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Tom Lawrence is the composer behind multi-award winning and multi-nominated series' and films such
as Aifric, Mebollix, Only Fools Buy Horses, Sattitude, Unicef's EveryChild etc. etc. (please see credits for
a recent list). Tom has worked with directors for RTE and independent media such as Peter Carr (RTE),
Brendan Culleton (Akajava Films), Martin Danneels (Red Pepper Productions), Bafta winning director
Tim Fernée (Moving Still Productions), Deffie Award winner and IFTA nominated Simon Gibney (RTE),
Irina Maldea (Akajava Films), IFTA nominated best director Paul Mercier (Solas Films, TG4), James
Phelan (Great Western Films), Ross O' Callahan (Peer Pressure), Paul O'Flanagan (Boulder Media), Paul
Stevenson (RTE), Marie Toft (RTE) etc. on a range of music scores and sound design for film, television
and new media.
After leaving University College Cork with a B.A. Degree, Tom went on to complete an M.A. Music
Performance with Gerard Gillen at NUI, Maynooth. He studied Jazz guitar with Liam Foley and classical
guitar with both John Feeley (Dublin Conservatoire of Music) and Maria Levia San Marcus (Geneva
Conservatoire of Music). He also studied composition and orchestration with composer Stephen
Lawrence Parker.
Tom completed a Ph.D in Musicology with Harry White at University College Dublin. He has also
completed several film scoring and film sound programmes including Diploma Film Music Composition
(Film Institute, Los Angeles), Screen Training Ireland; Orchestration for Film & Television Composers
(with Conrad Pope) and Filmbase's Sound production for Film (Noel Quinn). Tom also holds an L.T.C.L.
(Music Performance, Trinity College, London).
He has performed as a solo guitarist and in ensembles in Europe and Ireland, and is prolific as
conductor and music director (DCU Orchestra).
Academically, Tom chairs the MSc Multimedia program at the School of Communications, Dublin City
University where he is a lecturer in communications.
He is an external examiner for Dundalk and Dublin Institutes of Technology, National University of
Ireland, Maynooth, and University College Cork, is a full member of IMRO/MCPS, MusicNetwork, Society
for Musicology in Ireland (SMI)
He gratefully acknowledges the support of the Arts Council of Ireland and Aer Lingus.
Contact:
tom.lawrence@dcu.ie