For decades now, Neil O Connor has been at the vanguard of experimental and electronic music in Ireland - The Quietus

One of the country’s most consistent and intriguing artists - The Irish Times

Responsible for some of the most cherished transmissions from the Irish experimental and electronic landscapes - Irish Independent

Researcher, Academic and Composer Neil O Connor (b.1979) has been involved in experimental, electronic & electro-acoustic music for the past two decades and has performed in Ireland, Europe, Australia, Asia and the US with projects such as Somadrone and more recently, Ordnance Survey.

His work was been performed at MOMA New York, IRCAM Paris, Institute of Contemporary Art, London and has held residencies at the Massachusetts Museum of Modern Art and EMS – Swedish Institute of Electro-Acoustic Music, Stockholm, Sweden and has worked / collaborated with members of the Crash Ensemble, RTE Symphony Orchestra, Phillip Glass Ensemble and the Glenn Branca Ensemble.

His electroacoustic works that have won awards and mentions at Noroit-Léonce Petitot (Arras, France),  Euphonie D’Or des Concours International de Musique Electroacoustique (France), Musica Nova Electroacoustic Music Competition, (Czech Republic), Concurso Internacional de Música Eletroacústica de São Paulo and had special jury mention at Prix Ars Electronica.

Neil studied at Trinity College (M.Litt/PhD Electronic Music) under Donnacha Denheny and Roger Doyle has lectured in Music, Composition and Performance Technology since 2005 at Art Institute of California (San Francisco), The Institute of Audio Research (New York City) and Trinity College (Dublin).

Neil is represented in Ireland by the CMC (Contemporary Music Center), AIC (Association of Irish Composers), ISSTA (Irish Sound, Science and Technology Association), SMC (Spatial Music Collective) and published by the CMC (Contemporary Music Center).

As an academic, Neil publishes works on hardware/machines associated with (electronic/electroacoustic music) and has published with Bloomsbury, Taylor & Francis and Cambridge University press.

He an associate professor at DMARC  – Digital Media Arts Research Centre at the Department of Computer Science and Information Systems, University of Limerick where he also co-directs the ULEMS (electronic music studios) and SPADE (Spatialization and Auditory Display Environment).