This is a more complete CV for those who require further details on my activities. Nonetheless, this document covers only recent work and omits much that does not pertain to sound or composition.

Releases

Just Listening - Ireland Calling CD
3 December 2011

This CD documents the concert of 30 April 2011 and includes an edit of "West of the Solar Spectrum". more.

Strange Attractor catalogue
12 November 2011

This book and DVD documents a project in which I took part as an invited guest. A recording of the performance is on the sounds page. more

Avoidance Strategies CD
November 2011

Limited edition release by Stolen Mirror of work resulted from experiments with the No Input Software Environment (NISE).

"Snowblind And Falling"
October 2011

My track from the Beckett compilation was played on Eldorado, Sveriges Radio, Stockholm. This programme, running since 2005, is hosted by Kjell Alinge every Thursday 22.30-24.00.

Sound-Snippets
25 July 2011

My contribution to Harry Moore's collaborative Sound-Snippets project is now online and free to hear. more

"The Doors" Hiss and Roar SFX library
June 2011

Contributed sound recordings to this crowd-sourced sound effects library, compiled by Tim Prebble. more

"Snowblind and Falling"
29 March 2011

Composition for voice and verse included on the Out of Silence compilation CD, a homage to Samuel Beckett, released on Modisti Records, Barcelona, Spain.

"Fold Penetration"
13 January 2011

Created for the Invisible Frequencies Bookworm project, from the one-second sample "News Blow Tone 03".

"Qarun Hydrophone Death (Concretion Mix)"
December 2010

Created for the Mer-Wer project from original and manipulated sounds by John Kannenberg, Ola Saad, Simon Whetham, He Can Jog, Yara Mekawei, Michael Ruesenberg and Mike Hallenbeck.

Outbursts
26 May 2010

Album of electroacoustic works realised in 2009, released for free download on last.fm.

"Wavefront Makara (hue blue linear)"
10 December 2009

Composed for Tim Prebble's Music Of Sound website.

"Pack Ice"
12 September 2007

Piece by escalation 819 included in online music compilation Endless Endless version 5. Audiobulb Records, Sheffield, UK. more

Performances & Installations

Tank performance
14 January 2012

Live performance with Ed Devane, John Daly, Harry Moore and Mick O'Shea at Triskel Arts Centre, Cork. Curated by Tony Langlois and Harry Moore.

Sonic Vigil 2011
22 October 2011

Live performance at Triskel Arts Centre, Cork. Curated by The Quiet Club and German label Gruenrekorder. more

"Apophenic Ecosystem C10 C30"
15-24 September 2011

Sound installation as part of the group show "Uncanny Sound", curated by Liam Slevin at TACTIC, Old Government Buildings, Sullivan's Quay, Cork. more

"No Input Software System (Cybernetic Improvisation)"
11 August 2011

Improvisation performed in concert at the first annual ISSTA convocation. more

"Deserted Village"
7 August 2011

Composition played at Gorey Arts & Film Festival (GAFF), County Wexford, Ireland. The source material was the ambiance of the deserted village, Achill Island, Co. Mayo. more

12 Stations for World Listening Day
18 July 2011

Participant in the Softday sound walk and subsequent performance. New sonic marvels will come of this!

Induction Circuit
14 May 2011

This self-directed walk explores the secret domains and hidden sounds of Catherine Street (Limerick, Ireland). It's free for you to download and access at any time. more

"No Input Software System (Cybernetic Improvisation)"
30 April 2011

Improvisation performed as part of the Just Listening showcase performance, organised by the National Sculpture Factory, Cork. At the Limerick School of Art & Design, Ireland. more

"Strange Attractor"
20 April 2011

Improvisation with Danny Mc Carthy, Irene Murphy and Mick O'Shea, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland. more

"Exquisite Corpse"
12 April 2011

Attended opening for premiere of collaborative audio project at Soundfjord Sonic Art Gallery, London. more

"The Ponderous Counter-Spectacle Of Things Ceasing To Be"
26 March 2011

Live and environmental sound augmentation, including music DJing. Daghdha Space, Limerick, Ireland. more

"Throat Debridement Exercise 2 (I just wanted to say a few words)"
26 March 2011

Live sound performance at "The Ponderous Counter-Spectacle Of Things Ceasing To Be". Daghdha Space, Limerick, Ireland.

