The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance is staffed by leading experts in their field of academic study or performance practice. Each of the Academy programmes is headed by a dedicated course director, or by a course board, with additional resident and visiting lecturers and tutors of international renown also featuring.
Dillane, Dr. Aileen
Downey, Jean
M.Ed, A.D.A.E.S., B.A., B. Mus., H.D.E., H.D.T.R.E., Dip.C.S.M
Jean Downey received a B.A. (Music and Archaeology), B.Mus, H.D.T.R.E. (Religious Education) and H.D.E. from NUI, Cork; a Dip. C.S.M. from Cork Institute of …
Edwards, Professor Jane
PhD MMus BMus RMT
Professor Jane Edwards is Director of the Music & Health Research Group. and Course Director of the MA in Music Therapy at the Irish World Academy of Music …
Foley, Dr. Catherine E.
Ph.D., B.Mus., H.Dip. in Ed., T.C.R.G., T.T.G., A.L.A.M.
Course Director of the MA in Ethnochoreology and the MA in Irish Traditional Dance Performance. Dr. Catherine Foley designed and is course director of …
Giuranna, Professor Bruno
Italian conductor and violist Bruno Giuranna, born in Milan, completed his musical studies at the Santa Cecilia Conservatory in Rome. He was one of the founding members of the famed chamber group …
Joyce, Dr. Sandra
A native of Tuam, Co. Galway, I am a graduate of University College, Cork. I am currently finishing my PhD at the University of Limerick under the joint supervision of Professor Mícheál …
Keegan, Niall
Niall Keegan was born in the south east of England and began playing Irish traditional flute at an early age amongst the community of first and second generation musicians in and around …
Kosovske, Dr. Yonit Lea
Ni Bhriain, Dr. Orfhlaith
Orfhlaith Ni Bhriain lectures on the BA in Irish Music and Dance at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick. In 1998 she completed a Masters in Ethnochoreology …
Nunan, Mary
Ó Súilleabháin, Professor Mícheál (Director)
In January 1994, he established the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance in the University of Limerick, where he took up position as the first holder of a new Chair of …
Phelan, Dr. Helen (Associate Director)
Ph.D,M.A., B.Mus., B.A., H.Dip(Ed).
Helen Phelan: is course director of the MA in Ritual Chant & Song at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick. Her qualifications include …
Quigley, Dr. Colin
Dr. Colin Quigley is Course Director and Senior Lecturer in Ethnomusicology at UL. His research interests are in European and European-American traditions of music and dance. He has published on both as …
Sergent, Catherine
Sirbu, Mariana
Born in Romania, Mariana Sirbu received her musical training from her parents. She completed her musical education in Bucherest at the National Academy of Music where her principal teacher was Prof. Stefan …
Smishkewych, Wolodymyr
Szücs, Ferenc
BBMC, LFAM, MK LFAM
Ferenc Szücs has performed in over fifty countries and has associations with numerous orchestras, ensembles and institutes worldwide. Born in Hungary, he studied at the Béla Bartók Conservatoire …
Wolf, Michael
Michael Wolf is professor for double bass at the Berlin University of the Arts. He was born in New Jersey, U.S.A., and began studying the doublebass at the age of nine. When …