Music First NI

Aoife Lynch’s interest in music began at an early age, when studying piano at the age of four under the tutelage of Mr. Murray Erskine. As her interest in music broadened she began to study percussion specialising in drums under Mr. Michael Bradley as well as enriching her musical knowledge with study of music theory.

In June 2004, Aoife was selected to attend the ‘Arts Academy’ summer scheme funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland during which time she was introduced to the world of composition by composer Elaine Agnew. After successfully achieving DipLCM in Pianoforte Performance in June 2005 at the age of 17, Aoife proceeded to study music at third level education in Queen’s University of Belfast studying both composition and performance.

Aoife’s understanding of composition was greatly enhanced by her study of pianoforte performance under the expert pianist, Mr. Michael McGuffin as well as jazz and experimental percussion under jazz percussionists Steve Davis, Paul Wertico and Paul Clarvis. She was a member of many ensembles such as the Queen’s Music Society choir (repetitieur), Queen’s Camerata Orchestra (percussion) and the QUBe ensemble (piano/percussion), which is an ensemble specialising in improvisation and musical performance games such John Zorn’s Cobra. During her time in third level education, Aoife was often requested to be a performer by fellow composers and therefore she gained a lot of experience working with composers ranging from undergraduate students to professional composers.