The Solstice Arts Centre in Navan has selected local composer Ciaran Hope to write a signature tune for the centre.

An innovative use of the Per Cent for Art scheme, the music commission invited composers to submit proposals of pieces of music 3-4 minutes long. In total, 18 submissions were received from composers worldwide.

Ciaran Hope, now based in Los Angeles but originally from Dunboyne, Co Meath, is delighted that his piece was the winning composition. Having arrived in Hollywood on a Fulbright Scholarship, Hope set up his own all-in-one post production facility, Pangea Music, Inc. He orchestrated the Golden Globe-nominated score for Michael Mann's The Insider as well as writing music for TV's Buffy the Vampire Slayer and It's a Guy Thing and has worked with major entertainment companies including Disney and Trimark Pictures.

The first performance of his signature tune will take place later this year in Solstice Arts Centre as part of a gala concert.

Further information: Áine Kiernan, Marketing Officer, Solstice Arts Centre, Navan, Co Meath, email aine.kiernan@solsticeartscentre.ie or telephone 046-909 2335.

Posted: 26 January 2009