Completion Date and Title
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February 2022:
The Wanderer

November 2021:
Fuaimrian

October 2021:
The Tragedy of Macbeth

August 2021:
The Meadow

July 2021:
Ashes in the Wind

May 2021:
Rotations

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April 2021:
Smithereens

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September 2020:
TIDE
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November 2020:
Safety

July 2020:
A Christmas Childhood, Part 2
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October 2019:
​The Haircut!

June 2019:
The Stalls


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October 2018:
A Christmas Childhood

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June 2018:
Backstage

April 2018:
The Windhover

March 2018:
The Little Waves of Breffny

May 2017:
Ein Feste Burg

April 2017:
Front Of House


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March/April 2017:
Giselle


January 2017:
The White Devil

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April/May 2016:
Beats, Bells and Bridges

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July/August 2015:
Oedipus

June 2015:
Hidden Currents


February 2015:
Slip
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January 2015:
Underground Gothic for Viola

November 2014:
Advent

October 2014:
And may there be no sadness of farewell

October 2014:
Underground Gothic

September 2014:
HARP | A River Cantata

September 2014:
Between Trees and Water

August 2014:
Lear

July 2014:
Wake


March/April 2014:
Twelfth Night


February 2014:
Fox View Town

January 2014:
With Raised Arms

July 2013:
Drei Rilke Lieder for soprano and piano

June 2013:
Human Child by Collapsing Horse Theatre

June 2013:
The Shakey Bridge Listening Project

June 2012:
You Are (My Sweetheart) for orchestra


February 2012:
Sometimes We Break 


January 2012:
Cnoc Chlaonta

September 2011:
COROKINESIS: The 2nd Experimental Evensong


September 2011:
Bird with Boy


May 2011:
All for You


February 2011:
Around Carter


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February 2011:
Mar bhí Grá Dé


January 2011:
For God So Loved the World

December 2010:
TEN: white/grey studies in movement

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December 2010:
Vom Himmel Hoch


November 2010:
Ruby Variations

October 2010:
Nothing


September 2010:
Experimental Evensong




February/September 2010:
The Spinner


September 2010:
Listowel Syndrome by Emma Martin



August/October 2010:
Bound

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June 2010:
Generally I feel Nothing but the Sea

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February 2010:
The Bad Event


March 2009, May 2009, October 2009, February 2010:
ABENTEUER IM EINRICHTUNGSHAUS / FLATPACK THE OPERA
 
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February 2008;
Zwei 

May 2008:
Federn Lassen

September 2007:
Pixel 

June 2007:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra


May 2007:
Sandcastles

May 2007:
Lyra II

2007:
Triplette



2006:
Macchina



2006:
SingSpiel


2006:
Rehab

Details


New score for dance opera commissioned by Irish Modern Dance Theatre

New music for recording project commissioned by Branar Theatre with text by Mary Murphy

Music for Almeida Theatre production directed by Yaël Farber

Music for site-specific soundscape by Fiona Breen

New choral suite commissioned by Cantairí Óga Átha Cliatha with text by Jessica Traynor

New piece for percussion sextet commissioned by Alex Petcu and Bangers & Crash Percussion Ensemble

Chamber opera commissioned by Northern Ireland Opera, libretto by Sinéad Morrissey

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Site-specific piece for solo horn, beach, and sea

Choral piece based on poem by Rupert Brooke


Choral piece commissioned by Cantairí Avondale choir based on Patrick Kavanagh poem

Live score for theatre piece for young audiences with text written by Wayne Jordan

Site-specific chamber opera commissioned by Cork Opera House with libretto by Lily Akerman



Choral piece commissioned by Cantairí Avondale choir based on Patrick Kavanagh poem

Site-specific chamber opera commissioned by Cork Opera House, libretto by Lily Akerman

Commissioned by Dun Laoghaire Choral Society

Commissioned by Bealtaine Festival and Age & Opportunity

Commissioned by Pipeworks Festival through an award from the Arts Council of Ireland

