The world Première of my latest orchestral piece Toile Brûlée will take place on Monday 19 November 2012 at Dublin’s National concert hall performed by the UCD Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Ciaran Crilly. The piece was commissioned as a celebration of the orchestra’s 10 year anniversary and is both a companion piece to Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony (whichContinue reading “World Première of Toile Brûlée November 19 2012”
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A Plague a’ Both Your Houses to Feature at Culture Night in the CMC
My piece A Plague a Both Your Houses is to feature as part of Culture Night at the Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin. This event curated by Composer Karen Power will see the Contemporary Music Centre transformed into a living organism of new music for the evening inspired by John Cage’s happenings and will feature 46 Irish worksContinue reading “A Plague a’ Both Your Houses to Feature at Culture Night in the CMC”
Double Concerto for BCMG Soloists and Thumb Ensemble
I’m delighted to announce that I have been commissioned to write a double concerto for BCMG soloists Alexandra Wood (violin) and Kyle Horch (saxophone) and the Birmingham based contemporary music group Thumb. This is a great honour for me as I have a deep personal and musical respect for both soloists having worked with them closely during my tenureContinue reading “Double Concerto for BCMG Soloists and Thumb Ensemble”
C’est nouveau
For the past while, I’ve been busy writing up my PhD which is now in the very final stages of completion. It is a relief to be finishing, but I am delighted to have been afforded the opportunity to undertake this course of research as it has for me, solidified many ideas pertaining to art,Continue reading “C’est nouveau”
This is the News
On Sunday May 20th my latest orchestral piece Changing Rates of Change performed by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland will be broadcast on RTÉ Lyric Fm’s Nova presented by Bernard Clarke. This show will also feature orchestral pieces by Enda Bates and RTÉ’s composer in residence Linda Buckley. This show can be listened to hereContinue reading “This is the News”
Some Updates
It’s been an incredibly busy time and I’ve had little opportunity to update this site. But now that things have quietened down for a few days here is what has been going on. The majority of February and March has been spent working on my RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra Commission. I’m really happy with thisContinue reading “Some Updates”
End of BCMG/SAM Residency February 2012
A little more than a week ago my BCMG/SAM apprentice composer in residence came to and end culminating in a fantastic concert with BCMG conducted by Clement Power with Susan Narucki as soloist. More on this concert anon. I am greatly privileged to have been afforded the opportunity to partake in this residency and I am grateful toContinue reading “End of BCMG/SAM Residency February 2012”
Irreversible Featured on Estonian radio
My large ensemble piece Irreversible, selected as part of the Irish submission for the 2011 UNESCO International Rostrum of Composers was featured on Klassika Raadio, Estonia in Late January. Although I missed the broadcast a link to the site can be found here
Forthcoming Events
Friday 3 February 2012 @ 19h 30 The formidable BCMG perform the World Premiere of Findetotenlieder conducted by Clement Power with Susan Narucki as soloist. This is the culmination of my thoroughly enjoyable year long residency with the group as Sound and Music Apprentice Composer and sets texts taken from Gabriel Orozco’s Obit to music inspired byContinue reading “Forthcoming Events”
The Last Year
The end of the first week of the New Year seems as good a time as any to review the previous one. Not only does it serve as a good Janus point but the 1-7 of January 2012 can be seen as the microstructure to the entirety of 2011’s macro. Much has happened and evenContinue reading “The Last Year”
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