Jennifer Walshe

Jennifer Walshe

Jennifer Walshe is an Irish composer and singer from Dublin, Ireland. She also works as a conceptual artist and is associated with multiple virtual identities. Born in 1974, she studies composition with Kevin Volans in Dublin and later completes a doctorate in composition at Northwestern University in Chicago in 2002.

Work and performances

Walshe’s music is performed and broadcast internationally by ensembles and groups including Alter Ego, Ensemble Récherche, Ensemble Resonanz, Apartment House, Bozzini Quartet, Ensemble Intégrales, Neue Vocalisten Stuttgart, the Crash Ensemble, ensemble ascolta, Kaleidoscop, Schlagquartett Köln, Champ d’Action, Q-02 and the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland. She also performs frequently as a vocalist, with a focus on extended vocal techniques.

Teaching and affiliations

She is Reader in Music at Brunel University in London.

Commissions and awards

Walshe receives commissions from RTÉ, Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR), Südwestrundfunk (SWR), Maerzmusik, Ultraschall, Musik der Jahrhundert, Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival, Dresden Semper Oper, Wien Modern, Project Arts Centre and the National Concert Hall in Ireland. She also receives commission awards from the Arts Council of Ireland and the Scottish Arts Council.

Her honours include the Kranichsteiner Musikpreis at the Internationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik in Darmstadt in 2000, a grant from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts in New York in 2007, and the Praetorius Music Prize for Composition from the Niedersächsisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kultur in 2008.

Residency

She lives in Berlin as a guest of the DAAD Berliner Künstlerprogramm during 2004 and 2005.