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David Fennessy

Composition Lecturer

David Fennessy’s music has been performed internationally by many groups including the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Ensemble Modern, London Sinfonietta and the RTE National SymphonyOrchestra of Ireland.

David holds Masters degrees from the RCS and the HfMDK, Frankfurt. In 2010 he received a prestigious Paul Hamlyn Foundation Award as well as a Vital Spark Award from Creative Scotland which led to the music theatre work Pass the Spoon.

In 2010 – 2012 he was a Fellow of the Akademie Schloss Solitude in Stuttgart and 2008 was an International Creator Resident Tokyo Wonder Site in Japan.

David’s music is published by Universal Edition, Vienna. Examples of his recent research outputs include Thirteen Factories.