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Jane O’Leary 'I would like to think my music invites the listener into a special sound world that stirs the imagination and is full of colour and movement. It’s about shapes, sounds and textures, intermingling and creating their own resonant space..' |
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Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Jane O’Leary has been resident in Ireland since 1972. A member of Aosdána, Ireland’s state-sponsored academy of creative artists, she is a graduate of Vassar College and holds a PhD in composition from Princeton University, where she studied with Milton Babbitt among others. She was awarded an Honorary Doctor of Music Degree by the National University of Ireland in 2007. Her music has featured on two occasions at the ISCM World Music Days and has been performed at international venues including the Kennedy Center, Washington DC, the Lincoln Center, NY, the Chicago Cultural Center and Carnegie Hall, NY. The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra has included her music in national tours and on their debut tour of the USA in 2003. A CD of her chamber music was released on the Capstone label in 2007 featuring performances by the RTÉ Vanbrugh Quartet, ConTempo Quartet, Concorde, Paul Roe, and Garth Knox. As artistic director and pianist of Concorde contemporary music ensemble Jane O’Leary has performed and promoted new music in a dozen countries. She currently teaches composition at the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama in Dublin and lives in Galway where she is artistic director of Music for Galway. (biography © Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland) |
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