Adam McCartney
Alyson Barber
Amanda Feery
Ben McHugh
Bill McGrath
Brenda Kearney
Daniel Barkley
David Bremner
David E McCarthy
David O'Regan
Dennis Wyers
Derek Foott
Dermot McDermott
Donal Mac Erlaine
Donal Rafferty
Dylan Curran
Dylan Rynhart
Emma O'Halloran
Fergal Mulloy
Francis Heery
Glen Austin
Hugh Boyle
Johanne Heraty
Marc Tweedie
Massimo Davi
Matthew Whiteside
Maureen Doris
Michael Gallen
Natasa Paterson
Nathan Surgenor
Niall Woods
Peter Moran
Piaras Hoban
Richard Gill
Richie Kearns
Ruaidhri Mannion
Ryan Molloy
Solfa Carlile
Adam McCartney
Adam Charles McCartney was born in Limerick on 3 October 1987. He developed an interest in sound, music, performance and composition at a young age. He holds a bachelor's degree in music from University College Cork and is currently studying composition with Klaus Lang in Graz, Austria. Adam seems to find himself bewildered to the point of laughter on a regular basis.
Ben McHugh
Ben McHugh(b.1989) is a Composer and Musician from Dublin, Ireland.
He holds a BMus International in composition from NUI Maynooth and has studied with Jesse Ronneau, Martin O'Leary, Vít Zouhar and Gordon Delap and attended master classes in composition and computer music with John McLachlan, Kevin Volans and Laurient Pottier at NUI Maynooth, the Irish Composition Summer School and Palacky University, Olomouc in the Czech Republic. He is currently studying for an MA in composition and computer music with Jesse Ronneau, Martin O'Leary, Victor Lazzarini and Gordon Delap at NUI Maynooth.
for more information please visit: http://benmchugh.wordpress.com
Bill McGrath
Bill McGrath is a young composer based in Dublin. He is currently entering his final year of the BA Composition in the Royal Irish Academy of Music, studying under Kevin O Connell and Jonathan Nangle.
He has a broad range of interests, both within music and in other areas, and the eclectic nature of his compositions reflects that. To date he has composed music for chamber groups, orchestras, and soloists, as well as electroacoustic music, and is also active in writing and performing popular music. Areas of special interest include the music of Gyorgy Ligeti, using baroque forms in a modern context, and means of establishing post-tonal harmony.
Bill also teaches piano and clarinet, and blogs about music at the site:
billmcgrathmusic.
David Bremner
David Bremner is a composer, organist and pianist based in Dublin. Originally from West Cumbria, UK, he moved to Ireland in 1999. He studied composition and electronic music with experimental Austrian polymath Karl Stirner, and has attended masterclasses with Michael Finnissy, Christopher Fox and Bogusław Schaeffer. He has attended the Irish Composition Summer School, and in 2007 was one of seven young composers invited to Seefeld in the Austrian Tirol to participate in the festival avantgarde tirol. He is currently completing a Ph.D in Composition at DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama under the supervision of Gráinne Mulvey, and is a member of the Irish Composers' Collective. He has had works performed by, amongst others, Ensemble ICC, Paul Roe, Elizabeth Hilliard and avantgarde tirol.
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David Bremner Elizabeth Hilliard (soprano) David Bremner (piano) Text by Philip Larkin (used by permission)
David O'Regan
David O'Regan is a composer and performer based in Cork city. David studied under Eric Sweeney for his under graduate degree and under Jesse Ronneau and John Godfrey in UCC for his recently completed MA.
He divides his time between composing for concerts as well as soundtracks for films and computer games; and playing in various bands and orchestras around the city on tuba, keyboard, guitar and saxophone.
davidoregan140@gmail.com
http://www.myspace.com/thegreatballoonrace
Dennis Wyers
Dennis Wyers is a composer and saxophonist based in Dublin. He has studied with Ronan Guilfoyle and Eric Sweeney and has had his work performed in many venues including the National Concert Hall and Vicar Street. His interests in jazz, classical, folk and rock music have led him to develop a compositional voice that draws on a wide palette of textures. In recent years, his music has focused on building an improvisational language within a classical aesthetic and he writes music for his 'Rhombus' ensemble that encourages collective, spontaneous dialogue between musicians. Samples of his work can be heard at
www.denniswyers.ie.
