AIC Member - Ann Cleare

Ann Cleare (b. 1983) is originally from county Offaly. In 2005, she graduated with a B.mus from University College Cork where she was awarded the Mary V. Harte Memorial Prize. In 2008, she received an M.Phil in Composition from UCC, where she studied with John Godfrey and Jesse Ronneau and also worked as a tutor for two years.

Her music has been performed in various venues around Europe, New Zealand and America by ensembles and performers such as Ensemble SurPlus, 175 East, EAR Ensemble. Recent and future projects include works for Carol McGonnell and The Argento Ensemble, Neue Vocalsolisten Stuttgart, and for ELISION Ensemble. Awards include: College Scholar Title (UCC 2006), The IMRO/Feis Ceoil Composition Competition (2007), The West Cork Chamber Music Festival Composer Awards (2008), Bank of Ireland Millennium Scholar (2009) as well as various grants and bursaries from The Arts Council Ireland and The Arts Office of Offaly County Council. In 2007, she attended The International Summer Course for Composers at Akademie Schloss Solitude, where she worked with Chaya Czernowin, Steven Kazuo Takasugi, and Ole Ludwig Holm. From 2008 to 2009, she attended the Cursus for Composition and Music Technologies at IRCAM, receiving extensive training in computer-assisted composition, signal processing, sound synthesis, and interactive writing as well as attending seminars and private lessons with composers such as Yan Maresz, Philippe Hurel, Marco Stroppa, Philippe Manoury and The IRCAM Research Teams. Ann worked as a resident composer with The Cork International Choral Festival from 2005 to 2008.

In September 2009, she relocates to America where she will commence a PhD in Composition at Harvard under the supervision of Chaya Czernowin and Hans Tutschku.

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