Shaun Davey was born in Belfast in 1948. Originally trained at Trinity College, Dublin and The Courtauld Institute as an art historian, he has worked as a full-time professional composer since 1977. In Ireland his often large-scale, melodic, narrative compositions have been recognised as a bridge between Irish traditional music and orchestral traditions, eg 'The Brendan Voyage'. His suite for the Dublin Special Olympics was performed before an audience of 80,000 and his setting of St Patricks' p...
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