New site-specific opera composed for the foyer of Cork Opera House, libretto by Lily Akerman


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Score for new version of Giselle choreographed by Ludovic Ondiviela and produced by Ballet Ireland

Live score for theatre production of John Webster play directed by Annie Ryan


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Site-specific percussion piece for three locations in Cork city, composed for Alex Petcu


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Choral score for Oedipus by Sophocles in a new version by Wayne Jordan

Site-specific headphone audio piece for Cork Midsummer Festival


Solo violin piece composed for Zoe Conway

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Version of site-specific train piece for viola solo and recorded sound

Christmas choral piece with words by Rilke


New piece with words by Tennyson for Robbie Blake and Fiona Gryson

Sound and live music for site-specific train performance

Large-scale cantata with lyrics by Lily Akerman


Music for theatre piece directed by Fiona Mcgeown

Soundscape composition for new dance piece by John Scott

Sound and live music for living room opera directed by Maeve Stone and produced by Chamber Made Opera

Music for theatre production by Abbey Theatre directed by Wayne Jordan


Solo piano music written for theatre piece


Music for dance piece by Liv O'Donoghue


Three settings of poems by R.M.Rilke


Music for children's theatre piece directed by Dan Colley


Site-specific audio piece for Daly's Bridge in Cork city, Ireland

Orchestral piece composed for Co-Orch conducted by John Doyle. Based on music for  "Sometimes We Break".

Music for dance installation performance in Tate Britain, London


Sound-score for dance piece by Alicia Christofi-Walshe and Ailish Claffey, Boston USA

Through-composed evensong service with choreography by Ailish Claffey and Laura Murphy, performed in Christ Church Cathedral as part of Dublin ABSOLUT Fringe

With Bryan O'Connell, music for site-specific dance piece in Kilmainham Gaol, as part of Dublin ABSOLUT Fringe

Dance/sound performance based around themes of cooking and addiction. Performed as part of "Transversal 2", Dublin Dance Festival

Sound-art piece based on the 1971 film "Get Carter". Shown as part of the Tyneside Cinema "Step Sequence"  exhibition in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

Irish language choral setting for Christ Church Cathedral RTË radio broadcast

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Choral piece for King James Bible Trust Composition Competition

Recorded music for dance piece, Dance House, Dublin


Performance at Christ Church Cathedral’s famous Nine Lessons and Carols service, Dublin

Theme and 11 variations for solo violin


Recorded music for dance piece by Folded Productions, Firkin Crane Centre, Cork


Performance of specially composed Anglican Evensong in Christ Church Cathedral Dublin as part of Dublin Fringe Festival. Contains Magnificat, Nunc Dimittis, Choral Responses, Anthem and hymns.

Live music for dance piece by Aoife McAtamney, Dance House, Dublin Fringe Festival

With Bryan O’Connell, live music for dance-theatre piece, Project Arts Centre, Dublin Fringe Festival


Live music for dance-theatre piece by Ailish Claffey/Folded Productions, Back Loft, Dublin and Riverbank Arts Centre, Newbridge

Recorded and live music for art performance by Eliza Newman-Saul, Witte de With Gallery, Rotterdam

Recorded music for film installation by Eliza Newman-Saul, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin


Chamber Opera; Berlin University of the Arts, Wembley IKEA Store, London and Hamburg Design Museum


Duet for viola and actor by Tom Lane and Anna Bäumer , Berlin University of the Arts

Music for animation piece by David Parratt, Weissensee College of Art, Berlin

Workshop of orchestral piece by the London Symphony Orchestra, LSO St Lukes, London

Performance of concerto by RAM Symphony Orchestra with violinist Andrew Harvey, Royal Academy of Music, London

Music for animation piece by Rebecca Hurwitz, Bristol School of Animation

Performance in Royal Academy of Music


Spatial performance of mixed ensemble piece by the London Sinfonietta, South Bank Centre, London


Performance of large ensemble piece by the Royal Academy of Music Manson Ensemble, The Warehouse, London


Performance of piece for SATB choir by the BBC Singers, Royal Academy of Music, London. Words by Lydia White.

