Genevieve Murphy

Genevieve Murphy

Phone number: 0031639409606

Website: www.genevieve-murphy.com

C.V

Composer and performer from Scotland, currently based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Education

2004-2006: Royal Conservatoire of Glasgow (Formerly known as The RSAMD) Junior department to study piano with Havilland Willshire, cello with Betsy Taylor and composition with David Fennessy.

2006-2009: Royal Birmingham Conservatoire, Bachelor of Music, joint honours piano and composition with Simon Nichols and Joe Cutler. Other tuition includes Howard Skempton, Edwin Roxburgh, Richard Ayres, and Louis Andriessen.

2009/10: One year out of education for work experience. Performed and toured with visual artist Martin Creed.

2011: Graduated at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire BMus (Hons), Composition.

2013: Graduated at The Royal Conservatoire of The Hague with Master of Music, Composition. Tutors Martijn Padding, Yannis Kyriakides.

Work

2023:

November:

Music Video “Your Feeling” presented at Mediamatic during Museum Night, Amsterdam, NL

September:

Composition in collaboration with Nicholas Thayer for Nineties Productions’ theatre piece “Vast” premiering in Theatre Bellevue Amsterdam, NL

Talk about own artistic practice at Mediamatic, Amsterdam, NL

August:

Music Video “Your Feeling” presented at Gaswerk Weimar, Weimar, Germany

June:

Album release by 9×13 Neo Fanfare featuring composition “Evoke”, Den Haag, NL

Concert with Andy Moor for New Music Now Festiva in Tivoli Utrecht, NL

Concert with Andy Moor at Cafe Oto, London, UK

May:

Concert version of “I Don’t Want To Be An Individual All On My Own” at Can Reon Festival, Barcelona, Spain

Premier of composition “They Move Differently Here”, performed by Ensemble Offspring at The Church, Sydney, Australia

Coaching director at RITCS School Of The Arts Brussels, Belgium

April:

Performance of “I Don’t Want To Be An Individual All On My Own” at Teatro Ca’ Foscari a Santa Marta, Venice, Italy

Concert with Andy Moor at Roode Bioscope, programmed by Snow Apple, Amsterdam, NL.

March:

Concert at “Woman’s Day”, in collaboration with Erasmus University. De Doelen, Rotterdam, NL

2022:

December:

Concert with Andy Moor at Bimhuis, Amsterdam, NL.

Performance of “At The Spot Where I Find Myself”, commissioned by Stichting Rizoom, co-produced by Nicole Beutler Projects at Theatre Kikker, Utrecht, NL.

Performance of “At The Spot Where I Find Myself”, commissioned by Stichting Rizoom, co-produced by Nicole Beutler Projects at De Doelen, Rotterdam, NL.

November:

Performance of “At The Spot Where I Find Myself”, commissioned by Stichting Rizoom, co-produced by Nicole Beutler Projects at Intro In SITU, Maastricht, NL.

Performance of “At The Spot Where I Find Myself”, commissioned by Stichting Rizoom, co-produced by Nicole Beutler Projects at November Music, Verkade Fabriek, Den Bosch, NL.

Premier of “At The Spot Where I Find Myself”, commissioned by Stichting Rizoom, co-produced by Nicole Beutler Projects. Korzo, NL.

October:

Concert with Andy Moor at Actoral Festival, Marseilles, FR.

September:

Guest composition teacher for 6 months (Sept. – February) at the Royal Conservatoire Of The Hague, The Hague, NL.

Performance “I Don’t Want To Be An Individual All On My Own” at Festival MUSICA, Strasbourg, DE

June:

External examiner and lecturer at Royal Birmingham Conservatoire for Experimental Performance. Birmingham, UK.

May:

Solo concert at OT301, Event by We Are Public, Amsterdam, NL

April:

Performance of “The One I Feed” at Hunterian Gallery, Glasgow, UK.

Guest teacher during Themaweek for Fontys, Tilburg, NL

Concerts with Andy Moor at Au Topsi Pohl and KM58, Berlin, Germany.

