09
May
2023
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13:19
Europe/London
PhD Student Murrough Connolly to feature as a winning composer at this year’s West Cork Chamber Music Festival (WCCMF)
PhD Student Murrough Connolly
Third-Year PhD student, Murrough Connolly, was one of three composers to win this year’s WCCMF String Quartet Composition Competition with his string quartet ‘Ildaite’.
The award provides composers with a generous bursary and the opportunity to workshop and record their piece with a featured quartet at this year’s festival (23rd June – 2nd July).
Murrough will be working with the London-based Calathea Quartet in a series of workshops, culminating in 2 public performances on the 25th and 29th of June in Bantry, Co. Cork.
Murrough says:
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I am thrilled to be one of this year’s winners. My compositional journey began in Cork as an undergraduate at MTU Cork School of Music and I am incredibly excited to be able to reconnect with wonderful musicians who have supported me in the past. I owe lot to my supervisor Prof. Camden Reeves – with his expert guidance and support, I have discovered new musical avenues and developed a compositional style which embraces my affinity for harmony and colour.
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Murrough is also looking forward to two premieres of his work before the festival:
- The world premiere of his choral piece, ‘From the Chrysalis’ by Somnium Chamber Choir (Friday 12th May, Holy Name Church, Manchester).
- The Irish premiere of his orchestral work ‘Litmus Papers’ by the University of Manchester Symphony Orchestra (Friday 16th June, Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin).