Garth McConaghie

Musical Director / Composer on Channel 4’s Derry Girls, I have worked extensively as a Composer, Sound Designer, Musical Director, Arranger and Music Producer for studios, theatre, film and television.

I works across multiple genres of music and aim to bring sensitivity to mixed media projects through music and/or immersive sound design. I'm adept with Qlab, as well as working with or without notated scores and with either live or recorded music.

Selected Recent Theatre Credits

A Christmas Carol (Wr. Marie Jones, Dir. Matthew McElhinney, Lyric Theatre, Belfast.) Composer / Sound Designer / Musical Director, for live actor-musicians.

Faust(ish) (Wr. Nicola McCartney, Dir. Zoe Seaton, Big Telly Theatre Co.) Composer / Sound Designer

Dear Arabella (Wr. Marie Jones, Dir. Matthew McElhinney, Patrick Talbot and Rathmore Productions) Composer / Sound Designer The Tunnel (Wr./Dir. Terry George, Brassneck Theatre Co.) Composer / Sound Designer

Our New Girl (Wr. Nancy Harris, Dir. Rhiann Jeffrey, Composer / Sound Designer The Importance of Being Earnest (Wr. Oscar Wilde, Dir. Jimmy Fay, Lyric Theatre, Belfast) Composer / Sound Designer / Musical Director The Velveteen Rabbit (Wr. Jan Carson / Duke Special, Dir. Janice Kernoghan-Reid, Replay Productions), Musical Director / Sound Designer, for live actor-musicians The Gap Year (Wr. Clare McMahon Dir. Benjamin Gould, Lyric Theatre, Belfast)

Yerma (Wr. Lorca, Dir. Patrick O’Reilly, Tinderbox Theatre Co.) Composer / Sound Designer / Musical Director

Burnt Out (Wr. Gary Mitchell, Dir. Jimmy Fay, Lyric Theatre, Belfast) Composer / Sound Designer

Wasted (Wr. Kat Woods Dir. Lisa May, Bruiser Theatre Co.) Composer / Sound Designer

Rhino (Wr. Eugène Ionesco, Ad./Dir. Patrick O’Reilly,Tinderbox Theatre Co.) Composer / Sound Designer

Mirrorball (Wr. Patrick O’Reilly / Garth McConaghie, Dir. Janice Kernoghan-Reid, Replay Theatre Co.) Composer / Musical Director / Sound Designer

Rebus: A Game Called Malice (Wr. Ian Rankin, Various Dirs. Robin Lefevre / Loveday Ingram, Festival Theatre, Edinburgh and UK tours) Composer / Sound Designer The Border Game (Wr. Michael Patrick/Oisín Kearney, Prime Cut Productions) Composer / Sound Designer A Night in November (Wr. Marie Jones, Dir. Matthew McElhinney) Composer / Sound Designer In the Name of the Son (Wr. Martin Lynch / Richard O’Rawe, Dir. Tony Devlin, Greenshoot Productions) Composer / Sound Designer

Rebus: Long Shadows (Wr. Ian Rankin, Dir. Robin Lefevre, Birmingham REP and touring, Lee Dean Promotions) Composer / Sound Designer

Bouncers (Wr. John Godber, Dir. Zoe Seaton, Big Telly Theatre Co.) Musical Director / Sound Designer

Selected Theatrical Children/Family Show Credits Include:

• The Adventures of Red Riding Hood (Wr./Dir. Patrick O’Reilly, MAC Belfast) Composer / Musical Director / Sound designer
• The Night Before Christmas (Wr. Stephen Beggs / Simon Magill, MAC Belfast) Composer / Musical Director / Sound designer
• A Christmas Carol (Wr. Tara Lynne O’Neill / Simon Magill, Dir. Sean Kearns, MAC Belfast) Composer / Musical Director / Sound designer
• The Elves and the Shoemaker (Wr. Charles Way, Dir. Paul McEneaney, Cahoots NI / MAC Belfast) Composer / Musical Director / Sound designer
• Hansel and Gretel (Wr. Stephen Beggs, Dir. Rhiann Jeffrey, MAC Belfast) Composer / Musical Director / Sound designer
• Pinocchio (Wr. Charles Way, Dir. Paul McEneaney, Cahoots NI / MAC Belfast) Composer / Musical Director / Sound designer
• Egg (Wr./Dir. Paul McEneaney, Cahoots NI, multiple international tours) Composer Sound designer
• Nivelli’s War (Wr. Charles Way, Dir. Paul McEneaney, Cahoots NI, New Victory Theater, New York, Lyric Theatre, Belfast) Composer Sound designer
• Penguins (Adp./Dir. Paul McEneaney, Cahoots NI / Birmingham REP. and touring UK/Ireland) Composer Sound designer
• Duck, Death and the Tulip (Adp./Dir. Paul McEneaney, Cahoots NI, touring Ireland) Composer Sound designer
• Shh! We Have a Plan (Adp./Dir. Paul McEneaney, Cahoots NI, touring USA and Ireland) Composer Sound designer

Under the Hawthorn Tree (Wr. Charles Way, Dir. Paul McEneaney, Cahoots NI, touring Ireland) Composer / Musical Director / Sound designer

BMus, Queens University, Belfast