Of Our Times Spring 2017

COFOOMUHRATIMIMSEESARTHA

Irish World Academy of Music and Dance SPRING
University of Limerick
2017EARRACH
Dámh Chruinne Éireann Rince agus Ceol
Ollscoil Luimnigh

Contents

Credits

General Editor: Dr Sandra Joyce
Editor and Comhaimseartha Coordinator: Jennifer de Brún
Text Editors: Fran Garry, Hannah Fahey
Photography: Maurice Gunning
Design: Joe Gervin
Venue Coordinator: Melissa Carty
Tuesday Lunchtime Performance Coordinator: Dr Sandra Joyce/Dr Niall Keegan
Wednesday Lunchtime Performance Coordinator: Jean Downey
Thursday Lunchtime Performance Coordinator: Lisa McLoughlin
Tower and Logos Coordinator: Dr Aileen Dillane
Taighde/Research Editor: Professor Helen Phelan
Ag Féachaint Siar/Recent Events and Special Events Coordinator: Jennifer de Brún

2 INTRODUCTION BY PROFESSOR DON BARRY, UL PRESIDENT
4 FACULTY AND STAFF
6 EMERITUS FACULTY
9 LUNCHTIME PERFORMANCE SERIES
19 TOWER SEMINAR SERIES
27 LOGOS SEMINAR SERIES
31 SPECIAL EVENTS
37 AG FÉACHAINT SIAR / RECENT EVENTS
45 BEALACH / COMMUNITY CULTURAL PATHWAYS
49 CÓNAÍ / ARTISTS IN RESIDENCE
53 TAIGHDE / RESEARCH
61 IRISH WORLD ACADEMY ENSEMBLES
63 SCHOLARSHIP AND AWARD RECIPIENTS
69 CLÁR / IRISH WORLD ACADEMY PROGRAMMES
72 OTHER PROGRAMMES AND ARTS OFFICES

Front cover: Máirtín O'Connor and Brendan McCarthy
performing at the Irish World Academy

Photograph © Maurice Gunning

Students of the MA Contemporary Dance Performance

Photograph © Maurice Gunning



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IRISH WORLD ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND DANCE

INTRODUCTION

PRESIDENT DON BARRY UL continues to be the only
dance on the island of Ir
A Chairde, note that the Contemp
new BA Performing Art
I am privileged to introduce this edition of Comhaimseartha contemporary dance in th
and to celebrate this latest phase of the evolution of outlined in a recent Arts
the Irish World Academy of Music & Dance at the Education report (2016).
University of Limerick.
Another innovation is the
There are many new and exciting initiatives to be will enable the Academy
considered in this publication as a roadmap along the genre and to introduce th
ground-breaking path being pioneered by the Academy. is being led by the new
Professor Mel Mercier an
The new BA Performing Arts is starting in September
2017, evolving from the BA Irish Music and Dance A new MA programme in
and BA Voice and Dance. With five new streams: Irish September 2017 – anothe
Music; Irish Dance; Voice; Contemporary Dance; and This will draw on the uni
World Music, it is sure to attract students from across made to the world of pop
the globe just as its predecessors have done over the particular. This new prog
years. interaction with Professo
Court, Chair in Creative W
Writing offered by AHSS.

I welcome the Academy’s r
with the Willie Clancy Su
most internationally re
Irish Traditional Music an
our own Blas Internatio
Traditional Music and Danc
will offer an accredited p
University of Limerick and

Kathleen Turner and Dávid Szabó

2 Photograph © Maurice Gunning

y third-level institution offering The research profile of the Academy is unparalleled
reland and it is heartening to across the disciplines of music, dance and performing
porary Dance stream of the arts. There are currently some 40 PhD students based
ts is the first programme in at the Academy, many of whom have been awarded IRC
he Republic, addressing a need and other scholarships. A number of research clusters
Council of Ireland Dance and have blossomed in recent years in areas such as Arts
and Health, Song, Dance and Arts Practice research.

he World Music Stream, which Many conferences have been hosted at the Academy
to accept musicians from any in recent years, with many more planned, most notably
hem to a world of sound. This the ICTM World Conference in July 2017, which is
w Chair of Performing Arts, expected to draw up to 1,000 delegates. The recent
philanthropic gift from The Atlantic Philanthropies
nd I wish this venture well. has ensured that the Academy is at the cutting edge
of technical provision for performing arts teaching and
songwriting will commence in research, including the Tommy Makem recording suite,
er first on the island of Ireland. which will be launched in 2017.
ique contribution Ireland has
pular music and songwriting in
gramme has been inspired by
or Joseph O’Connor, Frank Mc-
Writing, and the MA Creative
.

recently launched collaboration
ummer School, the oldest and
enowned Summer school of
nd Dance, in partnership with
onal Summer School of Irish
ce. This innovative collaboration
programme hosted both at the
d Miltown Malbay.

