Fergal Dowling

Concerts

Commission of new work, Fake, for piano and computer for Zubin Kanga at Music Current Festival, Project Arts Centre, Dublin April 2020. Commissioned by Zubin Kanga with funding from the Arts Council.

Double, a new work for flute and computer, developed in collaboration with Richard Craig for Music Current Festival, Project Arts Centre, Dublin April 2020. Funded by Music Current Festival through the Arts Council Arts Grant scheme.

Ground and Background at the Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics at Stanford University Transitions concerts series, Friday 4 October 2019.

Ground and Background presented in lecture demonstration at Music and Sound Design for the Screen Conference at NUI Maynooth, Friday 6 September 2019.

Three Reconstructions performed with Klank music project group at Kirche Unser Lieben Frauen, Bremen, during Lange Nacht der Musik Festival, 1 June 2019. Supported by Klangpol and Culture Ireland.

Spoils I, Unearths, performed at 146th AES Convention alongside works by Enda Bates, Gráinne Mulvey and others, 22 March 2019.

Speaker at 146th AES Convention panel discussion on 'Spatial Audio for Contemporary Music Performances and Theater', with Enda Bates, Jimmy Eadie, Gráinne Mulvey, Alexis Nealon, and Ji Youn Kang, 22 March 2019.

Guest lecture on electronic and multi-channel composition at Conservatory of Music and Drama, Technological University Dublin, 15 March 2019.

Ground and Background performed in concert at ISSTA 2018 – 'Who's Listening? Sound and Public Space', Derry, 9 November 2018.

Stops VIII for (piano and computer) featured in concert at conference on Computer Simulation of Musical Creativity, 20–22 August 2018, University College Dublin.

Ground and Background selected for Festival Internacional de Video Arte y Música Visual, at Centro de Cultura Digital, Colonia Juárez, Mexico, 3 May 2018.

Ground and Background at Sonorities Festival, Belfast, with surround sound presentation at Sonic Lab, SARC, Queens University Belfast, 18 April 2018.

New work for piano and live electronics commissioned by Xenia Pestova through Arts Council Commission Award, premiered at Music Current Festival, Smock Alley Theatre, 14 April 2018.

Perisonic – the immersive, multi-media meditation on Dublin city (for 8 loudspeakers and 4 video screens) – receives a second full performance in Bremen. Commissioned by Dublin Sound Lab, this concert-length installation was the result of a major collaboration with composers Fergal Dowling, Scott McLaughlin, Gráinne Mulvey, creative producer Sabina Bonnici and video artist Mihai Cucu. This production is produced by Reihe Elektronischer Musik, Bremen. See Schwankhalle event page and Facebook event page further details. Schwankhalle, Bremen, 14 January 2018.

Unearths, movement I from Spoils (a five-movement, concert-length work for Baroque chamber ensemble, interactive electronics, surround sound and video). Part of 12th Virtual Concert presented by Univers Sonores Parallèles curated by the Gráinne Mulvey, 26 November 2017.

Ground and Background (movement II from Perisonic)presented at Ecos Urbanos Electroacoustic Music Festival, Mexico. Escuela Superior de Música, Coyoacán, 23 November 2017.

Ground and Background (movement II from Perisonic) presented at Osaka University Electroacoustic Music Festival, sound installation piece in the Art-Gallery, Osaka University of Arts, 17-18 November 2017.

Ground and Background (movement II from Perisonic) presented in concert as part of Sounding Out the Space Conference. St Laurence's Church, Dublin Institute of Technology, Grangegorman Campus, Dublin, 3 November 2017.

'The City as Musical Protagonist: Three Recent Dublin Sound Lab Commissions', a paper presentation at Sounding Out the Space Conference, DIT, concerning the curation of three recent large-scale collaborations with Dublin Sound Lab which attempt to involve Dublin city and its built environment within musical composition and performance. Dublin, 2–4 November 2017.

Premiere of PERISONIC, a large-scale, immersive, panoramic sound 'painting' of Dublin, for 8 loudspeakers and 4 video screens. Commissioned by Dublin Sound Lab, this concert-length installation is the result of a major collaboration with composers Scott McLaughlin, Gráinne Mulvey, creative producer Sabina Bonnici and video artist Mihai Cucu. See Music Current 2017 for programme details. Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, 29 April 2017.

Stops VIII, an interactive work (for one or two instruments and computer), has normally been performed on piano. In this performance the parts are performed on violin (Larissa O'Grady) and harpsichord (Michael Quinn). Presented here as part of Dublin Sound Lab's Bifurcations concert also featuring works by Scott McLaughlin, Donal Sarsfield, Gráinne Mulvey and Ann Cleare. Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, 5 December 2016.

As part of the Contemporary Music Centre's Salon series, Dublin Sound Lab revisits three recent works commissioned by the group, which were originally composed for the 18th century organ at the nearby St Werburg's Church. The format of the Salon allows for public engagement during the concert, and the performers and composers will be available to discuss their works. St Audoen's RC, Cornmarket, Dublin, 29 September 2016.

A quadraphonic version of Rise specially re-rendered this concert as part of The Association of Irish Composers, Directions concert series, "listen | compose | perform", curated by Karen Power, at 12 Henrietta St, Dublin, 3 June 2016.

Stops VIII, an interactive work for piano and computer, performed by David Bremner (piano) and Fergal Dowling (computer), as part of The Association of Irish Composers, Directions Series, Gráinne Mulvey, curator. Lutheran Hall, Dublin, 19 May 2016.

Stops VIII, an interactive work for piano and computer, performed by Gary Barnett (piano and computer) at Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, Arizona, 27 April 2016.

