Conor Mitchell

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Conor Mitchell is a Northern Irish composer, librettist and theatre-maker. [1]

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His play, The Dummy Tree, was commissioned by the Royal National Theatre for their 2009 New Connections series. [2]

Conor has been a great supporter of Youth Music Theatre UK and has received several commissions from them including Missing Mel, Goblin Market, Eight, The Dark Tower and Barrack Room Ballads.

He split first place in the Stephen Sondheim Society's Student Performer of the Year Competition for a song he wrote entitled What Kind of Life Is This, Masha?. He split the new song competition prize with Gwenyth Herbert's Lovely London Town. [3]

In 2012, he was commissioned by the London Gay Men's Chorus for a piece to mark the choir's 21st anniversary. With book written by Mark Ravenhill, the piece, entitled Shadow Time, explores the evolution of mentalities in respect of homosexuality in the lifetime of the Chorus. The piece premiered at the Royal Festival Hall, on 6 May 2012 during the Chorus' summer concert: A Band of Brothers. [4]

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References

  1. "Conor Mitchell". Daily Express . 4 February 2005. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
  2. Royal National Theatre, New Connections Plays 2009 Archived 2009-04-16 at the Wayback Machine . Retrieved on 2009-02-17.
  3. "Ah, youth". The Sondheim Review. XVII (2). Sondheim Review, Inc.: 5–6 2010. ISSN   1076-450X.
  4. London Gay Men's Chorus turns 21 , The Guardian, 3 May 2012
  5. Cripps, Charlotte (27 May 2003). "Like to get to know you well". The Independent . London. Retrieved 17 February 2009.[ dead link ]
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  7. Rudden, Liam (15 August 2008). "Mathilde makes it to the stage". The Scotsman . Edinburgh. Retrieved 17 February 2009.
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  9. "'Russian protest punk and symphonies might seem worlds apart. But the idea is the same: weaponise your art'". The Guardian. 7 May 2024.
  10. "Riot Symphony composer Conor Mitchell: 'I'm hoping that one of Pussy Riot will come to the concert'". Irish Times. 4 May 2024.
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