UCC scholar wants to challenge assumptions about choral music

US-born composer James May will have his prize-winning work performed at Cork International Choral Festival, writes

UCC scholar wants to challenge assumptions about choral music

US-born composer James May will have his prize-winning work performed at Cork International Choral Festival, writes Ed Power.

It’s a long way from Pittsburgh to Cork – though perhaps not quite as far as you might think. So believes avant-garde American composer James May, of the opinion that his home town and his adopted base in Ireland have a shared tradition of music eclecticism.

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