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Ensemble Mosiak performing Veiled Babble from balcony.
CURRENT/RECENT
Karen performing @Makeitup Club, Melbourne, Australia.
FUTURE
Recording in Berlin Bunkers, Germany for Once Below Installation.
PAST
 

Current/Recent Performances:

20/01/2023
02/09/2022 - 03/09/2022
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28/07/2022

​29/06/2022

02/05/2022
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07/04/2022
...nature calls... - for RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra + Blackbird ​National Concert Hall, Dublin, Ireland.
​National Symphony Orchestra
Jessica Cottis
, conductor
Leticia Moreno, violin

Karen Power …nature calls…for Symphony Orchestra + Blackbird NSO Commission - World Premiere
Dvořák Violin Concerto
Beethoven Symphony No. 7
Punkt Seminar | curated by David Toop - seminar series as part of Punkt Festival, Norwary.  https://punktfestival.no
Human Nature Series - select duets performed by Kirkos Ensemble in Phoenix Park, Ireland - part of Kirkos 10th Anniversary Festival 
Human Nature Series...on location... - 5 of the 18 duets to be performed around the world in specific locations. In partnership with Sirius Arts Centre, Ireland. Performers: Samuel Stoll, Jane Rigler, Simone Keller, John Godfrey + Lore Lixenberg. ​
Radio Art works @ Sonic Matter - 24 hour stream - https://sonicmatter.ch/en/sonic-world/radio
hearspace (2014) - for radio
is this on? (2016) - site specific radio
human nature series (2020) - 3 pieces 
once below (2015) - radio version
amazonian words (2017) - tape
sonic pollinators (2017) + loaded silence (2015) @ Roulette, Brooklyn, NY, USA 
​Interpretations Series by Mutable Music
4 channel performance with QME (Quiet Music Ensemble) 30'00''
Piano + Ice (Stereo tape) performed by Isabelle O' Connell 13'30''
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John Godfrey performing sea stories (2021) on-location @ Sea Caves.

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12/04/2022

16/04/2022

23/04/2022



March 2022
sounds like the amazon... (2017) + Human Nature (no 8 + no 19) @ The Nature of Music,
Other Minds Festival, San Francisco, USA 
14 channel performance installation 28'00''
John Godfrey (electric guitar) performs Namibian bats + Sea Stories
Human Nature Series - Performances + talks @ UCCS (University of Colorado) - John Godfrey + Jane Rigler

...we return to ground... (2022) - for Quiet Music Ensemble in collaboration with Mary Nunan (Dance), Atoosa pour Hosseini (Film) + Underwater life @ The Model, Sligo, Ireland.

Sea Stories (2021) - new expansion of Human Nature Series, a site specific composition for/with Cuas Pier Caves, Ardgroom, Beara, Ireland.
John Godfrey - Electric Guitar
Karen Power - concept + field recording

