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Peter Moran '“There were these flutes carved from animal bones found to be over thirty thousand years old. Even the wheel was only invented around six thousand years ago - that’s one thought that keeps me going.”' |
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Peter Moran was born in Dublin. He studied music at University College Dublin and subsequently the University of York, where he was taught by Nicola LeFanu and received an MA in Composition in 2005. He twice attended the Irish Composition Summer School where he studied with Michael Finnissy, Nicola LeFanu and Kevin O’Connell. He is currently completing his PhD in Composition at York under Bill Brooks. His studies have been funded by York’s Vinson and Nonhebel Awards, the Arts Council’s Travel and Training Award and the Bill Whelan International Music Bursary. His compositions draw on his experience in many different styles of music. His works have been performed by ensembles such as Trio Scordatura, Okeanos, Black Hair, the Crash Ensemble and Sounds Underground. Other performers include Cora Venus Lunny, David Bremner and Elizabeth Hilliard. His works have been played in Ireland, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and the UK and have been broadcast on RTÉ lyric fm. Peter Moran is very active in education work and has recently created a new course for teaching contemporary music in Dublin’s inner-city primary schools, in collaboration with the CMC and Dublin City Council. The first workbook accompanying this course is available from the CMC education page, with a second workbook and interactive web materials to be released later in 2010. He has also taught in universities and schools around Yorkshire and has organised international collaborations between young composers and students of new music across Ireland the UK. He has been a guest speaker at symposia in the universities of York, Huddersfield, Edinburgh and NUI Maynooth. Peter Moran was appointed Musical Director of COMA Yorkshire in 2007. (biography © Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland) |
| Composer web site: www.petermoranmusic.com |
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