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BBC Radio 4 (Natural History Unit) documentary The Lake. Producer: Sarah Blunt. Broadcast date: Friday
23rd January 2009 11.02 - 11.30am. Sound Recordists Tom Lawrence & Chris Watson. Listen:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00gs3ks/The_Lake/
RTE Radio 1 Donadea Forest Recordings by Tom Lawrence, featured on RTE Radio 1series
Mix-Tape Programme 3 - Words - January 13th 2009, Programme 4- Unexpected Music - January
20th 2009 Producer: Kevin Brew. See: RTE Radio 1 Mix Tape
Donadea Forest Recordings (Installation) A musical journey in sound with accompanying
photography. Principal photography by Eddie Mallin to feature at Deep Wireless Festival of Radio &
Transmission Art 8th Anniversary May 1-31, 2009 "Ecology: water, air, sound.". See:
www.naisa.ca/deepwireless/
Touch Radio Donadea Forest Recordings December 2007- May 2008 A musical journey in sound with
accompanying photography. Principal photography by Eddie Mallin (Podcast by Touch Radio from 1 July
2008). See: Touch Radio Episode 32 | Tom Lawrence - 30:46 - 192 kbps
Work in progress: A selection of coastal and waterway sound vignettes. A sound and photographic
installation with contributions by artists Karl Grimes, Eddie Mallin etc. (Touch 2009).
Work in progress: Vernacular Sounds (Perspectives on contemporary uses of Urban and Rural Spaces).
In Production: Vernacular #1 Installation
Dignified Kings Play Chess On Fine Green Silk Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Ireland - September 27
to November 4, 2007. Photographic installation by Karl Grimes. Soundscape Killed Striking 2 by Karl Grimes
and Tom Lawrence. RTE Lyric FM Programme LISTEN. See:
http://www.galleryofphotography.ie/exhibitions/grimes.html
45th and Madison (Acousmatic) Prix Ars Electronica 2008.
Newlands (Acousmatic) Prix Ars Electronica 2008.
23rd January 2009 11.02 - 11.30am. Sound Recordists Tom Lawrence & Chris Watson. Listen:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00gs3ks/The_Lake/
RTE Radio 1 Donadea Forest Recordings by Tom Lawrence, featured on RTE Radio 1series
Mix-Tape Programme 3 - Words - January 13th 2009, Programme 4- Unexpected Music - January
20th 2009 Producer: Kevin Brew. See: RTE Radio 1 Mix Tape
Donadea Forest Recordings (Installation) A musical journey in sound with accompanying
photography. Principal photography by Eddie Mallin to feature at Deep Wireless Festival of Radio &
Transmission Art 8th Anniversary May 1-31, 2009 "Ecology: water, air, sound.". See:
www.naisa.ca/deepwireless/
Touch Radio Donadea Forest Recordings December 2007- May 2008 A musical journey in sound with
accompanying photography. Principal photography by Eddie Mallin (Podcast by Touch Radio from 1 July
2008). See: Touch Radio Episode 32 | Tom Lawrence - 30:46 - 192 kbps
Work in progress: A selection of coastal and waterway sound vignettes. A sound and photographic
installation with contributions by artists Karl Grimes, Eddie Mallin etc. (Touch 2009).
Work in progress: Vernacular Sounds (Perspectives on contemporary uses of Urban and Rural Spaces).
In Production: Vernacular #1 Installation
Dignified Kings Play Chess On Fine Green Silk Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Ireland - September 27
to November 4, 2007. Photographic installation by Karl Grimes. Soundscape Killed Striking 2 by Karl Grimes
and Tom Lawrence. RTE Lyric FM Programme LISTEN. See:
http://www.galleryofphotography.ie/exhibitions/grimes.html
45th and Madison (Acousmatic) Prix Ars Electronica 2008.
Newlands (Acousmatic) Prix Ars Electronica 2008.
Publications
The History of the Guitar in Ireland 1760-1866. Publishers: Edwin Mellon Press November 2009. Awarded the Adele Mellen
Prize for 'outstanding work'. (Edwin Mellen Press July 2008).
Guitar Art Music The Encyclopedia of Music in Ireland (EMIR) UCD Press (date TBA). June 2009.
