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Article Published in ICTMD Speis Bulletin 2025

This brief account of the NCH Gamelan Orchestra's first ten years was published in the bulletin of the ICTMD in 2025.




Interview with RTE Culture 2025

Read my interview with the RTÉ Culture website discussing the programme new compositions for gamelan, cello, and uilleann pipes, which were first premiered at the 2025 New Music Dublin Festival, and later released on Farpoint Recordings as the second album from the NCH Gamelan Ochestra, Confluence .



Interview with Totally Dublin Magazine 2024

I spoke to Totally Dublin magazine about the launch of the NCH Gamelan Orchestra's debut album.







Appearance on RTE Radio 1 2024

Following the launch of my UCD students trad album with Donal Lunny and Paddy Glackin, we were invited to appear on RTÉ Radio's flagship traditional Irish music show, Céilí House, where we performed live in studio.

Appearance on L.A.'s KPFK Radio 2024

In July 2024 in LA I stopped by the KPFK radio studio where I was interviewed by the Grammy-award winning guitarist John Schneider. Our conversation ranged across my recent work, from our NCH Gamelan album release with Byron Wallen to my most recent choral compositions.




Appearance on Makers and Creators Podcast

In Spring 2024 I appeared on the Creative Futures Academy's Makers and Creators Podcast to talk about teaching songwriting, my most memorable performances, and my own creative journey.





Appearance on CMC's Amplify podcast 2023

I discussed my choral work Mantra and its performance by Chamber Choir Ireland at the 2023 New Music Dublin Festival on the CMC's podcast, Amplify, which you can listen to here (from 6'30-12'00").



Interview with Hotter Than July Music Festival 2020


I spoke to the Hotter Than July Music Festival in advance of our gamelan performance (with only six members of our NCH Gamelan Orchestra performing, due to Covid restrictions).

Read my festival interview on their website.

Watch our concert performances on my videos page.

Writing for the Journal of Music on Music Education

I wrote this article for the Journal of Music discussing my Composition Workbooks for schools, my year as Composer-in-Residence at Caragh National School, Kildare, and running the Music Educators Orchestra.

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My Year as Composer-in-Residence in Caragh National School

CMC Article on my year as Composer-in-Residence in Caragh National School

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Artistic Residency with the Chopin Conservatoire Paris

I am delighted to be a visiting composer with the Frederic Chopin Conservatoire in Paris for their Clavier Contemporain Weekend in February. I first visited the conservatoire in December to run a week of composition workshops with the students.

As well as working with individual students, I took one class of young solfege (music theory) students for a group composition workshop. Using a few exercises from a composition workbook I had produced especially for the conservatoire, the class worked together to create their very first compositions. We wrote and recorded these two pieces in just over an hour. La Pluie is a piece about the rain, while SCREWADMACT (an anagram of the children's initials) is made up of two 8-beat loops.
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New Music Alive! Composition Workbooks for Schools

New Music Alive! Book 2
As reported in the Journal of Music , the second in my series of composition workbooks for schools has been released by the Contemporary Music Centre.

The new workbook offers teachers a simple and accessible guide to using electronic music in the classroom in eight easy lesson plans with accompanying notes. The workbook also includes online games, and composition "sandbox" and a special "Chill Out Set" for listening in class, as well as recordings of compositions made by primary school students.

This is a free online resource supported by the Contemporary Music Centre and Dublin City Council. It is the follow-up to my earlier workbook New Music Alive! Book One.

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Events 2025

Dec 5th 2025

Event: Yogyakarta International Karawitan Festival
Keynote Speech: The Resonance of Karawitan
Venue: ISI Yogyakarta, Java

Dec 5th 2025

Event: Yogyakarta International Karawitan Festival
World Premiere: Archipelago
for gamelan and uilleann pipes
Performers: ISI Gamelan Orchestra, Anon Suneko, Mark Redmond
Venue: ISI Yogyakarta, Java

Jan 18th 2026

Event: Oxford New Music Weekend
Performance: Bonang Quartets Nos.1&2
Performers: Hammer & Bronze Contemporary Gamelan Ensemble
Venue: The Pavilion, St Hilda's College, Oxford

Apr 23rd 2026

Irish Premiere: Archipelago
for gamelan and uilleann pipes
Performers: UCD Gamelan Orchestra, Anon Suneko, Mark Redmond, Paddy Glackin
Venue: National Concert Hall, Dublin

May 6th 2026

Event: Kaleidoscope Night
Performers: NCH Gamelan Orchestra
Venue: Bello Bar, Dublin

June 3rd 2026

Event: Indonesian Music and Dance Concert Performers: NCH Gamelan Orchestra, Sanggar Tari Irlandia-Indonesia
Venue: National Concert Hall, Dublin



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