INBHEAR RESEARCH EVENT
Inbhear Research Event 10.30am - 4pm, Theatre 1, Irish World Academy Inbhear is a research development initiative based at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance dedicated to supporting the publication and dissemination of postgraduate and early career research. This initiative is being launched with a day-long seminar on January 19th, 2017, and is free and open to all. The research event will include a keynote address, and a series of workshops designed to support the development of research outputs. Events, where possible, will be podcast, and workshop materials will be made available online, creating a multi-media repository on the Irish World Academy website dedicated to supporting research dissemination. The materials collected will form part of an online resource hub, titled Inbhear, hosted on the Academy website. The aim of Inbhear is to provide targeted supports around research and dissemination for students working in the fields represented at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance. There will be an emphasis on exploring the publication and dissemination opportunities for students and researchers, as well as methods of representing performance, practice as research, and fieldwork within existing and emerging scholarly journals, books and related resources.
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Thursday January 19th
ACADEMY STUDENTS AT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LIMERICK
Wednesday February 1st ‘Sonas is Sláinte’ 1.15pm, University Hospital Limerick Students and staff of the Irish World Academy The Irish World Academy and University Hospital Limerick have been exploring ways in which to improve people’s experiences and change their impressions of a hospital environment. In Autumn 2015, a pilot project invited students of the Academy’s MA Music Therapy, BA Voice and Dance and BA Irish Music and Dance programmes to perform in a shared café space within the hospital. Following an extremely positive response, this new programme of concerts brings music to a healthcare setting with the aim of providing calm and restoration to patients, staff and visitors. ‘Sonas is Sláinte’ is a joint initiative of the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance (Dr Hilary Moss and Kathleen Turner) and University Hospital Limerick (Dr Paul Finucane).
Friday February 3rd The House of Light Ritual 9pm - 9am, Tower Theatre, Irish World Academy The House of Light is a biennial event including a Tower Seminar & ritual performance celebrating the Irish World Academy Building. Seminars over the years have included presentations about the Celtic/Zen garden, the Sionna mosaic, the ritual pit, as well as the story of the building as told by its architect, Daniel Cordier. Rituals have ranged from ceremonial performs by Nepalese shamans to Celtic monks. This year, House of Light is being curated by Mattu Noone, an Irish Research Council scholar who
HOUSE OF LIGHT
NATHANIEL GOW’S DANCE BAND
recently completed his doctoral studies at the Academy. The seminar and ritual focuses on the Festival of Saraswati, the Hindu goddess of music and learning. The ritual includes an all night concert in the Irish World Academy building on February 3rd, 2017 from 9pm-9am. It is a curated sharing of music from Irish traditional and Indian classical culture as well as other cultural offerings. It coincides with the festival of Bríd/Imbolc in Ireland and Saraswati festival from India. It is traditional to have an all night concert of music to celebrate Sarawasti as she is the Goddess of creativity. Invited guests include the internationally renowned veena player from Chennai, Karaikudi Subramanian, as well as a host of local Indian musicians.
Tuesday & Wednesday February 7th & 8th Past Present Scottish Pulse with Mairi Campbell and Nathaniel Gow’s Dance Band This two day celebration of the past and present in Scottish music, song and dance which will include BA and MA workshops and masterclasses, a Tower Seminar with a difference (bring your dancing shoes) a lunchtime concert with Nathaniel Gow’s Dance Band and Mairi Campbell’s celebrated solo show “ Mairi Campbell – Pulse” which will take place at 8pm in Theatre 1 on Tuesday the 7th of February. Mairi Campbell’s Pulse is a homecoming in viola, voice, movement, animation and storytelling. Pulse is the story of award-winning musician Mairi Campbell’s quest to heal cultural wounds, from classical training at London’s Guildhall, to love and danger in Mexico and discovering step-dancing in Cape Breton. See Lunchtime Concert ‘Nathaniel Gow’s Dance Band’, page 11. See Tower Seminar ‘Past Present Scottish Pulse with Nathaniel Gow’s Dance Band’, page 21.