Colm Mac Con Iomaire
Dublin born, Wexford based Mac Con Iomaire is a well-known violinist, composer, film score arranger, and a founding member of hugely successful Irish bands: The Frames and Kíla. Colm has spent over two decades touring the world playing music. He released two solo albums to critical acclaim: “The Hare’s Corner” 2008 and “And Now The Weather” 2015 . He has travelled with these records, selling out shows in Dublin, London, Sydney and NYC.
Mac Con Iomaire has added feature film scores to his repertoire composing for the film ‘Dare to Be Wild’ 2015 and ‘Out Of Innocence’ 2017 as well as various TV productions and his music featured on BBC's Planet Earth.
Recent composing commissions include Cartoon Saloon’s Oscar nominated ‘Late Afternoon’, a theatre show ‘How to Catch a Star’ with Galway Theatre Company -Branar and documentary ‘Keepers of the Flame’ about the civil war period in Ireland and directed by Nuala O’Connor.
Other projects include working with Poets, Actors and Dancers weaving tunes and melody around their work. June 2017 saw Colm being commissioned to write a piece of music for the reopening of the National Gallery of Ireland.
He is currently in the studio with Bill Whelan working on his third album which will be released later this year.