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Judith Ring 'To stir the imagination by evoking rich images and colours while instilling a sense of timelessness is what I aim to achieve. Music should awaken emotions and unexpected feelings through the stimulation of our aural senses, leading the listener into a space of new and enchanted pleasures.' |
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Judith Ring was born in Dublin. She graduated with a MPhil in Music and Media Technologies from Trinity College Dublin in 2000, where she studied with Donnacha Dennehy and Roger Doyle. In June 2009 she completed her PhD in composition at the University of York, England, studying with Ambrose Field and Roger Marsh. She was awarded the Elizabeth Maconchy fellowship from the Arts Council of Ireland to fund her PhD. Her piece ‘Accumulation’ won first prize in the 2000 Concorso Internazionale Luigi Russolo in Varese, Italy. The piece was subsequently performed in Dublin, Belfast and at EXPO 2000 in Hannover, Germany. In December 2002, while living in Berlin, she received a scholarship from Akademie der Künste, to attend their Sommer Akademie in Museumspark Rüdersdorf. Judith Ring has received commissions from ensembles including Concorde, Crash Ensemble, Trio Scordatura and Percusemble as well as composing a series of solo and tape works with performers such as singer Natasha Lohan, clarinetist Paul Roe, percussionist Damien Harron and an acoustic piece for pianist Rolf Hind. Her works have also been used in the Dance Theatre of Ireland’s shows, ‘Evidence’ and ‘Prism’. In 2005 and 2006 she collaborated with two choreographers, Anna Melander and Vince Virr from the Northern School of Contemporary Dance on four dance pieces. She has written music for two short films by Barry Dowling and Diarmuid Goggins. In 2002 she co-composed music with Jürgen Simpson for video artist Clare Langan’s work ‘Glass Hour’. The work was exhibited at the Tate Liverpool, RHA Dublin and MoMa New York. In July 2009 Judith Ring was the guest composer at the Irish composition summer school working alongside Nicola LeFanu, Martin O'Leary and John Mclachlan. (biography © Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland) |
| Composer web site: www.judithring.com |
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