ó, performing at the Irish World Academy

The development of public performances remains at Academy outreach and civ
the heart of the Academy’s mission and, fittingly, these continue to grow as welcom
performances happen in local, national and interna- to the University’s mission. R
tional contexts. These include: the recent acquisition Sonas is Sláinte series with t
of a Gamelan orchestra and the planned development School, taking place in Uni
of the Academy as an important centre for Gamelan the Irish World Music Cafe,
performance; the annual Academy showcase in University Luimní, taking place on O’Co
Concert Hall; a range of collaborative performances interaction with Music Gene
in Dance Limerick; the continued development of the
ACADEMOS project between the MA Classical Strings And as we bid farewell to res
programme and the Irish Chamber Orchestra, in association such as Dr Mary Nunan and o
with other third level institutions and international our campus over many year
performances by students and faculty in locations such the retirement of Professo
as Switzerland, the US, the UK and Mexico. Founding Director of the Aca
contribution to the Irish W
The Artist-in-Residence programme continues to be an University, leaves us a lega
important part of the Academy, bringing new creative world cultures.
energies from across the cultural landscape and including
particularly active residencies by leaders in their fields,
such as Martin Hayes, the Irish Chamber Orchestra and
Fidget Feet Aerial Dance Company.

vic engagement activities I am mindful that this is likely to be last opportunity I will
me and valued contributions have to acknowledge the work of theAcademy formally in
Recent examples include the my capacity as President and I want to say how much I have
appreciated its contribution to the life of UL over the past
the Graduate Entry Medical ten years. In this brief review of the many endeavours that
iversity Hospital, Limerick; earn the Academy its reputation as a crucible of creativity,
, in association with Doras it can be seen that it is thriving and finding new paths to
Connell Street; and ongoing explore so that we may examine, consider and know more
eration, Limerick City. of ourselves and our cultures, across Ireland and around
the world.
spected Academy colleagues
others who have illuminated Ar aghaidh libh!
rs, it is also fitting to mark
or Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, Don Barry
ademy. Mícheál’s remarkable President
World Academy, and to the December 2016
acy that enriches Irish and

3 IRISH WORLD ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND DANCE

FACULTYIRISH WORLD ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND DA

& STAFF UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK

Melissa Carty Barbara Christie Pamela Cotter Jennifer de B
Administrator Senior Administrator Director, BLAS International Performing Ar
[email protected] [email protected] Summer School of Irish jennifer.debru
+353 61 202590 +353 61 202030 Traditional Music and Dance +353 61 20291
[email protected]
+353 61 202653

Paula Dundon Dr Catherine Foley Eleanor Giraud Dr Sandra Joy
Academy Administrator Course Director, Course Director, Academy Direc
[email protected] MA Ethnochoreology MA Ritual Chant and Song
+353 61 202149 [email protected] [email protected] Course Directo
+353 61 202922 + 353 61 234743 MA Irish Tradit
Performance 
sandra.joyce@
+353 61 20206

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ANCE,

Brún Dr Aileen Dillane Dr Alan Dormer Jean Downey
rts Coordinator Lecturer, Academy Technical Officer Course Director,
[email protected] BA Irish Music and Dance [email protected] MEd (Music),
17 [email protected] +353 61 202726 Professional MEd (Music)
+353 61 202159 [email protected]
+353 61 213160

yce Dr Niall Keegan Dr Yonit Kosovske Dr Óscar Mascareñas
ctor Academy Associate Director Lecturer, Lecturer,
MA Classical String BA Voice and Dance
or, Director of Performance [email protected]
tional Music Undergraduate Studies [email protected] +353 61 202990
[email protected] +353 61 234922
@ul.ie + 353 61 202465
65

Dr Triona McCaffrey Lisa McLoughlin Dr Mat
Lecturer, Lecturer, Course
MA Music Therapy  BA Voice and Dance MA Irish
[email protected] [email protected] mats.m
+353 61 234358 +353 61 234967 +353 61

