| 词条 | Deirdre McKay |
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Deirdre McKay (born 1972) is a composer from Northern Ireland. BiographyDeirdre McKay was born in County Down. She started violin lessons at an early age and later began to compose with the encouragement of her teacher Bob Leonard.[1] Following music studies at Queen’s University, Belfast and at the University of Manchester, she studied privately with Kevin Volans in Dublin. Returning to Queen’s on a DENI{{expand acronym|date=December 2018}} scholarship in 2003, she received a doctorate under the tutelage of Piers Hellawell.[2] Performances and Commissions.She has collaborated on work with the Belfast artist Jean Duncan including "A pale yellow sky" and "The Fly".[3] Her piece "Comendo spiritum meum," which incorporates the last words of St Oliver Plunkett, was premiered by the Latvian State Choir in 2007.[4] "Dieppe" a setting of the poem by Samuel Beckett, was selected for the 12th International Review of Composers in Belgrade and also by James MacMillan for a BBC Singers workshop.[5] Her opera, Driven, with a libretto by Richard Dormer, was commissioned by Northern Ireland Opera and was premiered during the 2012 Cultural Olympiad.[6] Awards
References1. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/my-first-musical-memory-is-standing-in-a-cot-listening-to-an-old-telefunken-reel-to-reel-tape-recorder-1.3407345|title=‘My first musical memory is standing in a cot listening to an old Telefunken reel-to-reel tape recorder’|work=The Irish Times|access-date=2018-09-02|language=en-US}} 2. ^1 {{Cite web|url=https://www.cmc.ie/composers/deirdre-mckay|title=Deirdre McKay|date=2018-08-20|website=Contemporary Music Centre|access-date=2018-09-02|language=en}} 3. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/imported/art-duncan-flying-with-old-museum-show-28084863.html|title=Art: Duncan 'fly-ing' with old museum show|work=BelfastTelegraph.co.uk|access-date=2018-09-03|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235}} 4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/brennan-misses-a-dramatic-chance-1.952826|title=Brennan misses a dramatic chance|work=The Irish Times|access-date=2018-09-03|language=en-US}} 5. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/reviews-1.1009612|title=Reviews|work=The Irish Times|access-date=2018-09-03|language=en-US}} 6. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/michael-dervan-what-my-undercover-stint-as-a-woman-taught-me-about-sexism-1.2432274|title=Michael Dervan: What my undercover stint as a woman taught me about sexism|work=The Irish Times|access-date=2018-09-03|language=en-US}} External links
7 : Female composers from Northern Ireland|1972 births|Living people|Musicians from County Down|21st-century women musicians|Alumni of Queen's University Belfast|Alumni of the University of Manchester |
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