# Karen Power

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**Karen Power** (born 1977) is a composer whose work spans compositions for orchestras, to sound installations. Power has been known to incorporate everyday sounds into her works.

Power received a [Ph.D.](/source/Ph.D.) in acoustic and electroacoustic composition with [Michael Alcorn](/source/Michael_Alcorn) at [Queen's University Belfast](/source/Queen's_University_Belfast) in 2009. In 2013 her first CD was released. Power has created works for [RTÉ](/source/RT%C3%89), ConTempo Quartet, Sonar Quartet and Ultrasound Berlin. Her compositions have been performed by the [RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra](/source/RT%C3%89_National_Symphony_Orchestra), [Ensemble Modern](/source/Ensemble_Modern) and Quiet Music Ensemble. She is involved in Irish group Sounding the Feminists. Power has also been the composer in residence in [Cork](/source/Cork_(city)), [Galway](/source/Galway) and [Berlin](/source/Berlin).[1][2][3][4][5][6]

## References and sources

1. ["Karen Power"](https://www.cmc.ie/composers/karen-power). *Contemporary Music Centre*. 2018-09-20. Retrieved 2020-01-03.

1. ["Biographie: Power, Karen"](https://web.archive.org/web/20180902220526/http://www.berliner-kuenstlerprogramm.de/de/gast.php?id=1273) (in German). *Berliner Künstlerprogramm*. Archived from [the original](http://www.berliner-kuenstlerprogramm.de/de/gast.php?id=1273) on 2 September 2018. Retrieved 2020-01-03.

1. ["Karen Power"](http://compositiontoday.com/karen_power/). *Composer*. Retrieved 2020-01-03.

1. ["Artist Karen Power on sounding out a sense of place"](https://www.rte.ie/culture/2019/0228/1033409-artist-karen-power-on-sounding-out-a-sense-of-place/). *RTE.ie*. 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2020-01-03.

1. ["Power Karen"](https://www.ucc.ie/en/fmt/music/people/karenpower/). *University College Cork*. 2017-08-11. Retrieved 2020-01-03.

1. ["Shostakovich's Tenth: a celebration of surviving Stalin"](https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/shostakovich-s-tenth-a-celebration-of-surviving-stalin-1.2833067). *The Irish Times*. 2019-12-22. Retrieved 2020-01-03.

## External links

- [Official website](http://www.karenpower.ie/)

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