I'm a multidisciplinary composer, performer, and educator exploring intersections of music, technology, and film. My practice spans concert music, sound design, and collaborative projects with dance and visual arts. I work across academia and the arts, with commissioned projects and independent music production, always seeking new ways to blend sound with moving image and performance.

Martin Della Vecchia

I'm a multidisciplinary composer, performer, and educator exploring intersections of music, technology, and film. My practice spans concert music, sound design, and collaborative projects with dance and visual arts. I work across academia and the arts, with commissioned projects and independent music production, always seeking new ways to blend sound with moving image and performance.

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I’m a multidisciplinary composer, performer, and educator exploring intersections of music, technology, and film.

My practice spans concert music, sound design, and collaborative projects with dance and visual arts. I work across academia and the arts, with commissioned projects and independent music production, always seeking new ways to blend sound with moving image and performance.

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Language

English
Fluent
Spanish; Castilian
Advanced

Work Experience

School Director at Dundalk Music School
January 1, 2006 - November 10, 2025
Directs the school, overseeing composition, musicianship, and piano lessons; responsible for exams including GCSE, A levels, and University Entry exams.
Visiting Lecturer at University of Malta
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2022
Delivered workshops in interdisciplinary practice in the School of Performing Arts.
Chairperson at Irish Composers Collective
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2022
Organised concerts of new music at key cultural venues in Ireland; secured over €60,000 in funding; launched ICC label and produced 3 albums; liaised with venues and national/international performers.
Lecturer at Dublin City University
January 1, 2022 - January 1, 2022
Harmony and Counterpoint, Keyboard skills. Supervisor: Undergraduate thesis.
Senior Lecturer at DKIT (Dundalk Institute of Technology)
January 1, 2014 - January 1, 2014
Piano lessons; supervise and arrange music program for students’ concerts at the Black Box Theatre; organize piano exams.
Music Inspector at SADAIC (Society of Music Composers, Argentina)
January 1, 2004 - January 1, 2004
Liaised with record companies, producers and managers so royalties were dutifully paid to the respective national or international music association.

Education

PhD in Music Composition at Dublin City University, Ireland
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2024
PGCE in Computer Science at Newman University, England
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2017
Master Certificate in Orchestration and Arranging at Berklee College of Music, USA
January 1, 2009 - January 1, 2011
MA in Computer Music, thesis in Composition at Maynooth University, Ireland
January 1, 2006 - January 1, 2007
BA in Music, major in piano and choral conducting at CONSUDEC, Bs. As., Argentina
January 1, 1998 - January 1, 2004

Qualifications

Arts Council NI: International Fund Award
January 1, 2025 - November 10, 2025
Arts Council NI: thirty interconnected pieces across visual art, literature, and music
January 1, 2025 - November 10, 2025
University of the Atypical Award to create 3 paintings and a new music composition
January 1, 2024 - November 10, 2025
Terranova Productions Award to create a piece of new music composition
January 1, 2021 - November 10, 2025
Covid funds: 4 months extension for PhD research
January 1, 2020 - November 10, 2025
DCU Scholarship: 4 Years fully funded PhD
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2022
SIAP, Arts Council Northern Ireland
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2018
Travel Award, Arts Council Northern Ireland
January 1, 2018 - January 1, 2018
Award Winner, Awareness Film Festival, Los Angeles
January 1, 2017 - January 1, 2017
2nd Prize, West Virginia Film Festival, USA
January 1, 2016 - January 1, 2016
SIAP, Arts Council Northern Ireland
January 1, 2013 - January 1, 2013
Gloria Stefan Scholarship for Music for Film and TV
January 1, 2011 - January 1, 2011

Industry Experience

Media & Entertainment, Education, Professional Services