Biography
Bernadette Comac was born in Northern Ireland. She studied music and ethnomusicology at Queen's University, Belfast, where she also completed an MPhil in Music Composition in 1996. She lived and worked in London before returning to Northern Ireland in 1989. She has worked for many years as a peripatetic music teacher.
Her work combines electro-acoustic music with elements of performance art. Her work, A Mass for Everyone, for speaker and groups of people is her most experimental to date. She has won a number of awards for her work, most notably the Midnight Court competition in 1994 for her piece for voice, tape and live electronics. Her work has been performed at various festivals including the Sonorities Festivals of Contemporary Music. In 2002 she was shortlisted for a 'Women in Music' Bursary. Some of her work can be heard at her web site and MySpace page, below. |