"Throat Debridement Exercise 1"
15 March 2011

Created for Kim Cascone's "Broken, Bent, Mutilated".

"No Input Software (cybernetic improvisations)"
13 February 2011

Live performance at Raggle Taggle, Limerick, Ireland, opening for Campbell Kneale from New Zealand. more

"wave, particle, falling leaves"
20-22 August 2010

A special four-channel excerpt from "wave, particle, falling leaves" played at the Dragonfly Multi-Arts Festival at Ekehagens Forntidsby, Åsarp near Gothenburg, Sweden. more

"Suite for Limerick (Lines in the Sky)"
18 July 2010

This is a visual score derived from photos of aerial wires above the streets and alleys of Limerick. Performed as part of the Soundwaves Festival, Sallis Benney Theatre, Brighton England. more

mystery recording
18 July 2010

Mystery recording presented as my contribution to World Listening Day. more

"OPENED3:SPATIAL"
3 July 2010

Live diffusion of a sound environment for a performance for thirteen dancers, choreographed by Edd Schouten. Daghdha Space, St. John's Church, John's Square, Limerick, Ireland. Duration: two hours. more

"Twelve Minutes on Catherine Street"
1 July 2010

This radiophonic piece, developed from "Catherine Street Augmentation", consists of a narrated soundscape recording designed to pose questions of how we frame and apprehend a scene aurally, and how words shape the meaning of what we hear. Broadcast as part of RadiaLx, an international radio art festival based in Lisbon, Portugal. Duration: 25 minutes. more

"Realm of Circulation"
29 May 2010

Piece played at the SoundFjord Open Day on their Sonic Art Jukebox. SoundFjord is a new gallery and research unit dedicated to the Sonic Arts. Located in London, England.

"Catherine Street Augmentation"
8 May 2010

Premiere of site-specific sound art installation, Gold Mine Jewellers, Catherine Street. Part of the Catherine Street Culture Dig (CAT DIG), a project of the SpiritStore collective. more

The Lights In Room 7
12 March to 23 May 2010

Premiere of site-specific sound art installation. Commissioned as part of "OPEN/INVITED e v+ a 2010 MATTERS" by curator Elizabeth Hatz (Sweden). Room 7, Limerick School of Art & Design, George's Quay, Limerick. more

"The Garden of Adumbrations"
28 October 2009

Playback of 8.1 soundscape composition at .microsound10years concert, celebrating the anniversary of the .microsound internet list. Fylkingen, Münchenbryggeriet, Stockholm, Sweden.

The Limerick-Toronto Subway Line
25 September 2009

Premiere of live site-specific electroacoustic performance. SpiritStore Arts Café, Limerick.

"Ancient Bird Trap"
21-26 September 2009

Premiere of two-channel electroacoustic piece at The Listening Post, curated by Dr. Kerry Hagan as part of the second annual Tweak Festival. Church Gallery, Limerick School of Art & Design.

Ouroboros
11 September 2009

Live site-specific electroacoustic performance. SpiritStore Arts Café, Limerick.

"The Garden of Adumbrations"
2 September 2009

Premiere diffusion of 8.1 electroacoustic piece.

"The Absence of Baudrillard"
25 October 2008

Premiere of sound art performance at the conference "Die Gegenwart Von Jean Baudrillard", Mainz, Germany.

Ouroboros
21 January 2008

Live site-specific electroacoustic performance for Excursions Performance Arts Festival, Limerick, Ireland.

"Roundelay: A Tribute To The Poetic Works Of Samuel Beckett"
6 October 2007

Created soundscape for dramatic reading, performed as part of The South's annual poetry festival Pulse (UK premiere). Sallis Bennet Theatre, Brighton.

