Of Our Times
The Living Bridge at the University of Limerick © Ros Kavanagh www.roskavanagh.com
Comhaimseartha
Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, Spring ‘09 | Dámh Chruinne Éireann Rince agus Ceol, Ollscoil Luimnigh, Earrach ‘09 www.irishworldacademy.ie
Academos Irish World Academy Strings debut performance, Dublin March ’08 © Maurice Gunning
Contents Lunchtime Concert Series Seminar Series Special Events Bealach/Community Cultural Pathways Cónaí/Artists in Residence Clár/Irish World Academy MA and BA programmes Scholarships Other Programmes and Arts Offices
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Professor Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin Director Irish World Academy of Music and Dance Phone: + 353 61 202590 Email: Melissa.carty@ul.ie
Julie Tiernan Course Director Certificate in Music and Dance Phone: +353-61-234743 Email: julie.tiernan@ul.ie
Francis Ward Acting Lecturer in Music BA Irish Music and Dance Phone: + 353 61 202653 Email: francis.ward@ul.ie
Dr Catherine Foley Director MA Ethnochoreology/MA Irish Traditional Dance Performance Phone: + 353 61 202922 Email: catherine.e.foley@ul.ie
Jean Downey Director Graduate Diploma in Education (Music) M. Ed (Music) Chair: MA Community Music Board (On Sabattical)
Niall Keegan Director MA Irish Traditional Music Performance Phone: + 353 61 202565 Email: niall.keegan@ul.ie
Professor Jane Edwards Director MA Music Therapy Phone: + 353 61 213122 Email: jane.edwards@ul.ie
Ernestine Healy Acting Course Director Graduate Diploma in Education (Music) Phone: + 353 61 213160 Email: ernestine.healy@ul.ie
Dr Simon Gilbertson Lecturer MA Music Therapy Phone: + 353 61 234358 Email: simon.gilbertson@ul.ie
Colin Quigley Director MA Ethnomusicology Phone: + 353 61 202966 Email: colin.quigley@ul.ie
Dr Helen Phelan Director MA Ritual Chant and Song Phone: + 353 61 202575 Email: Helen.phelan@ul.ie
Sandra Joyce Director BA Irish Music & Dance (on sabattical)
Mary Nunan Director MA Contemporary Dance Performance Phone + 353 61 213464 Email: mary.nunan@ul.ie Ferenc Szücs Director MA Classical String Performance Phone: + 353 61 202918 Email: ferenc.szucs@ul.ie
Paula Dundon Administrator Phone: + 353 61 202149 Email: paula.dundon@ul.ie Melissa Carty Assistant Administrator Phone: + 353 61 202590 Email: melissa.carty@ul.ie Ellen Byrne Publicity Phone: + 353 61 202917 Email: ellen.byrne@ul.ie
Orfhlaith Ní Bhriain Acting Course Director BA Irish Music & Dance Phone: + 353 61 202159 Email: orfhlaith.nibhriain@ul.ie Mats Melin Lecturer in Dance BA Irish Music and Dance Phone: + 353 61 202542 Email: mats.melin@ul.ie
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Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin at St Mary’s Cathedral Limerick, as part of the ICO’ Shannon International Music Festival ’08 © Maurice Gunning
Crossing the Bridge This is the year of the Irish World Academy new home currently in construction across The Living Bridge on the Clare side of the University of Limerick campus.1 On completion in November of this year (2009), it will stand alongside the already completed Health Sciences building forming a street between the two that will lead to the forthcoming suite of Medical School buildings. This proximity of Medicine and Art throws up an invitation to revisit the origins of both in ritual. A recent increase in medical research on a wide range of related topics spanning ‘Surgery as ritual’ (Stanford Medicine Magazine 2005) through ‘Medieval Medicine’ (University of Nottingham Conference 2007) to ‘Medicine and Art’ (Journal of the American Medical Association 2007) is easily scanned on the net. On the Arts side, there is a significant literature in Cultural Anthropology and related disciplines on arts and healing across all cultures. Up the hill from the Medical School site stands the home of the Irish Chamber Orchestra which was opened some months ago. Standing in the centre of the fifth Student Village on the campus, this building exclusively houses the rapidly increasing potential of an energetic Irish ensemble breaking out onto an international stage. ACADEMOS Irish World Academy Strings, the graduate string orchestra at the Irish World Academy led by the line leaders of the Irish Chamber Orchestra (ICO), have already started to share this specially designed rehearsal studio with their professional mentors.
1 see http://www.ul.ie/~iwmc/academy/building.html for virtual tours of The Living Bridge and the Irish World Academy building.
To experience the ICO in rehearsal in this space is itself a healing experience. With high windows, and akin to a sonic cathedral, the acoustic space becomes a gathering of sound and light – like that captured by Philip Larkin: And immediately Rather than words comes the thought of high windows: The sun-comprehending glass, And beyond it, the deep blue air, that shows Nothing, and is nowhere, and is endless.2 The protégés of this experience, ACADEMOS Irish World Academy Strings, perform at the Centre Culturel Irlandais in the College des Irlandais in central Paris on Friday 13th March 2009 bringing the experience to an ever-widening audience of listeners. Another recent healing energy at the Irish World Academy is contained in the sound and movement of BaVaD – the BA Voice and Dance which is in the middle of its first year. The BaVaDs – as this anarchic student band are colloquially styled – are already revealing what we might hope for through this innovative programme: that the singing body moving in space is itself a sacred site made holy through a process of catharsis. This holistic process has obvious medical resonances. The term catharsis (‘purging’) was itself a medical word until its meaning was expanded by Aristotle in Poetics to encompass an emotional charge through an artistic experience. The BaVaD contribution to experiential knowledge of this process within the context of a contained curriculum of performance and inter-disciplinary research may yet lead to a keener understanding of how it may be called upon in a medical context. Interestingly, the Patron of the BaVaD programme, international singer and Grammy Award winner Bobby McFerrin, released an early album entitled Medicine Music in 1991.3 McFerrin is the epitome of the moving global singing body reflecting the acoustic vision of a new horizon.
2 High Windows, Philip Larkin (London 1974) 3 reissued EMI Catalogue (USA) 1998
Reflecting the Vision was the title of the MA in Music Therapy tenth anniversary celebrations at the Irish World Academy. Established in 1998, this programme offers the only music therapy qualification in Ireland and has produced a wide range of achievements since its inception – including two noteworthy publications in the past year by our Music Therapy faculty.4 The presence of a rigorous scientific discipline such as Music Therapy in the same Academy as the equally rigorous artistic disciplines of performing artists (many also engaged in scholarly investigation and research), is another torch that may light the way forwards towards The Living Bridge between Medicine and Art. This issue of Comhaimseartha/Of Our Times celebrates our movement into the light of a new year with the announcement of Dr Donal Lunny as an Artist-inResidence. The first traditional music-linked member of the Irish Arts Council sponsored Aosdána, he has been a central thread in the tapestry of Irish traditional music in its most creative interactive modes over a generation. He himself has also been a Living Bridge between a deeply respected received tradition and a calling to renew that tradition within the acoustic ‘of our times’. There are many resonances between his work and that of the Academy, not least the shared desire to sound out the new spaces within us all that lead towards the unique fingerprint of our own individual cry. The diagnosis of that cry in oneself and in others is surely a central part of the bridge of compassion that Art and Medicine share.5
Dr Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin Director, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick
4 Music: Promoting Health and Creating Community in Healthcare Contexts, ed. Professor Jane Edwards (Cambridge Scholars Publishing), and Music Therapy and Traumatic Brain Injury, by Dr Simon Gilbertson and David Aldridge (Jessica Kingsley Publishers). 5 ‘Art and the Art of Medicine’. Irwin. M. Braverman (Yale University School of Medicine). Ninth Annual Philip W. Felts Lecture (Vanderbilt Medical Centre, 2003)
Lunchtime Concert Series Tuesdays & Thursdays 1.15 – 2.00pm February - May 2009 Venue: Performing Arts Centre, Lower Ground Floor Foundation Building University of Limerick Admission Free All Welcome
Singer and composer Bobby McFerrin at a workshop with Irish World Academy Students in Limerick, May 08 © Maurice Gunning
Irish World Academy of Music and Dance
Wednesday January 28th Genticorum
Genticorum
Over the last few years, Genticorum has become one of the most sought after proponents of Québécois musical culture, having performed and toured in over 15 countries in North America, Europe, Asia and Oceania. Firmly rooted in the soil of their native land, the energetic and original traditional ‘power trio’ also incorporates the dynamism of today’s North American and European folk cultures in their music. They weave precise and intricate fiddle and flute work, gorgeous vocal harmonies, energetic foot percussion and guitar and bass accompaniment. Their debut album “Malins Plaisirs” was released in Canada in 2005 and won the Canadian Folk Music Award in the “Best Ensemble” category and was nominated for JUNO (Canada) and Felix Awards (Québec). Their brand new album, “La Bibournoise”, was released in Canada in April 2008 and is already garnering huge critical acclaim.
