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Rhona Clarke was born in Dublin. She studied music at University College, Dublin, pursued composition studies with John Buckley and James Wilson, and completed a Ph.D at Queen’s University, Belfast under the supervision of Michael Alcorn.
Her output includes choral, chamber, orchestral and electronic works. She has received commissions from RTÉ, the Cork International Choral Festival, Music Network and the National Concert Hall, among others. Her work has been performed and broadcast throughout Ireland and at several European music festivals, including Donne in Musica, Italy, Begegnungen, Austria, and Neue Musik Winterthur, Switzerland.
Rhona Clarke is a lecturer in music at St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra. In 2005 she was elected to Aosdána, Ireland’s state-sponsored academy of creative artists.
(biography © Contemporary Music Centre, Ireland)
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