Cathal Killeen – Clarinet/ Eb / Bass Clarinet

Address: 3rd Floor Flat 1, 137 Buccleuch Street, Glasgow, G3 6QN

Telephone: +447498267603
Email: CKilleen@rcs.ac.uk
Date of Birth: 17.09.1995

Education

2017 - Royal Conservatoire of Scotland: Masters of Music

2013 – 2017 Trinity College Dublin/Royal Irish Academy of Music: Bachelors in Music Education
(Hons)
Experience
Paid Solo Engagement: Strauss Duet Concertino with Northampton Symphony Orchestra Feb 2020
Ulster Orchestra: Freelance work commencing Oct 2018
Scottish Chamber Orchestra: Freelance work commencing Feb 2019
Francaix Concerto Performance with RCS Symphony Orchestra, Feb 2019
Orchestral Internships following competitive auditions:
Royal Scottish National Orchestra 2018/19
Scottish Chamber Orchestra 2017 and 2018 (Bass Clarinet)
Orchestra of Scottish Opera 2017
BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra 2018 following competitive auditions

Chipping Campden Festival Orchestra: Coprincipal Clarinet 2019

Royal Scottish National Orchestra /Royal Conservatoire of Scotland Side by Side
RCS Symphony Orchestra, Principal Clarinet
Principal Eb Clarinettist, Esker Festival Orchestra 08/2018-09/2018
Principal Bass Clarinettist and Coprincipal Clarinet of National Youth Orchestra of Ireland, 2013-2014

Awards and Scholarships

Hilti Foundation Scholarship 2019
Solo Performance, Wigmore Hall: Irish Heritage Bursary Concert 2018
Jury Prize Winner, Irish Freemasons Young Musician of the Year 2018
Scholarship awardee, Camerata Ireland Clandeboye Summer Academy 2018
Scholarship awardee of the Henri Selmer Paris Summer Academy 2018
Hope Scott Trust Awardee 2018
Dunbar-Gerber award winner for chamber music with Knokkos Trio 2018
Concerto Soloist, Weber Clarinet Concerto No.1 with Trinity Orchestra:
Dublin Concert 2015 and Madrid tour (2016)
Scholarship, Royal Irish Academy of Music: 2007-08, 2008-09, 2009-10, 2012-13.
Gold Medals: Feis Ceoil (Junior Clarinet) 2009, Newpark Music Festival (under 16) 2010,
Feis Ceoil (Senior Clarinet, with Cup), 2014
Solo performance in National Concert Hall: Newpark Music Festival winners’ concert: 2008, 2010.
High Achiever Awards: Royal Irish Academy of Music: 2007, 2008, 2012.
Solo performance: High Achiever Gala Concert (for President of Ireland in 2007), 2012.
Gold Medal and Cup: Newpark Music Festival (under 14): 2008

Past and Present Tutors

John Cushing- Former Principal Clarinettist, Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Josef Pacewicz-Former Principal Eb Clarinettist, Royal Scottish National Orchestra
Heather Nicoll- Professor of Bass Clarinet, Royal Conservatoire of Scotland
John Finucane- Principal Clarinettist, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland
Fintan Sutton- Principal Bass Clarinettist, RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland

Masterclasses:
Annelien Van Wauwe (2019), Nicholas Balderyou (2018), Alessandro Carbonare (2018), Guy Yehuda
(2018), Michael Lowenstern (2018), Michael Norsworthy (2018), Pavel Vinnitsky (2018), ,
Maximiliano Martin (2018), John Bradbury (2018), Jorg Widmann (2015), Lorenzo Coppola (2016),
Carol McGonnell (2009).

REFEREES:
Mr. John Cushing,
Former Principal Clarinettist of the Royal Scottish National Orchestra and Professor of Clarinet at the
Royal Conservatoire of Scotland,
+447974734221

Mr. John Finucane,

Principal Clarinettist of RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra and Professor of Clarinet at the Royal Irish
Academy of Music,
Ireland.
+353872447203