Click below for the complete listings of the 2016-17 lunchtime concerts and research seminar series.
Please click here for a downloadable copy of our events for Semester II.
Lunchtime Concerts & Seminars Listings
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Semester I Lunchtime Concerts
Semester I - 2016-17
All concerts in Riverstown Hall at 1:10 p.m. unless otherwise indicated. Admission free. Seating is limited and early arrival is advised.
| Thurs 22 September | Matthew Noone a concert exploring the sympathies between traditional Irish melodies and Indian Classical performance aesthetics |
| Thurs 29 September | Robert Crowe and Simon Harden (voice and piano) concert of music associated with Giovanni Battista Velluti, the last operatic castrato. |
| Thurs 6 October | Robert Casey & David Lacey (piano and percussion) a concert of original works and improvisations |
| Thurs 13 October | Duo Morat-Fergo (guitar duo) a concert of guitar duets, including works by Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Schubert, and a première of a new work by Martin O’Leary |
| Thurs 20 October | Cosimo Colazzo (piano) featuring works by Debussy, Myaskovsky, and Bliss |
| Thurs 27 October | Andrea Schwab & Joanna Niederdorfer (voice and piano) a concert of works by women composers, including Fanny Hensel, Maria Theresia Paradis, Maria Szymanowska, and Julie von Baroni-Cavalcabo |
| Thurs 10 November | duo b!z’art (piano duo) featuring piano duets by Rachmaninov and Debussy |
| Thurs 17 November | MA in Creative Music Technologies Showcase coordinated by Dr Gordon Delap |
| Thurs 24 November | Maynooth University Guitar Ensemble directed by Dr Pavlos Kanellakis |
| Thurs 1 December | Maynooth University Traditional Group directed by Aisling Ní Choisdealbha |
| Thurs 8 December | Music Department Plainchant Performance Students directed by Dr Darina McCarthy * |
Please note: latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable break in the concert.
Seats are limited and will be allocated on a first-come-first-served-basis.
* Renehan Hall
** College Chapel
Semester I Research Colloquia
Semester I - 2016-17
All seminars in the Bewerunge Room, Logic House at 12 noon.
| Friday 30 September | Dr Robert Casey Composing Beyond the Page |
| Friday 7 October | Prof Giorgio Sanguinetti Working with Exemplars - The Stabat cadence |
| Friday 14 October | Postgraduate Research Seminar |
| Friday 21 October | Dr Ben Spatz Decolonizing song-action: a laboratory report |
| Friday 28 October | Dr Iain McCurdy Developing a spectral language for composition |
| Friday 11 November | Dr Francesca Placanica Embodied monologues: solo performance, intertextuality and the making of avant-garde music theatre |
| Friday 18 November | Postgraduate Research Seminar |
| Friday 25 November | Dr Tarmo Johannes The computer duo: technology as both a tool and partner in performance |
| Friday 2 December | Postgraduate Research Seminar |
| Friday 9 December | Postgraduate Research Seminar |
Semester II Lunchtime Concerts
Semester II - 2016-17
All concerts in Riverstown Hall at 1:10 p.m. unless otherwise indicated. Admission free. Seating is limited and early arrival is advised.
| Thursday 2 February | Martin O'Leary (piano) a concert of Brahms’ piano music: Ballades op. 10 and the Four Piano Pieces op. 119 |
| Thursday 9 February | Alexander Bernstein (piano) including works by Bach, Liszt, and Ryan Molloy |
| Thursday 16 February | Harry Bradley (flute) a concert of traditional music from the TG4 Musician of the Year 2014 |
| Thursday 23 February | Virginia Kerr & Antonio Cascelli (voice and piano) including Michael Tippett’s song cycle The Heart’s Assurance and the première of a new work by Ryan Molloy |
| Thursday 2 March | Francesca Placanica & Aileen Cahill (voice and piano) a performance of Francis Poulenc’s and Jean Cocteau’s La Voix Humaine |
| Thursday 9 March | Schola Gregoriana * directed by Dr Darina McCarthy |
| Thursday 23 March | MU Traditional Group directed by Aisling Ní Choisdealbha |
| Thursday 30 March | Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble a concert of contemporary music including works by Gérard Grisey, Jonathan Harvey and Iain McCurdy |
| Thursday 6 April | Altus: Maynooth University Ladies' Choir ** directed by Will Woods |
| Thursday 13 April | MA Recital Showcase |
| Thursday 27 April | MU Early Music Vocal Ensemble directed by Cathal Twomey, featuring music by Arcadelt, Lassus and Tallis |
Please note: latecomers will not be admitted until a suitable break in the concert.
Seats are limited and will be allocated on a first-come-first-served-basis.
* College Chapel
** Aula Maxima
Other Departmental Concerts:
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Semester II Research Colloquia
Semester II - 2016-17
All seminars in the Bewerunge Room, Logic House at 12 noon.
| Friday 10 February | Dr Conor Caldwell (Queen’s University Belfast) ‘The long road to Glenties: John Doherty and Pete Seeger |
| Friday 17 February | Postgraduate Research Seminar |
| Friday 24 February | Professor Jeff Todd Titon (Brown University) Thoreau’s Sound Experience |
| Friday 3 March | Postgraduate Research Seminar |
| Friday 10 March | Dr Deborah Burton (Boston University) From Rameau to Riemann: Giorgio Antoniotto’s L’arte armonica as a missing link from fundamental bass to the Tonnetz |
| Friday 24 March | Dr Leanne Langley Taking stock: art, commerce and the cooperative model in British music publishing, 1819–24 |
| Friday 7 April | Dr Alistair MacDonald (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland) Cabinets of curiosity: sonic art and musical art |
| Friday 28 April | Professor Christopher Gibbs (Columbia University) “Who shall stand beside him?”: Franz Schubert’s response to the death of Beethoven |
| Friday 5 May | Postgraduate Research Seminar |
Other Research Events:
25–26 February
Annual Conference of ICTM (International Council for Traditional Music) Ireland: Sound Cultures, Sustainability and Revival
Including a keynote presentation by Jeff Todd Titon, Professor of Music Emeritus, Brown University
9 March // New Music Room // 16:30 - Seminar by composer Dr Seán Clancy (Birmingham Conservatoire)
31 March
Embodied monologues symposium
A day-long symposium including keynote presentations by Dr Catherine Laws and Dr Róisín O'Gorman
11 April // New Music Room // 16:30 - Seminar by composer Dr Gráinne Mulvey (DIT Conservatory)
Maynooth Annual Carol Service
ANNUAL CAROL SERVICES
Monday 12th & Tuesday 13th December at 19:30 in College Chapel
for Maynooth University and St Patrick's College staff and students
ADMISSION BY TICKET ONLY
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