Huge thanks to Anchal, MMus alumna, for sharing her insightful experience at @ucddublin.bsky.social
π¬Thinking of pursuing postgrad study in music?
Join our live webinar this Thurs, 3pm to learn more about the MMus Music and Culture!
Register: ucd-ie.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
MMus Music and Culture. Online Info Session. 29th May, 3pm
πΎ Online Webinar: 29th May, 3pm (Irish Time)
Find out more about the MMus Music & Culture course content, new scholarship opportunities and have a chance to ask our academics questions about studying with us!
Register here: docs.google.com/forms/d/1jtV...
We're excited to welcome Prof Deborah Wong (UC Riverside) to UCD tomorrow for her lecture 'Music and Conviviality: Empathy, Repair, and Homage'.
Prof Wong will explore the role of conviviality in music scholarship.
π Full abstract: bit.ly/4iNnG5W
πUCD Sutherland School of Law
π Wed 7 May, 5pm
ππ Sending positive vibes to everyone starting exams tomorrow πͺπ§ ππͺππππ
π’Calling all Early Career Ethno/Musicology Researchers
Join us in a discussion with Deborah Wong, UC Riverside this Wed 3pm to share research and discuss key challenges in Ethnomusicology.
Folks from all music disciplines are welcome!
bit.ly/3YZYW3o
@ucddublin.bsky.social
Currently recruiting masters students @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social for September. This year myself & composition students have worked with Crash Ensemble, Bozzini Quartet, and Line Upon Line amongst others. Contact me if interested in applying
people.ucd.ie/sean.l.clancy
On Wednesday 23 April, Dr Francesco Milella (UCD) will give a paper on βNavigating turbulent waters: Italian opera and the trauma of modernity at the end of the Spanish empire (1800-1830)β | HI Seminar Room H204 @ 1.10pm | ALL WELCOME!
Job Opportunity-Associate Conductor
We are seeking an Associate Conductor for the 2025β26 academic year. Open to students and non-students, this position is intended as an apprenticeship to aid in the development of an early-career conductor.
See here for details: journalofmusic.com/listing/17-0...
Delighted to see my article 'βReminiscence Therapyβ: Musical Nostalgia in the Star Wars Sequel Trilogy (2015β2019)' published in Γmergences! I've so much to say about these complex scores, far beyond the wordcount! But I try scratch the surface here!
publications-prairial.fr/emergences/i...
The UCD Trad Group were welcomed to the Irish Traditional Music Archives this week.
The group had a great time browsing the archive.
The visit finished up with a couple of tunes in the library while the archives secretary Bridie Flaherty danced a jig!
A great day π
Was wonderful to catch the first performance of βseismicβ by one of my PhD students ViktΓ³ria Ε inkorovΓ‘ last night played by @ucddublin.bsky.social Symphony Orchestra. Thanks to players for great job, Mary Walsh for conducting & Ciaran Crilly for facilitating project. @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social
Ah!! Two great eggs.
Hope ye both enjoyed the night!
A great couple of days for composers in @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social as they got to work with both @crashensemble.bsky.social and Line upon Line. Exciting stuff happening on campus
THIS EVENING!!
We are delighted to welcome @crashensemble.bsky.social this evening for their first performance in @ucddublin.bsky.social
They will be premiering works by postgraduate students Sebastian Adams, Xinyi Chen, Bethany Martin, Calum Quinn, and ViktΓ³ria Ε inkorovΓ‘.
7pm, Trapdoor Theatre
Had a fabulous workshop with Line Upon Line today in @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social . Great insights and lovely pieces from the students, including projecting an animated score onto the instrumentsβ¦
More fun tomorrow, as we welcome the mighty @crashensemble.bsky.social
Well done SeΓ‘n!!
Busy couple of days ahead for @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social composition students as we welcome not 1, but 2 acclaimed ensembles to campus. Delighted to be hosting both @crashensemble.bsky.social & Line Upon Line from the US to work with student composers on Thursday & Friday.
A nice job opportunity to work with the CCI Team in the School of Art History and Cultural Policy.
More Info: www.performingartsforum.ie/job/teaching...
Warmest congratulations to Subhashini Goda Venkataramani who successfully passed her PhD Viva Voce!
Here is Subha flanked by supervisor Dr @jaimejaimejones.bsky.social and external examiner Professor Rumya S. Putcha, University of Georgia.
The School is enormously proud of Subha's achievementπ
Job Opportunity: Ad Astra Fellow - Assistant Prof in Digital Music Cultures
Deadline Extended: 3rd March
The deadline to apply for the Assistant Prof in Digital Music Cultures has been extended to 3rd March.
So there is still plenty of time to get your application in!
www.ucd.ie/adastrafello...
Re-amplifying this job going in digital music cultures in @ucddublin.bsky.social @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social
Come work with me and many other nice people in arts & humanities. Plenty of opportunity to collaborate in the school & in the college
The search is deep & wide
www.ucd.ie/adastrafello...
Tomorrow: Placeholder Premiere, 4pm
Come along to the premiere of Placeholder, a short film about music and practice spaces in Ireland. Q+A with the filmmakers will be followed by a wine reception.
Friday 7 February 4pm - details here: tinyurl.com/ycxkxhyu
youtu.be/r5LGOfZEK7o?...
π¬RESCHEDULED DATE
Storm Γowyn delayed this screening, but we're back on track!
Join us for the premiere of Placeholder, a short film exploring DIY music and the fragile importance of practice spaces in Ireland.
π
7th Feb, 4 PM
πTrapdoor Theatre, Newman Building
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Just 3 days remain to submit your proposal for *The Expansive Canvas*! This international conference & symposium invites us to explore the large-scale forms of women composers in the long 19th centuryβthrough scholarship, performance, industry perspectives, & music education.
Huge congrats to @seanlclancy.bsky.social on receiving Project Funding from @artscouncilireland.bsky.socialπ
This will bring Plus Minus Ensemble to Ireland for the 1st time to perform SeΓ‘n's piece 'Where the Paths End' & record it with Lankum producer, John "Spud" Murphy β€οΈ
youtu.be/IwUx0RPt0DY?...
ππ Happy Lunar New Year to all our students and colleagues celebrating!
Job Opportunity!
Applications are open to join the School of Music as an Ad Astra Fellow - Assistant Prof in Digital Music Cultures in @ucddublin.bsky.social.
Please help us spread the news by sharing with anyone you think might be a good fit.
β° Closing date: 21st Feb @ 12:00pm
bit.ly/40RFfwi
π¨Seminar Alert, 29th Jan, 3:00pmπ¨
We are delighted to announce Dr SeΓ‘n Clancy (@seanlclancy.bsky.social) will be kicking off the Spring Research Seminar Series tomorrow with "Implicit Trust: Collaboration in New Music"
All are more than welcome to attend, J305, Newman Building
Poster for short film premiere of Placeholder, with still image of a live performance.
Come along to the premiere of Placeholder, a short film about music and practice spaces in Ireland. Q+A with the filmmakers will be followed by a wine reception. Friday 7 February 4pm - details here: tinyurl.com/ycxkxhyu
Welcome to the clann James!
We are so happy to have to teach with us this Spring π