1.'The Guitar in Ireland': Classic Guitar, (Vol 18:7, March 2000)
2.'Giulio Regondi in Ireland': Pages (Postgraduate Research in Progress, Faculty of Arts, UCD, 1999). See
http://www.ucd.ie/pages/99/articles/lawrence.pdf
3.'Regondi and the Concertina in Ireland': Concertina World (No.411, July 1998)
4. 'The Concertina in Ireland': Early Music Ireland (Vol 1, No.3, October 1998)
5. Programme notes: The Spanish Guitar, by John Feeley (CBA Classics, CBA 130, 1995)
6. Numerous broadcasts of live performances on RTE Radio/TV
7. Scriptwriter of music programmes for FM3 Music
Scholarships and Awards
Gold Medal Senior Recital, Feis Ceoil 1992
Gold Medal Senior Classical Guitar 1992
Arts Council/Aer Lingus Instrumentalist Award (Switzerland) 1991
Arts Council/Aer Lingus Instrumentalist Award (New York) 1992
Arts Council/Aer Lingus Instrumentalist Award (New York) 1995
Arts Council/Aer Lingus Instrumentalist Award (Canada) 1997
Scholarship to College of Music, Dublin (Studying with John Feeley, Guitar 1990-1996)
Scholarship to the Geneva Conservatory of Music 1993 (Master Classes with Maria Levia San Marcus)
Solo and Ensemble Performances
National Concert Orchestra of Ireland: Karl Davis' film score to The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, National Concert
Hall, Dublin. Conducted by Karl Davis; Late Late Show, RTE1, Saturday 4th April 2003; Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, Dublin;
Mansion House, Dublin; RDS, Dublin; Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin; St. Ann's Dawson St. Dublin; Civic Museum,
Dublin, Belfast Arts Centre, Number Twenty-Nine series, Dublin; Christ Church Rathgar (Dublin European City of Culture
Music Festival); RTE Radio 1; Lyric FM; St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin; St. Patrick's, Drumcondra, Dublin;
Musical Director/Conductor: Grease, Little Shop of Horrors, West Side Story. Oklahoma, DCU's Production of Jesus Christ
Superstar 2000.
Professional Membership
IMRO/MCPS, IFTA (Music Chapter), Society for Musicology in Ireland (SMI), MusicNetwork, British Wildlife Recording
Society, Acoustic Ecology Society.
Audio and Music Consultant
External Examiner (Dundalk Institute of Technology: National Diploma in Humanities 2001-2007)
External Examiner (Dublin Institute of Technology: MA Music Performance 2003)
Chairperson MSc Multimedia, DCU 2001-present.
Curator of DCU MSc Multimedia Exhibition (Dublin City University)
Contributor to Report on Postgraduate Multimedia Education in Europe, 2002
ProTools 6.7 Expert (TDM AVoption/HD,Digi 002), Digital Performer 4.6.1, GigaSampler.
Conferences, Seminars & Lectures
The IFTA (Irish Film and Television Academy) Music Forum 2009: Music for the Moving Image,
Light House Cinema, Dublin September 2009.
RIAMD Research Seminar, University of Bedfordshire (Institute for Media, Art and Design), London, UK.
Wednesday 25th March 2009
Paper: 'Croaks, Quacks and Acoustic Ecology.
IMRO MUSIC FOR FILM & TV SEMINAR
IMRO seminar on the theme of Music for Film and TV.
Monday 13th August 2007 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm at the Sugar Club, 8 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2.
This seminar covered the broad topic of music for film and TV, a notoriously difficult area for emerging Irish composers and
songwriters to break into. The event was moderated by Todd Brabec (President ASCAP America), and an expert panel
including: Steve Lynch, Tom Lawrence, Nick Kelly, Greg McAteer.
N.I.M.E Festival New York City. June 6-11 2007
Identities 2006, Dublin City University
Humanities Festival 11th may 2006
Paper: Film Music and the Art of Communication
The History of the Guitar in Ireland 1760-1866. Publishers: Edwin Mellon Press November 2009. Awarded the Adele Mellen
Prize for 'outstanding work'. (Edwin Mellen Press July 2008).
Guitar Art Music The Encyclopedia of Music in Ireland (EMIR) UCD Press (date TBA). June 2009.