Spoils, a concert-length work by Fergal Dowling for Baroque chamber ensemble, interactive electronics, surround sound and video. Spoils was developed with assistance from Dublin City Council Project Awards and Arts Council Music Bursary, and will be performed as part of Music Current, a new festival of contemporary music organised by Dublin Sound Lab. Performers: Aoife Ni Dhornain (Baroque violin), Marja Gaynor (Baroque violin), Ilse de Ziah (Baroque cello), Michael Quinn (harpsichord), Fergal Dowling (computer), Mihai Cucu (video). Spoils project page, Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, 8 April 2016.

Stops VIII, an interactive work for piano and computer, performed by Gary Barnett. Dixie State University, Utah, 18 March 2016.

Stops VIII, a new work for piano and interactive electronics performed by Gary Barnett. Also works by Michael Edwards and Liviu Marinescu. Experimental Acoustic Research Studio (EARS), University of California, Riverside, 11 December 2015.

Ground (for organ and interactive electronics) in concert in Waterford New Music Week. College Chapel, Waterford Institute of Technology, Waterford, 24 March 2015.

Three Reconstructions, a new work for five wind players and multi-channel computer interaction. Part of Dublin Sound Lab's Places and Responses programme at Tiger Dublin Fringe. Temple Bar Gallery & Studios, Dublin, 18 September 2014.

Multichannel presentation of Manchester Material at Irish Sound, Science and Technology Convocation. National University of Ireland, Maynooth, 28 August 2014.

A partially composed, partially devised performance-informed composition at the Royal Musical Association Music Philosophy Study Group workshop on philosophy of human+computer music. University of Sheffield, UK, 4 July 2014.

12-channel version of Rise for outdoors in Berlin for c60collaboratorium.de. on the Urban Solar Audio Plant, a solar powered, WLAN-controlled, multichannel sound installation for public space. Fête de la Musique, Stadtterasse, Aufbauhaus, Berlin, 20 June 2014.

Joint paper/performance with Michael Quinn at Composition in the 21st Century Conference, TCD, on the theme 'Composition as Performance'. Trinity College, Dublin, 7 March 2014.

Performance with Dublin Sound Lab of Kaija Saariaho's 'Maa' for ensemble and surround sound, with a newly devised seven-part video work by Ailbhe Ní Bhriain. Project Art Centre, Temple Bar, Dublin, 9 November 2013, Mermaid Arts Centre, Bray, 14 November 2013.

'Performance as Composition' workshop for musicians and non-musicians using computer-mediated sound performance to devise a musical structure in real-time. CASS, London Metropolitan University, Parker Room, Commercial Road, London, 17 October 2013.

Cloud Type for Auditors presented at Noise in/and/as Music conference at the University of Huddersfield. This special 3D rendering will be projected on the 25-loudspeaker SPIRAL array. Centre for Research in New Music (CeReNeM), University of Huddersfield, 5 October 2013.

Pass, a 2-channel tape piece in the 'Listening Room', part of CMC's Culture Night celebrations, Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin, 20 September 2013.

Dublin Sound Lab perform Stops VI, a new work for trio, computer and surround sound in a multimedia programme in collaboration with Romanian composers and performers. Michael Quinn (harpsichord), Ana Chifu (flute), Maria Chifu (bassoon), Fergal Dowling (computer). Smock Alley Theatre, Dublin, 8 June 2013.

Fractal contemporary music group performance of Stops I by Philip Lawson (guitar) and Anna Murray (computer) in a programme of works for guitar, electronics and video. Cork Film Centre, Cork, 7 March 2013.

Performance of Stops I by Philip Lawson (guitar) and Anna Murray (computer) in a programme of works for guitar, electronics and video presented by Fractal contemporary music group. The Linenhall, Castlebar, Co Mayo, 16 January 2013.

76 Seconds of Pulses (for two loudspeakers) Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin, 12 December 2012.

Ground, a new work for organ, prepared samples and electronics. Performed by Dublin Sound Lab as part of ReSounding Dublin, a project involving multiple organs. ReSounding Dublin, St Werburgh's Church, Dublin, 21 November 2012.

Performance of Stops I by Philip Lawson (guitar) and Anna Murray (computer) in a programme of works for guitar, electronics and video presented by Fractal contemporary music group. Centre for Creative Practices, Dublin, 9 November 2012.

Stops I (for guitar and computer) performed by Philip Lawson (guitar) and Anna Murray (computer), and presented by Fractal contemporary music group as part of a special Culture Night programme. Centre for Creative Practices, Dublin, 21 September 2012.

Cloud Type for Auditors, a multichannel tape piece features in a Culture Night 'happening' at the Contemporary Music Centre, curated by Karen Power and featuring various performers including the Quiet Music Ensemble and Kirkos. Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin, 21 September 2012.

A new version of Sketch for harpsichord and computer, Opera Studio, National Muzic University, Bucharest, InnerSound Festival, Bucharest, 28 August 2012.

Multi-channel, surround sound presentation of Cloud Types for Auditors and Falls by Acousmain in a concert of electroacoustic spatial works by Dublin-based composers. Atelierfrankfurt, Frankfurt, 24 November 2011.

Sketch (for voice, viola, harpsichord and computer) with six-channel surround sound. Programme also includes: Karlheinz Essl, More or Less (computer-controlled soloists), Jean-Claude Risset, Pentacle (harpsichord/electronics), Luca Francesconi, Animus II (viola and electronics). Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris, 12 April 2011.

Quarters, a Four-channel, dispersed loudspeakers, featured in 'Abstract', a multi-channel loudspeaker concert by Hear This Space, a collective of sound artists and composers who organise site sensitive, spatial sound events. Fabrika, Leicester, 25 March 2011.

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