Music Composers and Arrangers in Ireland

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Agnew, Elaine
Composer of music which is direct: sudden disruptive jolts contrasting with ritualistic still textures and whispers. The gestures of the performers as they play give direction to her work.
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Alcorn, Michael
Composer whose aim is to blend new sonorities and compositional rigor with a love of Irish poetry, Irish landscape and Irish traditional melodies.
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Ball, Michael
Composer providing well-crafted music which is both grateful and stimulating to play or sing and uplifting to the imagination and the spirit, both for the player and the listener.
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Barry, Gerald
Composer whose recent commissions include work for both voice and orchestra. His music has been recorded on the NMC, Largo, Black Box, Marco Polo and Challenge labels.
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Beckett, Walter
Original works include the Suite for Orchestra, written in 1945; the songcycle written in 1980 with text by James Joyce; a string quartet; Irish Rhapsody for orchestra; and Falaingin Dances for orchestra.
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Bodley, Seóirse
Works include symphonies for full orchestra, two chamber symphonies and numerous orchestral, choral, vocal and chamber pieces.
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Bowles, Michael
First full-time director of music at Radio Éireann. Later he became conductor of the National Orchestra of New Zealand then moved to the US to take up a professorship at Indiana University. His compositional output, although small, includes seve...
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Brennan, John Wolf
His compositions cover a wide spectrum of musical concepts and methods ranging from music for solo piano to chamber pieces and choral settings. He has also written numerous works for theatre, dance and acoustical environments.
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Buckley, John
Composer whose compositions are concerned with movement and still-ness; with explosive energy and reflective lyricism; with the play of sound and time.
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Byers, David
He has written music for BBC Radio, three dramas and has received many commissions. He is a director of the Ulster Orchestra Society and is Senior Producer, Music and Arts, for BBC Northern Ireland.
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Caffrey, Greg
Lecturer in music at the North Down Institute of Higher Education in Bangor, Northern Ireland.
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Clarke, Rhona
Composer expressing the sensual and spiritual in the simplest, clearest way. Her output includes choral, chamber, orchestral and electronic works.
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Cleary, Siobhán
Composer of orchestral work.
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Climent, Angel
As a composer, his output consists mainly of chamber, instrumental and choral works. These works include, among others, a string quartet, a sonata for cello and piano and several masses.
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Collins, Paul
Paul Collins' work, Night Sequence, was the winning work in the Composers' section of the RTÉ Musician of the Future Competition in 1982. He has written many liturgical and secular works, some of which are published.
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Cox, David Harold
He has written many works for choral, chamber and orchestral combinations. Commissions include those from the Sheffield Chamber Orchestra, the Arts Council of Great Britain and the Cork International Choral Festival.
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Cullivan, Tom
Composer whose music is influenced by nineteenth century composers and Irish traditional music.
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Davey, Shaun
Composer who is inspired by Irish history.
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De Barra, Séamas
Work includes choral music and pieces for the King's Singers, the Irish Youth Choir and the Choir of Christ Church Cathedral.
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De Bromhead, Jerome
His output includes orchestral, choral and chamber music and he has had works performed and broadcast in many countries around the world.
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Deale, Edgar
He wrote some forty original compositions between the 1940s and the late 1970s. He also wrote numerous arrangements of Irish traditional songs for choir, many of which were published by Oxford University Press and others.
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Deane, Raymond
He works as a freelance composer, pianist and author. His works have been represented at the International Rostrum of Composers, the festival L'Imaginaire Irlandais, the ISCM World Music Days and other international festivals. His works have bee...
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Dennehy, Donnacha
His preoccupation has been with modern urban society and music's relationship to it. Technically, his approach is influenced by the practice of algorithmic composition but his philosophical leanings and capricious character usually distort his d...
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Diebold, Robert
He has spent his professional life as a journalist, working for newspapers in the US and Ireland. He has played piano in various jazz and dance bands and writes both original works and arrangements.