March:

Solo concert at Tugela85 for evening STEMLOKAAL, in celebration of our democracy, programmed by Caspar Van Gemund. Amsterdam, NL.

February:

Duo concert with guitarist Andy Moor at OCCII. Amsterdam, NL

2021:

December:

Received a production grant from Stichting Rizoom to create a new work in 2022

November:

Composed a work for Albion Project. Performed by Fretwork, premiered at King’s Place, London, UK

October:

Premier of Opera Hans & Griet commissioned by Silbersee, in collaboration with De Toneelmakerij. Coproduced and premiered at ITA, Amsterdam, NL

September:

Album Release with label – Unsounds Records. Release concert at Rewire Festival, Den Haag and Gaudeamus Muziekweek, Utrecht, NL

August:

Performance of “I Don’t Want To Be An Individual All On My Own” at Mittelfest Festival, at Cividale del Friuli UD, Italy

July:

Concert with Andy Moor at A L’ARME! Festival, in Radialsystem, Berlin, Germany

June:

Research week for composition commission and performance of Hans & Griet opera with Silbersee and Toneel Makerij, to be premiered at ITA , Amsterdam, in October 2021.

Composer for TV series, “Follow De SOA” produced by Videoland, directed by Ties Schenk. NL

May:

“I Don’t Want To Be An Individual All On Own *Concert Version” (film with band online) at Rewire Festival, The Hague, NL

April: Guest teacher during Themaweek for Fontys, Tilburg

February:

Performance of Solo work, “I Don’t Want To Be An Individual All On Own” Concordia, Enschede, NL

2020:

November:

Tryout followed by premier of solo work, “I Don’t Want To Be An Individual All On My Own” at TivoliVredenburg, Utrecht NL.

Performances of “I Don’t Want To Be An Individual All On My Own” in Frascati, Amsterdam, NL

September:

Subverse Part II. Composer and dramaturge in collaboration with violinist Diamanda Dramm, Premiered at Gaudeamus Muziekweek in TivoliVredenburg Utrecht, NL

Cancellations due to Covid – 19: March – August

2019:

October:

Premier of “Toverfluit”, commissioned by Silbersee and Toneelmakerij, performed in International Theatre Amsterdam and throughout The Netherlands

September:

Walk and Drip for 7 hours. Performed during Uitfeest in Stadsschouwburg Utrecht, NL.

Tour with The Ex, 40th Anniversary in Amsterdam, Nijmegen, Rotterdam, performing solo version of “The One I Feed”, NL

Premier of “They Move Differently Here” commissioned by and performed in Gaudeamus Muziekweek with Ensemble Offspring, Utrecht, NL

July:

Performance of “The One I Feed”, performed by Genevieve Murphy and TOEAC at Wonderfeel Festival.’s-Graveland, NL

June:

Awarded Honorary Membership of the Royal Birmingham Conservatoire by Julian Lloyd Webber, Birmingham, UK

Concert with collective “I Have The Moon” in Einstein Kultur-Theater Musik Wort Bild. Munich, Germany

May:

Premier of “Calm In An Agitated World” at Tectonics Festival, commissioned by the BBC. Performed by Genevieve Murphy, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra and BBC Radio 2 Young Folk Award piper, Brighde Chaimbeul, in The Old Fruitmarket, Glasgow, UK

Concert of “Your Blue, My Purple” at Birmingham Conservatoire with Birmingham Record Company, performed by BCMG. Birmingham, UK

April:

Artist in residence for De Link. Composed and premiered a new work for Het Cenakel with Jonas De Smedt. Tilburg, NL.

February:

Workshops and rehearsals for new work “They Move Differently Here” with Ensemble Offspring, Sydney, Australia.

