Previous Events
Eastwards heterotopias of the piano


Location
- UCC
- Online Event
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Website
http://www.ucc.ie
Speaker
- Nikos OrdoulidisLecturer in music at the University of Ioannina
Nikos Ordoulidis is an Academic Scholar and Lecturer in music at the University of Ioannina, Department of Music Studies, Greece; teaching historical discography and popular piano. He has published texts that concern historical discography, the piano within folk-popular contexts, intellectual property and the issue of musical referrals, popular music in education, the ecclesiastical music of the Orthodox Church, rebetiko, the participation of the Greek Jews in the Greek territory et al. He is an active composer with six discographical works; a member of the Modern Greek Studies Association, of the International Musicological Society, of the Association for Recorded Sound Collections, and of the Hellenic Musicological Society. From 2014 until 2018, he taught as an Academic Scholar at the Department of Folk and Popular Music, of the Technological Educational Institute of Epirus. Since 2018, he has been teaching at the Department of Music Studies of the University of Ioannina. Since January 2020, he has been undertaking a postdoctoral research, titled ‘the eastwards heterotopias of the piano’, funded by the State Scholarships Foundation. He has published four monographs: The recording career of Vasílis Tsitsánis (1936-1983). An analysis of his music and the problems of research into Greek popular music (Ianos, 2014); Cloudy Sunday and the Akathyst Hymn – A Mirroring or a Reflection? (Fagotto, 2017); The Eastern Piano Project – The Rebetiko Era (Prigipessa, 2018); Musical Nationalism, Despotism and Scholarly Interventions in Greek Popular Music (Bloomsbury Academic, 2021).
The present study constitutes part of a broader project which, in the form of postdoctoral research, is funded by the State Scholarships Foundation of Greece (IKY) and is titled ‘Eastwards heterotopias of the piano’ (2020–2022). The basic aim of the research project is the highlighting of a special and unexplored aspect of the piano: its role outside of its usual context, which is that of classical music. The research programme focuses on discography found in various musical realities within a broad geographical span (Eastern Europe, the Balkans, the Mediterranean, the Middle East and North Africa). The modeness found in these repertoires constitutes a common feature, which through historical discography often outlines in-between places of the familiar stereotypical dipole forms (popular–scholarly, West–East, foreign–ours). The piano is present in the live performance but also in the discography of the repertoire in question. In the latter, we find it even in the time period of the mobile recording workshops, that is, right from the start of commercial discography (1900). In discography, the piano appears in its familiar ‘classic’ identity, but it also appears in alternative aesthetical attire: it performs a different repertoire in a different manner, constructing an autonomous entity. These alternative aesthetics, active even in the present, remained excluded from research. This lecture will introduce certain special examples from historical discography, at the same time examining the cultural framework of the regions in question.
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Siobhán Ní Dhuinnín: Public Presentation


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UCC Creative
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Email
[email protected] An initiative to develop creative practice at UCC. Connecting academia & creative / cultural industries.

Location
- Online
Speaker
- Siobhán Ní DhuinnínDance Artist
Siobhán Ní Dhuinnín is a choreographer and dance artist based in Cork. Her work focuses on place-based and site-specific work manifesting in film and live performance. Siobhán is Rinceoir Cónaitheach (sCéim Rince), Ionad Cultúrtha, Baile Mhúirne Co Chorcaí 2018-2020 funded by Arts Council, Dance Artist in Residency Scheme, Cork County Council Arts Office and Ealaín na Gaeltachta. She is an Arts Council, Next Generation Award (2018) recipient. Her new work Bád Shiobhán, performed with her father, premiered in 2020.
Dance artist and choreographer Siobhán Ní Dhuinnín has been exploring notions of site with the body and the senses in her UCC Creative Residency, leading the group through curious investigations around the connections between people and places. Join us on Thursday 28 January for a Public Presentation where Siobhán will share some of her practice and discuss her processes. The audience will be briefly invited to drop into their bodies in a guided seated exploration, and there will be a moment to experience a small number of pieces from workshop participants. The event will be hosted by Jools Gilson, Professor of Creative Practice.
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Exploring Space and Place – Siobhán Ní Dhuinnín Sold Out


Location
- UCC
- Online Event
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Website
http://www.ucc.ie
Speaker
- Siobhán Ní DhuinnínDance Artist
Siobhán Ní Dhuinnín is a choreographer and dance artist based in Cork. Her work focuses on place-based and site-specific work manifesting in film and live performance. Siobhán is Rinceoir Cónaitheach (sCéim Rince), Ionad Cultúrtha, Baile Mhúirne Co Chorcaí 2018-2020 funded by Arts Council, Dance Artist in Residency Scheme, Cork County Council Arts Office and Ealaín na Gaeltachta. She is an Arts Council, Next Generation Award (2018) recipient. Her new work Bád Shiobhán, performed with her father, premiered in 2020.
I am continuously drawn to connecting with people and place. I am looking for where the body meets other forms and how this can lead to a shift in perception; of something’s purpose; of someone’s role; of the structures we surround ourselves with. This workshop will gently explore the textures and gestures of situated space and is open to beginners as well as those with some dance / movement experience.
Please note:
The workshop entails a gentle and exploratory approach suitable for beginners. Please wear comfortable clothing you can move in. You will also need a yoga mat (or a blanket), pen / paper and colouring pencils.
Workshops:
Tuesday 5th Jan 6 – 8pm
Tuesday 12th Jan 6 – 8pm
Tuesday 19th Jan 6 – 8pm
Final Online Presentation
Thursday 28th Jan 6 –7pm
Alan Gilsenan: Public Presentation


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UCC Creative
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Email
[email protected] An initiative to develop creative practice at UCC. Connecting academia & creative / cultural industries.

Location
- Online
Speaker
- Alan GilsenanFilm Artist
Alan Gilsenan is a writer, film-maker and theatre director. His diverse body of film work extends across documentary, feature films and experimental work.
His many films include Unless, his adaptation of Carol Shields’ final novel; The Meeting, a cinema drama based on a real meeting between a woman and her rapist; Meetings with Ivor, a cinema documentary about psychiatrist Ivor Browne; an experimental life of WB Yeats entitled A Vision: A Life of WB Yeats; and the television documentary, Daniel O’Connell: Forgotten King of Ireland. Gilsenan has also made a film installation inspired by Joyce’s Ulysses currently on permanent display at Dublin’s new MOLI (Museum of Literature Ireland) and a feature documentary for UCC on their newly acquired The Great Book of Ireland.
Alan Gilsenan has been exploring the notion of truth in documentary and fiction filmmaking in his UCC Creative Residency. Alan is a writer, film-maker and theatre director who works across documentary, experimental work, and feature films. In this public presentation, he will show short excerpts of his practice, discuss questions around truth in contemporary film making, and invite workshop participants to share some of their explorations. This event will be hosted by Jools Gilson, Professor of Creative Practice.
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FUAIM Lecture – Paul O’Donnell


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FUAIM
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Website
https://www.ucc.ie/en/fmt/music/events/title-1261898-en.html

Paul O Donnell is a composer, performer and lecturer at the University College Cork School of Music and Theatre. His areas of interest are Jazz, World Music and Popular Music. Over the last 25 years he has worked nationally and internationally with a host of jazz luminaries, including: Grant Stewart, Bobby Watson, Bill Berry and Jon Faddis. