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Greg Caffrey 'I believe that what is most interesting about every composer is their unique perspective, the collation of their experiences and how this informs their art. |
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The Irish composer Greg Caffrey read music at Queen’s University Belfast where he studied composition under Piers Hellawell and James Clarke. He was awarded a B.Mus. in 1995 and completed a PhD in 2002. He has won a number of awards and scholarships that include the Hamilton Harty Scholarship, the May Turtle Award and an award from the Harrison Foundation. He was a finalist both in the ISME-IVME 2nd International Composition Contest in Brussels in 2008 and in the Taukay Edizioni Musicali International Composition Prize in 2012 and he took first prize at the Concorso Counterpoint, Italy in May 2012. His compositions have been performed in Britain, Ireland, France, Germany, Austria, Argentina, Italy, Belgium, Holland, Sweden, Czech Republic, Estonia, U.S. Bangkok, China and Brazil, receiving critical acclaim and increasingly reflecting an eclecticism informed by his broad musical background and enthusiastic teaching activities. The formation of his own ensemble, “Greg Caffrey Circle”, in 2000, allowed him to release an album of his own compositions entitled “Child’s Play”. His music has been recorded on the Meridian, Naturalstudio, Cactus, CMC, Diatribe, Edition 7 and RTÉ lyric fm record labels. His latest album, “Ogden Caffrey – First Construction in Nylon”, is a collection of his music for guitar performed by Craig Ogden and it has met with much critical acclaim. Classical Guitar Magazine described the album as “contemporary music at its very best”. Greg has received commissions from many performers and ensembles including BBC Radio 3 and RTÉ and has had music performed by The Ulster Orchestra, Ensemble Bash, Craig Ogden, Gerard McChrystal, The Smith Quartet, Elizabeth Cooney, Izumi Kimura, Patrick Zeoli, Trio Collage, Aisling Agnew and Matthew McAlister, Gunnar Berg Ensemble and the Ireland Quartet, to name just a few. His most recent works include a commission from the Per cent for Arts Scheme to write for a 50 strong children’s string ensemble at Emo National School. Greg lecturers in Music at SERC and will be returning in late 2012 to the Cité Internationale des Arts in Paris to spend two months working on several new works. Previously he was composer in residence with the London based orchestra EMFEB and was a registered artist with Creative Youth Partnerships. Greg is represented by the Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin and is a member of the Association of Irish Composers. His music is published by Australian publishers Reed Music. (biography © Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland) |
| Composer web site: www.gregcaffrey.com |
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