James O’Callaghan is an award-winning composer and sound artist based in Montréal praised for his "real orchestral imagination" and "highly refined sense of colour" (Vancouver Sun). His music intersects acoustic and electroacoustic media, employing field recordings, amplified found objects, computer-assisted transcription of environmental sounds, and unique performance conditions. In 2013 he was the Emerging Composer-in-Residence with the National Youth Orchestra of Canada and a featured artist in Winnipeg's Cluster New Music + Integrated Arts festival. In 2011, he was selected for the inaugural Canadian League of Composers / Canadian Music Centre Composer Mentoring Project. He is a founding member and co-director of the Montréal Contemporary Music Lab. His music, including over forty works of concert music, music for dance, theatre and film, and audio-visual installations, has been performed across North America, Europe, New Zealand and Japan, and has been awarded national prizes (SOCAN Foundation Awards for Young Composers, JTTP Awards). O’Callaghan received his Bachelors of Fine Arts in music composition from Simon Fraser University in 2010, studying with Barry Truax, David MacIntyre, Rodney Sharman and Arne Eigenfeldt. He is currently an MMus candidate and Course Lecturer at McGill University, studying with Philippe Leroux.