Simon Morgan - 2023 Musician in Residence
Our third and final dlr Musician-in-Residence for 2023 is singer and composer Simon Morgan. During the residency Simon will collaborate with guitarist Drazen Derek and saxophonist Richie Buckley to develop material drawing on jazz and traditional Irish influences for the soon to be relaunched Café Orchestra musical collective. They will perform in the Studio, dlr LexIcon on Thursday 5 October.
Simon Morgan is one of Ireland’s finest High Baritones, a graduate of University College Dublin, The Royal Irish Academy of Music and The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland.
In the classical world, he has performed leading Baritone roles in multiple award-winning opera productions at Galway Artists Festival, Kilkenny Arts Festival, The Gate Theatre, the National Concert Hall and Cork Opera House.
He has also composed and produced musical projects for contemporary Irish music both internationally and across all the country’s top arts venues. His project ‘Thomas Moore Reimagined’ has been performed at the National Concert Hall and all over Ireland and at festivals abroad, with the accompanying album reaching number 1 in the Irish iTunes charts.
Blurring the lines between musical art forms, Simon continues to work with leading figures in Irish Jazz, Traditional and Classical music fields to produce works and concerts internationally.
The Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council Musicians-in-Residence Scheme is jointly funded by Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and the Arts Council and is managed by Music Network.
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