Dr Derek Cremin BMus,PhD
Contact Details
| Title | Lecturer | |
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| Address | Music University College Cork Cork Ireland |
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| Telephone: | +353-21-490-3000 | |
| Email: |
ei.ccu@nimerC.D
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| Title | Lecturer | |
| Address | Music Music University College Cork Cork Ireland |
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| Telephone: | +353-21-490-3000 | |
| Email: |
ei.ccu@nimerc.d
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Biography:
Dr. Derek Cremin is a lecturer in Music and Co-ordinator for the evening Certificate & Diploma in Music. He received his B.Mus (1996) an M.Phil in Music (1999) and his PhD. in Music (2007) in UCC. He has worked as a tutor/lecturer in the School of Music since 1997.
Dr. Cremin has published several reviews in the Journal of Music in Ireland as well as numerous articles for the forthcoming publication of the Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland.
Dr. Cremin plays in a variety of ensembles from jazz to rock, classical, and traditional Irish. He was pianist with the CSM Jazz Big Band for several years, which included tours of England and France and accompanied such jazz greats as Bobby Shew, Bob Wilber and Kenny Davern. Derek is also a regular participant at the Guinness jazz festival and has also played with Irish stars Louis Stewart, Richie Buckley, Michael Buckley in addition to Gerard Presencer & Jamie Olers. He is frequently in demand as Musical Director ranging from pantomimes to national tours of shows such as The King and I and The Blues Brothers Revival, Strictly The Rat Pack & Fame the Musical. Derek can be seen on a regular basis in Dublin and beyond playing with artists such as Tommy Fleming, The Vard Sisters, Rebecca Storm, The Legends of Swing and many more.
His teaching interests include the internet as a research tool for musicology, jazz/pop performance and arranging, music technology and music theory and aural training.