"Physical Presence II"
5 October 2007

Original music for dance performance by Davide Terlingo (premiere). Daghdha Space, Limerick, Ireland. more

"Physical Presence I"
15 September 2007

Original music for dance performance by Davide Terlingo (premiere). Back Loft, Dublin, Ireland. more

escalation 372 Live Performance
27 June 2007

Thirty-minute set with guest vocalist Susannah Clare at Stress!!, De Burgo's, Galway, Ireland. more

"The Rite of Spring"
20 March 2007

Audio design and sound operation for live dance performance choreographed by Katarina Mojzisova. With Roisin Kelly-Byrne, Alanna Mulcahy and Pascal Holper. Supported by a Commissions Award from the Limerick City Council Arts Office. Parkway Shopping Centre, Limerick, Ireland.

"Granulation Knaves"
31 October 2006

Premiere of sound piece for Nokia Mobile, transducers and software sysnthesis. Performed at Soundings 1031 as escalation 746, opening for KK NULL. Daghdha Space, Limerick, Ireland. more

Papers & Articles

"The Garden of Adumbrations: Reimagining Environmental Composition"
December 2012

Paper to be published in Organised Sound 17(3).

"Cybernetics, Improvisation and The Machinic Phylum"
10 August 2011

Paper delivered at the first annual convocation of the Irish Sound, Science and Technology Association.

"Forgetting Interactivity: Notes Towards A Typology"
9 June 2010

Paper delivered at the conference Interactivity and the Audio Arts, University of Kent, UK.

"The Garden of Adumbrations: An Anecdotal Soundscape"
September 2009

Publication of Masters thesis.

"Complementarity: An Archipelago"
October 2008

Paper on pattern systems and social ecology published in the book Framemakers: Choreography As An Aesthetics Of Change (Daghdha, Limerick, Ireland). Read it on Alan N. Shapiro's website (published April 2011).

Teaching & Training

University College Cork
October to December 2011

Lecturer in Academic Writing course and co-lecturer in Politics of Daily Living (teaching poster presentations), both at the Limerick campus of UCC. A part-time position.

Tutor
September to October 2011

Tutor and proof-reader for doctoral student in electroacoustic composition.

Tutor
July to August 2011

Tutor in electroacoustic composition for undergraduate student.

University of Limerick
January to May 2011

Lecturer on the Masters in Music Technology course at Digital Media & Arts Research Centre (DMARC). This was a temporary position to cover for a sick leave.

University College Cork
November 2010 to January 2011

Part-time lecturer in Politics of Daily Living at the Limerick campus of UCC.

"Some Notes On Sound Installations"
29 September 2010

Seminar presented by the Centre for Computational Musicology and Computer Music (CCMCM), University of Limerick. more

Curating

Soundings
30 March 2006 to 24 March 2010

Co-curator for electroacoustic music concert series (thirteen events). At several venues in Limerick.

Mamuska
6 October 2006 to 20 November 2009

Sound designer for multi-disciplinary performance evenings (seven events). Daghdha Space, Limerick and Back Loft, Dublin.

Awards

Grand Canal in Offaly Project
October 2011

"Grand Canal Sound Walk" short-listed for public arts commission tender.

Daghdha Dance Company Bursary
December 2007

For research into work for movement, radio transmitter and microphone. (Realised as Ouroboros.)

Arts Council Project Grant
February-April 2007

For three months' research into a site-specific sound installation based on principles of quantum theory, object-oriented systems and cybernetics.

Education and Professional Associations

Association of Computing Machinery (ACM)
1993-present

Voting member in professional organisation.

Masters in Music Technology (MA first class)
2008-2009

Digital Media and Arts Research Centre, University of Limerick.

Diploma in Audio Recording Technology
1986-1987

Ontario Institute of Audio Recording Technology, London, Ontario, Canada.

Honours B.Sc. in Applied Mathematics (Theoretical Physics)
1981-1985

The University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada.