Enda Bates is a composer, musician and producer based in Dublin, Ireland. In March 2010, he completed a PhD in composition at Trinity College Dublin, where he studied with Donnacha Dennehy and Dr. Dermot Furlong. His research work includes spatial music composition and performance, the aesthetics of electroacoustic music, and the development of spatialization techniques such as the hexaphonic guitar and multi-channel granulation algorithms

His music includes both acoustic and electroacoustic contemporary music and multi-channel, tape based pieces, and the use of spatially distributed sounds is a major feature of his work. He has received various commissions and awards including the 37th Florilege Vocal de Tours, the 2008 Irish National Choir of the Year competition, the 2009 Gaudeamus Music Prize shortlist and the 2010 Música Viva Competition.

His work has been performed by, among others, the Crash Ensemble, Anne La Berge, the Doelen Quartet, Trio Scordatura, the Dublin Guitar Quartet, the Bridgewood Ensemble, New Dublin Voices, the Miso Music Loudspeaker Orchestra, the Spatial Music Collective, and at international festivals including the Música Viva Festival, Portugal, Gaudeamus Music Week, the Netherlands, the International Computer Music Conference and the Dublin Electronic Arts Festivals (DEAF07, 08 & 09).

He is a founder member of the Spatial Music Collective and also regularly performs with bands such as the Spook of the Thirteenth Lock, Miriam Ingram and Fairlights. He has also worked in a technical capacity for artists and ensembles such as the Crash Ensemble, the Spook of the Thirteenth Lock, Somadrone, Ergodos, Miriam Ingram and Daniel Figgis.

Scores and other material are available from his page at the Irish Contemporary Music Centre.

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