Professor Helen Phelan Dr Niamh NicGhabhann Dr Coli
Programme Director, Course Director, Course
PhD Arts Practice MA Festive Arts  MA Eth
[email protected] [email protected] colin.q
+ 353 61 202575 +353 61 202798 +353 6

Naomi Harris, MA Irish Traditional Dance student

Photograph © Maurice Gunning

ts Melin Professor Mel Mercier Dr Hilary Moss Dr Orfhlaith Ní Bhriain
e Director, Chair of Performing Arts Course Director, Course Director,
h Dance Studies [email protected] MA Music Therapy MA Irish Traditional Dance
[email protected] + 353 61 202918 [email protected] Performance
1 202542 +353 61 213122 [email protected]
+353 61 202470

in Quigley Kathleen Turner Mary Wycherley IRISH WORLD ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND DANCE
e Director, Course Director, Course Director,
hnomusicology MA Community Music MA Contemporary Dance
[email protected] [email protected] Performance
61 202966 + 353 61 213762 [email protected]
+353 61 213464

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FACEMULETRYITUS

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JANE EDWARDS

Professor Jane Edwards
Emeritus Associate Professor

Jane joined the Academy in 1999 as course director for the
new MA Music Therapy. She founded the Music & Health
Research Group in 2004, with initial funding from the Euro-
pean Science Foundation. As project leader for UL’s successful
funding bid to found Occupational Therapy and Speech and
Language Therapy, she subsequently directed the start-up of
Clinical Therapies. Jane was Director of Psychology at UL for 4
years overseeing the founding of the psychology department.
She was an elected UL Governor, Chair of the Advisory Commit-
tee for the Graduate Education Medical School, and Assistant
Dean for Research in FAHSS. While at UL she held research fel-
lowships at the University of Cambridge, and Queen Margaret
University, and was a Guest Professor at the University of the
Arts, Berlin. She is a founding member, and was inaugural
President, of the International Association for Music & Medicine.

Jane is currently Associate Professor for Mental Health at
Deakin University, Australia, and was recently appointed as
the first Australian Editor-in-Chief for The Arts in Psychotherapy.
She is the editor of the Oxford Handbook of Music Therapy (2016),
a 50 chapter resource featuring international contributions,
including those from UL music therapy staff and graduates.
She is regularly sought after for healthcare advisory roles,
and has recently delivered keynote speeches at conferences in
Australia, Canada and the UK.

MARY NUNAN MÍCHEÁL Ó SÚILLEABHÁIN

Dr Mary Nunan Professor Mícheál Ó
Emeritus Lecturer Emeritus Chair of M
Founding Director
Mary Nunan is a contemporary dance artist – choreographer,
performer and teacher. Her professional career began when Inaugural Emeritus Chair of Music
she joined Dublin Contemporary Dance Theatre (1981-86). Irish World Academy of Music a
She was founder Artistic Director of Daghdha Dance Company Limerick, Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin
(1988-1999) and Course Director of the MA Contemporary of a uniquely Irish traditional piano
Dance Performance at the University of Limerick (1999-2016). sively with the Irish Chamber Orc
She is visiting guest lecturer at the Royal College of Art, London 15 recordings overall – most rece
for this current academic year. Throughout her career Mary has Selected Recordings (EMI 2010), a
created a substantial body of critically acclaimed solo and ensemble Film Institute 2006) with the RTE
choreographies that have been performed in national and
international venues. Artists with whom she has collaborated In 2004 he was appointed inaug
include: Yoshiko Chuma, Joan Davis, Oscar Mascarenas, Katherine (the statutory Irish governmenta
O’Malley, Karen Power, Jurgen Simpson, Monica Spencer, worldwide) and was reappointed
Nigel Rolfe and Mary Wycherley Mary was a member of the
Arts Council (2005-2008). She was the Chair of the Special He was awarded an Honorary DM
Committee that produced the Arts-in-Education report, ‘Points of Ireland at University College
of Alignment’. She earned her PhD from Middlesex University. Ollamh na hÉigse (Professor of
Éireann (2005), Boston College Ho
Gradam Cheoil (Irish language tele
Chair of Irish Studies at the Keoug
Studies (University of Notre Dam
ship and the Freedom of Clonmel

In 2017 he will tour the USA wit
featuring his music, and will also
National Youth Orchestra of Irelan

Mariela Argüello Retana, MA Contemporary Dance student

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TUESDAY LUNCHTIME CONCERTS VISHTÈN CORK