January:

Solo performance “The One I Feed (Text Excerpt)” at Frascati Theatre during Come Together, Amsterdam, NL

2018:

December:

Solo performance, “Something In This Universe” produced by Nicole Beutler Projects, performed at Divadlo Na Orli, and gave workshops at Janáček Academy of Music and Performing Arts, in Brno, Czech Republic

November:

Commissioned by November Music and coproduced by Standplaats and Nicole Beutler Projects “The One I Feed”, performed by Genevieve Murphy and TOEAC at November Music, Den Bosch, NL. Standplaats Utrecht, Utrecht, NL. Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (HCMF//), Huddersfield, UK. Veem Theater, Amsterdam, NL

October:

Solo performance of “Something In This Universe”, produced by Nicole Beutler Projects, Frascati, Amsterdam, NL

July:

Accepted for Standplaats Utrecht, a performance/interdisciplinary platform supported by SPRING Performing Arts Festival, Het Huis Utrecht, Theater Utrecht, Het Filiaal, DOX and SWK030. Utrecht, NL

May:

Premiere of “Something In This Universe” in Theater Kikker. Produced by Nicole Beutler Projects, programmed by SPRING Festival, Utrecht and co-presented by Gaudeamus Festival. Utrecht, Netherlands

April:

For Howard Skempton’s 70th birthday, “Drip”, and transcription “Drip (for Viola and Accordion)”, featured in TEMPO, a quarterly review of new music. Published by Cambridge University Press. United Kingdom

Tryout of “Something In This Universe” at Post Paradise, Birmingham, United Kingdom

January-March:

Performance of “Violent Push Of An Unpredictable Strategy” in Atelier van Lieshout, programmed by De Doelen, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Performance Lecture about “Squeeze Machine”, in Opera Forward Festival. In Nationale Opera & Ballet House, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Guest participant during DAS Theatre Block, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Preview of “Something In This Universe” in Muziekgebouw Park. Amsterdam, Netherlands

2017:

November-December:

Performance of “Violent Push Of An Unpredictable Strategy” in Studio Loos, Den Haag, Netherlands

Residency in Korzo, The Hague, Netherlands

October:

Residency in Veem Theater. Amsterdam, Netherlands

Concert at Reeperbahn Festival, in Hamburgische Staatsoper with Samuel Penderbayne. Hamburg, Germany

Performance of “Squeeze Machine”, performed by Nieuw Ensemble- in Muziekgebouw aan ’t IJ, Amsterdam Netherlands

September:

Residency in Veem Theater, research for new work, “Something In This Universe”, as a part of the Nieuwe Maker (FPK) trajectory. Amsterdam, Netherlands

World premiers of two new works: “Squeeze Machine” – performed by IEMA- and “Violent Push of an Unpredictable Strategy” -performed by Edge Ensemble- in Gaudeaumus Festival, Utrecht, Netherlands

June:

Guest professor for 21st Annual Percussion Workshop, TRSTENICE, Czech Republic.

May:

Awarded the Nieuwe Makers Subsidie from FPK to develop two stand alone productions. The Netherlands

Composition and performance with OKAPI and Veenfabriek on Stijl#2 Mondriaan. Performed in the Stadsgehoorzaal in Leiden and the Gemeente Museum in Den Haag, Netherlands

April:

Tryouts for the performance of a new work in Frankfurt at the Internationale Ensemble Modern Akademie. (Premier in September). Frankfurt, Germany

February:

Performed at gallery ESC during Impuls Festival. The 10th International Ensemble and Composers Academy for Contemporary Music, Collaboratory coached by Stephan Prins. Graz, Austria

January:

Debut performance with band O.T.T.O.T.T. -On The Tip Of The Tongue, in Frascati Theatre for ComeTogether Festival. Amsterdam, Netherlands.

Premier of compositions “Le Malade Imaginaire” in collaboration with designer Lucas Maassen. Commissioned by Storioni Trio and a featured composer for their festival, Storioni Festival. Muziekgebouw, Eindhoven, Netherlands

2016:

November:

Repeat performance of “The First Four Minutes (from the traces of ‘Walk and Drip for 12 Hours’)” in November Music, in Den Bosch. Performed by Slaagwerk Den Haag and four cellists from each Conservatoire of the Netherlands. Amsterdam, Netherlands

Full C.V. at: https://genevieve-murphy.com/about/cv/