His chamber music compositions include 14 string quartets and 4 piano trios - details of which may be found in the Composers' Compositions section. His compositions have been performed and broadcast on six continents at numerous high profile festivals and venues included BBC Proms. He is a member of Aosdána, Ireland's State-sponsored body of creative artists and in recent years has been AHRB Research Fellow at Dundalk IT, Director of the Sligo New Music Festival and Composer-in-Association with California's Camerata Pacifica Ensemble and the Ulster Orchestra. At present Ian is writing an orchestral work for the Ulster Orchestra and is about to begin a large-scale choral project with the Cork Chamber Choir, but he would also like to find time to write another piano trio in the next few years!