EVERY TUESDAY JANUARY Tuesday January 2

EVERY TUESDAY AT 1.15PM IN THE TOWER THEATRE, THE Vishtèn
ACADEMY WILL FEATURE A TRADITIONAL MUSIC AND / OR
DANCE PERFORMANCE WITH A WIDE VARIETY OF TRAD- For the past decade the m
ITIONAL PERFORMING ARTISTS WHO ARE VISITING THE trio, Vishtèn, have acted as F
ACADEMY DURING THAT WEEK. throughout the world. This a
dazzled audiences with its fi
TRAD CAFÉ songs and original instrume
genres with a modern sensibi
EVERY WEDNESDAY AT 1.15PM FROM JANUARY 25TH
TO MARCH 8TH, FOURTH YEAR STUDENTS FROM THE BA Hailing from Prince Edward Is
IRISH MUSIC AND DANCE WILL PERFORM MATERIAL THEY the most remote reaches of Q
ARE PREPARING FOR THEIR FINAL PERFORMANCE EXAMS. Islands, twin sisters Emman
COME ALONG AND ENJOY THEIR MUSIC AND HAVE A BITE musical forces with Pascal M
TO EAT OR A CUP OF COFFEE IN THE RELAXED, INFORMAL sonic signature. They com
SURROUNDINGS OF CAFÉ ALLEGRO IN THE UNIVERSITY layered foot percussion and v
CONCERT HALL BUILDING. THE STUDENTS’ FINAL PERFOR- to create an expansive sound
MANCE EXAMS WILL TAKE PLACE AT THE IRISH WORLD duce, in its sheer complexity
ACADEMY BETWEEN THE 15TH AND 19TH OF MAY 2017. blend of fiddle, guitar, acc
mandolin, bodhrán, jaw harp a
10 unique tour de force of tradit

Wednesday Janua

Hear Our Song 2017
Cork ETB School of Music

Cork ETB School of Music is
young musicians in the classic
representative of some of th
together” programme of per
our Song”, the school’s signat
and teachers who are passio
with the community at large.
Traditional Music Department

K ETB SCHOOL OF MUSIC BART KIELY

24th FEBRUARY Cork ETB School of Music is one of Ireland's most dynamic multi-
campus music schools and is committed to reaching out to
members of Acadian powerhouse communities to enhance the quality of young people’s lives.
Francophone musical ambassadors The school provides diverse instrumental tuition programmes
award-winning Canadian trio has in the classical and traditional Irish music styles and offers an
fiery blend of traditional French exciting portfolio of ensembles, bands, musicianship classes and
entals fusing Celtic and Acadian other music-making activities. The school has an extensive public
ility of rock influence. performance “Let’s Play Together” Concert Series and works
closely with partner schools to support formal school music
sland’s Evangeline area and from programmes at Junior, Transition Year and Leaving Certificate
Quebec, the windswept Magdalen Levels.
nuelle and Pastelle Le-Blanc join
Miousse to form a sophisticated Thursday January 26th
mbine tight sibling harmonies,
virtuoso acoustic instrumentation Bart Kiely
d that would be difficult to repro-
y, by a quintet. Their trademark Currently pursuing a PhD in Arts Practice Research at the Irish
cordion, whistles, piano, octave World Academy, Bart has become increasingly interested in
and percussive dance makes for a the creative possibilities and flexibility afforded by integrating
tional and contemporary sounds. digital music making into live performance. This raises inter-
esting issues in regard to what constitutes liveness in modern
ary 25th music and what defines musical sound, blurring the lines
between music and noise, organic and digital, and grooving and
pleased to present a showcase of chaotic. Please join him for this live set composed and directed
cal, popular and traditional genres, from behind the drum kit.
he school’s extensive “Let’s Play
rformance-based activities. “Hear Wednesday February 1st
ture tune, embodies young people
onate about sharing their music Hear Our Song 2017
. The students today are from the Cork ETB School of Music
t. (See details under Wednesday, January 25th).

The students performing today are from the Early Music and
Baroque Ensemble Programme.