Derek Foott
Derek Foott (1981)
Derek Foott is a PhD student and part-time lecturer in UCC researching spectral music and algorithmic composition. After completing a degree in Music Technology from Hull University in the UK, he worked on several theatre and post-production projects before returning to complete his Masters degree in Music Composition in UCC. Derek’s Masters degree was supervised by Dr. Jesse Ronneau, and concentrated on using Max/MSP as a basis to experiment with visually controlled audio, as well as live processing. He is currently fulfilling his doctoral research on avenues of predetermined indeterminacy in composition under the supervision of John Godfrey and Jeffery Weeter.
Previous Works by
Derek Foott
'Lon Dubh' by Derek Foott
Donal Mac Erlaine
Donal Mac Erlaine began musical study at age 9 with piano and taught
himself classical guitar, trumpet and musical saw. His first-class
honours master's degree in historical musicology is from UCD, and he
has studied composition with Stephen Gardner and worked for a time as
an orchestral arranger. He also holds a diploma in Classical Guitar
Teaching from the RIAM and is a published writer on music. Donal's
current compositional interests are in spectral music and
microtonality. He currenty works full-time as a guitar tutor and
composes in his free time.
Donal Rafferty
Official website:
www.donalrafferty.net
Born in Dublin (Ireland) in 1982, Dónal Rafferty studied piano and music theory at The College of Music and voice and aural training with The Palestrina Choir from the age of 7. Dónal continued to study music during the years of his primary and secondary school education, competing and achieving success in competitions for piano, piano duet and singing, while also touring the world and gaining musical experience as a member of The Palestrina Choir. Dónal sang in the lead role of Amahl in Gian-Carlo Menotti's operetta
Amahl and The Night Visitors in 1992 at The National Concert Hall Dublin.
Dónal graduated first place in the Bachelor of Music degree at the National University of Ireland at Maynooth in 2007, specialising in composition with Martin O’Leary. During this time, he also gained a piano performance diploma from The London College of Music (ALCM) and a music theory diploma from Trinity College London (AMusTCL). In 2006, Dónal was chosen as a finalist in the Neerpelt European Music Festival for Young People Composition Competition for his composition Unresolved Tension for symphonic band. As a result, he was invited to the festival to participate in a workshop with composer Johan de Meij. Following his graduation from NUIM, Dónal participated in the 2007 IMRO Irish Composition Summer School, studying with Kevin O’Connell (Royal Irish Academy of Music) and Nicola Lefanu (University of York). During the same year, Dónal was engaged to arrange Irish traditional music for the South Carolina fiddle group Na Fidléirí and the Charleston Symphony Orchestra.
Dónal commenced postgraduate studies in 2008 at King’s College London for the degree of Master in Music. He specialised in composition with Robert Keeley and George Benjamin, and studied analysis with A
Dylan Rynhart
Dylan Rynhart is a composer of many genres. He founded award winning jazz orchestra
Fuzzy Logic Ensemble and has made two
albums of his music with them. Dylan has scored music for theatre, an award winning short film and became involved in electro-acoustic composition and surround sound through his masters in music technology from Trinity college. He has also received commissions to write for contemporary classical ensembles, including sax and string quartets. Dylan is represented by both the
Contemporary music centre and the
Improvised music centre, and is currently working on his PhD in music composition with composer John Godfrey, in
U.C.C. where he also lectures in music technology, jazz history and improvisation.
Francis Heery
Francis Heery is a composer and perfomer living in Cork. He writes instrumental, electronic and electroacoustic music and his compositional interests are broadly based on the notions of expressivity and rhetoric. He studied viola from an early age and more recently has become very active as an improviser of electronic music. He is currently working towards a PhD in Composition in University College Cork, where he recently won the Aloys Fleischmann Composition Prize, and where he works as a part-time lecturer.
