Featured composer
2026
Amy is a composer from Co. Down. She read music at Queen’s University Belfast, where she completed a PhD in Composition.
Her music explores various roles that can be assumed by composer and performer in contemporary classical music, considering how musical interpretation can be framed and facilitated in different ways. Through various approaches to notation, which reflect differing degrees of involvement on the part of the performer, her approach seeks to generate music that is nuanced, natural and flexible.
Amy’s works have been commissioned and performed by various soloists and ensembles including Jack Quartet, RTÉ Con Tempo Quartet, Concorde, Tonnta, Kirkos, Hard Rain, Crash Ensemble, National Symphony Orchestra and Ulster Orchestra among others. Her music has also been broadcast on BBC Radio 3, RTÉ Lyric FM and Near FM. Her work is featured on several albums, including A Terrible Beauty from Hard Rain Ensemble, Reactions / Crash Works I from Crash Ensemble and New Music: New Ireland 4 released by CMC.
Amy is represented by the Contemporary Music Centre, Dublin.