Composer, Arranger, Conductor, Pianist, Music Therapist, Choirmaster
Denis O'Regan GGSM, LGSM(MT)
Biography
Born in Skipton, Yorkshire in 1961, Denis O’Regan is of Irish, German, English and Dutch descent
In 1983 he was the first composer to graduate from the Guildhall School of Music, London. Denis also studied piano, voice, percussion and conducting at Guildhall and in 1986 qualified as a Music Therapist.
Over the years Denis has held posts in several churches as Choirmaster and Musical Director of worship groups of many shapes and sizes including rock bands for large evangelisitc events.
In his early career Denis worked in the NHS as a full time Music Therapist for adults with learning disabilities. He also applied his profession in a child diagnostic centre and specialised in working with people with challenging behaviour and severe multiple disabilities.
He continues to be involved in various music ventures such as founder of Canto , a free community choir and is currently putting the finishing touches to composing a new musical setting of the Mass as gaeilge.
Denis and his wife Carol moved from Hertfordshire, UK to the parish of Barryroe, West Cork in 2015. They are now appreciating the wonderful wildlife living in a home on the edge of the Atlantic and are delighted to have been welcomed into the local community. After selling his IT company in the UK Denis now uses his skills to develop websites for faith communities and provide livestream Masses, see Faithful.ie . He also finds time for wildlife photography and to share his knowledge of nature in schools and as a guide on whale watching boats.
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