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Jane Rigler (Flute) playing No 10 'if trees has bellies' on location - extracted from video.
...we return to ground...(2022) extract from opening water instruments by Karen Power - where whole ensemble returns to ground....
22/01/2022
bog songs (2021) - for Ensemble LUX:NM - 6 instruments, expanded instruments + bog sounds - performed @ Radialsystem V, Ultraschall Festival, Germany.
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LUX:NM playing expanded instrument sculptures in bog songs (2021). Photo by J.Godfrey
17/12/2021
...adrift yet somehow tethered... - for Ensemble Mosaik - Performance Installation ​for large ensemble, video, light and soundscapes @ silent green Kulturquartier, Berlin
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08/12/2021
instruments of ice (2015) - (New large ensemble version Ensemble of Ice for Improvising Ensemble) performed @ The Cube, Virginia, USA
21/10/2021
sonic cradle (2016) - for violin/viola,  Arctic ice and projected photographs - Performed by Katherine Wren (Viola) @ Sound Scotland Festival
13/09/2021 - 11/10/2021
Airy Sound Art Artist in Residence, Västernorrland, Sweden - field recording in Sweden's oldest forests
01/09/2021
bog songs (2021) - for Ensemble LUX:NM - for 6 instruments, expanded instruments + bog sounds - premiered by LUX:NM @ Kesselhaus, Berlin.
12/08/2021 - 16/08/2021
here comes another one (2011) - for amplified violin + live electronics - performed by Darragh Morgan @ New Music Gathering, USA. - Streamed concert 
12/05/2021
...when one duck leaves the row...(2021) - for ensemble, video and quadraphonic tape - for Ensemble Mosiak - video recording for streaming
17/12/2020
TOUCH (2020) - a micro opera - with text by Ione - Directed by Jo Mangan / Conducted by Fergus Sheil
Naomi Louisa O' Connell (MS), Gyula Nagy (B), RTÉ Concert Orchestra + Quadraphonic SoundScape
Online video performance
https://www.irishnationalopera.ie/20-shots-of-opera/operas 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHIyk_9iGuw&feature=emb_logo
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30/10/2020
Veiled Borders Quartet - improvised network performance @ ElectroAcoustic Barn Dance, USA - online
​Karen Power, Jane Rigler, Thomas Cuifo + John Godfrey
18/09/2020
No Man's Land (2020) @The Model, Sligo, Ireland - Culture Night Video Screening Performance
​Michelle O' Rourke - Voice / Karen Power - live electronics / Quadraphonic Sea-based Tape - 25’00''
04/09/2020
human nature - CD Digital Release - 18 new compositions by Irish composer Karen Power, which are tied together through the singular concept of pairing human with nature: 1 musician with 1 un-processed field recording.
composerkarenpower.bandcamp.com
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Retro Disco ...let the current take us...
Lange//Berwick//Lorenz
...let the current take us....
No Man's Land (2020) performance with Michelle O' Rourke.
 
Future Performances:
2023
new work - for RTÉ Concert Orchestra + Antartica Ice

20/01/2022
...nature calls... - for RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra + Blackbird (composed soundscape) 
2022
...we return to ground... - for Quiet Music Ensemble with dance and image
2023
New Interactive Installation Work for/with Early Years @ Sirius Arts Centre
2023
language land sea - a site specific performance installation for voice and environment - collaboration with Lore Lixenberg

machine chatter (2018) group field recording for piece with Share Music.
Gorging Limpet (2013) - collaboration with Max Le Cain.
Field Recording in The Arctic - above, inside + below the ice.
Sonar Quartet performing here not here (2016)
 
Past Performances: (grouped by year / only back 5 years)
2020
28/02/2020 - 21/09/2020
No Man's Land (2020) 8 channel Sound Installation @ The Model, Sligo, Ireland
The Sea Around Us Exhibition
04/07/2020 - 12/07/2020
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Past/Present Suir Songs (2020) @ Clonmel Junctions Arts Festival
6 channel sound installation with light
22/04/2020
Veiled Borders Quartet - improvised network performance @ Earth Day Art Model, Indiana, USA.
​Karen Power, Jane Rigler, Thomas Cuifo + John Godfrey
15/04/2020
Instruments of Ice (2015) (New large ensemble version Ensemble of Ice) performed @ The Cube, Virginia Tech, USA - POSTPONED
08/02/2020 - 07/03/2020
…where foreigners meet...(2019/20) - German Tour - premier @ Eclat Festival, Stuttgart - followed by Berlin, Cologne + Bremen.
​Lange//Berwick//Lorenz - 3 synthesisers + quad tape (field recording based) 15’00''
29/02/2020
No Man's Land (2020) premier @The Model, Sligo, Ireland - Exhibition Opening
​Michelle O' Rourke - Voice / Karen Power - live electronics / Quadraphonic sea - 25’00''
2019

