Gráinne
Mulvey
Gráinne Mulvey was born in Dún Laoghaire, Co.
Dublin. Her music has been widely performed and
broadcast throughout the world.
She studied with Eric Sweeney at Waterford Regional
Technical College, Hormoz Farhat at Trinity College Dublin
and Agustín Fernández at Queen's University, Belfast. In
1999 she gained a DPhil in Composition at the University of
York under Nicola LeFanu. She has attended composition
courses throughout Europe, notably in Schwaz, Austria, with
Boguslaw Schaeffer and Marek Choloniewski, Hoy with Sir
Peter Maxwell Davies and Sally Beamish, Chichester with
Jane Manning and Anthony Payne,
Dartington with Louis Andriessen, IRCAM with
Kaija Saariaho and Wakefield with Jonathan Harvey.
She currently holds the position of Head of Composition at
Dublin Institute of Technology Conservatory
of Music and Drama, and is pursuing post-doctoral
research in the field of electro-acoustic and computer
music with Dr Victor Lazzarini at the National
University of Ireland, Maynooth
She was elected to Aosdána in 2010
1994
Winner, Composers' Class of the RTÉ Musician of the Future
Competition with Rational Option Insanity for
oboe, clarinet, horn, violin and piano
Étude No 1 for piano chosen to represent Ireland
at the International Rostrum of Young Composers
1997
Relentless for violin and piano awarded the
Adjudicator's Prize at the Arklow Music Festival
1998
Awarded the Macaulay Fellowship by the Arts Council of
Ireland/An Chomhairle Ealaíon
1999
Winner, New Music for Sligo (Irish Section) with
Maelstrom for string quartet
Sextet Uno and Rational Optional
Insanity released on CD by Black Box Music
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2001
Appointed Lecturer in Composition at Dublin Institute of
Technology Conservatory of Music and Drama
Adjudicator, Composition section, Feis Ceol
2002
Winner, St John Memorial University Composers' Competition
with Latitude 50 for chamber orchestra
Appointed Head of Composition at DIT
Co-adjudicator, Markievicz Medal for Composition
2003
Composer-in-residence, Mercy Convent, Waterford
2004
Jury member, Guido d'Arezzo International Composition
Competition.
Guest composer, Maynooth Composers' Summer School
2006
Scorched Earth chosen to represent Ireland at the
ISCM International Rostrum of Composers
2007
23 January - featured composer at RTÉ Horizons series.
Programme included Scorched Earth, Akanos
(world première), Horizons Fanfare (world
première) and Polymorphia by Penderecki. RTÉ
National Symphony Orchestra, National Concert Hall, Dublin
Excerpt from Swirling Sea & Frightened Fish
included on aphasia recordings' CD The Sound We Are Now
2008
Parallel Light - two audiovisual
installations for the exhibition Two Places held
concurrently at Ormeau Road Baths, Belfast and the
University of Limerick Jauary - March
Soundscape II for flute and tape premiered at
Hilltown House Studio, Co. Westmeath, by Joe O'Farrell
Akanos included on CD Contemporary Music from Ireland, Vol. 7
Akanos selected for ISCM World Music Days 2008 in
Vilnius - performed by the Lithuanian National Symphony
Orchestra cond. Robertas Servenikas
2009
14 March - Akanos perfomed by the Filharmonie
Hradec Králové cond. Andreas S. Weiser as part of the 2009
Prague Premières Festival
19 March - Entropy premiere. ConTempo String
Quartet, Navan, Co. Meath
Soundscape II for flute and tape premiered at
Hilltown House Studio, Co. Westmeath, by Joe O'Farrell
Dedication for flute and piano, in celebration of
the 80th birthday of Boguslaw Schaeffer, premiered by
Joe O'Farrell, flute, and Slawomir Zubrzycki, piano.
Rattenberg am Inn, 22 August. Commissioned by RTÉ Lyric FM
Stabat Mater selected for the 2009 ISCM World Music Days, Sweden.
Performed by Danish Radio Vokalensemblet, cond.
Fredrik Malmberg, Växjö Cathedral, 29 September
Current projects include:
Large-scale work for flute and tape, to be premiered by Joe
O'Farrell (flutes) and the composer (sound projection).
New work for Accessible Contemporary Music
Ensemble, Chicago
New work for clarinet and tape, for Paul Roe