20 years of music and dance scholarship.
A full day of talks, panels, and discussions featuring leading voices in ethnomusicology and ethnochoreology in Ireland, a long with Book launches and other celebrations.
Dedication to Prof Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin
with Keynote Speaker: Dr Huib Schippers
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Tradition and Transformation: Twenty Years of ICTMD Ireland. ICTMD Ireland is delighted to host a day of papers, performances, and panel discussions at MTU Bishopstown celebrating two decades of ethnomusicological and ethnochoreological research in Ireland. The event features keynote speaker Huib Schippers and a special tribute to Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin. Showcasing leading scholars, artists, and cultural practitioners, the symposium explores themes of tradition, sustainability, gender, and creativity. Hosted in partnership with MTU Arts Office, this vibrant gathering not alone celebrates the achievements of its members, it highlights Ireland’s contribution to the global study of music and dance traditions and marks an exciting milestone for the national committee.
For the full programme click on this link: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GWwaQ7ZKx2eFpVJZpALShCLER7GalhV-/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=102416789287752657468&rtpof=true&sd=true
ICTMD Ireland
Supports research, performance, and community practice.
Publisher of Ethnomusicology Ireland journal and Spéis Bulletin.
Hosts annual symposiums, networking, and collaborative projects.
Join us and be part of an international community dedicated to the study and practice of traditional music and dance.
FOR FULL PROGRAMME:
Programme
8.45 - 9.15
Registration
9.15-9.30
Welcome by ICTMD Chair & Host – MTU Arts Office
9.30 – 10.45
Panel 1: Locating the Field - Ethnomusicology and Ethnochoreology in Ireland
Chair: Colette Moloney
Thérèse Smith – An Irish Ethnomusicology
Catherine Foley – Situating Ethnochoreology in Ireland: Its Emergence and Developments.
Aileen Dillane – Popular Music and Social Change: Reflections on Gender, Diversity, and Inclusion in Irish Scholarship and Applied Research
Ann-Marie Hanlon & Anna Falkenau – Twenty Years of ICTMD Ireland: Inception, Development, and Trajectories, 2005–2025
10.45- 11.15
Break - James Barry Exhibition Centre
11.00 - 11.15
Book Launch - Essays on Music, Politics and Resistance: Sounding Empowerment (CSP)
Editors: Adrian Scahill and Helen Lawlor
Introduced by Lónán Ó Briain,
11.15-12.30
Panel 2a: Critical Perspectives on Tradition, Identity, and Nationalism in Music
Main Theatre
Chair: Simon Millar
Caoimhe Ní Riain & Colm Kelly – Reframing Traditions: Irish Musical Identity in a Supracultural Era
Felix Morgenstern – Intercultural Transactions: Irish Traditional Music, Nationalism, and Nostalgia in German-Speaking Europe
Kevin McNally & Kelly Boyle – Tiga Tahun Gamelan di UCC / 30 Years of Gamelan at UCC
Panel 2b: Music & Sustainability
The Hive
Chair: Susan Motherway
Solomon Gwerevende – Performing Indigenous Sustainability in Zimbabwe: Living Heritage and Cultural Policies for Sustainable Development
Chara Charalambous – Oral Transmission and Cultural Sustainability in the Ethno Programme
Aoife Ní Laoire – From Archive to Access: Reawakening Irish-Language Songs in the National Folklore Collection
12:30 – 13:00
Lunch – Food Court, Block B
13:00 – 14:00
Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin Remembered
Moderator: Helen Gubbins
Helen Phelan – Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin: A Life in Music
Cormac McCarthy – Piano Recital
14:00 – 14:15
Welcome Address – Alistair Payne, Dean of Arts, MTU
14:15 – 15:15
Keynote Address – Huib Schippers
Of Causes and Communities: The Rise of Applied Ethnomusicology
15:15 – 15:30
Break – James Barry Exhibition Centre
15:15 – 15:30
Book Launch – Women in Irish Traditional Music by Joanne Cusack (Boydell & Brewer) introduced by Méabh Ní Fhuartháin, Editor Ethnomusicology Ireland.
15:30 – 16:45
Panel Discussion with Huib Schippers
Chair: Adrian Scahill
Jessica Cawley – Creative Tradition
Deirdre Moynihan – Music Network
Carthach Ó Nuaináin – MTU Cork
Toner Quinn – The Journal of Music
16:45 – 17:00
Closing Reflection – Lónán Ó Briain (ICTMD World Committee)
Followed by:
ICTMD Archive Development with NUIG Announcement
Speakers: Niamh Ní Charra, Anna Falkenau & Ann-Marie Hanlon
See more at www.ictmd.ie
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