Arrangement of the traditional Irish tune 'The Butterfly' by Tommie Potts, arr. Aoife Kavanagh.

Made using Spitfire Audio LABS Soft Piano and Strings.

Image courtesy of Dan Freeman on Unsplash

The Butterfly (by Tommie Potts arr. Aoife Kavanagh) - for piano and strings

'Faoi Bhrat Ceo / Under a Blanket of Mist'
Original composition for solo piano and loops by Aoife Kavanagh
Created using Spitfire Audio LABS Soft Piano

Faoi Bhrat Ceo - for piano and loop station

At the laundromat, a young couple argues over the fate of the husband’s ratty but beloved hoodie. The wife wants it gone, but the husband stubbornly defends it. The standoff escalates with the wife storming off. Left behind with the laundry, the husband reminisces through his humorous cherished memories with the hoodie, while the wife recalls the past with it as embarrassing and horrific. With their memories tumbling by, some begin to sway their hearts. In the end, struggling to hold his hoodie over the garbage bin, the husband must decide whether or not it’s finally time to let it go. HOODIE is a short and sweet relationship comedy developed by Christopher Borecky, Eden Ocean, and Sean Nicholas in part with Sheridan College.

YEAR
2020
RUNTIME
10 minutes
LANGUAGE
English
COUNTRY
Canada
DIRECTOR
Sean Nicholas
SCREENWRITER
Christopher Borecky
PRODUCER
Eden Ocean, Christopher Borecky
CAST
Michael Ellero, Jessika McQueen
CINEMATOGRAPHER
Christopher Borecky
EDITOR
Michael Theriault
PRODUCTION DESIGN
Shane Vanvelzen
COMPOSER
Aoife Kavanagh

'Hoodie' OST | 5. Resolution

Composed for the Screen Composer Academy 2021

'Tension' (Demo) | Film music

Music for animated film (2021)

Animator: Daniel Tuomey
Producer Clare Breen
Commissioned by VISUAL Carlow and CYPSC.
Music: Aoife Kavanagh
Screened in VISUAL Carlow Link Gallery, Oct-Dec 2021

'The Corona' OST | 6. Credits

Melody and lyrics by Sam Jones, (1877-1946, sourced from ‘Calvinist Hymns’)
Arranged by Aoife Kavanagh (2021)
Music for theatre
Arranged for the Abbey Theatre production of The Long Christmas Dinner, which ran in the Peacock Theatre Dublin from November to December 2021.

'The Long Christmas Dinner' | Closing - Time Is Passing

Composed by Aoife Kavanagh (2022)
Music for contemporary dance
Composed for 'Man Down', a production by Roisin Whelan Dance, which premiered in VISUAL Carlow and Backstage Longford in February 2022.

Struggle With The Self, from 'Man Down'

Excerpts from 'The Long Christmas Dinner' (2021)
Music for theatre

An Abbey Theatre Production
Written by Thornton Wilder
Directed by Raymond Keane and Sarah Jane Scaife
Produced by Jen Coppinger

Ran at the Peacock Theatre, Dublin, Nov-Dec 2021

Composer/sound designer: Aoife Kavanagh
Additional music: 'Time is Passing' - original melody and lyrics by Sam Jones, (1877-1946, sourced from ‘Calvinist Hymns’), arranged by Aoife Kavanagh

'The Long Christmas Dinner' | 12. Passing

'The Long Christmas Dinner' | 09. Sam's Lament

'The Long Christmas Dinner' | 03. My Darling New Baby

Music for contemporary dance
(2022)
Composer / Sound Designer / Operator

Run time: 60 minutes

A Roisin Whelan Dance production
Choreographed by Roisin Whelan in collaboration with the dancers

Performances:
George Bernard Shaw Theatre, Carlow (Feb 2022)
Backstage Theatre Longford (Feb 2022)

Me, Myself, from 'Man Down'

Commute To The Office, from 'Man Down'

'Nasc' - aerial dance show
Premiered in the Roscommon Arts Centre, January 2022

Directed by: Raymond Keane
Produced by: Infinite Pants (Aisling Ní Cheallaigh and Jenny Tufts)
Cast: Aisling Ní Cheallaigh, Jenny Tufts, Jennifer de Brún and Oran Leong
Lighting: Sarah-Jane Shiels
Music and Sound: Aoife Kavanagh
Video: Olga Kuzmenko

03. Jenny's Solo from 'Nasc'

02. Ropes

'Nasc' | Aoife Kavanagh

01. Opening

Music from 'The Glasshouse' (2022)
Composed by Aoife Kavanagh
Fiddle: Ultan O'Brien
Flute: Ailbhe Kehoe
A Ballet Ireland production, choreographed by Roisin Whelan

Image by Anna Louise Hally

An Ending, A Beginning from 'The Glasshouse'

Composed by Aoife Kavanagh for TU Dublin Conservatoire's production of 'Citysong' in May 2023.

