna Mattrey and Christine Tobin\, are
	 the recipients of the 2025 BAN\nBAM commissioning and development award f
	rom Improvised Music Company.\n\nWith themes of conflict\, loss of home an
	d cultural identity\, Joanna Mattrey’s\nBattle Ready II asks that the perf
	ormers play for those who have no voice. The\nwork includes composition\, 
	improvisation\, spoken text and video\, and features a\ncentral quartet of
	 saxophone\, violin\, synths\, and Mattrey on viola\, creating a\npowerful
	 live experience.\n\nChristine Tobin’s Pseudologia Fantastica explores the
	mes of disinformation\, and\nthe misappropriation of new technologies and 
	information networks to spread lies\nthat destroy democratic conversation\
	, undermining our perceptions of the world.\nIn the history of communicati
	on\, we have never been so connected—yet we often\nfind ourselves divided\
	, mistrustful and weighed down by dark uncertainty about\nthe future. Pres
	ented by composer and singer Tobin accompanied by cellist Kate\nShortt and
	 guitarist Phil Robson\, the piece includes spoken word and song\, as\nwel
	l as live electronics\, pre-recorded soundscapes\, sonic improvisation and
	 hand\npercussion\, against a backdrop of visual images\, marking a new di
	rection for\nthis artist.\n\nMore info:\nhttps://www.findingavoice.ie/what
	s-on/ban-bam-joanna-mattrey-christine-tobin\n[https://www.findingavoice.ie
	/whats-on/ban-bam-joanna-mattrey-christine-tobin]
URL:https://calendar.clonmel.town/event/ban-bam
GEO:52.3529774;-7.7013943
LOCATION:Main Guard - Mitchel Street
STATUS:CONFIRMED
CATEGORIES:Fee paid,Finding a Voice,Live Music
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<blockquote><p>Concert</p></blockquote><p>A pl
	ay on 'bean' (the Irish word for 'woman'), BAN BAM is an initiative by the
	 Improvised Music Company to support and develop the work of women and gen
	der-minority artists in jazz and improvised music.</p><p>Tickets €15/€10 o
	n <a target="_blank" href="https://ie.powertik.com/events/mattrey-tobin-ba
	n-bam">Powertik</a></p><p>Composers <strong>Joanna Mattrey</strong> and <s
	trong>Christine Tobin</strong>, are the recipients of the 2025 BAN BAM com
	missioning and development award from Improvised Music Company.</p><p>With
	 themes of conflict, loss of home and cultural identity, <strong>Joanna Ma
	ttrey</strong>’s <em>Battle Ready II</em> asks that the performers play fo
	r those who have no voice. The work includes composition, improvisation, s
	poken text and video, and features a central quartet of saxophone, violin,
	 synths, and Mattrey on viola, creating a powerful live experience.</p><p>
	<strong>Christine Tobin</strong>’s <em>Pseudologia Fantastica</em><strong>
	 </strong>explores themes of disinformation, and the misappropriation of n
	ew technologies and information networks to spread lies that destroy democ
	ratic conversation, undermining our perceptions of the world. In the histo
	ry of communication, we have never been so connected—yet we often find our
	selves divided, mistrustful and weighed down by dark uncertainty about the
	 future. Presented by composer and singer Tobin accompanied by cellist Kat
	e Shortt and guitarist Phil Robson, the piece includes spoken word and son
	g, as well as live electronics, pre-recorded soundscapes, sonic improvisat
	ion and hand percussion, against a backdrop of visual images, marking a ne
	w direction for this artist.</p><p>More info: <a target="_blank" href="htt
	ps://www.findingavoice.ie/whats-on/ban-bam-joanna-mattrey-christine-tobin"
	>https://www.findingavoice.ie/whats-on/ban-bam-joanna-mattrey-christine-to
	bin</a></p>
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