![]() His music features on ‘The Queen's Speech’, RTÉ's documentary of Queen Elizabeth’s visit to Ireland.Īn album of ‘The Macalla Suite’ was released in December 2016, performed by The Macalla Orchestra and recorded Live in Monaghan. In May 2015, Michael was commissioned to write music and perform on the occasion of Prince Charles’ visit to Sligo. Monaghan and now a long time resident of County Sligo, Michael has composed 19 suites of music in the past 20 years, including ‘The Ulster Suite’ (2022), ‘Clairseoireacht’ (2022), Constance (2020), The Famine Suite (2019), The Macalla Suite (2016), Boróimhe Suite (2014), The Second Coming (2014), De Cuellar Suite (2011) and Battle of the Books Suite (2007). Michael has recently completed work on ‘Constance’, commissioned by The Hawks Well Sligo & UCD and also ‘The Famine Suite’ for Imbolc. Michael is currently working on 3 projects, ‘The Ulster Suite’ for summer 2022 & composing for orchestra at Music Generation Leitrim & Music Generation Laois. ![]() ![]() Michael was awarded the TG4 Composer of the Year in 2017. Michael Rooney is a prolific composer and is widely regarded as one of the foremost players of the traditional Irish harp. ![]()
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