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Brian Dungan

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Biography

Brian Dungan works as a conductor and music educator in tandem with his career as a freelance percussionist. He trains and conducts choirs and prepares and directs musicals, and is equally at home giving music workshops as one-on-one instruction. As a percussionist Brian has worked with Irish National Opera and NI Opera, Lyric Opera Productions, Opera Collective Ireland, as well as his regular work with the National Symphony Orchestra, RTÉ Concert Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra, Irish Baroque Orchestra and others. In August 2024 he plays with the BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra in two Proms concerts at the Royal Albert Hall. Whether playing in an orchestral or chamber setting – for example with Crash Ensemble or Bangers and Crash Percussion Group – Brian enjoys the surprises and challenges to be found in the performance of new and contemporary music. These can range from massive, one-person setups – such as in the Irish premiere of Thomas Adès’s Powder Her Face with everything from fishing reels to bags of broken crockery – to the integration of electronics, for example in the world premiere of Sam Perkin’s WORD FOR WORD. Brian maintains a strong commitment to Irish composers and has performed in the world premieres of many new works by composers including Deirdre Gribbin, Anselm McDonnell, Kevin Volans, Donnacha Dennehy, Linda Buckley, David Coonan, and Andrew Hamilton.

February 2025