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Duff, Arthur
His works are very much influenced by Vaughan Williams and Delius and include the ballet, The Drinking Horn, Music for Strings, and his evocation of eighteenth-century Dublin, Echoes of Georgian Dublin.
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Dwyer, Benjamin
His music has been featured in the 1995 ISCM World Music Days in Moldova, the 1999 Festival of Electro-acoustic Music at Skinnskattesberg, Sweden, and in festivals all over Ireland. He gave the premiere of his Concerto for Guitar and Strings wi...
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Farhat, Hormoz
As a composer, he has written a sizeable body of works, including concertos for piano, flute and clarinet, six string quartets, and numerous chamber works.
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Farrell, Eibhlis
Eibhlis Farrell is Head of Music and Drama at the Dublin Institute of Technology Conservatory of Music. She is a Fellow of the Royal Society for Arts and a member of Aosdána, Ireland's state-sponsored academy of creative artists.
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Fleischmann, Aloys
His compositions include large-scale works for chorus and orchestra, four ballets, a symphony, several song cycles and many chamber and solo works.
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Gibson, John
He has performed as concerto soloist, recitalist, accompanist and chamber musician; in addition he was a founding member of the Association of Irish Composers. Since 1982 he has been a lecturer in piano at the Cork School of Music.
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Gribbin, Deirdre
She always follows her gut reaction to structure and form. The emotions generated by a place, the reaction to an environment, people, pace of life... all affect her relationship to her music.
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Groocock, Joseph
He made the works of Bach his life long study and was tireless in emulating them and encouraging his students to do likewise. He excelled in writing fugues and many of his own compositions are fugues or canons. Much of his music was written for ...
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Guilfoyle, Ronan
Jazz musician and composer who has performed in Europe, Asia and the US.
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Guy, Barry
Double bass player and composer who began his career performing with free improvisation ensembles and founded the London Jazz Composers' Orchestra in 1970. Barry believes in the organic connections between improvisation and composition.
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Hammond, Philip
Irish pianist, critic, broadcaster and composer. His works are romantic in outlook which reflect his musical influences and consequent style. Philip has commissioned works in a variety of media for performers in Ireland and Britain.
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Hayes, Paul
Composer who has written works for a variety of media with particular interest in live electronics, music theatre, ballet and modern dance. He studied composition at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
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Hellawell, Piers
Composer-in-residence at Queen's University in Belfast, Piers work seeks a more direct expression, particularly in rhythmic and harmonic materials, of modern instrumental music. Commissions include the BBC and the Philharmonia.
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Hoban, Ann
Composer whose music has been performed in both England and Ireland and recorded and broadcast by the Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra.
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Holohan, Michael
Dublin born composer whose works have been performed and broadcast by RTE, the BBC and Canadian Television networks. He is chairperson of the Droichead Arts Centre.
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Hurley, Donal
Irish composer who has a particular interest in electro-acoustic music and music for dance. His ambition is to bridge the gap between electronic and acoustic music.
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Ingoldsby, Marian
Irish composer whose works include the chamber opera "Hot Food with Strangers" commissioned by the Opera Theatre Company. Awards include the Macaulay Fellowship.
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Irvine, Brian
Composer whose music reflects an interest in various and opposing genres. He states 'Composition is like the best toy I ever had: all the thrills of a home-made go-kart but with more levels than a Sony playstation.'
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Johnston, Fergus
Composer whose output is mostly instrumental. He has recently worked in the area of computer-assisted music based on a Masters in Music and Media Technology.
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Kelly, Mary M.
Irish composer whose output includes chamber, choral and solo instrumental works which have been performed and broadcast throughout Europe. She has also written a number of works for children.
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Kelly, T. C.
Composer of arrangements including "Three Pieces for Strings".
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Kennedy, Vincent
Orchestral trumpet musician, composer and teacher.
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Kinsella, John
Irish composer who, since 1988 has written eight symphonies a violin concerto, a string quartet and other works. His Eighth Symphony was premiered by the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland.