1.'The Guitar in Ireland': Classic Guitar, (Vol 18:7, March 2000)
2.'Giulio Regondi in Ireland': Pages (Postgraduate Research in Progress, Faculty of Arts, UCD, 1999). See
http://www.ucd.ie/pages/99/articles/lawrence.pdf
3.'Regondi and the Concertina in Ireland': Concertina World (No.411, July 1998)
4. 'The Concertina in Ireland': Early Music Ireland (Vol 1, No.3, October 1998)
5. Programme notes: The Spanish Guitar, by John Feeley (CBA Classics, CBA 130, 1995)
6. Numerous broadcasts of live performances on RTE Radio/TV
7. Scriptwriter of music programmes for FM3 Music
Scholarships and Awards
Gold Medal Senior Recital, Feis Ceoil 1992
Gold Medal Senior Classical Guitar 1992
Arts Council/Aer Lingus Instrumentalist Award (Switzerland) 1991
Arts Council/Aer Lingus Instrumentalist Award (New York) 1992
Arts Council/Aer Lingus Instrumentalist Award (New York) 1995
Arts Council/Aer Lingus Instrumentalist Award (Canada) 1997
Scholarship to College of Music, Dublin (Studying with John Feeley, Guitar 1990-1996)
Scholarship to the Geneva Conservatory of Music 1993 (Master Classes with Maria Levia San Marcus)
Solo and Ensemble Performances
National Concert Orchestra of Ireland: Karl Davis' film score to The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse, National Concert
Hall, Dublin. Conducted by Karl Davis; Late Late Show, RTE1, Saturday 4th April 2003; Bank of Ireland Arts Centre, Dublin;
Mansion House, Dublin; RDS, Dublin; Royal Hospital, Kilmainham, Dublin; St. Ann's Dawson St. Dublin; Civic Museum,
Dublin, Belfast Arts Centre, Number Twenty-Nine series, Dublin; Christ Church Rathgar (Dublin European City of Culture
Music Festival); RTE Radio 1; Lyric FM; St. Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin; St. Patrick's, Drumcondra, Dublin;
Musical Director/Conductor: Grease, Little Shop of Horrors, West Side Story. Oklahoma, DCU's Production of Jesus Christ
Superstar 2000.
Professional Membership
IMRO/MCPS, IFTA (Music Chapter), Society for Musicology in Ireland (SMI), MusicNetwork, British Wildlife Recording
Society, Acoustic Ecology Society.
Audio and Music Consultant
External Examiner (Dundalk Institute of Technology: National Diploma in Humanities 2001-2007)
External Examiner (Dublin Institute of Technology: MA Music Performance 2003)
Chairperson MSc Multimedia, DCU 2001-present.
Curator of DCU MSc Multimedia Exhibition (Dublin City University)
Contributor to Report on Postgraduate Multimedia Education in Europe, 2002
ProTools 6.7 Expert (TDM AVoption/HD,Digi 002), Digital Performer 4.6.1, GigaSampler.
Conferences, Seminars & Lectures
The IFTA (Irish Film and Television Academy) Music Forum 2009: Music for the Moving Image,
Light House Cinema, Dublin September 2009.
RIAMD Research Seminar, University of Bedfordshire (Institute for Media, Art and Design), London, UK.
Wednesday 25th March 2009
Paper: 'Croaks, Quacks and Acoustic Ecology.
IMRO MUSIC FOR FILM & TV SEMINAR
IMRO seminar on the theme of Music for Film and TV.
Monday 13th August 2007 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm at the Sugar Club, 8 Lower Leeson Street, Dublin 2.
This seminar covered the broad topic of music for film and TV, a notoriously difficult area for emerging Irish composers and
songwriters to break into. The event was moderated by Todd Brabec (President ASCAP America), and an expert panel
including: Steve Lynch, Tom Lawrence, Nick Kelly, Greg McAteer.
N.I.M.E Festival New York City. June 6-11 2007
Identities 2006, Dublin City University
Humanities Festival 11th may 2006
Paper: Film Music and the Art of Communication
Discography
Donadea Forest Recordings (July 2008): www.discogs.com/release/1366065
Donadea Forest Recordings (July 2008): www.discogs.com/release/1366065