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Laura Sheils
Laura Sheils is a composer, researcher, and music educator from Co. Offaly, Ireland. She holds a PhD in Musicology from Dublin City University, specialising in the analysis of contemporary Irish choral music. Laura’s choral writing is characterised by lyrical melodies and dance-like rhythms that reflect her interest in pop and electronic dance music. Her compositions have been published by Oxford University Press, Alliance Music Publications, Edition Peters, and Cailíno Music Publishers, and have been performed by groups such as the Mornington Singers, Laetare Vocal Ensemble, New Dublin Voices, The St Thomas Choir, New York, Epiphoni Consort, London, Dublin Youth Choir, and Frauen Kammerchor Marburg. Among others, she has been commissioned by the Choir of St. John’s College, Cambridge, RTÉ Lyric FM, The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin, the Irish Youth Choir, Sing Ireland, Belfast Philharmonic Youth Choir, and St. Mary’s Cathedral Girls’ Choir, Dublin. Her choral work 'Cantate Domino' was chosen as a J.W. Pepper First-Time Editors’ Choice Honoree in 2025. Recordings featuring Laura’s music include The Choral Scholars of University College Dublin’s 'James Joyce Chamber Music Vol. I' (Signum Records), 'Christmas Choral Highlights 2025' (Oxford University Press), and St. Mary’s Cathedral Girls’ Choir’s 'Vox Feminina II'.
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