Gráinne Mulvey

Gráinne Mulvey (born 10 March 1966) is an Irish composer.

Mulvey was born in Dún Laoghaire, County Dublin, Ireland, and studied with Eric Sweeney at Waterford Regional Technical College, Hormoz Farhat at Trinity College Dublin and Agustín Fernández at Queen's University, Belfast. In 1999 she gained a DPhil in Composition at the University of York under Nicola LeFanu. She currently holds the position of Head of Composition at Dublin Institute of Technology Conservatory of Music and Drama.

In April 2010, she was elected to membership of Aosdána, the State-recognised affiliation of creative artists in Ireland. A CD Akanos & Other Works, dedicated to her recent work, was released in February 2014 on the Navona label.

1994: Winner, Composers' Class of the RTÉ Musician of the Future Competition with Rational Option Insanity for oboe, clarinet, horn, violin and piano.

1994: Étude No 1 for piano chosen to represent Ireland at the International Rostrum of Young Composers

1997: Awarded the Adjudicator's Prize at the Arklow Music Festival for Relentless for violin and piano

1998: Awarded the Macaulay Fellowship by the Arts Council of Ireland/An Chomhairle Ealaíon

1999: Winner, New Music for Sligo (Irish Section) with Maelstrom for string quartet.

1999: Sextet Uno and Rational Optional Insanity released on CD by Black Box Music

2001: Appointed Lecturer in Composition at Dublin Institute of Technology Conservatory of Music and Drama. Adjudicator, Composition section, Feis Ceol, Dublin

2003: Winner, St John Memorial University Composers' Competition with Latitude 50 for chamber orchestra.

2003: Appointed Head of Composition at DIT. Co-adjudicator, Markievicz Medal for Composition. Composer-in-residence, Mercy Convent, Waterford

2004: Jury member, Guido d'Arezzo International Composition Competition.

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