Tuesday February 3rd John Carty (fiddle), Seán Ryan (whistle), Declan Aungier (accordion) Declan Aungier
John Carty is one of Ireland’s finest traditional musicians having been awarded the Irish Television station, TG4’s Traditional Musician of the Year in 2003. Primarily known as a fiddler, he is equally adept on banjo and flute. He regularly performs with Chieftains’ flautist Matt Molloy exploring the North Connaught tradition they both love. A CD of their music accompanied by Arty
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McGlynn entitled Pathway to the Well was launched in late 2007. Seán Ryan has a unique and beautiful whistle style, and is one of the few masters of the instrument. He has two solo albums to his credit and has toured the world playing and teaching. Born in 1970, Declan Aungier became AllIreland under 18 Piano Accordion Champion in 1987. In 1997 he switched from the Piano Accordion to the 5-Row Button box, which is the instrument he plays today. John Carty
Tuesday February 17th Shane Greene (accordian) and Friends
Shane Greene
Tuesday February 10th Seán Óg Graham (accordion) Catherine McEvoy (flute), John McEvoy (fiddle)
Seán Óg Graham
From Portglenone, Co. Antrim, Seán Óg Graham is one of Ireland’s most dynamic young button accordion players. He has achieved numerous All-Ireland titles and is also a gifted, self-taught guitarist. He has appeared as guest soloist with the Irish Harp Orchestra and the Canadian Youth Orchestra as well as being a regular performer in Alan Kelly’s ‘Celtic Legends’ show. His most recent performances were with Solas members Winifred Horan and Mick McAuley as part of their ‘Serenade’ series of concerts in Ireland and Europe. He is a graduate of the Irish World Academy’s BA Irish Music and Dance. Siblings Catherine McEvoy and John McEvoy were born in Birmingham, their parents having emigrated there from Co. Roscommon in the 1940s. Growing up, both were members of the Birmingham Céili Band, one of the most popular traditional bands of the 60s and 70s. Together they released ‘The Kilmore Fancy’ in 2004, accompanied by pianist Felix Dolan.
Ar Braz, An Den Kozh Dall by Barzaz, Times are Changing by Skolvan and Azéliziza by Le Bagad Kemper, he recorded a duet album with Gerry O’Connor En Concert in 2006. Fermanagh flute player, tin whistler and singer Cathal McConnell of The Boys of the Lough, is one of the best-loved performers in the world of traditional music. Cathal also traces flute playing back through four generations in his family and won the All Ireland championship on both flute and tin whistle while still in his teens.
Shane Greene is piano and piano accordion player from Milltown in Co. Galway. He is also a classically trained pianist who has studied at the Royal Irish Academy of Music and has been the winner of various classical music feiseanna throughout Ireland. He has toured Ireland, Europe, North America and Canada as both a solo performer and with various Irish music groups including ‘Ragús The Show’. As a studio artist, Shane has recorded with the Limerick based Dunne Family, the Imogen Gunner Band and is a featured piano accompanist on the debut album of Johnathon Roche and Holly Geraghty.
Tuesday February 24th Karen Tweed (piano accordion) and Friends
Wednesday February 18th Gerry O’Connor Gilles le Bigot
Gerry O’Connor (fiddle), Cathal McConnell (fiddle), Gilles le Bigot (guitar) Gerry O’Connor is one of Ireland’s most outstanding fiddle players. His family has played fiddle for at least four generations and Gerry is able to draw on this wealth of music learned from his mother Rose O’Connor and also from hand-written manuscripts passed down through the family He is a founding member of the band Skylark with whom he recorded four albums, and the Brighid’s Kiss album of his own band La Lúgh was voted album of the year 1996. Guitarist Gilles Le Bigot is best known in Brittany as the co-founder of the groups Skolvan and Barzaz. After having collaborated on several major recordings in the 1990’s such as l‘Héritage des Celtes by Dan
Karen Tweed
Karen Tweed is established as one of the finest exponents of the piano accordion and is also in demand for her work as an arranger, composer and tutor. Her playing which moves with ease between blistering melody lines and soulful backing, has been described as ‘mercurial, subtle and astounding’. Drawing from her background in Irish traditional music, she houses a wealth of musical history with a respect for other European traditions making her music accessible yet individual. ‘Tweed’s sensibilities straddle classical and traditional modes with the agility of Margot Fonteyn and the fluency of someone bi-lingual since birth. This is a music tethered to neither a time nor a location’ The Irish Times.
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a small parish in the Sliabh Luachra area of North Kerry steeped in a rich musical tradition. He was a regular competitor at the Fleadh Cheoil where he won two all Ireland titles on the melodeon and a Munster title on the two row button accordion. Holly and Jonathan will release their first duet CD in February 2009 entitled ‘Ceolmhar’
Conor McCarthy (double bass)
Conor McCarthy
Conor McCarthy began studying violin in the Cork School of Music and later offered a position studying the double bass there with Sven Buic. He has played with the Youth Orchestra in Ireland and as a guest with the Ulster Youth Orchestra, and the Dutch Youth Summer Academy. In hisfinal year of studies, he took part in an exchange programme for three months to Finland, studying with professor Lasse Lagercrantz of the Sibelius Academy, Helsinki. He is now living in Ireland and works regularly with the RTÉ National Symphony and Concert Orchestras, the Irish Film Orchestra, and Cork’s ‘Opera 2005’ opera company. He is currently studying with Professor Michael Wolf at the University of Limerick as part of the Irish World Academy’s MA in Classical String Performance.
Céim A lunchtime concert associated with Tráth na gCos, the Irish World Academy’s two-day festival celebrating Irish traditional dance in all its forms. Students, faculty and staff of the University of Limerick will take to the floor in a lunch-time session of set dancing to celebrate the launch of the staff and faculty social dance club entitled Céim. Céim
Tuesday 3rd March
Holly Geraghty & Jonathan Roche
Thursday March 12th Nigel Coleman Band
Nigel Coleman Band
Tuesday March 10th BA Irish Music and Dance faculty
Holly Geraghty (concertina) and Jonathan Roche (accordion) Holly Geraghty and Jonathan Roche have been playing together since 2001 when they met as students in University College Cork and Cork Institute of Technology. Holly began to play the concertina and harp at an early age and obtained several all Ireland honours including the senior concertina title (2002) and senior harp title (2001) at Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann. She completed a Graduate Diploma in Music Education and Masters of Arts in Irish Traditional Music Performance at the IrishWorld Academy. Jonathan Roche is from
Niall Keegan
Thursday March 5th
Francis Ward
Faculty and tutors of the Irish World Academy’s BA Irish Music and Dance will perform at today’s event. These include: Niall Keegan (flute), Ernestine Healy (concertina), Francis Ward (piano), Orfhlaith Ní Bhriain (song), Mats Melin (dance). Niall Keegan is course director of the MA Irish Traditional Music Performance, and is one of Ireland’s bestknown traditional musicians. Ernestine Healy is a graduate of the Irish World Academy and is currently acting course director of the Grad Dip Education (Music). She is an internationally recognized concertina player, as well as a tutor and producer on the Irish musical scene. Mats Melin was born and brought up in Sweden. He took up Scottish Country Dancing - his interest stemming
from a fascination in things Celtic primarily Scottish and Irish music, culture, and history. He is a graduate of the Academy’s MA Ethnochoreolgy and is now a full time lecturer on the BA Irish Music and Dance. Orfhlaith Ní Bhriain lectures on the BA in Irish Music and Dance at the Irish World Academy. She is a registered Irish Dance teacher T.C.R.G. and adjudicator A.D.C.R.G. with An Coimisiún le Rinci Gaelacha.
Nigel Coleman, Gerry Mulvenna, Kieran O’Dea and Steve Stellar come from diverse musical backgrounds and combine together to form an energetic and distinctive mix of original songs and music. Instruments include acoustic guitars, tin whistles, saxophone, djembe drums, percussion and harmonica. Their four musical worlds collide creating an exciting fusion of energy and sound.
Thursday March 19th Niwel Tsumbu (guitar) and Eamon Cagney (percussion)
Niewl Tsumbu
Niwel was born in 1982 in the Democratic Republic of Congo (ex Zaire). He moved to Cork in 2004 where he quickly became involved with the Irish music scene. He has played at both the Cork and Bray Jazz Festivals, the Festival of World Cultures in Dun Laoghaire 2006 and the Midsummer Festival in Cork. Percussionist Eamon Cagney has spent 10 years studying African drumming all over West Africa, most notably in Ghana.
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Tuesday March 24th
Aisling Morgan graduated from the Irish World Academy a B.A in Irish Music and Dance in 2005 and an M.A in Traditional Music Performance in 2006. Over the course of her studies in UL, she was under the influence of many of Irelands greatest fiddle players including Siobhan Peoples, John Carty and Martin Hayes.
Academy). Montuno developed connections with Irish traditional musicians to create a sound that merges Irish traditional music with salsa. Mountuno is formed by three graduates and two current postgraduate students of the Irish World Academy and its members are from Ireland, Mexico, Colombia and the USA: Óscar Mascareñas, director, voice, violin, percussion, backing piano and bass; Cathríona Murphy, choreographer; Kathleen Turner, voice; Shannon Burns, alto sax, vocals; Brian Derby, timbales; Ernest Backus, congas, bongós, minor percussion.
