User:Richard Kearns

RICHARD KEARNS

A short biography of the composer.

• Richard Kearns was born in 1952 in North Gloucester Place, Sean Mc Dermott Street, Dublin, Republic of Ireland. He served an apprenticeship as a Goldsmith and studied part time at "The National College of art and Design. Most of his spare time was taken up with music. He was a member of several Choirs around Dublin.

• He studied Classical guitar with Cecile Gormley and Composition, Harmony and Piano with Elizabeth Shure, daughter of Leonard Shure.[1]

• He is best known for his varitions on works by Bach, Arcangelo Corelli, Rachmaninoff and Palestrina.

Original works include

• [2] Piano Concerto No.1.
• [3] The Banshee's Waltz.
• [4] Guitar Concerto No.1.
• [5] Variation on Bach's 5th Invention.
• [6] Variation on a theme by Corelli.

• The sheet music and recordings on some of Kearns' work is available free of charge at the link below.

External links

• [7] - Sheet Music and Recordings
• [8] - Irish Classical Composers.
• [9] - International Music Score Library Project.
• [10] - Listing.