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SAM PERKIN
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VISUALIZATION
(2024)
Instrumentation
For String Orchestra
Commissioned By
Luminosa Orchestra
Special Version By
Dejana Sekulić
Performance At
Music Biennale Zagreb (Croatia)
WASHING AWAY THE SORROW
(2024)
Instrumentation
Double Bass and Piano
Duration
16 min
Performed By
Will Duerden (Double Bass) and Wu Qian (Piano)
Commissioned By
Daphne and George Burnett for Buxton International Festival (UK
)
THE COPY AND THE ORIGINAL
(2019)
Instrumentation
For Baroque Violin (A=415 Hz)
and Modern Violin (A=440 Hz) with Movement
Duration
10 min
Performed By
Diane Daly (Modern Violin) and Claire Duff (Baroque Violin)
Commissioned By
Killaloe Chamber Music Festival (The Arts Council of Ireland)
CHILDHOOD’S AWE
(2024)
Instrumentation
Archlute and Harpsichord
Duration
8 min
Performed By
Performed by Dohyo Sol (Archlute) and Marcus Mohlin (Harpsichord)
Co-Commissioned By
West Cork Chamber Music Festival and Cork County Council Arts Office
“FREAKSHOW”
(Wigmore Hall Debut, 2024)
Instrumentation
Piano Trio
Duration
12 min
Commissioned By
Gregynog Festival (Wales) for Fidelio Trio (UK)
Wigmore Hall Debut 2024, London, UK
Paddington Trio (Tuulia Hero, Patrick Moriarty, Stephanie Tang)
AWE
(2023)
Instrumentation
String Quartet (The Present) and Film (The Past)
Duration
18 min
Performed By
Explore Ensemble (UK)
Commissioned By
Louth Contemporary Music Festival (Ireland)
NIMBUS
(2015)
Instrumentation
String Orchestra In 18 Parts
Duration
20 min
Commissioned By
Irish Chamber Orchestra
Supported By
The Arts Council of Ireland
VISUALIZATION
(2021)
Instrumentation
Strings Orchestra (With Movement)
Duration
Flexible (10 min+)
Commissioned By
Luminosa Orchestra (With Diane Daly)
Supported By
The Arts Council of Ireland
CHORA
(2025)
Instrumentation
String Orchestra (With Dance)
Duration
20 min
Choreography By
Liz Roche
Performed By
The Irish Chamber Orchestra
Luail (Ireland’s National Dance Company)
WAVES
(2016-18)
Instrumentation
Solo Percussion and String Orchestra
Duration
18 min
Commissioned By
The Irish Chamber Orchestra
Supported by The Arts Council of Ireland
Conducted By
Gábor Takács-Nagy
Soloist: Alex Petcu
STRING TRIO "FLOW"
(2018)
Instrumentation
String Trio
Duration
14 min
Commissioned By
Spotlight Chamber Music Series
Supported By
The Arts Council of Ireland
Triskel Arts Centre Cork
NIMBUS
(2015)
Instrumentation
String Orchestra
Duration
2 min Excerpt [Backstage View}
Commissioned By
The Irish Chamber Orchestra
Supported by The Arts Council of Ireland
2025 Choreographed Version With
Luail: Ireland’s National Dance Company
Artistic Director: Katherine Hunka / Choreographer: Liz Roche
DEPARTURE
(2022)
Instrumentation
Violin (Patrick Rafter) and Organ (Sam Perkin)
Duration
1 min Excerpt (From "Freedom In Performance")
Residency
Music Network: Resonate Residency 2022
Supported By
Triskel Arts Centre
MORE BEAUTIFUL THAN IT HAS TO BE
(2023)
Instrumentation
Solo Viola and Audio Track
Duration
7 min
Commissioned By
Nathan Sherman
(From the Album “
The Gentle Erasure of Time
”)
Supported By
The Arts Council of Ireland
PIANO TRIO “FREAKSHOW”
(2016)
