Light Shifts
– Bernie Garvey O’Mara
at Ballina Arts Centre
In February Ballina Arts Centre will present Light Shifts, an exhibition of paintings by Crossmolina-based artist Bernie Garvey O’Mara. Her work is initially an inner response which materialises in different media. The medium she chooses to relate that response — be it oil or watercolour — is merely the vehicle which depicts the response most profoundly. Her work is influenced by light and colour; the moments in time when all seems to stand still, or a shaft of light that transforms the seemingly ordinary. These light shifts are at the core of her work and are the inspiration for this exhibition. Light Shifts opens on Wednesday February 4, at 8pm, and will run until February 28. Free admission. All are welcome to attend.
Trihornophone – great jazz at Ballina Arts Centre
On Thursday February 12 at 8pm, Ballina Arts Centre will host one of Irish jazz’s most innovative exciting ensembles, Trihornophone. Recent winners of Music Network's Youngmusicwide Award, Trihornophone — Bill Blackmore (trumpet ), Seán Óg (alto saxophone ), Kelan Walsh (baritone saxophone ), and Dennis Cassidy (drums ) — is a novel quartet dedicated to performing original music for trumpet, two saxophones, and drum kit. Chief composer Sean Óg liberally takes influences from pop, European folk, and contemporary jazz, creating three-minute epics that underline a playful approach to improvised music, while the instrumentation yields new timbres and textures. Trihornophone’s second album, Breathing Time, was released by Diatribe Recordings in October 2008. By turns playful and colourful, virtuosic and complex, this album does that rare thing of balancing uncompromising improvised music with an openness and accessibility which crosses the usual divides between serious new music and exploratory pop music. Presented in association with Music Network. Admission is €12/€10 (concession ). Booking essential.
