The Irish composer and writer Ailis Ni Riain combines her interests in composing and writing to produce works which explore her myriad artistic interests. She is particularly interested in sound installation, voice theatre, public art, music-theatre & presenting contemporary music in diverse spaces. She has been represented by the Contemporary Music Centre of Ireland since 1999 and lives in the North of England.
Recent Highlights
EXIT awarded 2nd Prize in the Vienna Masterworks Nancy Van De Vate Competition for New Opera in December 2006 (see here).
StreetSong awarded joint 1st Prize at the ICSM World Music Days July 2006. Read the press release.
StreetSong commissioned by the Contemporary Music Centre of Ireland in association with Temple Bar Cultural Trust and Diversions Festival is an outdoor sound installation to celebrate the 20th anniversary of CMC.
Wounds, Scars, Screams from The Falling has been released by CD-R, a label for sonic art showcasing 'Unsafe' new electroacoustic and experimental music. UNSAFE: sound works that take risks - artistically, aesthetically, philosophically, sonically, even physically. Works that should carry a health warning, that ignore safety margins, that lie outside the comfort zone.
TransSextreme (2005), a tape piece comprising texts written and performed by Ailis Ni Riain alongside acoustic and electracoustic harp has been included in Deep Wireless 4 CD - a Canadian Radio Art Compilation. This is a commerical release available directly from 