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Tuesday March 31st
Jenna Reid (fiddle)
Student Performance
Aisling Morgan (fiddle)
Aisling Morgan
Jenna Reid
Montuno
Since releasing her debut solo album in 2005 and being awarded ‘Best Up and Coming Artist’ at the 2005 Scots Trad Music Awards, Jenna Reid has remained one of the brightest young talents to grace the traditional music scene. A protégé of the greatest names in Shetland fiddling, Dr Tom Anderson MBE and Willie Hunter, Jenna has appeared all over the world with Shetland fiddling sensations, ‘Filska’, Scottish super group, ‘Deaf Shepherd’ and ‘Dochas’, winners of ‘Best Up and Coming Band’ at the 2004 Scots Trad Music Awards. In 2007 she was invited by Aly Bain and Jerry Douglas to perform on the third series of the Transatlantic Sessions on BBC 2 television.
Today’s concert will feature solo and ensemble performances from the students of the Graduate Diploma in Education Music class, under the direction of Ernestine Healy.
Thursday April 2nd Ritual Chant & Song A lunchtime concert performance featuring solo and ensemble pieces from the students of the MA Ritual Chant and Song. Ritual Chant & Song students
Tuesday April 14th
Thursday March 26th
StepScene Dance Company
Montuno
‘Push the boundaries to inspire’ Alumni students of the MA Irish Traditional Dance Performance programme present their current contemporary Irish dance choreographies. Dancers: Andrej Mikulka, Renske Burghout and Mairead O’Connor.
Montuno is Limerick’s first international salsa band. It was created by the joint efforts of Cathriona Murphy (MA in Ethnochoreology, Irish Wolrd
Andrej Mikulka, founder and Artistic Director of StepScene Dance Company, was born in Slovakia, where he began his career as a dancer. He has trained in Irish step dance for the last six years and along with his MA degree in Pedagogy, Andrej holds a first class honours MA in Irish Traditional Dance Performance from the Irish World Academy. Renske Burghout is from Amsterdam. She was a member of the semi-professional dance ensemble ‘Paloina’; trained at the College of Performing Arts in Amsterdam; and in 2001 she joined the Redmond School of Irish Dance. In 2007/2008, she moved to Limerick to study for the MA Irish Traditional Dance Performance programme, where she was awarded a first class honours degree. Mairead O’Connor commenced her Irish dance training at the age of four and danced competitively for many years winning Munster Championships, All Ireland and World medals. She has been a member of many organisations and groups over the years including Siamsa Tire the National Folk Theatre of Ireland, The Kerry School of Music, Spirit of Ireland, Ragús, To Dance on the Moon, and the Riverdance Flying Squad. She holds a first honours MA Irish Traditional Dance Performance from the Irish World Academy, where she was a recipient of the Trustees of Muckross House Scholarship. Stepscene Dance Company
Thursday April 16th Contemporary Dance Students of the M.A in Contemporary Dance Performance and guest artists will present a programme of contemporary dance choreographies on Thursday16th April. The programme will feature three original choreographic works created by choreographers Liz Roche, (Artist Director, Rex Levitates Dance Company), Mairéad Vaughan, (Artistic Director, Shakram Dance Company) and Yoshiko Chuma (Artistic Director, School of Hard Knocks, New York). The students will also perform their own solo compositions.
Tuesday 21st April Students of the BA Irish Music and Dance Solo and ensemble pieces from the first year students of the Academy’s BA Irish Music and Dance.
Thursday 23rd April University of Limerick Gospel Choir In aid of Hope & Homes for Children, Romania Gospel is a powerful vocal tradition, intended to inspire, uplift and engage both the audience and the singer. The UL Gospel Choir embodies this intention in its performances, through a wide repertoire that ranges from traditional and contemporary Gospel to other related genres such as Blues, Soul and Funk. This year the choir is under the direction of Kathleen Turner, a graduate of the Irish World Academy and director of the city based Limerick Gospel Choir. The choir continues its long established affiliation with ‘Hope and Homes for Children’ and performs two fundraising concerts a year for the organisation.
University of Limerick Gospel Choir
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Wednesday February 4th The Impact of Dance: Forces, Fitness and Funding Speakers: Edel Quin (TrinityLaban, London) Dr James Shippen, (Coventry University, UK)
Irish World Academy of Music and Dance
Seminar Series
Chair: Dr Catherine Foley is course director of both the MA in Ethnochoreology and the MA in Irish Traditional Dance Performance at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance where she also supervises doctoral research in dance.
Wednesdays 2.30 – 5pm
Irish World Academy Faculty Helen Phelan and Mary Nunan, Seminar Oct ‘08 © Maurice Gunning
Edel Quinn
Edel Quin performed as both troupe and principle dancer with Riverdance from 1996 - 2001. Upon leaving Riverdance she completed a BA Honours Degree in Contemporary Dance at the University of Chichester. Following this Edel went on to complete an MSc in Dance Science at Laban, London. She is now a dance teacher, lecturer and researcher on the BA and M-Level courses at Laban. Her most published area of research assesses the physiological and psychological effects of creative dance on adolescents. Edel is also a guest tutor on the MA in Irish Traditional Dance Performance programme at the University of Limerick. Title: The Effects of a Creative Dance Programme on the Physiological and Psychological Status of 11-14 year old Adolescents Abstract: This presentation will look at research carried out in assessing the effects of a creative dance programme on the physiological and psychological health and
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fitness characteristics of school children aged 11-14 years old. It involved 348 young people in nine schools across seven local authority districts in the UK. The programme took place over two 10-week periods and the dance classes were developed with a strong focus on creativity so as to educate and inspire young students and to provide an opportunity for participants to experience and enjoy dance as both a creative art-form and a physical activity. In brief, the results from this study indicated that dance is a physical activity that has a positive affect on certain physiological and psychological variables, particularly in female adolescents.
James Shippen
James Shippen obtained a BSc degree from the University of Leeds and PhD from the University of Birmingham in Mechanical Engineering. Following employment in the defence and automotive industries he was appointed as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Birmingham where his research interests focused on the application of engineering principles to biological systems. He is currently Principal Lecturer Industrial Design Research, at the School of Art and Design, Coventry University researching analytical biomechanics. Title: “Biomechanics Applied to the Irish Dancer” Abstract: While the external loads acting on an Irish dancer can be directly measured, the loads within the muscles cannot. The presentation will discuss the use of 3-dimensional optical tracking and applying biomechanical principles to calculate approximate muscle loadings during Irish dance steps.
Ritual Chant and Song Seminar: Ritual, Media, and Conflict in the Santa Fe Fiesta Speaker: Professor Ronald Grimes (Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands) Chair: Dr Helen Phelan, (Irish World Academy, UL) Ron Grimes is Professor and Chair of Ritual Studies at Radboud University Nijmegen, the Netherlands. The author of Rite Out of Place: Ritual, Media, and the Arts (Oxford University Press, 2006), he is currently writing a book with a DVD called Querying Ritual: A Theory, Method, and Case Study.
Ron Grimes
Abstract: Rituals can provoke, initiate, or escalate conflict. In Iraq, suicide attacks, beheadings, and “surgical” bombings were both ritualized and mediatized as strategies for legitimizing violence. In Hitler’s Germany, Leni Riefenstahl produced Triumph of the Will, a propagandistic documentary that filmically and ritually elevated politicians into deities. However, rituals can also pacify or mediate conflict. South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (1995 - 2004) and Northern Ireland’s Healing through Remembering Consultation (2001 - present) have used ritual means for coping with violent conflict and fostering reconciliation. There is a pressing need to understand ritual’s ambiguous role in public life. Although ritualization marks the human life cycle and suffuses religious
practice, existing research pays scant attention to ritual’s capacity for mediating or provoking conflict. Although conflict is a normal—not necessarily pathological— aspect of human life, mass media technologies are changing the dynamics of conflict, as well as shaping the ways groups use ritual in situations of conflict. Media representations have long been instrumental in establishing, maintaining, and challenging political and economic power, as well as in determining the nature of religious practice. More recently, online religion, and thus online interreligious conflict, have become realities, so even practitioners of traditional rites must now come to terms with the mediaconditioned sensibilities of participants conscripted into the so-called war of images or converted to ritualized game-playing. In this multimedia presentation Grimes explores the dynamic interactions of ritual and media in conflictual situations by briefly considering several examples and then concentrating on one, New Mexico’s Santa Fe Fiesta.
Wednesday March 11th Music Therapy Seminar Professional identities, personal stories: Developing creative arts therapies services in healthcare Speakers: Dr Bonnie Meekums (University of Leeds, UK) Triona McCaffrey (Mayo Mental Health Services) Alison Ledger (University of Limerick) Chair: Professor Jane Edwards (University of Limerick) The creative arts therapies are considered new professional disciplines here in Ireland
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and in other parts of Europe. Creative arts therapists are often called upon to develop the first creative arts therapy services in the healthcare settings where they are employed. Unlike in more established professions, they are required to define their own roles and responsibilities and set the parameters for their work. Stories of this development work are beginning to emerge. This seminar will reveal the experiences of creative arts therapy pioneers, focussing on the challenges and opportunities they have encountered when developing new positions in healthcare.
at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin. After studying in Limerick, Tríona returned to Mayo to create and develop a Music Therapy post at Mayo Mental Health Services, where she works as a core member of two multidisciplinary teams namely in the areas of Psychiatry of Old Age and Rehabilitation & Recovery.
