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Rhona Clarke CD Launch and Music Network Tour

Rhona Clarke's CD, A Different Game, was given its Irish launch on 3 December 2017 in Belvedere House, St Patrick's Campus, DCU with Dr Jane O'Leary as guest speaker.  It is published on the Métier label and contains her Piano Trios numbers 2, 3 & 4 along with duos & solo works all played by members of the incomparable Fidelio Trio. [Photo above: Rhona Clarke with Evonne Ferguson (Contemporary Music Centre) and composer Jane O'Leary]

A Different Game features the considerable dynamic, expressive capabilities of The Fidelio Trio performing six chamber compositions that stand out for the articulate flow of modern classicalideas and the structural strengths... Clarke comes through as an original stylist and a brilliant musical conversationalist.." -- Greg Edwards, Gapplegate Classical-Modern Music

"She has managed to create an exciting and often challenging personal voice that is always interesting and often quite beautiful." -- John France, MusicWeb


String Quartet featured in national Music Network Tour

Rhona Clarke's Edge (2017) for String Quartet, commissioned by Music Network for the brilliant French ensemble Quatuor Voce, was given eight performances nationwide between the 17 and 25 November. [Photo below: Rhona Clarke with the members of Quatuor Voce at the Chapter House, St Mary's Cathedral, Kilkenny]