Composers
Darragh Kelly
(b. 1989)Darragh Kelly is a composer and musician. He is interested in the live vs the recorded, the virtual vs the actual, the bathetic, new music's ageing, and tonality's afterlife.
Derek Anthony Kelly
(b. 1971)Derek Anthony Kelly is originally from Dublin.
Mary Kelly
(b. 1957)Mary Kelly studied Music (B.Mus.) at UCD and Composition with James Wilson, Dublin, Robert
Saxton, London and with David Dramm in Amsterdam, where she was living at the time. She
T. C. Kelly
(1917 - 1985)T. C. Kelly was born in Wexford. He was awarded a BMus degree by University College Dublin and was director of music at Clongowes Wood College, Co. Kildare, for much of his career.
Vincent Kennedy was born in Dublin and studied trumpet winning many major prizes at the Feis Ceoil and performing with RTÉ National Symphony and other orchestras and ensembles before establishing h
Laura Kilty
(b. 1981)Laura Kilty is a Dublin-based composer, vocalist and producer. Her musical output includes
acoustic, electroacoustic and multichannel contemporary music and vocal music in many styles.
Ellen King
(b. 1990)Ellen King is an Irish multidisciplinary composer, producer and DJ.
John Kinsella
(1932 - 2021)Born in Dublin in 1932, John Kinsella pursued two careers in artistic administration and in composition, until 1988 when he resigned from his position as Head of Music at RTÉ to fully devote his ti
Jenn Kirby
(b. 1987)Jenn Kirby is a composer, performer, and music technologist.
Trevor Knight
(b. 1954)Trevor Knight was born in England and moved to Ireland in the late 1950s. He began his early musical education studying piano.
Garth Knox
(b. 1956)Garth Knox is one of today’s leading performers of contemporary music, and his formative experience as a member of Pierre Boulez’s Ensemble InterContemporain and then as violist of the Arditti Quar
Tom Lane
(b. 1984)Tom Lane is a Dublin-based composer. He studied composition at Balliol College Oxford, the Royal Academy of Music and the Berlin University of the Arts.
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This section introduces the music of Irish composers of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. It is intended as a good starting point for anyone not familiar with Irish contemporary music.
Each composer's page provides a photo, a biography, most recent works added to CMC's collection and other information. You can also purchase CDs and scores by each composer, access features about the composers, or view any upcoming events which include their music.
An Irish composer is defined as anyone who was born or is permanently resident in the Republic of Ireland or Northern Ireland.
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