Pioneering Dance Movement Therapy in Britain
Alison Ledger is an Irish Health Research Board Fellow, who is undertaking PhD research within the Irish World Academy under the supervision of Professor Jane Edwards. Her research is exploring strategies used by music therapists to develop and sustain music therapy posts. She is currently undertaking fieldwork in an Irish hospital, observing an experienced music therapist developing a new music therapy post. In this paper she will share some of her observations and reflect on the challenges and strengths of ethnographic fieldwork in researching music therapists’ experiences.
Possibilities and practicalities: Examining music therapy service development through ethnographic fieldwork Alison Ledger, University of Limerick
Dr Bonnie Meekums, University of Leeds Bonnie Meekums is one of the UK pioneers of dance movement psychotherapy. She is author of many publications including two books: Creative Group Therapy for Women Survivors of Child Sexual Abuse (2000, JKP) and Dance Movement Therapy (2002, Sage). She is an associate editor for Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy and sits on the general board for The Arts in Psychotherapy. Bonnie supervises PhD students and has examined several doctoral theses. Triona McCaffrey
Alison Ledger
Practitioner, Pioneer or both? A perspective of developing a Music Therapy post within Irish Mental Health Services. Triona McCaffrey, Mayo Mental Health Services Tríona McCaffrey graduated from the MA Music Therapy Program, University of Limerick, in 2006. She is a music graduate of Trinity College and has also studied concert flute
Jane Edwards
Professor Jane Edwards (Chair) Professor Edwards is the Director of the MA in Music Therapy in the Irish World Academy. She has extensive experience developing new music therapy posts here in Ireland, and previously in Australia. Her edited book Music: Promoting health and creating community in healthcare contexts, was published by Cambridge Scholars in 2007. She is currently editing a monograph about work with parents and infants to promote bonding through music.
Wednesday April 1st 2.30 – 3.30 pm Anáil Dé, The Breath of God
Gavin Bryars
Talk by composer Gavin Bryars on the work of the same name, composed for sean-nós composer Iarla Ó Lionáird. This piece is being performed at 8 pm this evening at St Mary’s Cathedral Limerick. Presented by the Sanctuary Project at the Irish World Academy.
Wednesday & Thursday March 4th & 5th Tráth na gCos A two-day celebration of Irish traditional dance
Muireann Nic Amhlaoibh, voice tutor at the Irish World Academy © Maurice Gunning
Curated by Orfhlaith Ni Bhriain and Mats Melin Irish World Academy of Music and Dance University of Limerick Presents
Orfhlaith Ní Bhriain
Irish World Academy of Music and Dance
Special Events
Leanne Aucoin
Cosa in Áirde Wednesday March 4th, 8pm An evening of percussive solo and social dance featuring dancers and musicians from Ireland and Cape Breton. Performers on the night will include dancers Aidan Vaughan (Clare), Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, (Rath Cairn), and Leanne Aucoin (Cape Breton), and musicians Derek Hickey and Niall Keegan (Limerick). These will be joined by Irish World Academy faculty dancers Catherine Foley, Francis Ward, Mats Melin and Orfhlaith Ni Bhriain and the evening will be hosted by Breandan de Gallaí. Step it out with us! Leanne Aucoin is from Cape Breton Island, Canada and comes from a family steeped in Cape Breton music and tradition. In 2006, she released her debut album All Set, a traditional album featuring Tracey Dares-MacNeil, Dave MacIsaac and also members of her family. The album was recognized by the East Coast Music Awards and was nominated in the category of Roots/Traditional Solo Recording of the Year in 2008. Aidan Vaughan is from Miltown Malbay Co Clare. His set dance and sean nós styles are derived from the steps he learned watching the local dancers in West Clare. He has danced and taught in the US, Canada, Germany. France, Japan.
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Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin is a young step dancer from the Rath Cairn Gaeltacht in Co Meath. He is currently studying at the Irish World Academy on the BA Irish Music and Dance. Derek Hickey (accordion) is one of Ireland’s bestknown traditional musicians. He was a long-time member of deDannan and still regularly performs with fiddler Frankie Gavin. He is now a tutor at the Irish World Academy. Breandán deGallaí will be ‘Fear a’ Tí’ for the evening performance at Dolan’s. Breandán is bestknown as lead dancer for many years with Riverdance the show. He now has an extensive career on televison, regularly presenting on TG4, the national Irish language station. He is currently artist-in-residence at the Irish World Academy, where he is completing an MA in Ethnochoreology. Derek Hickey Mats Melin
Céim
Friday March 6th Dance Research Forum Ireland’s 2nd Student Symposium Dance Research Forum Ireland (DRFI) was founded by Dr Catherine Foley in 2003. It is a non-profit, international, interdisciplinary,
programme is taught by the Course Leader, Hungarian cellist Ferenc Szücs, who is also Artistic Director of ACADEMOS.
Friday March 13th
Anáil Dé, The Breath of God Gavin Bryars & Iarla Ó’Lionáird with The Crash Ensemble
Academos Irish World Academy Strings
Performance at Le Centre Culturel Irlandais, Paris
Venue: Upstairs at Dolans on March 4th Cead isteach: €10/Admission: €10 Céim Thursday March 5th, 1.15 pm Students, Faculty and staff of the University of Limerick will take to the floor in a lunch-time session of set dancing to celebrate the launch of the staff and faculty social dance club entitled Céim. Venue: Performing Arts Centre, Lr Ground Floor, Foundation Building, UL
inclusive, and all-embracing society for research of dance in Ireland, conceived in both local and global senses. The purpose of DRFI is to encourage, promote, develop and support research and scholarship of dance, in all its manifestations, in Ireland and abroad. The Forum provides a platform for presentation, discussion, and critical reflection on issues relating to dance. This symposium is a oneday event of presentations by students. These presentations include both academic research and dance works-in-progress. Information relating to Dance Research Forum Ireland is available at: www. danceresearchforumireland.org
Supported by Culture Ireland Academos
Academos Irish World Academy Strings
is the Graduate Orchestra of the Classical Strings Programme at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick. Established in 2008, ACADEMOS Irish World Academy Strings tours internationally each year as an integral part of its educational programme. Orchestra members are fulltime registered postgraduate students on the two-year MA Classical String Performance programme. The internationally acclaimed Visiting Professors are Dr Bruno Giuranna (Viola), Mariana Sirbu (Violin), and Michael Wolf (Double Bass). The Cello
ACADEMOS was formally launched at its first public concert which took place at The Button Factory, Temple Bar Dublin in 2008, and makes its European debut at Le Centre Culturel Irlandais Paris on Friday March 13th, in ther presence of Her Excellency Anne Anderson, Irish Ambassador to France, with the support of the Centre Culturel Irlandais and Culture Ireland.
Wednesday 1st April
St Mary’s Cathedral Limerick, 8 pm The Irish World Academy, in association with Note Productions is pleased to present the premiere performance of Anáil Dé - The Breath Of God, a major new work by iconoclastic composer Gavin Bryars for traditional singer Iarla O’Lionáird. Anáil Dé - The Breath of God is based on pre-1600 texts from Ancient Irish spiritual manuscripts selected by the artists. The premiere concerts will be performed by Gavin Bryars, Iarla Ó’Lionáird and The Crash Ensemble. This new project is a unique a special meeting of traditional Irish music and modern European composition. Gavin Bryars is best known for his iconoclastic works such as Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet and The Sinking of the Titanic. Iarla Ó’Lionáird acclaimed work fuses the traditions of seannós with modern electronic music and
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The Arts Council of Ireland and RTE lyric fm and produced by Note Productions.
Iarla Ó Lionáird
soundscapes. Bryars is one of the key icons of European modern music, who first came to attention in 1975 with his first major work, The Sinking of the Titanic, released on Brian Eno’s Point label. He followed this with the renowned Jesus Blood Never Failed Me Yet featuring Tom Waits. Bryars’ music draws on his minimalist training with John Cage and the ambient influences of Brian Eno. One of the great composers at work today, his music is marked by its emotional power. His is a deeply humanist modern musician at once iconoclastic and emotionally charged.
Friday April 24th The Songs That Saved Your Life (Again)… A Symposium on Morrissey Jointly organised by the Irish World Academy and the Department of Sociology at the University of Limerick.
