Navigator: Musical Pathways with Dave Flynn
Prompt and explore musical improv with Dave Flynn
Guitarist and composer Dave Flynn is the Musician in Residence at Garter Lane, Waterford during October 2024, as part of IMC’s nationwide music residency programme NAVIGATOR.
As part of the IMAGINE Festival, members of the public are invited to join Dave in a workshop called ‘Musical Pathways’ as he guides in the creation of his new spontaneous compositions. In the spirit of the improvisational TV show ‘Whose Line is it Anyway?’, the workshop participants will prompt Dave to respond and improvise, creating unique musical pathways.
No musical experience is required, just an open mind and a sense of fun!
This is a free event but advanced booking is recommended. Follow the link above to book.
Dave Flynn
Celebrated by the New York Times for the “power and grittiness” of his music, composer, conductor and guitarist Dave Flynn is a musician of international renown. Hailing from Dublin, Ireland, he redefined orchestral music by creating the cross-genre Irish Memory Orchestra: a “formidable collective of musicians” (The Irish Times) — and the first and only orchestra in the Western world to perform exclusively by memory.
Amalgamating orchestral, jazz, rock and folk elements with deft and deep understanding, his compositions have been performed by the likes of the Prague Chamber Orchestra, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Crash Ensemble, New Juilliard Ensemble, Smith Quartet, New Zealand String Quartet, ConTempo Quartet, Vanbrugh Quartet, ConTempo Quartet, Dublin Guitar Quartet, Laura Snowden, Craig Ogden, John Feeley and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra.