ACADEMOS ALEXANDER BERNSTEIN NATHANIEL GOW’S DANCE BAND

Thursday February 2nd Alexander Bernstein is an Art
Shenandoah Conservatory, stu
ACADEMOS Irish World Academy Strings Performance Alexander received a Bachelo
University in May 2010, studying
The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance and Irish Chamber and Patricia Zander of the New En
Orchestra present ACADEMOS Irish World Academy Strings.
This Spring, an exciting collaborative project, led by members Since his debut in 1999, Alexan
of the dynamic Irish Chamber Orchestra and directed by with numerous orchestras, recen
Katherine Hunka, brings string students from four of the Concerto No. 3 with the RTE Na
country’s foremost academies together as part of the in Ireland, the Orchestra del Te
ACADEMOS Irish World Academy strings initiative. Italy, and the Shenandoah Univ
Alexander recently won 3rd Priz
Students from the Irish World Academy, CIT Cork School of Viotti International Piano Compe
Music, Royal Irish Academy of Music and DIT Conservatory Verona International Piano Comp
of Music and Drama will perform works by Glass, Adams and 2015 Dublin International Piano C
Britten. This tour will also feature a recording to be broadcast
by RTE Lyric FM later in the year. Tuesday February 7t

February 2nd, 1.15pm Nathaniel Gow’s Dance Band
Theatre 1, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, Traditional Lunchtime Concert
University of Limerick (part of the Past Present Scottish

February 3rd, 1.15pm Nathaniel Gow’s Dance Band re
Curtis Auditorium, CIT Cork School of Music, Cork band from the 1780s, exploring 18
and dance, and performing on per
February 4th, 1.15pm of Scottish smallpipes, gut-strung
John Field Room, National Concert Hall, Dublin group brings together early music
David McGuiness and Alison MacG
Monday February 6th experienced and creative person
music, including fiddler Lauren Ma
Theatre 1 and singer Mairi Campbell.
Alexander Bernstein - Innisfail
Wednesday February
Award-winning American pianist Alexander Bernstein performs
Innisfail, a major piano work by Irish composer Ryan Molloy Leaving Certificate Music Studen
and released on the eponymously titled CD earlier this year.
The programme also includes other works by Molloy and Chopin. Students from Maoin Cheoil an Chl
talents and performing skills in both

MAOIN CHEOIL AN CHLÁIR WRONGHEADED FILM. LAUREL HILL COLÁISTE FCJ STUDENTS
LIZ ROCHE COMPANY.
PHOTO: EWA FIGASZWESKA.

rtist Diploma Candidate at Vocalists and instrumentalists will take to the stage to entertain
udying with John O’Conor. you with traditional tunes and classical pieces. So come along and
or’s Degree from Harvard enjoy the talents of our future musicians and singers from County
Clare.
privately with Stephen Drury
ngland Conservatory. Thursday February 9th

nder has performed concerti Theatre 1
ntly including Rachmaninoff’s Mediated Performance: Dance on film screening
ational Symphony Orchestra Liz Roche, Lucy Cash and Mary Wycherley
eatro Carlo Felice Genova in
versity Orchestra in Virginia. This event brings together a selection of short films by nationally
ze in the 2015 Gian Battista and internationally acclaimed choreographers and film directors
etition, 3rd Prize in the 2015 including works by Liz Roche, Lucy Cash and Mary Wycherley.
petition, and 2nd Prize in the Embracing themes that deal with both historical and current
Competition. political and social issues, the event invites reflection on that which
is relevant to lives today. The screening is an exquisite example of
th how the fields of dance, film and music come together.

Pulse special event) Wednesday February 15th IRISH WORLD ACADEMY OF MUSIC AND DANCE

eimagines the Scottish dance Blas an Earraigh
8th century sources for music Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ Students
riod instruments with a line-up
g fiddles, cello and piano. The This concert aims to provide a snapshot of the musical life of our
c specialists Aaron McGregor, school with a variety of performance ensembles. From choral
Gillivray with some of the most singing to solo singing, from classical to traditional, and from
nalities in Scottish traditional renaissance to popular music, we hope to give you a flavour of our
acColl and dancer, viola player, musical year.

y 8th Laurel Hill Coláiste FCJ is a Catholic Voluntary Secondary School
for girls in the heart of Limerick City, where Irish is the medium of
nts of Maoin Cheoil an Chláir instruction. The holistic development of every child is at the core
of the school’s ethos, and music plays a vital role in this journey.
láir will unite to showcase their Choral, orchestral and traditional music are accessible to all, and
h group and solo performances. every voice is cherished no matter how small.