Johanne Heraty
Born in Mayo, Johanne Heraty is a composer living in Dublin. She is a PhD student at University College Dublin under the supervision of Wolfgang Marx, looking at the microtonal music of Ezra Sims. Johanne has studied at the Irish Composition Summer School with Michael Finnissy, Kevin O' Connell and Nicola LeFanu. Her music has been performed at NCH, The New Theatre, The Goethe Institute, SARC in Belfast, and at The Spring Festival of New Music in York, and the Ergodos Festival, Dublin.
www.myspace.com/johanneheratymusic
Marc Tweedie
Marc Tweedie is a composer based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Since graduating from Queen's University, Belfast with a 1st Class Hons BMus degree, he has embarked upon a PhD in Composition under the supervision of Piers Hellawell at the same institution and is currently in his second year of research with support from DEL.
His work has been performed by a variety of ensembles in Belfast, London and further afield, including two commissions for QUB Camerata, The Lawson Trio, RIAM Percussion Ensemble and rarescale.
Also a trumpeter, he is very active on the Belfast music scene, playing with various groups and recording with some of the city's most promising artists.
His string quartet Cyclical Behaviour was selected as a winner of the 2010 West Cork Chamber Music Composition Competition and will receive its premiere at the festival in July by the Kinsella Quartet.
Marc is a member of the Irish Composers' Collective.
Matthew Whiteside
Matthew Whiteside is a Belfast based composer who will be graduating from his Undergraduate Degree in Music at Queen’s University Belfast in July. In September he is starting a Masters in Composition at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music in Glasgow. He is primarily interested in instrumental composition but has ocasional exploites into tape music.
While at Queen’s Matthew has organised three Queen’s Composers’ Concerts at which he has had performances of Quartet No. 1 for string quartet, Untitled for piano trio and The Space Within for septet. The latter was also conducted by the composer.
Matthew is the Secretary of the Irish Composers’ Collective who organise monthly concerts in the National Concert Hall in Dublin. Through this organisation Matthew has had three works performed, Prevalence for percussion ensemble, The Wavering Gorge for violin and cello and
Maureen Doris
Maureen Doris is a Dublin based composer and musician. She studied composition with Martin O' Leary at NUI, Maynooth and received her BMus in 2010. Maureen's music has been performed at NUI, Maynooth; the University of York; and the National Concert Hall, Dublin. She is currently undertaking postgraduate studies in computer science at NUIM and is studying singing with Derval O' Sullivan at DIT.
Michael Gallen
Michael Gallen is a composer and writer hailing from Co. Monaghan. His compositional work is informed by a strong interest in the borders between music and the dynamic of other art forms. Drawing from a belief that contemporary music needs to escape the concert hall to be of proper relevance to the modern world, Michael does most of his work in collaboration with artists from other disciplines, with whom he converts "found" venues (generally abandoned buildings) into spaces in which an active audience encounter can be had. Michael is co-founder and member of the music group Ana Gog and of the DeySed artistic collective. He is currently based in Paris.
...listen to Ana Gog ...learn more about DeySed &nNatasa Paterson
Natasa Paterson-Paulberg is a Dublin based composer and performer. Originally from Australia, Natasa obtained two Bachelor of Science Degrees in Clinical Science and Osteopathic Science from RMIT University, Melbourne and worked in the field of Osteopathy before completing her M.Phil in Music and Media Technologies in Trinity College, Dublin. Natasa is currently studying for a PhD researching the influence of avante-garde composition on film and gaming in the thriller and horror genres. Natasa has an interest in the creative use of music tehnology and composition and recently completed a project composing the music and sound for a location aware game which has progressed to become a commerial application. Trained in piano, cello and voice Natasa performs around Dublin in various musical groups including the Soundset Ensemble as well as being project manager and member of the Irish Composers Collective, IASCAP and IMRO. Her compositional work include pieces for choir, piano, strings and the use of electroacoustic processes with performances and installations at The National Concert Hall, Samuel Beckett Theater, Cake Contemporary Centre, Oisín Gallery and Centre for Creative Practices.
Read more:
http://www.myspace.com/natasapaulbergPeter Moran
Peter Moran earned his degree in music at University College Dublin and completed his MA in composition at the University of York, studying with Nicola LeFanu. He is currently working towards his PhD with Bill Brooks.