12/12/2019
a delicious state of being (2016) @ Queen's University Belfast Concert Series
Bass Flutist Jane Rigler (USA) + Tape 
08/12/2019
can you hear me now??? (2019) Premier @ UpToThree Series, AckerStadt Palast, Berlin
Ensemble Mosiak: Ernst Surberg (Synthesiser), Mathis Myer (Cello) + Ute Wassermann (Voice) + Quadraphonic Tape (Field Recording based)
01/11/2019
wind illusion (for Pauline) (2016)@ Sound Plasma Festival, Berlin
Erik Drescher Glissando Flute + Quadraphonic Tape (composed wind)
31/10/2019
Veiled Borders Quartet premier improvised performance @ ISSTA, Cork, Ireland
Jane Rigler, John Godfrey, Karen Power and Thomas Ciufo
24/10/2019
Tree Flute (2018/19) @ Sonic Arts Research Centre, Belfast
Carla Rees Baroque Flute + Quadraphonic Tape (composed wind through trees)
16/10/2019
Tree Flute (2018/19) @ London City University.
Carla Rees Baroque Flute + Quadraphonic Tape (composed wind through trees)
12/10/2019
Tree Flute (2018/19) Premier @ Iklectik, London
Carla Rees Baroque Flute + Quadraphonic Tape (composed wind through trees)
14/09/2019
...let the current take us...(2018) @ MusikFestival Bern
Retro Disco - Samuel Stoll (Horn), Simone Keller (Piano), Moritz Mullenbach (Cello) + Quadraphonic Tape (composed sea) + video.
10/09/2019
here not here (2016) @ BKA Theatre, Berlin - Unheard Series
Sonar Quartet + Quadraphonic Tape 
16-18/08/2019
sounds like the amazon...(2017) @ Chamber Music on Valentia Island Festival
4 channel version in Life-Boat Station with live performance by Karen Power
deafening silence (2014) 
Mary Dullea (piano) + stereo tape (crickets)
July, 2019
Field Recording in Living Namib Desert
19-22/06/2019
Invitation to Wander (2019) Premier @ Cork Midsummer Festival @ Cork Centre for Architectural Education
Quiet Music Ensemble - ensemble diffused between 4 rooms
Ute Wassermann + Michelle O' Rourke - singers
John Godfrey - imagery/photographs/proejctions
Ann Lawlor - Creative Producer
Sound Choir
12/04/2019
...let the current take us...(2019) Premier @ Music Current Festival
Retro Disco Trio + Quadraphonic Tape (sea) + Video
28/02/2019 - 03/03/2019
location location location (2019) Premier @ New Music Dublin Festival
8 channel sound installation, Projections + temporary sound choir
John Godfrey - imagery
Tonnta - Sound Choir (concept by Karen Power)
24/02/2019
here not here (2016) @ Villa Elisabeth Concert Hall
​Sonar Quartet + Quadraphonic Tape
08/02/2019
machine chatter (2018) @ Lund Contemporary Music Festival
Gageego Ensemble/Share Music inclusive ensemble + Tape + Objects
30/01/2019
sounds like the amazon...(2017) @ Reel Lives Concert Series
8 Channel version
2018

15/11/2018
Kinetics in Blue (2018) - Collaboration with Atoosa pour Hosseini - Opening Premier Performance @The Lab Gallery
Kinetics (2018) film opened 
Live performance element with Karen Power(sound), Katie O' Neill (performance art) + Atoosa pour Hossieni (projection + film)

13/11/2018
Antler (2018) Premier @ Cork International Film Festival - Collaboration led by Atoosa Pour Hossieni
EFS Production
09/11/2018
machine chatter (2018) - site specific performance @ Hang On Factory - source of original recordings, Sweden
Gageego/Share Music Elefantora + tape + objects.
22/10/2018
sounds like the amazon...(2017) + outside voice inside (2018) @ Labor Sonor
Cathy Milliken (Oboe) + Quadraphonic Installation - modular style pieces that fit inside each other
20 - 21 / 09/2018
Voices from Hidden Places (2018) - Premier @ BAM Festival, Berlin.
Ensemble Mosiak - soloists
Ute Wassermann - vocalist
John Godfrey - imagery
21/09/2018
sonic pollinators (2017) @ Birr Theatre, Culture Night, Ireland.
Quiet Music Ensemble + Quadraphonic Tape (Bees)
July, 2018
Feld Recording Trip to Garik Gunig Barlu, Northern Territories, Australia
19/05/2018
hearing leaves (2013) @ ISCM 2018, Beijing, China
​Ensemble Modern String Quartet
05/05/2018
loaded silence (2015) @ The Issue Room, New York
Isabelle O' Connell (prepared piano) + Arctic Ice (tape)
26/04/2018
machine chatter (2018) - premier performance @ Gothenburg, Sweden
Gageego/Share Music Elefantora + tape + objects.
March 2018
Field Recording Trip to Nevada Desert, USA.
12-16/03/2018
deafening silence (2014) @ Finding a Voice Festival + in Paris 
Isabelle O' Connell (piano) + crickets (tape) with optional audience plants
16/01/2018
wind illusions (for Pauline) @ BKA Theatre, Berlin Unheard Concert Series
 2017

