I am delighted to have been commissioned by the fantastic Larissa O’Grady to write a new work for violin and which will feature some of the field recordings I've made recently in the Vale of Clara and the Belfast Hills.
Read MoreBudding Sounds at Rua Red Arts Centre /
Budding Sounds is a climate change and sound art project that local composer and sound artist Robert Coleman initiated with students from Clonburris N.S. and Rathfarnham Parish N.S.
Open Friday 1st July 2pm - 9pm, and Saturday 2nd July 10am - 6pm.
Read MoreRobert has been awarded the Individual Artist/Creative in Collaborative Practice Award from Creative Ireland South Dublin and South Dublin County Council Arts /
My project titled Budding Sounds is a collaborative effort with Climate Love Ireland and involves sound art and environmental science workshops in schools, tree planting and culminating in a public sound installation.
Read MoreRobert begins a PhD in Sonic Arts at the Sonic Arts Research Centre, Queens University Belfast /
My proposal titled ‘Embodying Environmental Change through Community based Sound Art’ focuses on engaging and inspiring people from various communities through environmental based sound art.
Read MoreRobert is named a recipient of an Agility Award /
Robert has been awarded an Agility Award for mentorship and a research period with artist/researcher Sven Anderson who works at the intersection of sound/architecture and urbanism.
New Installation at Fuddlefest /
Robert will be presenting a new site-specific audiovisual installation at Fuddlefest 2021.
Fuddlefest is a music festival, nestled in the heart of rural Wexford. This years festival presents leading Irish musicians performing classical and contemporary works. Hosting cutting-edge electronic music with Dublin Modular alongside afternoon trad sessions by Tulua. Sonic installations await discovery.
Website and full information for the festival available here
Robert is named of recipient of an Artist Resilience Bursary from South Dublin County Council /
I’m delighted to have been awarded an Artist Resilience Bursary with South Dublin County Arts Office
My project will be to create a sound walk for the River Dodder in South Dublin. During the last year my time spent walking there has been a great source of solace, and I'm sure I'm not the only one to feel that.
Excited to be exploring this wonderful area and hopefully make something meaningful to share over the coming months.
Read MoreSouth Dublin Sound Walk: Audio piece in collaboration with Scoil Chrónáin and Rathfarnham Parish National School to be released June 12th as part of Cruinniú na nÓg Festival /
Participants from 5th and 6th class in Scoil Chrónáin and Rathfarnham Parish National School will work with composer Robert Coleman to make a sound art piece comprising the sounds of their everyday lives,
Read MoreKirkos: For Private Use at New Music Dublin /
For Private Use is “an experimental anthology to help you hear, see and taste your environment in new ways, and redefine what you mean by the word performance.”
A series of small “perform it yourself” works, which will be released on Sunday 25th April at 11:00am
Read More100 Metres premiere at New Music Dublin 2021 /
The concert will take place on Sunday 25th April at 3:30pm (Irish time) and like all the events for the festival is free to stream here through the New Music Dublin website.
Read MoreSignature Sounds: Sound Art workshops in collaboration with Music Generation South Dublin and Music Generation Wicklow /
The workshops will cover ideas around listening, recording, soundscapes and sound maps and how these fit into composing music and performance.
Read MoreRobert is commissioned to create a new sound art piece by Alternative Entertainments Arts Group /
The project is a collaboration with two local schools in the South Dublin area: Scoil Chrónáin in Rathcoole and Rathfarnham Parish National School. Robert will devise and teach a series of sound art workshops to pupils of the schools
Read MoreThe Colour Green is now available online as part of 20 Shots of Opera project /
The Colour Green, a short 5 minute opera devised for online publication is now available at the website of Irish National Opera.
Read MoreRobert is commissioned by the Irish National Opera for their 20 Shots of Opera series /
Robert’s opera titled the Colour Green is inspired by Mark Boyle, ‘the moneyless man’ who gave up technology for a life in rural Galway.
Read MoreRobert is commissioned by Crash Ensemble and New Music Dublin /
Robert has been commissioned by Crash Ensemble and New Music Dublin to write a new work for the New Music Dublin Festival 2021.
Read MoreKirkos Biosphere in the Dublin Enquirer /
Ahead of our upcoming outdoor Biosphere festival, the Dublin Enquirer has written up a broad account of what to expect throughout the week.
Read MoreRobert is named a recipient of a Music Bursary Award from the Arts Council of Ireland /
Robert is pleased to announce that he has received a Music Bursary Award 2020 from the Arts Council of Ireland which will allow him to develop new work throughout the next year which builds on ideas from his recent masters studies at the Royal Conservatory of the Hague.
Read MoreRobert is named a recipient of a South Dublin County Council Individual Artist Bursary Award 2020 /
The bursary will fund Robert to compose a new multi-media work based on research carried out throughout his recent masters studies.
Read MoreReview of audiovisual installation 'Cross' at Farmleigh House /
‘but more powerful was how Coleman impelled audiences to witness the suffering; the composer made the living come face-to-face with the dead.’
Read MoreRobert is named recipient of the Engagement with Architecture Award from the Arts Council of Ireland /
I am delighted to announce that I am a recipient of an Engagement with Architecture Award 2019 from the Arts Council of Ireland. This project will allow me to research the unique architectural heritage of the Dublin Port area through study, investigation and recording of the soundscape which characterises it.
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