Iarla Ó Lionáird has become known as the ethereal voice of the Afro-Celt Soundsystem. Yet with his latest project, he looks set to launch a solo career of groundbreaking innovation. His last project and album Invisible Fields melds the ancient echoes of sean-nós with the future sounds of today’s sonic explorers. The Crash Ensemble is Ireland’s leading contemporary ensemble. Since its first sold-out concert in Dublin in 1997, the group has attracted enthusiastic audiences for its particular blend of music, video and electronics. Crash has commissioned or premiered a large amount of works by many composers incuding Raymond Deane, Donnacha Dennehy, Arnold Dreyblatt, Michael Gordon, and Kevin Volans. Anáil Dé is a new commission funded by the
Morrissey
Last April over 250 people attended our half-day symposium on Morrissey and The Smiths. The event attracted fans from all over Ireland and beyond as well as widespread media interest. Just days prior to Morrissey’s Irish leg of his 2009 “Years of Refusal” tour, this year’s day-long symposium will celebrate Morrissey’s 20 year career as a solo-recording artist. This unique event will feature Irish and international speakers presenting papers on Morrissey which will examine, amongst other themes, his iconic status amongst immigrant Latino fans in Los Angeles; Morrissey and Italian popular culture, as well as his use of ambiguity in the construction of his identity. There will be a special focus on current debates about fandom and we are proud to
be able to present the European premiere of Kerri Koch’s (2008) documentary on Morrissey’s Latino fans called ‘Passions Just Like Mine’. The event will also include guest speaker Len Brown – author of the bestselling book ‘Meetings with Morrissey’. Len Brown has interviewed Morrissey more than any other music journalist. The Symposium will conclude with an evening gig (in Dolan’s Warehouse, Limerick) by the tribute band These Charming Men. From Dublin, These Charming Men have re-created the music of Morrissey and The Smiths all over the world playing The Smiths Convention in LA and even deputising for Morrissey at a rock festival in Tokyo! These Charming Men were included in a Sunday Tribune (2008) magazine feature on Morrissey/Smiths tribute bands and they successfully re-create the experience of attending a Morrissey/Smiths gig. A full list of conference speakers and further details will be available on the Irish World Academy and Department of Sociology websites from February 1st 2009. www.irishworldacademy.ie Venue: University of Limerick (room TBA) Conference Registration: Symposium Only: €15 Symposium + These Charming Men gig at Dolan’s Warehouse: €20 Early booking is advisable. All Registration Details and Inquiries: eoin.devereux@ul.ie Dr. Eoin Devereux, Senior Lecturer & Head of Department, Department of Sociology, Faculty of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick
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June 4th to 7th Announcing The inaugural meeting of the International Association for Music and Medicine The Irish World Academy is to host the inaugural meeting of the founding board of the International Association for Music and Medicine at the University of Limerick. Inspired and developed by Dr Joanne Loewy (US) and Dr David Aldridge (Germany) the International Association for Music and Medicine provides an integrative perspective on applied music in health care delivery settings that aims to highlight clinical practice and research initiatives. The association will meet in Limerick to refine its organisational structures, and to elect officers. Clinical papers are to be presented also and some of these will be open to the public. Further details of open events will be posted on the Irish World Academy web site and also at: http://web.mac.com/nordoff_robbins/iWeb/ IAMM/Home.html Professor Jane Edwards is a founding member of the board of the IAMM and will Chair the event in Limerick. Dr Simon Gilbertson, lecturer in music therapy, and Alison Ledger HRB Music Therapy Research Fellow are coorganisers of the event. Founding board members of IAMM: David Aldridge (Germany) PhD, FRSM Eckart Altenmüller (Germany) PhD MD Shelley Andrews (US) Sandra Bertman (US) PhD, FT Lars Ole Bonde, (Denmark) PhD Vera Brandes (Austria) Alicia Clair (US-mid west) PhD MT
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Stephen Clift (UK) PhD Cheryl Dileo (US) PhD, MT-BC Jane Edwards (Ireland) PhD MT Kahil El’Zabar (US) PhD Jaakko T. Erkkilä (Finland) PhD Sunelle Fouché (Africa) Tian Gao PhD (China), MT James S. Gordon (US) MD Suzanne Hanser (US) PsyD, MT-BC Viktoria Korneeva (US) MT (International Management) Joanne Loewy (US) DA, LCAT, MT-BC Lucanne Magill (Canada) DA, MT-BC Clare O’Callaghan (Australia) PhD, MT Stephan Quentzel (US) MD, PHd Mohammad Reza Abdollahnejad (Australia) PhD Fred Schwartz (US-South) MD Pr. Sergey V. Shushardzhan (Russia) MD Bussakorn Sumrongthong (Thailand) MD Mohan Sundararaj (India) MBBS, MD, BMus, MT, ATCL Patsy Tan (Singapore) PhD MT-BC Connie Tomaino (US) DA, LCAT, MT-BC Gerhard Tucek (Austria) PhD, MT Alan Turry (US) DA, LCAT, MT-BC, NRMT Patravoot Vatansapt (Thailand) MD, MS Tony Wigram (Denmark, UK) PhD
June 22nd to July 3rd BLAS Summer School of Irish Traditional Music and Dance Blas 2009 is the thirteenth annual two-week summer school of Irish traditional music and dance to be hosted by the Irish World Academy at the University of Limerick. Under the directorship for the third year by Carl Corcoran, the tutor list for Blas 2009 is made up of some of the best-known traditional musicians, singers and dancers. Confirmed
to tutor and perform at a series of Blas 2009 concerts are: Donal Lunny, Tony McManus, Karan Casey, Martin Hayes, Dennis Cahill, Conal Ó Gráda, Colin Dunne, Matt Cranitch, Tommy Hayes, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Jim Higgins and many more. Places still remain, and tuition can be offered on a one-week as well as a two-week basis. Class sizes are small, often allowing one-toone contact with tutors. Blas also offers daily lectures and master classes, Irish language classes plus a whole range of activities including field trips, sessions, concerts & céilís, but above all, the opportunity to share tunes with the finest exponents of Irish traditional and dance. With no more than 50 places on offer, Blas students receive a high level of attention from tutors and organisers, with on-campus accommodation provided in the university’s luxurious student villages.
Martin Hayes
Further information, updates and application forms at www.blas.ie or call + 353 (0) 61 202917
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Community Cultural Pathways
The Centre for Indigenous Instrumental Music and Dance Practices of Africa
Barry Douglas conducts Camerata Ireland at the Sionna Festival, November ’07 © Maurice Gunning
Meki Nzewi
The Centre for Indigenous Instrumental Music and Dance Practices of Africa, or CIIMDA for short, aims to promote and advance the learning of the philosophy, theory and human meaning of African instrumental music and dance practices in classroom music education in SADC countries. CIIMDA researches, promotes and advances Africa’s indigenous cultural heritage in which the musical arts is a most important knowledge area. This project started in 2004 in partnership with Concert Norway, Rikskonsertene, and is funded by the Norwegian Foreign Office. There are currently six countries involved: Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, and Zambia. Through its connection with Professor Meki Nzewi, a founder-member of CIIMDA, the Irish World Academy has enjoyed a special relationship with CIIMDA, which has now been formalised through the Stepping Stones initiative. Part of the remit of Stepping Stones involves the identification of global partners who will assist the Academy in locating highly talented musicians and dancers from around the world to take part in the Academy’s BA Voice and Dance, facilitated by the Stepping Stones international scholarships. CIIMDA and the Irish World Academy are also actively engaged in developing a programme which will support faculty and student exchange in the future. Professor Meki Nzewi and Professor Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin are both former students of the renowned ethnomusicologyist John Blacking, who was Chair of Social Anthropology at Queen’s University Belfast. This CIIMDA/Irish World Academy shared initiative reflects the global influency of Blacking on World Music and Dance education.
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BA Student Scholarships Irish World Academy Kate Weatherly and Erik Killops, both first year students of the Irish World Academy’s BA Irish Music and dance were also awarded new bursaries, funded by the University of Limerick Foundation. These bursaries were awarded on their attaining the highest SATS scores for incoming US students to first year at the University of Limerick.
Stepping Stones The Stepping Stones initiative is a five year development plan for the strategic growth of the Irish World Academy. The initiative is funded by the Atlantic Philanthropies (TAP) and coincides with the development of a specialist physical space for performing arts at the University of Limerick. Stepping Stones will expand the current performance focus of music and dance to include ‘theatrical’ arts as well as the development of arts practice research at the doctoral level. This development also incorporates new faculty and administrative posts to support growth across programmes. The Stepping Stones scholarships will target international students from culturally rich but economically challenged parts of the world, who wish to study Voice or Dance as part of the Academy’s new BA programme in Voice and Dance.
Certificate in Music & Dance Irish World Academy The Irish World academy will present a Certificate in Music and Dance in 2009.The
certificate is a progression and access based programme from the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick. This course can be offered as a two-year part time course at different sites, or full-time for one year. The Certificate differs significantly from other music and dance programs on offer. As it can involve learning by distance, it enables the learner to complete modules from home, community centres or indeed while still in employment. The course includes occasional master classes and tutorials. Designed to suit the needs and timetable of the individual learner, the course is both flexible and diverse. Those who graduate from the Certificate will be considered for a place in second year of the full-time BA Irish Music and Dance offered at the University of Limerick. Criteria for progression will be based on a number of places available, relevance of performance and academic achievement on the Certificate. For further information please contact: Julie Tiernan at +353-61-234747 or julie.tiernan@ul.ie
Irish World Academy Regneration Outreach at St Enda’s School The Irish World Academy recently undertook an outreach project at St Enda’s Community School in Limerick. Music is not yet a subject at the multi-denominational, co-educational school. The project was directed by Jean Downey, Chair of the MA in Community Music course at the Academy and was facilitated by
Paul Browne and Antonio Garcia-Lopez, both graduates of the course. The purpose of the project was to introduce students to music through a series of eleven Community Music workshops and to explore cooperative creative music making. Participants were introduced to a wide variety of musical instruments including Guitar, Violin, Percussion and Voice. ‘Self Build’ instruments were also presented discussed and played. Music genres were explored that included African and South American Rhythms, Popular Rock, Metal and Choral works. Most of the participants expressed a wish that workshops might be available in future school terms and that they might have an opportunity to own and learn to play a musical instrument.