Nov, 2017
quack moo sigh (2015) @UCC Concert Series, Ireland
​Thomas Buckner (Baritone) + Tape
Oct, 2017
allusion illusion delusion (2017) @The Guesthouse, Cork, Ireland
Ernst Surberg (Synthesiser) + Laptop Duo with Karen Power
deafening silence (2014) @ National Sawdust, New York
Isabelle O' Connell (piano) + crickets (tape) with optional audience plants
sonic pollinators (2017) @ Birr Castle, Clara Bog + Tullamore Arts Centre
​Quiet Music Ensemble + quadraphonic pollinators (tape)
July 2017
allusion illusion delusion (2017) @UpToThree, Ensemble Mosiak 20th Anniversary Festival, Berlin, Germany
Ernst Surberg (Synthesiser) + Laptop Duo with Karen Power
June 2017
sounds like the amazon...(2017) @ Cork Midsummer Festival 
14 channel premier performances @ The Granary Theatre, Cork.
May 2017
Dreamlives of Debris (2016) @There's no place like home Exhibition, Berlin
Stereo reduction of work with video by Andi Olsen / Text by Lance Olsen
April 2017
sounds like...(2017) @ZeitRaume Basel - Biennale fur neue Musik und Architektur
Brass Quartet: Samuel Stoll, Adrian Stadeli, Stephen Menotti and Jon Roskilly
March 2017
Instruments of Ice (2015) @ New Music Dublin
Quiet Music Ensemble + Quadraphonic Arctic Ice (tape + Photographs
deafening silence (2014) @SARC, Belfast, UK
Isabelle O' Connell (piano) + crickets (tape) with optional audience plants
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Feb, 2017
sounding water (2015) @TransX Symposium, Toronto, Canada
Live performance by Karen Power
Jan, 2017
Cloud of Skin (2015) @Triskel Arts Centre, Cork, Ireland
Experimental Film by Max Le Cain /Sound by Karen Power
sounding water (2015) @Makeitup Club, Melbourne, Australia
Live performance by Karen Power
shaped by place and time (2017) @BigCi Residency, NSW, Australia.
6 channel performance installation inside + outside
2016