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Marmion, Bernadette
Irish composer whose output includes a number of songs, as well as piano and choral works. Marmion currently teaches musicianship at the Royal Irish Academy of Music.
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Martin, Philip
Pianist and composer who has written numerous orchestral, chamber, instrumental and vocal works including piano concertos, a harp concerto, piano trios and a large number of songs.
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Mawby, Colin
Irish choral conductor and composer. His output includes twenty-one masses, five song cycles and a large number of settings for choir and a children's opera.
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May, Frederick
Late Irish composer whose music was distinctly European in flavor. His works include the Scherzo for Orchestra, Songs from Prison for baritone and orchestra and String Quartet in C Minor.
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McAuliffe, Mary
Irish composer who states "There are two key elements: how best to portray a text to be meaningful to performers and audience and make instruments speak so that what has been said may prove memorable. My music is melodic, immediately accessible"...
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McGlynn, Michael
Irish composer who states "My greatest source of inspiration has been in traditional and medieval music. Many of the pieces I've written integrate techniques originating in folk music with contemporary techniques".
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McLachlan, John
His works, which range from solo instrumental to orchestral, have been performed in London, Amsterdam, Paris, Marseilles, Chisinau (Moldova) and throughout Ireland. In addition to his work as a composer, he is an active musicologist.
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Mills, Alan
Irish composer whose music utilizes various traditional musical elements and is influenced by 20th century French music, neo-classicism and modern jazz.
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Mulvey, Gráinne
Contemporary music composer whose award-winning music has been performed in Ireland, Britain and the US and has been recorded on Black Box Music.
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Murphy, Gerard
Irish composer and Head of Music at Gonzaga College, Dublin. Many of his compositions have been written for Gonzaga College and include the Aloysius Gonzaga Mass, a cycle of five operas.
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O'Connell, Kevin
Irish orchestral and opera composer whose work is performed in both Europe and the US. Kevin is a member of Aosdána, Ireland's state-sponsored academy of creative artists.
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O'Farrell, Anne-Marie
Harpist and composer whose compositions include works for solo harp and choral and chamber works. She is a regular performer with the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland.
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O'Leary, Jane
Composer, artistic director and pianist of Ireland's contemporary music ensemble, Concorde. Jane is a graduate of Vassar College and holds a PhD in composition from Princeton University, where she studied with Milton Babbitt.
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O'Leary, Martin
Irish pianist and composer who studied music at Trinity College and now lectures in music at St. Patrick's College, National University of Ireland, Maynooth.
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Sweeney, Eric
Irish composer whose compositions often utilize traditional Irish music as source material in a non-traditional way.
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Townsend, Declan
Irish composer who has worked as a string teacher, secondary school music master, light opera and choral conductor, adjudicator, author and arranger.
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Trimble, Joan
She has always written music subject to neither schools nor period. As a performer-composer, her communication with the listener is essential and response follows. Shape and form, rhythm and clarity, as well as freedom of expression, are all imp...
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Victory, Gerard
Late composer who, in more than forty years of composition produced some 200 works, including four symphonies, eight operas and two piano concertos.
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Volans, Kevin
Modernist Irish composer whose work in Germany became known as part of the 'New Simplicity'. Later, following several trips to Africa, he created music based on African compositional techniques.
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Wilson, Ian
Irish composer who reveals "faith and life are, for me, the principal subjects of music". A number of his recordings are available on the Black Box, Timbre, Chandos and Silva Screen labels.
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Wilson, James
Irish composer who states "music is the nearest thing that we know to magic: its powers have still to be understood". His output includes seven operas and twelve concertos amongst other works.
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Ó Riada, Sean
Late Irish composer best known for his work with Irish traditional music and the group Ceoltóirí Chualann.
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Gunn, Douglas
Director of the Douglas Gunn Ensemble, an Irish period instrument ensemble. Douglas also is a recorder player, choral music composer, arranger and conductor.
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