Academos Irish World Academy Strings ACADEMOS Irish World Academy Strings is the Graduate Orchestra of the Classical Strings Programme at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick. Established in 2008, ACADEMOS Irish World Academy Strings will tour internationally each year as an integral part of its educational programme. Orchestra members are fulltime registered postgraduate students on the two-year MA Classical String Performance programme. The internationally acclaimed Visiting Professors are Dr Bruno Giuranna (Viola), Mariana Sirbu (Violin), and Michael Wolf (Double Bass). The Cello programme is taught by the Course Leader, Hungarian cellist Ferenc Szücs, who is also Artistic Director of ACADEMOS. ACADEMOS operates in full association with the Irish Chamber Orchestra, Ireland’s leading international orchestra which has
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been resident at the Irish World Academy since its inception in 1994. The leader of the Irish Chamber Orchestra along with the line leaders combine with ACADEMOS Irish World Academy Strings in its international touring schedule thus providing a unique opportunity for the graduate performers to further their professional knowledge and experience to the highest standards. ACADEMOS was formally launched in 2008 at it first public concert which took place at The Button Factory, Temple Bar, Dublin, in association with Temple Bar Cultural Trust. It will perform its European debut in Paris on March 13th 2009, supported by Culture Ireland in the Centre Culturel Irlandais.
Cruinniú and Céim Cruinniú
Cruinniú (meaning ‘Gathering’) and Céim (meaning ‘Step’) are the titles of two Irish World Academy outreach initiatives which have seen staff from all walks of university life engaging in weekly classes/sessions of Irish traditional music (Cruinniú) and set-dancing (Céim) each Tuesday Wednesday from 1 – 2 pm in music room B, on the lower ground floor of
the Foundation Building. These sessions are open to all, with beginners especially welcome. The sessions are facilitated by a number of people within the group, as well as by some students and staff of the Irish World Academy. Cruinniú launched an album of the same name in October 2007, the proceeds of were donated to St Vincent’s School, Lisnagry. The group also took part in a ‘Wren Day’ fundraising drive on the UL campus in December, raising further funds for St Vincent’s. New members are always welcome. Further information from noel.mccarthy@ul.ie
Leighas an Cheoil Music & Healing The MA in Music Therapy provides a regular programme of activities to promote knowledge of music therapy in the wider community. Aptly titled Leigheas an Cheoil, or ‘Music and Healing’; clinical outreach, free open-access public seminars, and media publicity all come under its remit. Students of the MA in Music Therapy undertake supervised clinical practice training in a range of health and educational settings in Ireland, and occasionally abroad. Free public music therapy seminars and other outreach events promote music therapy as a mainstream allied health discipline in Ireland and beyond. Staff of the music therapy programme undertake research, consultancy, and development advisory work in collaboration with qualified music therapists and health service managers. Further information: Professor Jane Edwards, email: Jane.Edwards@ul.ie
Maoin Cheoil an Chláir (MCC) Maoin Cheoil an Chláir was set up through Rural Resources Development in 1993. Designed by Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin in consultation with Fr Harry Bohan and Clare Music Council, MCC is a music school, which caters equally for classical and traditional music. The school acts as a potential model for other similar music schools in other local authority areas throughout Ireland. In partnership with the Vocational Education Committee of Co Clare and with the assistance of Clare County Council and Ennis Urban District Council, Maoin Cheoil an Chláir is a local co-operative model serving the musical needs of County Clare through its headquarters in the 18th century Erasmus Smith School building owned by the Sisters of Mercy in Ennis. Maoin Cheoil an Chláir has a special relationship with the Irish World Academy with two of its faculty on the MCC Board (chaired by Professor Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, with Irish World Academy director of the Music Education Programmes. Jean Downey). The recently-appointed new director of Maoin Cheoil is Hans Böller, a graduate of the Irish World Academy’s Ritual Chant and Song programme. Further information on Maoin Cheoil an Chláir: + 353 65 6841774
Nomad outreach workshop at the Irish World Academy, 2007
The Nomad Project The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance has a strong community outreach aspect built into its design. The Nomad project has attracted visionary funding from the Higher Education Authority to facilitate access to the performing arts cultures of the Irish Traveller community to a University environment. Directed by Niall Keegan and Sandra Joyce, Nomad explores relevant aspects of Traveller culture and to enable increasing interaction between the Traveller community and the university. The project has facilitated community outreach, performances, workshops and seminars and has a wide educational remit, as well as significance beyond third level and the Traveller community. A distance learning Certificate in Music is due to commence in 2009. Further information: Julie Tiernan, Nomad Project Director, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick. Email: Julie. tiernan@ul.ie
The Sanctuary Project Sanctuary is an Irish World Academy outreach project, which seeks to build bridges between
higher education and refugee, asylum seeking and new migrant communities in Ireland. Since its inception in 2001, Sanctuary has hosted six international world sacred music festivals, bringing musicians from Zimbabwe, South Africa, Senegal, Nigeria, Greece, Russia, Norway, Sweden, Croatia, Vietnam and Tibet to Limerick. In addition, Sanctuary has coordinated a number of music therapy and community music projects, several world music workshops and co-sponsored a conference on ‘Music and Migration’ with the NOMAD initiative. It has sponsored the publication of two books and several CDs including ‘To Lingana’ by ‘Elikya’, the first Congolese choir in Limerick and ‘Tu es ma lumière’ by ‘Bondeko’, an Ennis based group of musicians from the DRC, Kosovo, Italy and Ireland. Sanctuary is also committed to researching the challenges and opportunities of multiculturalism in Ireland, including the first ever comprehensive review of refugees and persons with leave to remain in Limerick city to be carried out by the Reception and Integration Agency in association with the Limerick Development Board. Sanctuary works in partnership with Doras Luimní, the support group for refugees, asylum seekers and migrants in Limerick. In November 2007, the Sanctuary Project facilitated three unique publications – an album, and two books, detailing the stories of a number of people who have come to Ireland to build a new life through music, poetry, painting and storytelling, all of which were launched at an event entitled ‘Sharing the Story’ during the Irish World Academy’s Sionna Festival of Music and Dance. Sanctuary is currently compiling a database of musicians and performing artists in the Munster area. Further information: Dr Helen Phelan, Phone: + 353 61 202575, Email: Helen.phelan@ul.ie
Culture Ireland/ Fulbright Ireland Fellowships Fulbright Commission awards scholarships for Irish citizens to lecture, research or study in the United States and for U.S. citizens to lecture, research or study in Ireland. In 2007, Irish World Academy Graduates Jimmy O’Brien Moran (PhD) and Tim Collins (MA) were awarded Culture Ireland/ Fulbright Ireland Scholarships to the Irish Studies programmes at Boston College and Glucksman Ireland House, New York University respectively. The 2008/2009 recipient is Dr. Drew Beisswenger.
The Chieftains Fund In memory of Derek Bell
The Chieftains
The Chieftains Fund recognises the increasing role played by universities around the world in supporting research and performance programmes in Irish traditional music and dance. With a view to nurturing, networking and cooperative communication between these programmes, The Chieftains Fund was established in 2003 in memory of harper, Derek Bell. The Chieftains Fund is based at the Irish World Academy at the University of Limerick and administered from there. Initial consultant partners with the Irish World Academy are The Irish Studies Program at Boston College; The Irish Studies Program at Glucksman Ireland House (New York University) and the Music Department at University College Cork.
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Donal Lunny
Director of the Irish World Academy’s MA Classical String Performance Ferenc Szucs in class Oct ’08 © Maurice Gunning
Dónal Lunny
Breandán de Gallaí
Cónaí Artists in Residence at the University of Limerick
In the words of the introductory editorial in this issue of Of Our Times: ‘We celebrate our movement into the light of a new year with the announcement of Dr Donal Lunny as an Artist-in-Residence. The first traditional music-linked member of the Irish Arts Councilsponsored Aosdána, he has been a central thread in the tapestry of Irish traditional music in its most creative interactive modes over a generation. He has been a Living Bridge between a deeply respected received tradition and a calling to renew that traditional within the acoustic ‘of our times’. There are many resonances between his work and that of the Academy, not least the shared desire to sound out the new spaces within us all that lead towards the unique fingerprint of our own individual cry’. His residency will feature masterclasses, workshops and concerts with students and recent graduates of the Irish World Academy.
Breandán de Gallaí Breandán’s professional dancing career began with Riverdance in Eurovision ‘94, and spanned 10 years. As Principal Dancer for 7 of those years, he performed in Europe, Asia, Australia and New Zealand, and led the company at the opening ceremony of the World Special Olympic Games in 2003. He has shared the stage with the principals of The Royal Ballet, Darcy Bussell and Wayne Sleep and has shared headline status with José Carreras. He has performed live for Presidents McAleese and Robinson of Ireland. He has also performed for the late King Hussein of Jordan, the Emperor of Japan, the late Diana,
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Princess of Wales, Prince Charles, Queen Elizabeth, Prince Rainier of Monte Carlo and Queen Sonia of Norway. In 2007 he returned to Riverdance as Dance Director. He regularly presents TV programs for RTÉ and TG4 and was external examiner for the MA in Irish dance performance in the University of Limerick from ’04 until ‘08. Breandán has completed “Balor”, a 90 minute contemporary Irish dance show to music composed by Joe Csibi. Breandán won a scholarship to study Ballet and Modern dance at the Gus Giordano dance academy in ‘87 and holds an honours degree in Applied Physics from DCU. He is delighted to be a student again, studying the MA in Ethnochoreology at the Irish World Academy.
