Composer | Dublin, Ireland

Composer, Performer, Director UCD Gamelan Orchestra and National Concert Hall Gamelan Orchestra

Songwriting Workshops with the Homeless

In March 2019, I began a series of songwriting workshops with the Dublin Simon Community. After visiting numerous homeless services around the city, bringing together poets, musicians and singers, we organised weekly sessions where all the participants met to write, rehearse and record their original songs.

Over the course of the project, a core group came together to form a band, calling themselves The Social Misfits, and the series culminated in a CD launch and a concert performance of all the songs in Dublin Castle. You can read our story in this article from the Irish Sun newspaper, featuring interviews with some of the band members, or click on the picture below.

New Release on Farpoint Recordings

Two of my compositions for guitar and electronics are featured on the new CD/DVD release Knowing/Unknowing from Ben Dwyer on Farpoint Recordings.

Anois 's Aris (2009), which was originally written, in collaboration with Judith Ring, for the delicate medieval psaltery, has been tranformed in Ben's hands into a dramatic performance piece.

My more recent work Enharmonic Harmonics (2016), written especially for Ben, is an exploration of the "enharmonic genus", the remarkable microtonal tuning system of ancient Greece.

The Dublin Miniatures Postcard Collection

The Dublin Miniatures are now available as a collection of 22 unique postcards. Each postcard features an original composition (including a short programme note) and a photograph of the location where the music was composed. Taken together, the cards can also be read as a piano book which can be performed in concert or played at home. These compositions are aimed at all levels and abilities, from amateurs to professionals.

The complete set includes a specially-designed cover card which features a map of the city pointing to the locations where each composition was written. The full set is available now for the special launch price of E20 (includes P&P to anywhere in the world).

Javanese Gamelan in Dublin

After receiving the gift of a complete bronze gamelan orchestra from the Sultan of Yogyakarta in Java, there are now five different gamelan ensembles all rehearsing and performing in Dublin.
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