Nov, 2016
sonic cradle (2016) Tour of Switzerland
Tzara Ensemble: Violin, Arctic Ice (tape) + Projected Photographs
Oct, 2016
is it raining while you listen (2011) Irish Tour
Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble - Trio
quack moo sigh (2015) in Helsinki, Finland
Thomas Buckner (Baritone) + Tape
here not here (2016) @Sinus Ton Festival, Magdeburg, Germany
Sonar Quartet + Quadraphonic Tape
is this on???? (2016) + hearspace (2014) @Radio Revolten Festival, Halle, Germany
armed only with nuts (2012) in New York, USA
Argento Chamber Ensemble
those are the dangers of root vegetables (2016) @FLUXUS, Heuston Station Dublin
Kirkos Ensemble + live field recordings
Sept, 2016
shaping water water shaping (2016) @The Guesthouse, Cork
Joyce Majiski (visual arts) + Karen Power (sound) 
deafening silence (2014) @Composing the Island Festival, NCH, Dublin
Isabelle O' Connell (piano) + crickets (tape) with optional audience plants
Instruments of Ice (2015) @ Kilkenny Castle + Skibbereen Arts Festival
Quiet Music Ensemble + Quadraphonic 
Arctic Ice (tape + Photographs
July 2016
Field Recording Trip to The Amazon Rainforest 
June 2016
is this on???? (2016) @Cork Midsummer Festival @Cork City Gaol - live RTÉ Radio Broadcast
Listen/Compose/Perform event curated by Karen Power 
quack moo sigh (2015) @Roulette, Brooklyn as part of Interpretations Series
Thomas Buckner (Baritone) + Tape
March 2016
a delicious state of being (2016) @ Unerhorte Musik Series + Brandenburg
Carin Levine (bass flute) + tape 
Dreamlives of Debris (2016) @DAAD Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Lance Olsen (Text), Andi Olsen (Video) + Karen Power (Sound)
quack moo sigh (2015) @Four Seasons Arts Festival, USA
Thomas Buckner (Baritone) + tape
Feb, 2016
Improvised Performance with Pauline Oliveros + Mazen Kerbaj @ CTM Festival, Berlin, Germany
Pauline Oliveros (expanded accordion), Mazen Kerbaj (expanded trumpet) + Karen Power (expanded field recordings)
Instruments of Ice (2015) @Solstice Arts Centre, Ireland
​Quiet Music Ensemble + Quadraphonic Arctic Ice (tape + Photographs
Cloud of Skin (2015) @Bilbao Film Festival
​Experimental Film by Max Le Cain /Sound by Karen Power

Sonic Vigillete @ Ausland, Germany
Core members of the Sonic Vigil team from Ireland joined by local musicians Cathy Milliken (Oboe) and Rishin Singh (Trombone)
Jan, 2016
veiled babble (2015/16) @Ultraschall Festival
Ensemble Mosiak + Quadraphonic River Spree (tape) + audience plants
sonic cradle (2015/16) @Ultraschall Festival
Barbara Luneburg (Amplified Violin), Arctic Ice (tape) + Projected Photographs
2015

Nov, 2015
sounds of a time and place (2014) @UCC Concert Series, Cork, Ireland
Bozzini Quartet (String Quartet) , quadraphonic tape + live electronics
life flow (2015) @Hugging the Walls - A tribute to Terry Fox
live performance by Karen Power
relocating elk...by train (2011) @SARC, Belfast, UK
Carin Levine (Bass Flute) + Tape
Cloud of Skin (2015) @ 60th International Cork Film Festival
​Experimental Film by Max Le Cain /Sound by Karen Power
loaded silence (2015) @SARC, Belfast + Dublin
​Isabelle O' Connell (Piano) + Arctic Ice (Tape)
Oct, 2015
deafening silence (2014) @EMU Festival
Sept, 2015
once below (2015) Radio Version @Deutschlandradio Kultur
sounding water (2015) @Kontakte Festival, AdK, Berlin
live performance by Karen Power
Aug, 2015
once below (2015) @ MikroMusik Festival, Berlin, Germany
Double sound installation: 10 channels with soloists: Erik Drescher (Flute), Michelle O' Rourke (Voice), Johnny Chang (Viola), Rishin Singh (Trombone)
forever rice fields (2014) @Cafe Oto, London
May 2015
Instruments of Ice (2015) @DAAD Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Quiet Music Ensemble + Quadraphonic Arctic Ice (tape + Photographs
High Arctic Link (2015) @Wexner Centre for the Arts
Tom Snelgrove (Video) Karen Power (Sound)
​squeeze birds to improve your garden's plant variety (2008) @ Festival Pfingstwerkstatt for Neue Musik, Rheinsberg, Germany.
Lower Saxony Youth Ensemble + Tape
​Inside the Arctic Ice (2014) @Noyes Musem of Art, Stockton, USA.
5.1 sound installation

Jan, 2015
Inside the Arctic Ice (2014) @Whitehorses Art Gallery, Yukon, Canada
North of Myth by Joyce Majiski / Sound by Karen Power

For Activities before 2015 contact composer.
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composer[@]karenpower[.]ie

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