Cork choral festival to taste composer Timothy Doyle's recipe for success

Timothy Doyle swapped running a café for composing full time, and his work based on poetry by Aldous Huxley will be performed at the upcoming Cork International Choral Festival, writes Marjorie Brennan

Timothy Doyle worked in well-known food ventures including Good Day Deli and The Rocket Man before venturing into choral composition.

Winning the prestigious Seán Ó Riada composition competition has come at an opportune time for Timothy Doyle. When he arrived in Cork to study composition at UCC in 2015, he also took the opportunity to add another string to his bow. 

Working in various cafés in the city gave him a taste for the culinary life, eventually leading him to the French city of Lyon where he ran his own vegan café for a number of years. Music took something of a back seat but now he has sold up and is turning his attention to composing full-time.