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The Great War 1914 - 1918 and Music
Prof. Fiona M. Palmer gives a paper in Zagreb from 24th to 27th October on World War I and protectionism in the British orchestral conducting profession.
Date: Thursday, 19 October 2017
College Closed
Please note the Music ~Department is closed today due to inclement weather
Date: Sunday, 15 October 2017
New orchestra project
Announcing Just Play!, a partnership between MU and Music Generation Offaly-Westmeath to form a regional orchestra combining second and third-level students with professional musicians
Date: Friday, 22 September 2017
Dr Danielle Sofer receives SMT Subvention Grant
Dr Danielle Sofer receives SMT Subvention Grant
Date: Wednesday, 13 September 2017
MU Music student chosen for NCH-RTÉ NSO Inaugural Female Conductor Programme
The National Concert Hall announced MU Music student Raimonda Zalisauskaite as one of twelve chosen participants to take part in it inaugural Female Conductor Programme for 2017/2018. Led by acclaimed British conductor Alice Farnham and supported by Grant Thornton, the programme aims to encourage high calibre female musicians to take up the baton and become orchestral conductors.
Date: Monday, 04 September 2017
New Articles by Music Department PhD Research Students
Two of Maynooth University Music Department’s PhD research students, Maria Byrne and Stephanie Ford, have published articles on their research.
Date: Friday, 23 June 2017
Book Launch at the University of Birmingham: Conductors in Britain, 1870–1914 by Prof. Fiona M. Palmer
Book Launch at the University of Birmingham: Conductors in Britain, 1870–1914 by Prof. Fiona M. Palmer
Date: Tuesday, 20 June 2017
Christopher Morris a panellist at symposium on opera simulcasts
Professor Christopher Morris will feature as a panellist at Opera Cinema: A New Cultural Experience, an international symposium to be held at Kings College London on 16 June 2017.
Date: Monday, 12 June 2017
Cycle of Schubert Symphonies, LA PHILHARMONIC
Lorraine Byrne Bodley is lecturing at the LA Philharmonic Orchestra series, Schubert’s Symphonies and Mahler’s Songs
Date: Tuesday, 16 May 2017