Audience Council
Rachel Holstead,
- Composer and Music Consultant
- Music Adviser to The Arts Council (2008-2011)
- Member of Board of the National Concert Hall
- Has written instrumental, vocal and electronic music
- As well as collaborations with musicians, has had close contact with visual artists, poets, choreographers, filmmakers, theatre practitioners and scientists
- Her music has been commissioned and performed by RTÉ, BBC, Irish Chamber Orchestra, Irish Baroque Orchestra, Ulster Orchestra and Concorde
- PhD in Composition from Queen's University Belfast
- From Corca Dhuibhne gaeltacht, Co Kerry