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MELISSA HIDALGO KARAIKUDI SUBRAMANIAN HELEN PHE

FEBRUARYWednesday January 25thand cultures. Her book, M
JANUARY Borderlands, examines transc
Chieftains for Chicanos, Mariachis for Morrissey: US-Mexican borderlands as m
Exploring Irish-Mexican and Irish-Chicano Musical histories of Chicano and Irish
Mash-ups formation, and cultural pract
Take A Bow, an all-woman trib
Presenter: Dr Melissa Hidalgo
Wednesday Febru
Chair: Dr Aileen Dillane (Irish World Academy)
House of Light Seminar: The
This presentation explores the musical collaborations between ritual, time, space and place
The Chieftains, the venerable Irish traditional music ensemble,
and acclaimed Chicano and Mexican musicians such as Los Presenters: Professor Karaik
Lobos and Lila Downs on albums such as Santiago (1996) and and Professor Helen Phelan
San Patricio (2010). I also examine musical projects such as Los
Angeles-based Mariachi Manchester and Mexico City-based Chair: Dr Niamh Nic Ghabhan
Mexrrissey, bands who reimagine and perform the music of
second-generation Irish musicians Morrissey and the Smiths The House of Light is a bi
through Mexican musical stylings. What makes the music of seminar & ritual performan
Morrissey and the Smiths musically ‘translatable’ through Academy Building. Seminars o
Mexican and Chicano musical forms? What makes Mexican and sentations about the Celtic /
Chicano music amenable to Irish traditional music translations the ritual pit, as well as the s
and reimaginings? What do these musical mash-ups teach us architect, Daniel Cordier. Ritu
about larger historical contexts and origins of intercultural and performances by Nepalese sh
transnational affinities between Ireland, Mexico, and the US House of Light is being curate
Southwest/Mexican border region? These questions represent completed his doctoral studi
a starting point for further explorations of Irish, Mexican, and and ritual focuses on the Fest
Chicano convergences in music and culture. dess of music and learning.

Dr Melissa Hidalgo is from Los Angeles, California. She is a Professor Karaikudi Subra
Visiting Fulbright Scholar at UL, affiliated with the Popular musician from the Karaikudi V
Music and Popular Culture research cluster (PMPC@UL) and senior most performers and
the Department of Sociology. Hidalgo’s research explores the Prof. Subramanian earned a
concept of transnational “distant relations” between and Wesleyan University, USA, wit
among Irish, Chicana/o, and Mexican peoples, borderlands, Veena Tradition and Individua
from the University of Madr
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ELAN MATTU NOONE NATHANIEL GOW’S DANCE BAND

Mozlandia: Morrissey Fans in the Brhaddhvani, a premier research and training centre for musics
cultural Morrissey fandom in the of the world, in Chennai.
means for understanding broader
h colonization, resistance, identity Matthew 'Mattu' Noone, is an Australian-Irish ex-indie rocker
tices. Hidalgo also sings in Sheilas and performer of the 25 stringed lute called Sarode. He has
bute to Morrissey and the Smiths. studied North Indian Classical music for over a decade with
Sougata Roy Chowdhury in Kolkata and, more recently, with UK
uary 1st based sarodiya, K. Sridhar. Matthew has also explored the per-
formance potential of Irish traditional music on the sarode
e Origins of Creativity - and regularly collaborates with percussionist Tommy Hayes in
e. a project called AnTara. He was an Irish Research Council
scholarship recipient for his Arts Practice PhD at the Irish
kudi Subramanian, Mattu Noone World Academy where he continues to lecture on perform-
n ance studies and ethnomusicology.

nn (Irish World Academy) Professor Helen Phelan is the programme director of the PhD
in Arts Practice at the Irish World Academy. She also served as
iennial event including a Tower course director of the MA Ritual Chant and Song programme for
nce celebrating the Irish World nine years. Her research interests are in the areas of performance
over the years have included pre- studies, migrant studies, ritual studies, ritual song, arts practice
/ Zen garden, the Sionna mosaic, research and music education philosophy. She is the founder-
story of the building as told by its director of Sanctuary, a Higher Education Authority initiative
uals have ranged from ceremonial supporting the cultural expression of new migrant communities
hamans to Celtic monks. This year, in Ireland. Her Irish Research Council funded project, Singing &
ed by Mattu Noone who recently Sustainable Social Integration is run in partnership with Doras
ies at the Academy. The seminar Luimní. Her most recent book, Singing the Rite to Belong: Music,
tival of Saraswati, the Hindu god- Ritual and the New Irish is due for release from Oxford University
Press in April, 2017.
amanian is a ninth generation
Veena Tradition. He is one of the
teachers on the Veena. In 1985,
a PhD in ethnomusicology from
th a dissertation on “South Indian
al Style.” He retired as a Professor
ras in 2002. In 1989, he founded