AIC Member - Martin O’Leary

Martin O'Leary was born in Dublin, Ireland. He began composing at the age of fourteen. He studied music at Trinity College, from where he holds a BA and a PhD on the works of Havergal Brian. Since 1991 he has been lecturing at NUI, Maynooth, where he is a full time member of staff in the Department of Music. He has written an extensive series of works covering most genres, and his compositions have been heard throughout Europe, as well as in Israel and the USA. ‘Glory to His Name’, a CD of arrangements for a capella choir, was released on Ceol Records in 2003. Recent works include ‘Tenebrae’ (2001) for clarinet, violin and piano, ‘Ave Maria’(2002) for unaccompanied choir, two pieces [’Blue Peace’ (2004) and ‘Aubade in Blue’ (2005)] for 4-part guitar orchestra, ‘Bluescape’ (2007) for piano trio, written for the Fidelio trio, and two solo guitar works, ‘6 Preludes’ (2005) and ‘Fantasia Elegiaca’ (2007), written for Leslie Cassidy and Christian Fergo respectively. Martin also performs regularly in solo repertoire and chamber works as a pianist, and has premiered works by John Buckley, John Casken, Rhona Clarke, Peter Michael Hamel, Paul Hayes and Kevin O’Connell. He is a committee member of the Association of Irish Composers and a director of the Irish Composition Summer School.

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