CRASH WORKS 2026-2027
CRASH WORKS is an initiative to support the artistic and professional development of music creators at pivotal stages of their careers - creators who are eager to engage with Crash and the wider world of contemporary classical music. The programme is offered in partnership with New Music Dublin, Crash Ensemble musicians, and our broader team of creative minds.
CRASH WORKS III (2026-2027)
Five music creators, selected through an open call, will undertake a two-year Crash Works Residency in partnership with New Music Dublin Festival. These 5 brilliant creators are:
Niamh Dalton
Sofia Féria
Peter Joyce
Joanna Mattrey
Michael Sullivan
Over the next two years, these creators will take part in our Crash Works development hub, designed to meet the needs of emerging artists in the 21st century. We will fully support their creative process allowing time for thinking, creating, collaborating, investigating and re-defining what it is to be a music creator. The creators will work with our lovely Crash Ensemble musicians and team of skilled, talented people. We will share our knowledge of the sector, encourage play and experimentation and support new ways of creating music.
During their residency the creators will develop at 10-minute piece of work which will be presented at New Music Dublin Festival in 2027. Each creator is individual and so too will be the shape of the work they will create.
We believe in creating music in a different way - embracing new ideas, discovering new sounds, and championing the future of new music.
PAST CRASH WORKS CREATORS
Crash Works II Creators (2024-2025)
Aoife King
Tim Doyle
Aleksandr Nisse
Cathal O'Riordan
Lara Weaver
Crash Works II premiered at New Music Dublin Festival at the National Concert Hall, Dublin in April 2025. Concert recordings of Crash Works II are available now on Crash Records.
Alongside Crash Works 2024-25, music creators Maeve Kelly, Jenn Kirby, Elle Wadding, Dani Larkin, Neil O'Connor, Michael Sullivan and Paul Scully created a 3-minute Postcard Piece for Crash Ensemble. These works premiered at Kilkenny Arts Festival in 2024. Crash commissioned Filmmaker-in-Residence Laura Sheeran to create accompanying visuals that beautifully interweave live visual stories with each piece. The films were shown at New Music Dublin Festival, Open Ear Festival, Kilkenny Arts Festival and Sounds From a Safe Harbour Festival in 2025.
Multimedia artist Celsey McFadden was commissioned to create visuals to accompany the Postcard pieces. Using cutting-edge AI technologies to craft visuals that resonate with the themes of the music, Celsey's videos premiered online in January 2025 on RTE Culture.
Crash Works I Creators (2022-2023)
Amy Rooney
Anselm McDonnell
Laura Hyland
Una Monaghan
Yue Song
Crash Works I premiered at New Music Dublin Festival at the National Concert Hall, Dublin in April 2023. Concert recordings of Crash Works I are available on Crash Records.
Alongside Crash Works I, a new commission opportunity developed and music creators Amelia Clarkson, Jacqueline Fletcher, Richard Hughes and Aleksandr Nisse created a 2-minute Postcard Piece for Crash Ensemble. These works premiered at venues nationwide in 2022 as part of our national tour at venues across Ireland.
Crash Works II album out now!
Programme notes
Crash Ensemble
Aoife King
Tim Doyle
Aleksandr Nisse
Cathal O'Riordan
Lara Weaver
Recorded live at the National Concert Hall Dublin at New Music Dublin Festival 2025.
