CONNECTING MUSICALITY, A TransAtlantic Concert Between Dublin & New York, Set for Today

Following the great success of the 'Connecting Creativity' project in 2013, the Break-Away Project is delighted to announce the creation of 'Connecting Musicality'.

'Connecting Musicality' is an exciting project allowing Irish and American singers and songwriters to collaborate through technology and present those collaborative creations to Irish and American audiences in a unique and innovative way.

Five singers and five songwriters have been selected in Ireland to take part in the project, while five singers and five songwriters based in America have also been chosen.

Each Irish singer is paired with an American-based songwriter, and each American-based singer is paired with an Irish songwriter. Singers have a Skype call with their writer. They can speak about everything and anything; musical styles and tastes, life stories, belief in aliens!

Following their Skype meeting, each songwriter will write a song for their singer which they will perform at the CONNECTING MUSICALITY CONCERT today, November 29th, 2014.

Irish singers will perform in DUBLIN and American singers will perform in NEW YORK. The two venues will be connected via Skype and both audiences will view performances from the two continents; the Dublin audience will see Irish singers performing in the flesh and see the American singers performing in New York via Skype and vice versa.

Audience Members will also be given the opportunity to speak with singers and songwriters about their songs and their experience of collaborating through technology across the Atlantic during our Q & A session.

2 Audiences. 10 Irish American Collaborations. 1 TransAtlantic Concert.

When & where can you see the concert?

The Dublin venue is CFCP, 15 Pembroke Street Lower, Dublin and the New York venue is Stage Left Studios, 214 West 30th Street, New York. Showtime is 3pm New York time/8pm Dublin time on Saturday 29th November 2014. Tickets are available now at www.thebreakawayproject.com.

Participants:

Irish songwriter Rónán Ó Snodaigh has been paired with American singer Angela Watson Modeste
Irish songwriter Niamh Regan has been paired with American singer Joseph Mace
Irish songwriter Alan Tobin has been paired with American singer Nicole Riding
Irish songwriter Shane McLaughlin has been paired with American singer Joshua Dixon
Irish songwriter Helena Byrne has been paired with American singer Jonathan Christopher

American-based songwriter Michael Brunnock has been paired with Irish singer Evelyn Shaw
American songwriter Angela Polite has been paired with Irish singer Sarah Gannon
American songwriter Xavier Curry has been paired with Irish singer Colleen Savage
American songwriter Demetruis Spidle has been paired with Irish singer Steve Martyn
American songwriter Jim Territo has been paired with Irish singer Amanda Neri

As part of our mission, the Break-Away Project work toward creating links between Irish and American artists, regularly showcasing work by American artists here in Ireland and developing showcase opportunities for Irish artists in America. With this project we want to: Present a unique and innovative concert experience to audiences in Dublin and New York; Give singers and songwriters the opportunity to collaborate across the Atlantic and introduce new audiences to their work; Test the boundaries of technology, using Skype to facilitate artistic collaborations that would otherwise not be feasible; Make some great music!

For further information visit: www.thebreakawayproject.com, www.facebook.com/breakawayproject, or www.twitter.com/BreakAwayP, or email: thebreakawayproject@gmail.com.

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