Extract from live performance of 'loaded silence' for piano and recorded ice by Karen Power
Isabelle O'Connell, piano


Loaded Silence by Karen Power(extract)

John McLachlan was born in Dublin and studied music at the Royal Irish Academy of Music and Trinity College Dublin. He has studied composition with William York, Robert Hanson and Kevin Volans. He holds a PhD in musicology from Trinity College Dublin, where he specialised in researching the compositional techniques of Boulez, Xenakis, Lutoslawski and Carter.

His works have been performed on five continents in over 30 countries with broadcasts in many territories. Performers who have played his music include the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland, Opera Theatre Company, the National Chamber Choir, Concorde, Sequenza, Traject, Archaeus, Pro Arte, Antipodes, Ensemble Nordlys, The Fidelio Trio, The ConTempo Quartet and Trio Arbós as well as many prominent soloists including Ian Pace, John Feeley, Mary Dullea, Darragh Morgan, Satoko Inoue and David Adams. Commissioners include the RTE NSO, Music Network, Lyric fm, the Musica Viva Festival and the National Concert Hall.

His music has been included on the following recordings: AIC CD 1, CMC CD 4, Irish Contemporary Organ Music (David Adams), CMC CD 9, Islands (John Feeley, guitar), Gothic (Mary Dullea, Metier records) and RIAM piano syllabus CDs; many of his pedagogical piano works have been published by the Royal Irish Academy of Music in their piano syllabus anthologies. 

His music is available from the Contemporary Music Centre www.cmc.ie. His website is www.johnmclachlan.org You can find scores scrolling on his YouTube channel, link above.

Improviser : Beat Maker : Sound art composer : Pianist

The majority of music found here is from recent projects I composed, performed and produced.

🎧 recommended.

Dublin born composer Robert Coleman completed his Masters studies at the Koninklijk Conservatorium (Royal Conservatory of the Hague) with Yannis Kyriakides and Diderik Wagenaar in June 2019. A previous graduate of UCD School of Architecture, his research at the Hague and current work focuses on the use of musical object and combining architectural idioms within a musical context. As a result, recent work has included spatial, installation, audio-visual or site specific manifestations.

Loaded Silence by Karen Power(extract)

IsabelleOConnell