Performers: Sandra Joyce (voice) & Donal Lunny (bouzouki) Dr Sandra Joyce, interim Executive Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences and former Director of the Irish World Academy launches her debut album, Since You and I Have Been: Songs of Love and Loss in the Irish Tradition, accompanied by the album producer, … Continue reading "Since You and I Have Been: Songs of Love and Loss in the Irish Tradition"

Presenters: Dr Órfhlaith Ní Bhríain and colleagues Chair: Dr Kathleen Turner “To me the classroom continues to be a place where paradise can be realised, a place of passion and possibility, a place where spirit matters, where all that we learn and know leads us into greater connection, into greater understanding of life lived in … Continue reading "Tower Seminar: Seeking Connection in Community Arts"

Performers: Bart Kiely, Isabelle Olsthoorn and Art O’Laoire Each gig is an event an opportunity to pursue the creation of a communal vibration. Bart, Isabelle and Art are always striving to make music that is every bit as weird and odd as it seems groovy and familiar, in the hope that we may experience something … Continue reading "Lunchtime Concert: Chakra Shakers"

Presenter: Dr Fay Hield Chairs: TDCÉ Postgraduate Forum Ethnomusicologists have long discussed the impacts of research within the field, from acknowledging the shadows they cast, to the potentials of creating change from research findings through Applied Ethnomusicology. This talk introduces a current research project, Access Folk, which has at its core methods which actively target … Continue reading "Logos Seminar: Access Folk: Using Action Research Techniques Within Ethnomusicology"

Performers: Jimmy Crowley (voice / bouzouki) and Eve Telford (voice) Jimmy Crowley & Eve Telford are folk duo based in Co. Cork, Ireland. Their first album is of new arrangements of Child Ballads learned from the singing of Irish Travellers, which will be released in December 2022. The songs have been learned, inspired, or woven … Continue reading "Lunchtime Concert: Jimmy Crowley & Eve Telford"

Presenters: Dr Hala Jaber, Dr Kathleen Turner, and Steve Ryan Chair: Dr Kathleen Turner In this interactive seminar, three community musicians offer three different perspectives on how they use positionality to develop their best practice as facilitators. Hala Jaber considers the importance of physical safety in the unspoken parameters of the workshop. She considers how … Continue reading "Tower Seminar: The Mirror of Positionality in Community Music: Reflections on Safety in Practice"

The Professional Master of Education Music students present a variety of performances which are the culmination of their combined ensemble music making experiences in years one and two of the programme. The performances are inspired by their diverse musical backgrounds and are influenced by their experiences as beginning music teachers. In keeping with the inclusive … Continue reading "Lunchtime Concert – Professional Master of Education Music"

A series of FREE lunchtime traditional music performances Join the talented students of BA in Irish Music at the Irish World Academy for a series of free lunchtime concerts in Café Allegro (Foundation Building) this Spring! With three students per session playing a variety of instruments including banjo, whistle, box, fiddle and harp as well … Continue reading "TRAD CAFÉ"

This Tuesday our lunchtime concert will feature Aoife Ní Bhriain (fiddle). Admission is free and all are welcome.

Presenter: Matthew P. Thomson Chair: Dr Eleanor J. Giraud Medieval texts simultaneously laud and critique music’s capacity to persuade. This paper first compares such musical persuasion with the similar powers attributed to sexual desire in texts surrounding the thirteenth-century reform of marriage. Such accounts consistently hold positive consequences in tension with moral problems. Music might … Continue reading "Tower Seminar: Song, Desire, and Persuasion in Thirteenth-Century France"

Performers: Limerick School of Music students Advanced students from Limerick School of Music will perform a variety of classical music on various instruments. Admission is free and all are welcome.

A series of free lunchtime traditional music performances. Join the talented students of BA in Irish Music at the Irish World Academy for a series of free lunchtime concerts in Café Allegro (Foundation Building) this Spring! With three students per session playing a variety of instruments including banjo, whistle, box, fiddle and harp as well … Continue reading "TRAD CAFÉ"

Performers: Anthony Quigley accompanied by Conal O’Kane Anthony Quigney comes from a well-known, Co. Clare traditional music family. He plays flute, whistles and piano, and has been a member of the world-renowned Kilfenora Ceili Band for 3 decades. He has toured far and wide & has recorded 9 studio albums including band, solo & duet … Continue reading "Lunchtime Concert – Anthony Quigney"