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Michael McGlynn

Michael McGlynn

Personal Information

First Name Michael
Last Name McGlynn
Gender Male

Location

Country Ireland

Musical Information

Musical Activities Singer, Conductor, Arranger, Composer, Voice Teacher, Administration, Marketing
Voice Tenor
Member of Choirs ANÚNA, M'ANAM

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Website www.michaelmcglynn.com
About Me Born in 1964 in Dublin, Ireland, Michael's music combines elements of modality and contemporary compositional practices. He founded the choral ensemble ANÚNA 1987 and in 2018 he founded M’ANAM.

Michael specialises in the composition of music for voices and his extensive output includes a number of pieces that have entered the standard repertoire of choirs and vocal ensembles all over the world. His settings of Irish language texts in particular fuses modality, alternating time signatures and medieval tonal colours in a unique fashion that is instantly recognisable as his work. The best known of these include “Dúlamán” & “Geantraí” (1995), “Incantations” (1989), “Hinbarra” (1994) and “Éirí na Gréine” (1990).

His music spans a huge range of textures, encompassing larger scale occasional pieces such as “Agnus Dei” (2005) commissioned by Chanticleer, and “Maalaulu” (2021), commissioned by Tampere Vocal Festival.

In 2017 Michael was the recipient of the University College Dublin Alumni Award in Arts/Humanities and was visiting Eminent Scholar at the Music Department of Florida Atlantic University (2011-2013). In 2019 he became part of the UCD Creative Fellows. He was Artistic Director of the Tampere Vocal Festival (2021).

Michael has produced and recorded seventeen albums for ANÚNA. ANÚNA (1993), Celtic Origins (2007) and Christmas Memories (2008) have featured in the US Billboard Charts. Deep Dead Blue (1999) was nominated for a Classical Brit Award and went top five in the UK Classical Charts.

In February 2017 Michael co-directed with Japanese National Treasure Gensho Umewaka a collaborative Noh Theatre/ANÚNA performance entitled Takahime at Orchard Hall, Tokyo. This was an adaptation of the W.B. Yeats Noh-inspired play At the Hawk's Well. A semi-improvised score was commissioned for the production.

Michael’s music has been commissioned, recorded and performed by ensembles that include the BBC Singers, Rajaton, Voces8, Apollo5, the National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Grammy-winning US ensembles Conspirare and the Phoenix Chorale. These include "Amhrán na Gaoithe" for Chanticleer and "O pia virgo" for New York Polyphony which appears on their Grammy nominated CD Sing Thee Nowell. In 2019 Kansas City Chorale released an entire CD dedicated to Michael’s compositions entitled Artifacts : The Music of Michael McGlynn. He has written songs in many genres, collaborating with The Wiggles, Elvis Costello and with country music legend Rodney Crowell whose acclaimed 2017 album Close Ties includes a song written with Michael and features Crowell duetting with Sheryl Crow.He worked as composer and musical director for the Gate Theatre/Royal Court presentation of Chekov's Three Sisters which featured the legendary Cusack family and was directed by Adrian Noble.

As a tenor soloist Michael specialised in early music repertoire and in that capacity shared a stage with the legendary Jeff Buckley at Elvis Costello’s Meltdown curatorship in London. He has also featured on a number-one single in Ireland duetting with Jerry Fish on the track "True Friends".

He has also created shorts and promotional films for M’ANAM, ANÚNA, Wexford Opera Festival and his short films “Shadows of the Lowlands” and “Dreams of the Past, Memories of My Soul” were used to promote the release of the video games Xenoblade II (Nintendo 2018) and Chrono Cross : The Radical Dreamers Edition (Square Enix 2022).

He lives in Dublin with his family and is a year-round sea swimmer and occasional surfer.

ANÚNA

1 member

In 1987, composer Michael McGlynn founded the choir in Dublin, Ireland, after many years of searching for a physical voice for his compositions, many of which are influenced by the history and mythology of his homeland. ANÚNA, is a unique and beautiful... more
M'ANAM

1 member

M'ANAM is one of the most exciting new vocal ensembles to emerge in recent years, growing naturally from the ground-breaking choral group ANÚNA. Formed in 2017, the members come from the island of Ireland and beyond, encompassing a huge range of musical e... more

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October 28, 2022
Michael McGlynn posted a new video:

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ANÚNA : Transcendence
A beautiful new release from ANÚNA featuring some of their finest vocal performances including the stunning "Miserere" by Allegri and the brand-new "Lorica". The album also features the transcendent music of Irish composer Michael McGlynn. Available on al...

September 15, 2018
Michael McGlynn added a new choir

M'ANAM

M'ANAM is one of the most exciting new vocal ensembles to emerge in recent years, growing naturally from the ground-breaking choral group ANÚNA. Formed in 2017, the members come from the island of Ireland and beyond, encompassing a huge range of musical e... more

July 6, 2018
Michael McGlynn posted a new video:

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M'ANAM : Bando Ribineann (Band of Ribbons)
Music Michael McGlynn, text Scottish Traditional. Recorded in June 2018, Dame Tavern, Dublin. www.manam.ie

July 6, 2018
Michael McGlynn posted a new video:

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ANÚNA : Fionnghuala (remix 2015)
Featuring John McGlynn on solo and mixed by Brian Masterson. Arranged by Michael McGlynn.

October 4, 2015
Michael McGlynn posted a new video:

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ANÚNA : Greensleeves/Scarborough Fair @ NCPA, Beijing 2015
Anúna in rehearsal at Beijing's wonderful National Centre for the Performing Arts August 2015. Sheet Music available from www.michaelmcglynn.com - arranged Michael McGlynn.

September 2, 2015
Michael McGlynn posted a new video:

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ANÚNA : One Last Song (Michael McGlynn)
From the album "Revelation". Words and Music Michael McGlynn. Sheet Music from www.michaelmcglynn.com www.anuna.ie

August 7, 2015
Michael McGlynn posted a new video:

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ANÚNA : O Maria
Composed by Michael McGlynn. From the album Sensation. Available as sheet music from www.michaelmcglynn.com

July 28, 2015
Michael McGlynn posted a new video:

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ANÚNA : The Maid of Coolmore
From the album "Revelation" by Anúna. Arranged by Michael McGynn - traditional Irish.

July 28, 2015
Michael McGlynn posted a new video:

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Anúna - Hymn to the Virgin [Music by Michael McGlynn] featuring Sara DiBella
Michael McGlynn's "Hymn to the Virgin" - soprano solo Sara DiBella. Recorded Zwolle, The Netherlands, December 2013.

September 15, 2014

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