Dominic Flynn : Associate Artist
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Artist website: https://www.domiflyn.com/
Dominic Flynn is an Australian composer.
Born in nipaluna/Hobart in 1997, Dominic grew up playing the
drums in local bands before shifting focus to composition. He has
studied in Australia with several composers and in the United
Kingdom with Michael Finnissy.
Dominic's music has been commissioned and performed both at home
in Australia and overseas in Canada, Japan, Italy, Germany, and
England. He has collaborated with ensembles such as Decibel New Music Ensemble, CMR
Contemporary Music Ensemble, Labyrinth Ensemble, Ensemble Mania, The Hedberg Ensemble,
ANAM, and the Tasmanian Youth Orchestra, and soloists
such as Jan Gerdes, Reiko Manabe, Rob Hao, Antony Gray, Eliza Shephard, Lore Amenabar Larrañaga, Judith Dodsworth, Leigh Harrold, and
Michael Kieran
Harvey. Pieces of his have been selected for the official
Australian submission to the ISCM World New Music Days festival
as well as for the inaugural ANAM Set commissioning project, and
have featured in the Ossa Music Prize winning concert and in the
APRA Art Music Award nominated Two Minutes from Home project.
Dominic's recent projects include new commissions from Ensemble
Mania and the Continuo Commissioning Circle, and performances at
the Mona Foma Festival and Tempo Rubato's Tempo Queer Festival.
Upcoming projects include undertaking Cultivate's La Baldi
Residency in Montegiovi, Italy, and presenting at the 25th
International Conference "Principles of Music Composing" in
Vilnius, Lithuania.
Dominic Flynn — current to January 2026
Selected Commissions
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Cold Can (duos: piccolo, percussion) (2025) | This project was made possible by the Australian Government Regional Arts Fund, which supports the arts in regional and remote Australia. |
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Low Sheen : for piano and electric keyboard (2022) | Commissioned with funds provided by Regional Arts Fund. This project was made possible by the Australian Government's Regional Arts Fund, which supports the arts in regional and remote Australia. |
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Agenda : for solo piano (2022) | Commissioned by Jennifer Yu through the Australian National Academy of Music's 7th-Semester Musician Project Fund. |
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Gorge : for solo trumpet (2021) | Commissioned by The ANAM Set, Australian National Academy of Music (ANAM) for performance by Darcy O’Malley. |
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Mill : for string quartet (2021) | This project was made possible by the Australian Government’s Regional Arts Fund, which supports the arts in regional and remote Australia. |
| Always Quiet (audiovisual work) (2020) | Commissioned as part of the '2 Minutes From Home' project by Decibel New Music |