Spike, Dublin’s alternative cello festival, will be back for its third installation Friday 8th-Sunday 10th February 2019 in venues across Dublin. After the festival’s hugely successful, entertaining and innovative 2017 & 18 incarnations, the 2019 programme will present unique events with some of the most talented and exciting cello artists & friends from home and abroad.
Friday 8th February
PERFORMANCE| FESTIVAL LAUNCH:
Claire Fitch – World premiere of interactive gaming piece, ‘Questioning The Elements’
Lakiko cellist (in ass. with Dubin Jazz Coop).
Open mic alternative cellists
Then, in the first of the evenings at The Workman’s Club, Irish games composer and cellist Claire Fitch will premiere an interactive gaming piece for cellos and a big screen, commissioned by Spike. Claire, formerly a cellist in the RTÉNSO, has been writing music and creating sound effects for games since 2003, ranging from loud action shooters to quiet and cute educational games. For Spike she has created a project which will call on two cellists to react to movements on screen, as if playing a game, to create a piece of music. After this performance there will be an open mic chance for visiting and resident cellists to perform their own works in five fifteen-minute slots hosted by the festival.
Date: Friday 8th February 2019
Time: Doors 8pm, Music 8.30pm
Venue: The Workman’s Club, 10 Wellington Quay, Dublin 2
Price: €15
Tickets available from: www.spikecellofest.com
