Jane O'Leary

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Born in Hartford, Connecticut, Jane O’Leary has been a resident in Ireland since 1972. A member of Aosdána, Ireland’s state-sponsored academy of creative artists, she is a graduate of Vassar College and holds a PhD in composition from Princeton University, where she studied with Milton Babbitt.

Her music has been featured on two occasions at the ISCM World Music Days and at international festivals and venues throughout Europe and the USA including L'Imaginaire Irlandais in France, Island: Arts from Ireland at the Kennedy Center, Washington D.C., Tampere Biennale in Finland, Voices of Change in Dallas, Texas, All Ireland festival in The Netherlands, the Donne in Musica festival in Italy, International Thomas Mann Festival in Lithuania and the Great Performers series at the Lincoln Center, New York where the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland performed her orchestral work ‘From Sea-Grey Shores’.

As artistic director and pianist of Ireland's contemporary music ensemble, Concorde, Jane O’Leary has been active in the performance of new music within Ireland and internationally for more than 25 years. She lives in Galway where she is a founder and current chairperson of Music for Galway.

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