12th - 21st November 2010

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The ICA Centenary by Helen Carroll
“Chopin - The Poet of the Piano”

The ICA Centenary

The ICA were one of the most popular and influential women’s movements in 20th Century Ireland. Starting at the most basic, domestic level their aim was to make the lives of tens of thousands of Irish women easier. As they celebrate their centenary year, this talk will look at some of the greatest achievements of the ICA and ask have they received the recognition they deserve?

Helen Carroll is a broadcast journalist who has worked closely with the ICA on two television programmes in 2010: Ear to the Ground and ICA Bootcamp. In the making of these programmes she has researched the role of the ICA in farming, has met some of the women who led the organisation over the years, and examined the organisation’s battle to stay relevant. 100 years on, does this new generation of Irish women need the ICA?

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“Chopin - The Poet of the Piano”

To mark the bi-centenary of the great composer and pianist, Ian Fox presents a talk about Chopin’s life and music, with examples of the greatest recordings of his music.

Ian Fox has been presenting programmes on RTÉ radio and television for over 40 years. He was music critic of the Sunday Tribune for some 20 years and is Irish correspondent for Opera Magazine. He has lectured around Ireland, in London and Monte Carlo. He is a Governor of the Royal Irish Academy of Music, a member of the Board of the Dublin International Piano Competition, the Council of the Wexford Festival Opera, of which he has published a history, and Chairman of the Music Committee of the RDS. His latest series on “Sixty years of the Wexford Festival” is being broadcast on RTÉ Lyric FM this September and October. Duration: approx 80 to 90 minutes

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