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Female Epiphanies in 20th- and 21st-Century Monodrama
New journal article on musical monodrama by Dr Francesca Placanica, IRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Music.
Date: Tuesday, 17 November 2015
Maynooth University awards 115 Entrance Scholarships
Maynooth University recognised the achievements of some of Ireland’s brightest and most promising first-year students at a celebration on-campus Tuesday, 3 November, awarding 115 Entrance Scholarships to students who achieved 525 points or more in the Leaving Certificate examination.
Date: Wednesday, 04 November 2015
Maynooth University Chamber Choir – ‘Choir of the World 2015’ - release inaugural CD
Fresh from their victory as 'Choir of the World 2015', the Maynooth University Chamber Choir today launched Lorica, their inaugural CD featuring a wide variety of both well- and lesser-known choral works
Date: Monday, 19 October 2015
New publications by Prof. Fiona M. Palmer on Choral Power in Nineteenth-Century England and on Orchestral Conducting in the Nineteenth Century
Book chapters by Prof. Fiona M. Palmer on the power of large-scale choral singing in 19th-century England and on orchestral conducting in the 19th century have recently been published.
Date: Wednesday, 14 October 2015
Two new publications by Professor Christopher Morris
New journal article and book chapter by Maynooth Head of Music, Prof Christopher Morris
Date: Thursday, 01 October 2015
Dr Francesca Placanica joins the Department of Music as Irish Research Council Postdoctoral Fellow
Two-year pratice-based postdoctoral project will challenge entrenched notions of authority and gender in twentieth-century monodrama.
Date: Wednesday, 30 September 2015
First Year Music Information Session
Invitation to 1st first year music students
Date: Friday, 18 September 2015
Dr Laura Watson publishes new book chapter on a major French opera about Ireland
Dr Laura Watson publishes new book chapter on a major French opera about Ireland
Date: Tuesday, 15 September 2015
Maynooth lecturer lambasts sexism in the Leaving Certificate Music syllabus
Dr Laura Watson has published an article in The Journal of Music on the lack of female representation in secondary level syllabi.
Date: Monday, 31 August 2015
Maynooth University Chamber Choir wins Pavarotti Trophy as “Choir of the World”
The Maynooth University Chamber Choir, under the direction of Michael Dawson, made history this weekend when it became the first Irish choir to lift the coveted Pavarotti Trophy as “Choir of the World” at the Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod.
Date: Monday, 13 July 2015