Profile
David Flynn
Musician + Songwriter + Composer
Male
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Timeline
Learn about the memorable moments in the evolution of David Flynn.
CHILDHOOD
1977
Birth
Born on January 6, 1977.
TWENTIES
1999
22 Years Old
In 1999 he enrolled in the full-time music degree course at the College of Music, continuing his guitar studies with Feeley while majoring in composition.
2002
25 Years Old
Now fully committed to composing, Flynn won the IMRO Composition Award in 2002 at the Feis Ceoil in Dublin for his String Orchestra Piece "Mesh".
2003
26 Years Old
While in the D.I.T. he co-founded the Dublin Guitar Quartet with fellow students. He graduated from the D.I.T. in 2003 at which time he left the Dublin Guitar Quartet in order to move to London where he became the first person from the Republic of Ireland to be accepted onto the Masters Degree in Composition course at the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, UK.
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He graduated from the Guildhall in 2004.
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His prize was a commission to elaborate ‘Slip’ into his String Quartet No.2 "The Cranning" for the 2005 festival where it was premiered by the Smith Quartet to the acclaim of critics including Neil Fisher of The Times who praised Flynn for ‘incorporating traditional Irish music without Hollywood pastiche’.
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During his time in London, Flynn became strongly involved with the London Irish traditional music scene, performing regularly in concerts and sessions with some of the leading Irish musicians in London. Flynn remained in London until the beginning of 2006 when he returned to live in Ireland.
THIRTIES
2009
32 Years Old
Flynn's second album 'Contemporary Traditional Irish Guitar' was released in 2009 on Frisbee Records.
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He completed his PhD in 2010.
2011
34 Years Old
Flynn, Hayes and Cahill will collaborate once again when they tour with the Irish Chamber Orchestra in September 2011.
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