I’m an artist, a musician, a vocal coach and a creative facilitator and I perform my compositions throughout Ireland and Europe. I have lectured in performance studies and taught vocal and movement practices at school and post graduate level. I facilitate a creative and therapeutic voice coaching service called Vocal Movement Ireland.
At the heart of my artistic work I am exploring the questions of flow, sci-fi, human connection and trans-form-ation. With this in mind, over time, I have developed a performance practice traversing dance and theatre vocabulary, song and voice as a vibratory medium that inter-relates art, health, and social change.
For many years now I have been focused on developing immersive, performance installations and environments. Sculpting relational space. Inviting the audience to be at the centre of their own experiences.
My practice includes spending of lots time outdoors and sea swimming as a way of noticing the melody in my environment. I get a powerful sense of being connected with nature when I swim; my buoyant, integrated body and the layers and patterns of transformative motion continuously experiencing their own becoming through that connection with the sea.
Musically I’m into song writing and improvisation, extended vocals, spoken and written word emerging and developing through live performance, recording and collaborations which are often combined with visual and interactive technology.
Trans-disciplinary Art is the place and I enjoy weaving visual, performance and digital arts with choreography and participatory processes. Vocal, Social Choreography within a dramatic performance framework.
I want to use my art practice to create an inclusive environment which stimulates new perceptions of the performer's role in society, be part of generating a critical, challenging and nurturing relationship to the continuous unfolding of live performance. I want to develop a personally sustainable practice which can be placed in dynamic relation to the shifting social landscape and help build understanding and respect for artistic practice.