David Stalling

David Stalling
(b. 1971)

David Stalling
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David Stalling was born in Bochum, Germany. He studied composition with John Buckley and Martin O’Leary at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth. He also participated in masterclasses and further studies with James Wilson and Anthony Payne at the IMRO Composition Summer School, and Don B. Ray, Conrad Pope and Robert Drasnin as part of the University of California, Los Angeles and FÁS Screentraining Ireland programmes. He has received grants and commissions from the Arts Council and FÁS Screentraining Ireland.

His work includes music for concert performance, contemporary dance and experimental film. His music has been performed as part of the Association of Irish Composers’ Sundays at Noon series at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin, and the Composer’s Choice series at the National Concert Hall. As a performer he has worked with numerous ensembles in Germany and Ireland, including Tanztheater aus der Zeche, SounDin, The Quiet Club and EAR.

David Stalling has been collaborating with Dublin artist Anthony Kelly since 2003 creating sound and audiovisual works. Recent shows include a screening at Anthology Film Archives, New York, audiovisual installations at Ginza Art Laboratory, Tokyo, 411-Galleries, Beijing and Shanghai, artist residencies at ArtTrail, Cork, in 2006 and 2007, and an audiovisual installation for the Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast and the University of Limerick in 2008. Their work has been released on the sound art label farpointrecordings.com and two tracks were released on Wire Tapper 16 and 20, distributed with Wire Magazine.

Recent projects include participation in the group projects Auralog and Shorelines, Newfoundland, as well as solo exhibitions in the Basement Gallery, Dundalk and Visualise Carlow during 2009.

David Stalling is a founding member and director of EAR and a member of Solus film collective.



(biography © Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland)

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