His pieces draw much from popular and world music influences, from prog rock to gamelan. His compositions have been broadcast on Lyric FM and performed in Ireland, England, Holland, Italy and Germany by such ensembles as Okeanos, the Crash Ensemble, Black Hair, Trio Scordatura and Sounds Underground.
Plans for the coming year include collaborations with Yurodny and Backbeat Percussion Ensemble and a newly-commission work for the Hilliard Ensemble.
www.petermoramusic.com
Piaras Hoban
Piaras Hoban (1986)
Piaras Hoban is a composer currently based in Kildare. His work explores both instrumental and digital terrain, with a particular interest in the points at which they coalesce.
He is a previous winner of the Huddersfield Young Composers Competition and his work has been performed at various festivals including Gaudeamus Music Week, the International Computer Music Conference, Sonorities Festival, D.E.A.F, Hilltown New Music Festival and the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival. 2009 saw his work 'all pennies are the same' toured throughout Ireland by Diversus Guitar Ensemble.
He is a graduate of the Queen’s University Belfast. He is currently undertaking doctoral studies at the National University of Ireland where he has studied with Jesse Ronneau and John Godfrey.
Ruaidhri Mannion
Ruaidhri Mannion (b.1985) graduated from the Royal College of Music with an MMus in Advanced Composition, achieving distinction, and studying with renowned British composer, Ken Hesketh.
In 2009 his work He broke from them, and then he broke from himself was shortlisted by the London Contemporary Orchestra and won the RCM concerto competition. In 2010 he was selected as a 'Rising Star' at the RCM and as Composer in Association for The Mercury Quartet.
He is a current resident on the PRSF New Music Incubator, collaborating with other leading musicians and culminating in artistic residencies in the UK and Sweden. The Contemporary Music Centre of Ireland publish Ruaidhri's work as a composer.
Read and hear more at his website.
Ryan Molloy
From Pomeroy in Co. Tyrone, Ryan began his musical life on the fiddle, taught by Bríd Harper. The piano soon followed in his teenage years and it is in this instrument that Ryan now specialises. Described by the Irish Times as "...the funkiest piano this side of Dr John" and a "...secret weapon on rhythm" by the Irish Echo, Ryan has recorded on many critically acclaimed albums, amongst them Humdinger, with noted musicians Paul Brock and Enda Scahill, and By Heck and Tight Squeeze as a member of the Dave Munnelly Band. Ryan has performed in major international concert venues such as Tanglewood (U.S.A.), Lucerne Hall, KKL (Switzerland), Kölner Philharmonie (Germany), Holywell Music Room (England) and Waterfront Hall (N. Ireland).
Aside from international performance work, Ryan is currently studying for a PhD in composition with Simon Mawhinney at Queen's University, Belfast. Ryan is also a performance tutor at Queen’s and an experienced peripatetic tutor, teaching at workshops and adjudicating at festivals both locally and internationally and is a regular visiting tutor in masterclasses at the University of Limerick. His recent compositions include Sætre Brygge for piano, Mise Éire for eight solo voices (praised highly by Michael Finnissy and Judith Weir and to be performed by Exaudi in 2010) and a community music piece for a large ensemble consisting of a pipe band and accordion band for the commemoration of the Flight of the Earls
Solfa Carlile
Solfa Carlile graduated from the Royal College of Music in 2009 with a BMus(Hons). She was twice awarded the IMRO/Bill Whelan Bursary and is now studying for an MMus at RCM, supported by the Sir Richard Stapley Trust. Her music has been performed by the London Chamber Orchestra, Ossian Ensemble and the Composers Ensemble. Recent commissions include
Troika - a Clarinet Sonata premiered at St.Martin-in-the-fields in January, and
The Silkie Wife for Flute and Strings, performed at Theatro de Alencar, Brazil. Her piece
Ad Locum was performed by the London Chamber Orchestra at St.John's, Smith Square, in May 2010 as part of their New/Explore Series. She was awarded the Jerome Hynes Commission in 2010, and the RCM Concerto Prize for her piece
Abeo for Brass Sextet. She is one of three young composers chosen to work with Harrison Birtwistle in a collaborative project at Dartington in August 2010.