Instrumentation
Piano Trio
Duration
12 min
Commissioned By
Gregynog Festival for Fidelio Trio
Performed By
The Sitkovetsky Trio at Parlance Chamber Concerts (USA)
ALTA
(2019)
Instrumentation
Two String Trios with the Sounds of the Northern Lights
Duration
10 min
Commissioned By
Alta Chamber Music Festival (With Miriam Helms Ålien)
Collaboration With
Scientist: Unto K. Laine
FOR PIANO AND GUN SOUNDS
(2018-19)
Instrumentation
Piano, Sine Tones and Gun Sounds
Duration
11 min
Commissioned By
West Wicklow Festival (With Fiachra Garvey)
Supported By
The Arts Council of Ireland
FOR THREE LEVER HARPS
(2019)
Instrumentation
Three Lever Harps
Duration
8 min
Commissioned By
Damhnait Nic Suibhne for Glissando Harp Ensemble
Supported By
Cork Education and Training Board
LANGUAGE
(2017)
Instrumentation
Solo Violin (Miranda Cuckson)
Duration
15 min
Commissioned By
West Cork Chamber Music Festival
for
Miranda Cuckson
Supported By
The Arts Council of Ireland
CHILDREN IN THE UNIVERSE
(2020-22)
Instrumentation
For Crash Ensemble, Audio Track and Diamanda Dramm (Solo Violin)
Duration
25 min
Commissioned By
Crash Ensemble. Premièred at New Music Dublin
Supported By
The Arts Council of Ireland
ORCHESTRA IN THE DIGITAL AGE
(2019)
Instrumentation
Orchestra and Sine Tones
Duration
10 min
Supported By
Contemporary Music Centre Ireland, Composer Lab 2019
Performed By
Gavin Maloney / The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra
FREEDOM IN PERFORMANCE
(2022)
Instrumentation
Solo Violin (Patrick Rafter), Piano, Electric Guitar, Organ (Sam Perkin)
Duration
1 hr (Concert for Residency)
Residency For
Music Network Resonate Residency 2022
Premièred At
Triskel Arts Centre
<3
(2019)
Instrumentation
For Double Basses and the Sounds of Children Giggling
Duration
9 min
Commissioned and Performed By
Caimin Gilmore (String Ogham)
Supported By
The Arts Council of Ireland
GLOW
(2019)
Instrumentation
Voices and Sine Tones
Duration
7 min
Commissioned By
Echo Collective, Lyon, France
Supported By
Centre Hospitalier Saint Jean de Dieu, Lyon, France
SUBURBAN DISTORTION
(2021)
Instrumentation
Electric Guitar (Distortion), Electric Guitar (Clean), Acoustic Guitar
Duration
27 min
Commissioned By
Thomas Schuttenhelm and Network For New Music, Philadelphia
Supported By
The Arts Council of Ireland. Released by
Louth Contemporary Music Society
GREY AREA
(2017-19)
Instrumentation
For Crash Ensemble and Street Skateboarding Film
Duration
20 min
Commissioned By
Crash Ensemble / Engage Arts Festival
[More Info]
Supported By
The Arts Council of Ireland
DISCORD
(2021)
Instrumentation
Violin and Skateboard (Live) with Audio Track and Skateboarding Sounds
Duration
10 Min
Commissioned By
Larissa O’Grady (With Live Sculpture Artist: Alex Pentek)
[More Info]
Supported By
Dublin City Council
PAUSE
(2016)
Instrumentation
String Quartet and Slowed-Down Irish Fiddle
Duration
11 min
Commissioned By
Ortús Chamber Music Festival
, The Arts Council of Ireland
Performed By
Mairéad Hickey, Siobhán Doyle, Martin Moriarty, Sinéad O’Halloran
NESTING DOLL
(2015)
Instrumentation
Solo Piano (Finghin Collins)
Duration
7 min
Commissioned By
New Ross Piano Festival
Supported By
The Arts Council of Ireland
Performances