Music
Rhona Clarke
Rhona Clarke was born in Dublin. She is a former Associate Professor in Music at Dublin City University. Her output includes choral, chamber, orchestral and electronic works. She has received commissions from New Music Dublin, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra, The Sydney Philharmonia Chorus, Chamber Choir Ireland, the Choir of the Chapels Royal, the Cork International Choral Festival, Concorde, Galway Music Residency, Music Network and the National Concert Hall, among others. Her work has been performed and broadcast throughout Ireland and worldwide. Most recently her choral piece O Vis Aeternatis is selected by the International Society for Contemporary Music for World Music Days 2024 in the Faroe Islands.
The many recordings of her works include two portrait albums on the Métier, Divine Art Recordings label: A Different Game (Fidelio Trio, 2017), Sempiternam, a CD of Clarke’s choral music performed by the State Choir Latvija (2021).
Rhona Clarke is a member of Aosdána, Ireland’s affiliation of creative artists.