Composers
Derek Ball
(b. 1949)Derek Ball was born in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, studied in Dublin, and now lives in Glasgow. He studied composition at the Royal Irish Academy of Music with A. J. Potter and James Wilson.
Michael Ball
(b. 1946)Michael Ball was born in Manchester.
Alyson Barber
(b. 1983)Alyson Barber has composed an eclectic variety of pieces, including collaborations for theatre and animated shorts.
Sam Barker
(b. 1981)Sam Barker was born in Hampshire, England and has lived in Ireland since 1987.
Gerald Barry
(b. 1952)Gerald Barry was born in Clarehill, Clarecastle, County Clare, Ireland, in 1952, and studied with Stockhausen and Kagel.
Enda Bates
(b. 1979)Enda Bates is a composer, musician, producer and academic based in Dublin, Ireland.
Liam Bates
(b. 1965)Brian Beckett
(b. 1950)Born in Dublin in 1950, Brian Beckett began composing at the age of eight. He studied composition with A. J.
Walter Beckett
(1914 - 1996)Walter Beckett was born in Dublin. He studied organ and harmony under George Hewson and John F. Larchet at the the Royal Irish Academy of Music. He received his Mus.B in 1936 and his Mus.D.
Derek F. Bell
(1935 - 2002)Derek Bell was born in Belfast and studied composition, piano and oboe at the Royal College of Music in London, where his teachers included Herbert Howells, Norman Greenwood and Lamar Crowson.
Julius Benedict
(1804 - 1885)Benedict studied with Johann Nepomuk Hummel and Carl Maria von Weber (1821-4), and was active as a conductor at Naples before he settled in London in 1835.
Ed Bennett
(b. 1975)Co. Down-born Ed Bennett’s body of work includes large-scale orchestral works, ensemble pieces, solo works, electronic music, opera, installations and works for dance and film.