Matthew Rowan Resume

      At home in both the Popular music and Classical music worlds, Northern Irish composer and songwriter Dr. Matthew Rowan submitted winning entries to the John Armitage Memorial, the Red Note Ensemble, the Kate Halsall Mache and the Peter Rosser Composition Award competitions, and was awarded an AHRC-funded commission for the Northumbrian Exchanges project. His compositions have received performances in the UK, Europe and the USA, most notably by: Duodort, Mak Grgic, Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble, Christoph Jaggin, Katabatic Winds, William Lane, Lore Lixenberg, Momenta Quartet, Mr. McFall's Chamber with Taylor Wilson, Northern Early Music Collective, Onyx Brass, Royal Northern Sinfonia and Jacqueline Shave. Moreover, Kate Halsall, Mr. McFall's Chamber and Northern Early Music Collective have recorded his works for commercial release. Matthew holds a PhD in Contemporary Composition (2009). To complement his work as a creative artist, he taught composition for fourteen years at The International Centre for Music Studies (UK) and was music studies editor for the inaugural issue of online cultural journal E-pisteme. Matthew is represented by the Contemporary Music Centre Ireland and he is a member of the Association of Irish Composers

Throughout 2021, Matthew will be collaborating with flautist extraordinaire Lina Andonovska


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Updated:  June 1, 2021

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