Music for film, in collaboration with Mountview Academy of Theatre Arts, London

Instrumentation


Soprano, tenor, baritone, violin, viola, cello, piano

String quartet, piano, kalimba, recorded sound effects

Live and recorded cello, voice, electronics

SATB chorus, baritone soloist, violin, cello

SSAA choir a cappella


Six percussionists playing unpitched drums, woodblocks, timpani, bell plates and wood simantras

Soprano, mezzo-soprano, tenor, baritone, bass-baritone, flute, cello, piano, percussion

Solo horn in F

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SATB choir a cappella 


SATB choir with piano and optional concertina accompaniment


Clarinet, cello, percussion


4 soprano roles, 1 mezzo-soprano role, 2 tenor roles, 2 baritone roles, 1 bass role, clarinet/bass clarinet, horn, percussion, violin, viola/piano, cello

SATB with optional piano accompaniment

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3 soprano roles, 1 baritone role, percussion, cello, optional viola

SSAATTBB

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SAT with piano accompaniment


Organ, flute, viola, horn in F, cello


Three soprano roles (lyric, coloratura, dramatic), 1 clarinettist (playing B flat clarinet and bass clarinet), 1 percussionist (playing vibraphone and marimba)

Piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, double bass, recorded sound


Three musicians playing violin, hammered dulcimer, guitar, trumpet, accordion, cello, kora and tubular bells

Marimba, 2 octave bell plate set, church bells (1 octave), 5 floor toms, metal footbridge, assorted small glass, metal and wooden percussion instruments

SATB choir a cappella with recorded sound

Hydrophone sound recordings of the River Lee, spoken narration by Olwen Fouéré
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​Solo violin
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Viola, recorded sound

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SATB choir a cappella


Baritone, harp


Drum set, recorded manipulated sound

Brass ensemble, samba drums, choir, recorded sound

Piano, recorded manipulated sound


Recorded manipulated sound


Recorded sound, electric guitar, amplified objects


Voice, marimba, vibraphone, cimbalom, concertina, guitalele, drums

Piano


Recorded manipulated sound


Soprano, piano


Guitar, ukulele, mandolin, glockenspiel, bell, loop pedal, toy concertina, voices

Recorded sound from bridge derived with contact microphones, narration

Chamber orchestra with hand bells



Viola, accordion, melodica, hand bells, harmonicas, metronomes, 15 tape/CD players

Recorded wind, horses, speech


2 dancers, 16 part spatially distributed choir, organ



Percussion, viola, melodica, harmonica, ukulele, amplification.


Recorded kitchen sounds, mixing bowls, pots, sugar, food mixer


Recorded ambient sound from film




SATB choir a cappella


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SSAATTBB with optional organ


Recorded ambient sound, breathing, whispering, accordion, bird-song


SSAATTBB a cappella with Soprano Solo


Solo violin


Coins, recorders, viola, accordion, voice, whispering


SATB Choir and Organ





Viola with amplification and digital loop pedal REVIEW

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SATB soloists with amplification, drum set REVIEW
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Viola with amplication and digital loop pedal 


Accordion, piano and air sounds.



SATB Choir and samples



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2 Soprano, Tenor and Baritone soloists, Piano, Bandoneon/Accordion, Cello, Percussion

Viola, actor, voice


Viola, accordion   


Full orchestra


Solo violin with full orchestra



Recorder consort and accordion


Harp, Accordion, String Quartet


Fl, Ob, Cl, Bsn, 2 Hn, Tpt, Tbn, Tba, 2 Vln, Vla, Vlc, Db



Fl, Ob, Cl, Bsn, Hn, Tpt, Tbn, 2 Perc, Hp, Acc, 2 Vln, Vla, Vlc, Db



SATB Choir a cappella



Fl, Cl, Tpt, Pno, 2 Vln, Vla, Vlc, Db

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