Alison Ledger Health Research Board Fellow (Music Therapy)
Alison Ledger
Doctoral Research scholar in Music Therapy at the Irish World Academy, Alison Ledger is the 08/09 recipient of the Health Services Research Training Fellowship Award. The Health Services Research Training Fellowship is one of a number of research grants offered by the Irish Health Research Board (HRB). This particular fellowship aims to enable recipients to carry out Health Services Research in Ireland and to fulfil requirements of a postgraduate degree. Recipients receive a salary for up to 3 years, as well as additional funding for running costs. This is the first time the HRB has funded research on a music therapy topic.
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The Chieftains
With a career that spans forty-one years and forty-one albums, The Chieftains are not only Ireland’s premier musical ambassadors but also the most enduring and influential creative force in establishing the international appeal of Celtic music. Paddy Moloney, the group’s founder and front man, first brought together a group of local musicians in Dublin in 1962, fashioning an authentic instrumental sound that stood in sharp contrast to the slick commercial output of most Irish music at the time. The group’s first four albums, recorded between 1963 and 1974, established their worldwide reputation even as the group continued to perform on a semiprofessional basis. In 1988, they joined forces with fellow countryman Van Morrison on Irish Heartbeat which began an historic series of collaborations including recordings with James Galway, Jackson Browne, Elvis Costello, The Rolling Stones, Sting, Tom Jones, Sinead O’Connor, Linda Ronstadt, Los Lobos, Ry Cooder and many others. They also continued their acclaimed work in soundtracks, on such films as Treasure Island, Tristan And Isolde, The Grey Fox and Far and Away. In 1992, they recorded the double Grammy-winning Another Country, with performances by such country and bluegrass stars as Emmylou Harris, Ricky Skaggs, Willie Nelson, Chet Atkins and Don Williams. They returned to Nashville in 2002 for DOWN THE OLD PLANK ROAD, their 40th career album, featuring such special guests as Vince Gill, Lyle Lovett, Earl Scruggs, Alison Krauss, Martina McBride and others. Their continued association with the Irish World Academy takes shape annually in
a concert at the University Concert Hall Limerick, featuring students of the BA Irish Music and Dance.
Lucernarium Lucernarium is a vocal ensemble based at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance. The ensemble is run in association with the MA in Ritual Chant and Song and specialises in Gregorian chant and other religious ritual vocal repertoires. While the ensemble sings primarily within liturgical contexts, national recitals include performances at the Chester Beatty library and as part of the Anáil Dé, Breath of God Festival of World Sacred Music. The ensemble also sang the Good Friday liturgy which was broadcast for RTE television from St. John’s Cathedral, Limerick, in 2004. The group released its first CD. ‘Cúairt/ Visitation’ in autumn 2005 and performed at the Irish World Academy’s Sionna Festival in 2007. The current conductor and artistic director of Lucernarium is Paul McKeever. Further information: paul.mckeever@ul.ie
Irish Chamber Orchestra The Irish Chamber Orchestra comprises a hand-picked group of players, based at the University of Limerick since 1995, has built a reputation for the highest level of musical excellence, a vivid energy and a refreshing sense of warmth and wit. Violin virtuoso Anthony Marwood was appointed Artistic Director of the Orchestra and of the MBNA Shannon International Music Festival in 2006 and under his leadership an imaginative mix of some of the world’s finest musicians have been invited to work with the orchestra. The Irish Chamber Orchestra is funded by the Ar ts Council of Ireland/An Chomhairle Ealaíon.
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Chief Executive: John Kelly Artistic Director: Anthony Marwood Orchestra Manager: Gerard Keenan Press: Charlotte Eglington Marketing Manager: Boris Hunka Friends/Accounts: Margaret Kelly Further information: Tel: +353 61 202620 Email: ico@ul.ie www.irishchamberorchestra.info
artwork and design are also incorporated into his commissioned work. There have been several solo photographic exhibitions in recent years and a forthcoming photo book. The photographs throughout this brochure are all examples of his work documenting events at the Irish World Academy. www.mauricegunning.com Email: info@mauricegunning.com
University of Limerick Gospel Choir
Thomas Johnston, IRCHSS
Gospel is a powerful vocal tradition, intended to inspire, uplift and engage both the audience and the singer. The UL Gospel Choir embodies this intention in its performances, through a wide repertoire that ranges from traditional and contemporary Gospel to other related genres such as Blues, Soul and Funk. This year the choir is under the direction of Kathleen Turner, a graduate of the Irish World Academy and director of the city based ‘Limerick Gospel Choir.’ The choir continues its long established affiliation with ‘Hope and Homes for Children’ and performs two fundraising concerts a year for the organisation.
Scholar-in-Residence
Maurice Gunning Photographer-in-Residence Maurice Gunning has been working as Photographer-in-Residence since 2004 with the Irish World Academy. Concentrating on fine art documentary photography as well as specializing in dance, music and theatre photography Maurice has worked with many of the country’s leading traditional & classical musicians and contemporary & traditional dancers. He has received grants from the Irish Heritage Council as well as commissions from theatre companies, actors and independent musicians. CD
From Scotstown, Co. Monaghan, uilleann pipes and whistle player Thomas Johnston graduated with First Class Honours from the BA Irish Music & Dance at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick in 2006. He was subsequently awarded a place on the University’s Advanced Scholars Programme, where he commenced a Masters Degree by Research. His research has as its broad subject, ‘the experience’ of Irish traditional music, by music teachers and students, in the context of the Irish PostPrimary School system. The focus of this study is the process of transmission of Irish traditional music within the classroom and the attitudes, perceptions and specific practices of participants, namely students and teachers, in their approach to this particular musical genre in this educational setting. Thomas has presented at the 28th International Society of Music Education’s World Conference in Bologna, Italy (July 2008), and also Ceol Cois Farraige, the Post-Primary Music Teachers’ Association’s National Music Conference & AGM in Galway (November 2008). His research
interests include Irish traditional music in formal education, pedagogical approaches to the study of world musics in formal education, music and human experience, music education philosophy and, local music education services.
Thomas Johnston
Thomas was recently awarded the Irish Research Council for the Humanities & Social Science’s (IRCHSS) Post-Graduate Scholarship for the duration of his studies. His Masters thesis is entitled The Bloom of Youth – Experiencing Irish Traditional Music in Post-Primary Education.
Irish World Academy students Brid Dunne and Katie Boyle with Bobby McFerrin during his workshop, May ‘08
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Clár Programmes at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance
BA Irish Music & Dance
MA Irish Traditional Dance Performance
Sandra Joyce, Course Director (on sabattical) Phone: +353 61 202159 Email: Sandra.joyce@ul.ie Orfhlaith Ni Bhriain, Acting Course Director Phone: +353 61 202159 Email: orfhlaith.nibhriain@ul.ie Mats Melin, Lecturer in Dance Phone: +353 61 202542 Email: mats.melin@ul.ie Francis Ward, Acting Lecturer in Music Phone: +353 61 212653 Email: francis.ward@ul.ie
Dr Catherine Foley, Course Director Phone: +353 61 202922, Email:catherine.e.foley@ul.ie
MA Music Therapy Professor Jane Edwards, Course Director. Phone: +353 61 213122 Email: jane.edwards@ul.ie Dr Simon Gilbertson, Lecturer Phone: +353 61 234358 Email: simon.gilbertson@ul.ie
MA Irish Traditional Music Performance Niall Keegan, Course Director Phonr: +353 61 202565, Email: niall. keegan@ul.ie
Certificate Music and Dance Julie Tiernan, Coarse Director Phone: +353 61 234743 Email: julie.tiernan@ul.ie
MA Ritual Chant & Song Dr Helen Phelan, Course Director Phone: +353 61 202575 Email: Helen.phelan@ul.ie
MA Classical String Performance Ferenc Szucs, Course Director Phone: +353 61 202918 Email: ferenc.szucs@ul.ie
MA Community Music Community Music Board: Jean Downey (Chair) (on Sabattical) Professor Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin Dr. Helen Phelan Phone: +353 61 202590 Email: Helen.phelan@ul.ie
MA Contempory Dance Performance Mary Nunan, Course Director Phone: +353 61 213464 Email: mary.nunan@ul.ie
MA Ethnochoreology Dr Catherine Foley, Course Director Phone: +353 61 202922 Email: catherine.e.foley@ul.ie
MA Ethnomusicology Dr Colin Quigley, Course Director Phone: +353 61 202966 Email: colin.quigley@ul.ie
M. ED (Music) Grad. DIP Education (Music) Jean Downey, Course Director (on sabattical) Ernestine Healy, Acting Course Director Phone: + 353 61 213160 Email: ernestine.healy@ul.ie
Irish World Academy of Music and Dance
Scholarships
Students of the MA Irish Traditional Dance Performance, Spring ‘08
The EMI Music Sound Foundation
EMI Music Sound Foundation was established by EMI in 1997 to commemorate the centenary of EMI Records. EMI Music Sound Foundation is an independent charity. EMI Music Sound Foundation is now the single largest sponsor of Specialist Performing Arts Colleges in England and has created vital bursaries at music colleges to assist needy music students. In 2005, EMI Music Sound Foundation is extending its remit to cover the Irish World Academy in Ireland. A Bursary of â‚Ź8000 has been made available on an annual basis towards the establishment of the EMI Music Sound Foundation Bursary in Community Music at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance. Applicants should normally be under 25 years of age and should have applied for admission to the MA Community Music at the Irish World Academy. In certain instances, bursary applications may be considered with applications for admission to Irish World Music Academy other than Community Music. The criteria for selection of a bursary winner will include the excellence of the CV submitted as well as evidence of financial need. There is no separate application form. A relevant CV should be included with the application form for admission to the relevant degree programme along with a covering letter applying for the bursary and sent to Melissa Carty, Irish World Academy, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland.
