December 2009:
Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra arrangements due for recording in Bulgaria

November, 2009:
Fear premieres at Cork Film Festival.

October 2009:
Ramallah TV premieres on Al Jazeera Television.

September 2009:
The Enemies receives rave reviews and a ‘Best Production’ nomination at this year’s Dublin Fringe Festival. To read the review, click here.

September 2009:
Score completed for Journey to an Absolute Vantage Point. Performed at The National Concert Hall by Cora Venus Lunny (violin), Arun Rao (cello), and Conor Linehan (piano). Recorded and mixed by Steve Shannon.

May 2009:
Broadcast première of my new RTÉ lyric fm commission, Peace Be With You.  
Performed by John Finucane (clarinet), Kevin Hanafin (saxophone) Sebastian Liebig (violin) and Martin Johnson (cello) and recorded at RTÉ, Studio II.

April 2009: Spinal Chord, written for the Dublin Guitar Quartet and commissioned by the Spatial Music Collective, is completed and ready for performance.

March 2009:
Score completed for Birds and Beasts and recorded with the National Concert Orchestra in Studio One at RTÉ.

March 2009:
Michael catches up with the California leg of the Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra’s tour of the USA.

January 2009:
Score arrangements completed for The Dublin Philharmonic Orchestra’s tour of the USA, 2009.