Faculty
The course team for the BA Irish Music and Dance is a dynamic blend of faculty members (with a wide range of specialisations in music/singing/dancing and cultural historical studies), in-house and visiting performers and tutors, guest lecturers, and educators. The main faculty members for the course are listed here along with their specialisations.
Sandra Joyce
Irish Music and Dance; Performance; Irish Harp Music; Sources of Irish Music; Irish and Scottish Singing Traditions. Course Director of the BA Irish Music and Dance
Orfhlaith Ní Bhriain
Performance, Ethnochoreology History and Theory, Irish Music and Dance, Diaspora studies and Creativity in Irish Music and Dance.
Mats Melin
Dance Performance, Ethnochoreology History and Theory, Scottish, Cape Breton, and Irish close to the floor step dancing. Structural and contextual analysis.
Aileen Dillane
Ethnomusicological Theory and Practice; Critical and Cultural Theory; Performance. Ethnic and Popular Musics of Ireland, USA, & Australia. Irish Music Studies.
Niall Keegan
Performance, Irish Music and Dance, Music and Language, Critical and Cultural Theory, Analysis. Course Director of the MA Irish Traditional Music Performance.
