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Greg Caffrey 'I believe that what is most interesting about every composer is their unique perspective, the collation of their experiences and how this informs their art. |
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Greg Caffrey was born in Belfast. He studied music at Queen’s University, Belfast, and in 2002 completed a PhD in composition under Piers Hellawell and James Clarke. Awards include the Harty Scholarship, May Turtle Award and an award from the Harrison Foundation. He was also a finalist in the ISME-IVME 2nd International Composition Contest in Brussels. As a performer he has worked in many of the countries leading ensembles, including the Irish Jazz Orchestra, as well as working in theatre orchestras and in groups giving TV and radio broadcasts. His compositions have been performed throughout Europe and the US. The formation of his own ensemble, ‘Greg Caffrey Circle’, in 2000, allowed him to release an album of his own compositions entitled ‘Child’s Play’. His music has been recorded on the Meridian, Naturalstudio, Cactus and CMC record labels. Greg Caffrey has received commissions from many performers and ensembles as well as from BBC Radio 3 and RTÉ. His music has been performed by the Ulster Orchestra, Ensemble Bash, Craig Ogden, Gerard McChrystal, The Smith Quartet, violinist Elizabeth Cooney, pianist Izumi Kimura, guitarist Patrick Zeoli, Trio Collage, Aisling Agnew and Matthew McAlister and the Ireland Quartet. Recent works include a commission from the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry for a string quartet setting poems by eminent Scottish and Irish poets and from the British contemporary music group SCAW. Greg Caffrey lecturers in Music and Music Technology at the South Eastern Regional College and recently spent a period composing at the prestigious Cite Internationale des Arts in Paris where he resided for three months. He has been appointed composer-in-residence with the London based orchestra EMFEB and is a registered artist with Creative Youth Partnerships. He is also a member of the Association of Irish Composers. (biography © Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland) |
| Composer web site: www.gregcaffrey.com |
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