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Rob Canning 'A musical performance is like an ecosystem: the slightest change in population dynamics or environmental conditions can have a profound impact on the evolution of organisms within that system. I like to keep my music open to these possibilities - creating worlds and watching them slowly mutate around a variety of performance and compositional interventions.' |
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Rob Canning studied music at the University of Wales with Anthony Powers and University College Dublin with Seóirse Bodley where he gained an M.Litt in Composition in 1999. He is currently studying for a PhD in composition at Goldsmiths College, University of London. Awards include first prize in the 1998 Composers’ Class of the RTÉ Musician of the Future competition; first prize in the international section of the New Music for Sligo Composition Competition (1999); the Macaulay Fellowship (2001); and an Emerging Artist Award from Wicklow County Council (2001). His most recent award, the Arts Council's Professional Development Award (2004) has allowed him to commence doctoral studies in London, where he now lives. He has received several commissions including ‘The Garden of the Forking Paths’ (2002), an RTÉ commission for the London Sinfonietta; ‘Mutations’ (2003) for ensemble and live electronics, commissioned by Concorde; ‘Myriorama (Penelope Sleeps)’ for the ReJoyce Dublin 2004 Festival; and a sound installation for the National Library of Ireland’s 2004 Ulysses exhibition. In 2004 'Clints&Glikes', a CD commissioned by the Barrens Exhibition with funding from the Cultural Relations Committee of the Department of Foreign Affairs, was released. Recent works include an Ave Maria commissioned by RTÉ lyric fm for the National Chamber Choir of Ireland, and incidental music for the Performance Corporation’s production, ‘Dr Ledbetters Experiment’. Current projects include a multichannel tape composition commissioned by Wexford County Council, a work for bass clarinet and tape commissioned by Paul Roe and a collaborative project with choreographers at the Laban Institute in London involving live electronics, dancers and video. Rob Canning has lectured in composition in the music department of Trinity College, Dublin, and has also given workshops in composition and computer music. His main research interest focuses on computer assisted performance and composition strategies. (biography © Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland) |
| Composer web site: www.robcanning.info |
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