About 'Citysong'
Directed by Donal Gallagher
Written by Carys D. Coburn
Produced by TU Dublin Conservatoire
Lighting by Blue Hanley
Set by Sinead O'Donnell Carey
Composition and Sound Design by Aoife Kavanagh

Image by Hu O'Reilly / Glasseye

Citysong Opening Music

Music for live aerial performance 

Created for a new work by Kristine Cannon (USA)

Performed in San Francisco 2023

Awakening - for aerial dance

Music for ballet (2022)

Composed for 'The Glasshouse' by Ballet Ireland, choreographed by Roisin Whelan.

Image by Anna Louise Hally

Blackout - from 'The Glasshouse'

Music by Aoife Kavanagh
Composed for Ballet Ireland's 'The Glasshouse' (2022) - choreographed by Roisin Whelan
Fiddle - Ultan O'Brien
Flute - Ailbhe Kehoe

Image by Anna Louise Hally

'Plant Fight' from The Glasshouse

Performed by the Irish Youth Training Choir (2023)

Tea Time - for SSAB choir - Archival Recording

Music composed for 'Iomhá' by Roisin Whelan Dance (2024)
Composer: Aoife Kavanagh
Violin: Anna Rice
Cello: Ailbhe McDonagh
Music Prep: Sarah Hade

'Weight Of The World' " Iomhá

Composed by Aoife Kavanagh (February 2019).
Commissioned by the Dublin Youth Dance Company for their contemporary dance piece 'This//Place//Meant', choreographed by Mariam Ribon and performed by the Dublin Youth Dance Company (IRL) and Rise Youth Dance Company (UK).

The full dance performance is available at this link:  https://vimeo.com/356523729

'This//Place//Meant' was perfomed at the Rise Youth Dance Festival, Bristol (March 2019) and at the Dublin Youth Dance Festival, Dublin (June 2019).

'This//Place//Meant' - Contemporary Dance Music for Dublin Youth Dance Company - Part 2

From the screendance 'See the Music, Hear the Dance' (2019).

View the full screendance at https://youtu.be/i7PT5fKrSOw.

Duration: 12 mins
Produced by Christina Appleby and Aoife Kavanagh 
Filmography: Christina Appleby
Music: Aoife Kavanagh
Choreography: Hannah Bergin and Oran Leong
Musicians: Lucy Deegan, Ailbhe Kehoe, Niamh Kelly, Ultan O'Brien
Editor: Christina Appleby

Funded by the Trinity College Dublin Visual and Performing Arts Fund

'See the Music, Hear the Dance' is a screendance which explores the relationship between music and dance. How can music inform a dancer? How can physical movement inform a composer? Which comes first in a collaboration and how does this affect the artists' creative process? In 'See the Music, Hear the Dance', four short screendances are presented, each of which responds to these questions in a different way.

2. Music Informing Dance - 'Rince'

Coiscéimeanna (2019) - for SATB (divisi) choir
Music and text by Aoife Kavanagh 
Performed by the Mornington Singers, conducted by Orla Flanagan.
Premiered in the National Concert Hall, Dublin, May 2019, as part of the Trinity College MPhil Composition Showcase.

Coiscéimeanna - for SATB (divisi) choir

'Lost in the Pages' (Aug 2019) - for solo piano
By Aoife Kavanagh

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Lost In The Pages - for solo piano

Piece for piano and piano loops inspired by the traditional Irish arrangements of The Gloaming. (April 2020) Created using Spitfire Audio's #labssoftpiano.
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Dusk - for piano and loop station

Aoife Kavanagh is an Irish composer and sound designer, active across a variety of music disciplines, including theatre, dance, film, and contemporary instrumental music.

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