Welcome to Tonnta’s website.
1. Tonnta perform Jennifer Walshe’s music-theatre work Ireland: A Dataset with Nick Roth at Diatribe’s Éiríocht Berlin, March 2024. Photo: Olesya Zdorovetska2. Tonnta perform in Niamh McCann’s performance installation someone decides, hawk or dove with music by Iarla Ó Lionáird, July 2023. Photo: Fintan Clarke3. Tonnta perform Jennifer Walshe’s work Ireland: A Dataset with Nick Roth at Silent Green, during Éiríocht Berlin, March 2024. Photo: Olesya Zdorovetska4. Ensemble member and soloist Michelle O’Rourke performs Andrew Hamilton’s OROURKE with members of Kirkos and Tonnta in Listening Bodies, November 2019. Photo: Borg Dóra Benediktsdóttir
5. Ensemble member Emma Power performs Ireland: A Dataset at Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Novembver 2023. Photo: Point of View6. Artistic director and ensemble member Robbie Blake performs Ann Cleare’s One Here Now: A Sonic Theatre, a commission to (re-)unveil Brian Doherty / Patrick Ireland’s lost murals, April 2018. Photo: Sirius Arts Centre7. Tonnta are the first Irish ensemble to perform Karlheinz Stockhausen’s Stimmung, October 2019.
L to R: Robbie Blake (artistic director), Bláthnaid Conroy Murphy, Michelle O’Rourke, Eoghan Desmond, Rory Lynch and Elizabethe Hilliard (guest music director). Photo: Miriam Kaczor8. Ensemble member Elizabeth Hilliard in the world premiere of Ireland: A Dataset at the National Concert Hall, Dublin, September 2020. Photo: Mark Stedman
This site is under construction. Please enjoy some images from previous projects with linked reviews, videos and information in the meantime. All linked materials, and more, are listed below. Tonnta can be found on Instagram, Facebook and via email at tonntmusic [at] gmail.com. Thanks for visiting.
Linked materials
We are using an indexing tool called are.na to gather online materials about the ensemble.
1. Video of Diatribe’s Éiríocht, Berlin, March 2024 here.
2. Information on Niamh McCann’s somone decides, hawk of dove, July 2023 here.
3. OperaJournal review of Ireland: A Dataset, September 2020 here.
4. Information from Michelle O’Rourke on Listening Bodies, November 2019 here.
5. I CARE IF YOU LISTEN review including Tonnta’s performance of Ireland: A Dataset, November 2023 here.
6. Composer notes from Ann Cleare about One Here Now: A Sonic Theatre, April 2018 here.
7. GoldenPlec review of Stimmung with guest music director Elizabeth Hilliard, October 2019 here.
8. Sound Stage Screen review of the world premiere of Ireland: A Dataset, September 2020 here.
More reviews and articles can be found here. More video and performance extracts are gathered here.