PERFORMANCES AND EXHIBITIONS
2018
WORKSONGS #4, The Hospital SongA song written for
choir and piano for
performed by
Tallaght University Hospital Choir
November 27, 2018
-funded by South County Dublin INCONTEXT4
Watch Work Song #4: The Hospital Workers’ Song
WORKSONGS #3, Hear Us Amongst the Fungus
A song written for
3 voices and guitar for
performed by
Freda O’Dea, Sheila Baron, Fiona Dowling and George Higgs
while picking mushrooms
on Massy’s Estate, Dublin Mountains
November 10, 2018
-funded by South County Dublin INCONTEXT4
Watch Work Song #3: Hear Us Amongst the Fungus
WORKSONGS #2, Yesterday and Tomorrow Meet Today
A song written for
voices and guitar
performed by
by Platform 1 Writer’s Group
in Rua Red, Tallaght Arts Centre
June 20, 2018
-funded by South County Dublin INCONTEXT4
Watch Work Song #2: Yesterday and Tomorrow Meet Today
WORKSONGS #1, First Earlies
A song written for
3 voices and ukulele
performed while
while planting potatoes
-funded by South County Dublin INCONTEXT4
Watch Work Song #1: First Earlies
2017
The Sense Ensemble, Study #3An multi sensory composition for
flashes, beeps and pulses
as part of PhD research
for Trinity College Dublin
-funded by The Irish Research Council and
The Trinity College Visual and Performing Arts Fund
2016
The Sense Ensemble, Study #2 8’An experimental study for
string quartet, smoke ring cannons and sign language
as part of PhD research
for Trinity College Dublin
-funded by the Irish Research Council
Watch “The Sense Ensemble, Study #2”
The Sense Ensemble, Study #1 15'
An experimental study for
string quartet, smoke ring cannons and sign language
as part of PhD research
for Trinity College Dublin
-funded by The Irish Research Council and
The Trinity College Visual and Performing Arts Fund
Watch “The Sense Ensemble, Study #1”
2015
Great War Signal Corps 90’A choral theatre performance for
choir, piano, bass and telegraph keys
to commemorate
the First World War
-commissioned by The National Museum and Dublin City Council
AFLOAT 15'
A composition for alto trombone
tenor trombones (2), baritone horn, bass trombone
and bass tuba
for performance on the Avoca River
by Blown Identity and the composer (on trombone)
-commissioned by an Artist in the Community Award,
CREATE Ireland (The Arts Council)
in collaboration with the Arklow Rowing Club
2014
Up the Downbeat 15'A symphony written for strings
woodwind, brass and percussion
for performance by
young musicians in Arklow
-commissioned by Wicklow County Council
and produced by the Contemporary Music Centre
under the per cent for art scheme on behalf of
Music Generation
2013
August, 2013DOOR
Festival at a Big House
Cellbridge
Co Kildare, Ireland
Ireland
March, 2013
The Lost and Found Sound Assembly
funded by Dublin City Council
Ringsend Recycling Centre
Ringsend, Dublin 1
Ireland
Watch The Lost and Found Sound Assembly video
January, 2013
DOOR
as part of APAP 2013
East Village
New York City, USA
Ireland
Watch 'DOOR at New York Theatre Workshop' video
2012
June, 2012DOOR
Cork Midsummer Festival
Cork City, Co Cork
Ireland
2011
Sept 4, 2011The Jimmy Rig Slip Jig
The Electric Picnic
Stradbally, Co. Laois,
Ireland
July 17-19, 2011
The Jimmy Rig Slip Jig
The Exchange Dublin
as part of The Made in Temple Bar Festival,
Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland
May 6, 2011
The Joculator
Kerry Bike Festival
March 17, 2011
The Jimmy Rig Slip Jig
The Sensorium Festival
Project Arts Centre
Temple Bar, Dublin, Ireland
2010
July 24, 2010The Trade Routes of the Joculator
Festival of World Cultures
Dun Laoghaire,
Ireland
commissioned by Festival of World Cultures
July 11, 2010
The Electro Acoustic Journey of the Joculator
Meeting House Sq.,
Temple Bar, Dublin
commissioned by Temple Bar Cultural Trust
2009
November 24 - May 24, 2010The Evolvaphone
Science Gallery, Trinity College
Trinity College, Dublin
funded by the Arts Council and the WELLCOME Trust
December 8 - 19
Head of Hamlet
Project Arts Centre
Temple Bar, Dublin
funded by the Arts Council
June - present
Music for Modern Animals
Airfield Trust
Dundrum, Dublin
January 17
The Idiot Box
Project Arts Centre Upstairs
Temple Bar, Dublin
2008
October 20 - November 1Bed of Macbeth
Project Arts Centre
Temple Bar, Dublin
funded by the Irish Arts Council
2007
September 20
The Shelfless Sonata
The Goethe Institute
Dublin
as part of the Electric Thread
Dublin Fringe 2007
July 23-28
The Electro Acoustic Exchange
The Project Cube
Temple Bar, Dublin
funded by the Irish Arts Council
June
WVH
Radio Cultura Studios, Moscow
Chamber Orchestra Kremlin
January 27
Dreaming Dog
Grand Valley State University Art Gallery
Allendale, Michigan, USA
2006
November 22The Famine Dance
Carnegie Hall, New York City
performed by the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin
September 11
Storm in a Teacup
Cake Cafe
Dublin Fringe 2006
June 4
The Famine Dance
performed by the Chamber Orchestra Kremlin
in Radio Cultura Studio Hall, Moscow, Russia
June 21
Callan Workhouse performance
commissioned by the Butler Gallery
The Callan Workhouse, Kilkenny, Ireland
June 30
Fatimaphone performance
commissioned by the City Arts Centre.
In Fatima Mansions, Dublin, Ireland
March 21
Hilltown Studio Workshop Performance
commissioned by the Butler Gallery
Commissioned by Westmeath County Council
2005
September 21The Brass Picnic
Dublin Fringe 2005
Nominated for Spirit of the Fringe Award
July 20
Hilltown Studio Theatre performance
commissioned by Hilltown Studio Theatre
Westmeath, Ireland
June 16
Birr Union Workhouse
commissioned by Birr Vinatage Week
Offaly, Ireland
May 3
Tallaght Theatre Performance
commissioned by South County Dublin County Council
Dublin
2004
September 29-October 4Hongongalongalo
performed in the O'Reilly Theatre Chapel
Dublin Fringe 2004
2001
June - SeptemberDr. Scrontium's Mad Kahoogaophone and Homeless Medicine Show
Irish Tour and
Dublin Fringe 2001
2000
July 1-4The Suicide of Miss Understood
in the Temple Bar Music Centre
Dublin
1999
May 21-26Kahoogaphone
The New Theatre, Dublin