Richard McReynolds is a Belfast-born composer and multimedia artist living in Cardiff. He is interested in using technology to blur boundaries between artistic mediums. Recent projects include: visualising sound, generating still images from sonic input, building electronic instruments to track physical movement and designing light-tracking installations. The aim is to create performances that engage on multiple levels. His installation works invite the audience to play with sound, movement and digital control in active and embodied ways.
Self-taught as a musician playing guitar in bands as a teenager, his formal music education began at Liverpool Hope University. It was here that he learned studio techniques and scoring for music ensembles. He continued at Liverpool Hope for Masters study before moving to Cardiff to study for a PhD. Since completing his PhD in 2019, he has worked freelance as an arts organiser and composer.
Richard sees the role of the composer as a facilitator of music as much, if not more than, a writer of scores. He organises concerts, arts events and collaborations as artistic director of newCELF, an associate artist at SHIFT Cardiff and a member of the Hooting Cow Collective.
