Donna McKevitt

Donna McKevitt https://donnamckevitt.org Donna McKevitt Wed, 08 Jan 2020 13:11:25 +0000 https://donnamckevitt.org en Header https://donnamckevitt.org/Header Wed, 08 Jan 2020 13:11:25 +0000 Donna McKevitt https://donnamckevitt.org/Header                         DONNA MCKEVITT COMPOSER A work of unpretentious beauty... She writes in an uncomplicated yet never predictable musical language. ...The Times  McKevitt makes beauty out of grief. ...The Evening Standard  Her music has a harmonic austerity, redolent of ‘holy minimalist’ composers, all the more moving for its restraint. ...Gramophone Like some exquisite morsel, Donna McKevitt's ‘Cut’ leaves an aftertaste that lingers long after its sixteen minutes are over. ...Textura                                     NEWS 2026NEW FILM: The 16 hour epic -The Story of Documentary Film by Mark Cousins premieres at The Sundance Film Festival on 27th January Plus lots of stuff she can’t talk about yet!!2025 NEW RELEASE of Irvine Welsh: Reality is Not Enough Soundtrack Album On the 26th September. Available here NEW RELEASE of Ode To Pity commissioned by Penelope Appleyard available to stream from the 19th September. Available here NEW RELEASE of Translucence on vinyl later in the year. OPERA NEWS Tim Albery’s production of Garden of Vanished Pleasures with music by Donna McKevitt and Cecilia Livingston 25th -27th April 2025 at Marilyn and Charles Baillie Theatre, Canadian Stage, 26 Berkeley St, Toronto CONCERT NEWS5:30 pm on May 18th 2025 Ramsgate Harbour. New work for mass choir, strings, brass and 75 ship horns to celebrate Operation Dynamo. FILM NEWS Donna has recently scored Paul Sng’s documentary Irvine Welsh - Reality is Not Enough which will be closing The Edinburgh International Film Festival on the 20th AugustDonna has recently finished scoring Caroline Walker:Women’s Work by director Nicola Black for  BBC4  CONCERT NEWS Modern Nature at The Barbican 8th April 2025 A celebration of Derek Jarman’s diary, film and poetry. Performed by Nils Wanderer, Jessie Buckley, Adrian Shaw, Omari Douglas, Will Young and Olly Alexander. Featuring music by McKevitt, Max Richter, Valgeir Sigurosson, Kele Okereke and Simon Fisher Turner. <img width="1080" height="1350" width_o="1080" height_o="1350" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ded298c296e098d3a1a6ed31b53cb354eb41b750e2a40acdfd3e959764a0b656/1.-Artwork.jpg" data-mid="228877389" border="0" data-scale="75" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/ded298c296e098d3a1a6ed31b53cb354eb41b750e2a40acdfd3e959764a0b656/1.-Artwork.jpg" /> NEW MUSIC RELEASE Cut The re release of Donna’s 2015 album now featuring two new piecesAvailable here CONTACTCollaborations, commissions and sheet music-  ithalamusic@yahoo.co.uk Sync and Record Company - phil@knox-roberts.comFilm and TV: Nicola Fletcher- nicola@dna-music.comPublicist - louisa@fearofmusic.co.uk      ︎ All film work can be viewed on IMDB here Donna McKevitt is supported by PRS Foundation Composers’ Fund in partnership with Jerwood Arts. <img width="2502" height="1772" width_o="2502" height_o="1772" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2dcbd0556b58d567541f92a0567f354c05c93d60134325b75681722ce249ca46/The-Composers-Fund---Jerwood-Arts.jpg" data-mid="118775020" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/1000/i/2dcbd0556b58d567541f92a0567f354c05c93d60134325b75681722ce249ca46/The-Composers-Fund---Jerwood-Arts.jpg" /><img width="640" height="376" width_o="640" height_o="376" data-src="https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4b4d1f88012d4afb3961b5005ed7e8f51f930050429765485bfd96b56634452c/_50A2971-copy.jpg" data-mid="58003750" border="0" src="https://freight.cargo.site/w/640/i/4b4d1f88012d4afb3961b5005ed7e8f51f930050429765485bfd96b56634452c/_50A2971-copy.jpg" />All music available on Spotify and all other streaming sites. Top-Right Navigation https://donnamckevitt.org/Top-Right-Navigation Fri, 06 Dec 2019 13:43:21 +0000 Donna McKevitt https://donnamckevitt.org/Top-Right-Navigation      