Click below for the complete listings of the 2017-18 lunchtime concerts and research seminar series.
Please click here for a downloadable copy of our events for Semester II 2017-18.
Lunchtime Concerts & Seminars Listings
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Semester I Lunchtime Concerts
Semester I - 2017-18
All concerts in Riverstown Hall at 1:10 p.m. unless otherwise indicated. Admission free. Seating is limited and early arrival is advised. Please
| Thurs 28 September | Aileen Cahill (piano) Programme to include works by Bach, Beethoven and Brahms |
| Thurs 5 October | Fergal Scahill (fiddle) accompanied by Ryan Molloy (piano) |
| Thurs 12 October | Fionnuala Moynihan (piano) A recital of Schubert Impromptus |
| Thurs 19 October | Martin O'Leary (piano) A programme of new Irish piano music |
| Thurs 26 October | Andreea Banciu & Adrian Mantu (viola & 'cello) accompanied by Aileen Cahill (piano). Programme to include works by Bruch, Paganini, and a Brahms trio |
| Thurs 9 November | Electroacoustic Showcase A selection of electroacoustic works curated by MU Music’s Dr Gordon Delap |
| Thurs 16 November | Ensemble Opale (baroque recorder trio) A recital of wind music from the 14th to 18th centuries, inlcuding works by Obrecht, Ruffo, Henry VIII and Quantz |
| Thurs 23 November | Alannah Thornburgh (Irish harp) The prize-winning MU Music graduate presents a recital of traditional Irish harp music |
| Thurs 30 November | Maynooth University Traditional Group directed by Aisling Ní Choisdealbha |
| Thurs 7 December | Music Department Plainchant Performance Students conducted by Darina McCarthy and Fiona Baldwin with organist John O’Keeffe * |
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
Semester I Research Colloquia
Semester I - 2017-18
All seminars in the Bewerunge Room, Logic House at 12 noon.
| Fri 29 September | Dr Francesca Placanica (Maynooth University) “En-Gendering Monodrama: Artistic Research and Experimental Production”: A Research Report |
| Fri 6 October | Postgraduate Research Seminar |
| Fri 13 October | Doc. PhDr. Jiří Kopecký (Palacký University, CZ) Formation of a National Style in Nineteenth-Century Czech Opera |
| Fri 20 October | Dr Robert Fokkens (Cardiff University, UK) Voice, text, theatre: towards a new monodrama |
| Fri 27 October | Dr Bianca de Mario (State University of Milan, IT) Virtual and Real in Opera: Rimsky-Korsakov in a Television Studio |
| Fri 10 November | Postgraduate Research Seminar |
| Fri 17 November | Dr Laura Watson (Maynooth University) "Every Day I Write the Book": Popular Musicians and their Memoirs |
| Fri 24 November | Dr Natasha Loges (Royal College of Music, UK) Performing Society through Song: The Multiple Meanings of Poetry in Brahms’s Lieder |
| Fri 1 December | Postgraduate Research Seminar |
| Fri 8 December | Postgraduate Research Seminar |
Semester II Lunchtime Concerts
Semester II - 2017-18
All concerts in Riverstown Hall at 1:10 p.m. unless otherwise indicated. Admission free. Seating is limited and early arrival is advised.
| Thurs 1 February | Mícheál Ó Raghallaigh (concertina) accompanied by Ryan Molloy (piano) |
| Thurs 8 February | Elizabeth Hilliard & David Bremner (soprano & piano) featuring a new song cycle 'She Sings, she dances' by Christopher Fox |
| Thurs 15 February | Schola Gregoriana * directed by Dr Darina McCarthy |
| Thurs 22 February | Sylvia O'Brien (soprano) Programme t.b.a. |
| Thurs 1 March | Ian Dakin (French horn) accompanied by Aileen Cahill (piano) |
| Thurs 8 March | James Murphy (organ) * The MU Music graduate and SPCM Organ Scholar presents a varied recital of organ works by Bach, Franck, Messiaen and Irish composer Kilian O'Kelly |
| Thurs 15 March | MU Traditional Group directed by Aisling Ní Choisdealbha |
| Thurs 5 April | Altus - high-voice ensemble ** Programme t.b.a. |
| Thurs 12 April | Hard Rain SoloistEnsemble a feast of music by living Irish composers, including three world premières! |
| Thurs 19 April | MA Recitalists Programme t.b.a. |
| Thurs 26 April | Early Music Ensemble Programme t.b.a. |
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:
9 February // College Chapel // 13:15
Cantoral (Irish World Academy Female Vocal Ensemble)
NAVIGATIO: A voyage of discovery through medieval chant, polyphony, poetry and prose inspired by the travels of Brendan the Navigator
11 March // College Chapel // 16:00
Handel's Messiah — Maynooth University Choral Society
Roisín O'Grady (Soprano)
Sharon Carty (Mezzo-Soprano)
Eoin Hynes (Tenor)
Peter Manning (Bass)
21 April // Athlone Institute of Technology // 16:00
Maynooth University & Music Generation Offaly/Westmeath Orchestra
under the direction of composer and conductor Andrew Synnott and Deputy Director Karen Ní Bhroin. Featuring music by Beethoven, Rossini, Holst, Haydn, Prokofiev and others.
Semester II Research Colloquia
Semester II - 2017-18
All seminars in the Bewerunge Room, Logic House at 12 noon.
| Fri 2 February | Dr Danielle Sofer (Maynooth University) Mastering Sex in and out of the Studio |
| Fri 9 February | David Fennessy (Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, UK) 'Principal Voice' - an Approach to Composition for Ensembles |
| Fri 16 February | Dr Ian Sapiro (University of Leeds, UK) "Simple, Medium, and Shebang": Trevor Jones and the Film-Music Toolkit |
| Fri 23 February | Sylvia O'Brien (Royal Irish Academy of Music) Melodic Form in Seóirse Bodley's Vocal Works |
| Fri 2 March | Postgraduate Research Seminar |
| Fri 9 March | Dr Liz Doherty (University of Ulster, NI) The Making of 'The Cape Breton Fiddle Companion' |
| Fri 16 March | Postgraduate Research Seminar |
| Fri 6 April | Postgraduate Research Seminar |
| Fri 13 April | Dr Candida Mantica (Maynooth University) "Chantons L'Ange de Nisida!" Towards the Premiere of a Hitherto Unknown Donizetti Opera |
| Fri & Sat 20-21 April | LGBTQ+ Music Study Group Symposium Queerness, Voice, Embodiment |
| Fri 27 April | Postgraduate Research Seminar |
Other Research Events:
19–20 January
Joint ICTM-IE/SMI Annual Postgraduate Conference 2018
5-8 July
Medieval and Renaissance Music Conference - MedRen 2018
Maynooth Annual Carol Service
ANNUAL CAROL SERVICES
Monday 11th & Tuesday 12th 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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