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Patrons: Sir George Martin Sir Paul McCartney Yoko Ono Sir Simon Rattle Sir Cliff Richard Diana Ross Mstislav Rostropovich Tina Turner A relevant CV should be included with the application form for admission to the relevant degree programme along with a covering letter applying for the bursary and sent to: Melissa Carty, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland. Phone: +353 61 202590 Email: Melissa.carty@ul.ie
Trustees of Muckross House Scholarship for Irish Traditional Dance The Muckross House Folk Museum in Killarney Co Kerry has links with the Irish World Academy through Dr Catherine Foley, director of the MA Irish Traditional Performance. The Trustees of Muckross House have generously donated a scholarship which is available to students of the MA Irish Traditional Dance Performance. This year’s recipient is Anna Shalabudova from Russia. Applications to Dr Catherine Foley Phone: +353 61 202922, Email: catherine.e.foley@ul.ie
The RTÉ Lyric fm Scholarship
Amhránaí Cónaithe ar an Sean-nós
for Classical String Performance
(Sean-nós Singer-in-Residence)
RTÉ lyric fm has been a strong supporter of the Irish World Academy since RTE launched its classical music station in 1999. The RTE lyric fm Scholarship is available to students wishing to study on the MA in Classical String Performance. Applications to Ferenc Szucs, Director, MA Classical String Performance, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick. Phone: +353 61 202918 Email: ferenc.szucs@ul.ie
Irish World Academy Research Fee Waivers A limited number of full or partial fee waivers are available for PhD research students at the Irish World Academy. There is no application deadline for these fee waivers, which will be discussed as part of the consultative process in assessing any research application. Enquiries for doctoral research should be addressed in the first instance to the appropriate course director specialist or to Professor Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Director, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick. Phone: +353 61 202590 Email: Melissa.carty@ul.ie All applications in the first instance should be sent to the course director of the appropriate MA programme. Late applications may be accepted.
Tá iarratais á lorg d’amhránaí cónaithe ar an sean nós in Ionad na nAmhrán, Damh Cruinne Éireann, Ollscoil Luimnigh. Is faoi choimirce Fhoras na Gaeilge atá an ceapachán á mhaoiniú. Roghnófar an t-iarrthóir is fearr ar a c(h)omhghníomhú le haon cheann de na cúrsaí M.A. ag ICCÉ. Rinne roinnt de na hamhránaithe a ceapadh cheana staidéar ar an MA Cantaireachta agus Amhrán an Deasghnátha agus are an MA san Eitneacheoleolaíocht. Feicfear sonraí na gcúrsaí atá ar fail ag an ICCÉ ina n-iomláine ar shuíomh idirlín an ionaid [www.irishworldacademy.ie]. Ba chóir d’aon iarrthóir gur spies leis/leí tuilleadh eolais faoi choinníollacha aon chúrsa ar leith teagmháil a dhéanamh, de réir an tsuímh idirlín, le Stiúrthóir an chúrsa sin. Ba cheart iarratas, le CV a sheoladh chuig ‘Amhránaí Cónaithe ar an sean-nós’. Ionad na nAmhrán, Ionad Cheol Cruinne Éireann, Ollscoil Luimnigh, Luimneach. Tuilleadh eolais: Teil: +353 61 202149 Ríomhphost: melissa.carty@ul.ie
Sean-nós Singer-in-Residence (Amhránaí Cónaithe ar an Sean-nós) The Irish World Music Academy of Music and Dance invites applications for SeanNós Singer-in-Residence. This initiative is sponsored by Foras na Gaeilge. The successful applicant will be chosen on the understanding that he or she will undertake one of the Irish World Academy’s MA programmes during the year-long residency. Previous Sean-Nós Singers in Residence at the Academy have engaged in both the
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MA in Chant and Ritual Song and the MA in Ethnomusicology. Applications with a CV should be sent to ‘Sean-Nós Singer in Residence’, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, Limerick. Details of all Irish World Academy MA programmes are available on the website at www.irishworldacademy.ie Further information: Phone: +353 61 202590; Email: melissa.carty@ul.ie
The William V. Shannon Fellowship at Boston University was established in l989 in memory of William Shannon to commemorate his dedication to education and to Ireland. Appointed United States Ambassador to Ireland by President Jimmy Carter, Shannon served from l977 to l981. Upon his return from Ireland, and until his death in l989, Ambassador Shannon was a University Professor and Professor of History at Boston University. The Shannon Fellowship provides funding for a graduate student from Ireland to attend Boston University for a year or more. Since the Fellowship was established, a number of Fellows have studied at Boston University. They travelled B.U. from the University of Limerick, Trinity College, University College Dublin, and from Dublin City University. The Fellowship continues to facilitate links between the music education programmes at Boston University and at the Irish World Academy by funding students from the Irish World Academy to complete their teaching practice in Boston public schools. The Fellowship also facilitates on-going postgraduate research in music education. Further information: Jean Downey, Course Director, Grad Dip Education (Music)/M. Ed Education (Music): Phone: +353 61 213120, Email: jean.downey@ul.ie Further information on all MA programmes, scholarships and fee waivers can be had from the Irish World Academy website: www.irishworldacademy.ie
Other Programmes & Arts Offices University of Limerick
Students of the MA Contemporary Dance Performance, Spring ’07 © Maurice Gunning
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College of Science: Graduate Diploma/
College of Informatics & Electronics:
with the Irish World Music Centre.
Master of Arts in Dance (Part Time)
The Interaction Design Centre (IDC) MA in Interactive Multimedia
Faculty Dr. Gareth Cox (Head of Department) Dr. Paul Collins Dr. Michael Murphy Gwen Moore Dr. John O’Flynn Karen Power (Music Technician) Colette Davis (Staff Accompanist) Departmental Enquiries: Secretary: +353 61 204507 Email: musicinfo@mic.ul.ie Website: www.mic.ul.ie
The Graduate Diploma in Dance is a oneyear, part time programme of study. The Graduate Diploma in Dance enables participants to acquire the necessary skills to teach at Leaving Certificate Physical Education level by focusing on the aesthetic/ artistic/dance components of such a certificate. The emphasis is on participants’ own professional development. Students who satisfy the University’s entrance requirements for transfer to a master’s degree may be considered for admission to the master’s programme. The object of the programme is to interested teachers with a unique opportunity to develop appropriate dance education skills, the course aims to promote dance culture and develop greater participation in the art of dance in Ireland. Course director: Ms. Teresa Leahy, Department: Physical Education and Sport Sciences. Phone: +353 61 202807, Email: Teresa.Leahy@ul.ie
College of Informatics & Electronics: The Centre for Computational Musicology & Computer Music MA/MSC in Music Technology The Master’s Degree in Music Technology is a 12-month intensive course that is designed specifically for musicians from all disciplines. The course is aimed at graduates who are interested in combining technological competence with artistic endeavour. Director: Jürgen Simpson, Phone: +353 61 202782, Email: jurgen.simpson@ul.ie www.csis.ul.ie
The MA in Interactive Multimedia is a 12-month intensive course that is designed specifically for art and design graduates who are interested in pursuing studies, which combine technological competence with design/artistic endeavour. The convergence of computer and media technologies offers unique opportunities for design/artists to exploit their potential in new areas, across a wide range of activities, such as recording, multimedia, software, broadcasting and education. Director: Mikael Fernström, Phone: +353 61 202606, Email: mikael.fernstrom@ul.ie www.csis.ul.ie
Department of Music Mary Immaculate College Mary Immaculate College, Limerick was founded in 1898 and became a recognised college of the National University of Ireland in 1974 before being academically integrated with the University of Limerick in 1991. The College occupies a mature campus on the South Circular Road in the suburbs of Limerick City and student enrolment currently stands at 2,700. The Department of Music offers music for the B.Ed and BA (Liberal Arts) programmes as well as a taught MA in Music Education and other postgraduate degrees to doctoral level by research (Graduate Assistantships @ €6,600 p.a. plus fee waiver available). Regular choral and chamber concerts (see website) are a vital part of the life of the Department. There are close ties and many cross-campus ventures
Arts Offices at the University of Limerick Arts Officer: Patricia Moriarty Phone: +353 61 20 2130 patricia.moriarty@ul.ie Visual Arts Officer: Yvonne Davis Phone: +353 61 21 3052 Yvonne.davis@ul.ie Irish Language Officer/ Stiúrthóir na Gaeilge: Deirdre Ní Loingsigh Phone: +353 61 213463 deirdre.niloingsigh@ul.ie Further information on the Irish World Academy’s courses, concerts, seminars and special events: Phone: +353 61 202917 Fax: +353 61 202589 Email: ellen.byrne@ul.ie
www.irishworldacademy.ie
Final Performance, MA Irish Traditional Dance Students, May ‘08
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Design: www.alphaset.ie
Foundation Building University of Limerick Limerick, Ireland Phone: +353 61 202590