International Audio Arts Festival

April 4th-7th 2019

Kilfinane, Co. Limerick, Ireland

HearSay

Previous HearSay Audio Prize Judges

Annie McEwan

Nina Garthwaite

Helen Keen

Luke Clancy

Chris Brookes

Audio artist working in radio, performance and installation. Founder of The Heart podcast. Winner of the overall HearSay Audio Prize in 2014.

CANADA

Kaitlin Prest

Co-founder of Third Coast International Audio Festival, outgoing Executive Producer of RN's Creative Audio Unit & incoming (from Nov 2015) Executive Producer of Radiotopia

AUSTRALIA/USA

Julie Shapiro

Liam O'Brien

Senior Producer at Falling Tree Productions. Series Producer of Radio 4's Short Cuts.

Eleanor McDowall

Multi-award winning producer with Grey Heron Media. Member of the HearSay Festival Team.

Prix Italia & Peabody award-winning storyteller, author, creator of geo-located installations & radio producer.

CANADA

Award winning radio producer-presenter, working extensively with RTE Radio 1 & RTE Lyric, specialising in radio productions that move across multiple platforms.

IRELAND

Sound Artist & Field Recordist, recipient of the ‘Europe: A Sound Panorama‘ juried prize for soundscape art

ITALY/IRELAND

La Cosa Preziosa

Comedian & creator of pioneering live science-comedy shows & award-winning radio programmes.

Founding Director of In The Dark - A Celebration of Stories Told Through Sound. Presented the BBC Radio 4 Short Cuts series.

Third Coast Festival Award-winning producer & audio app creator. Associate Producer at Battery Radio

CANADA

Sunday Times Art Critic, exploring new ways to talk about art on the radio.

IRELAND

Cristín Leach

Series Producer of the multi-award-winning Documentary On One on RTE Radio 1.

IRELAND

IFTA award-winning and EMMY nominated film sound designer & editor, based at Ardmore Sound and Screenscene.

IRELAND

Steve Fanagan

Director and performer with the Resonance Radio Orchestra. Programming Director of Resonance 104.4fm.

Ed Baxter

HearSay Festival Director, multi- award winning audio producer and Creative Director of Grey Heron Media.

IRELAND

Diarmuid McIntyre (chair)

From commissioning editors, to sound artists, writers to feature makers, some of the worlds finest ears working in creative audio have been listening to HearSay Audio Prize entries since 2014. The 2019 Judge will be announced at #HearSay19 in April.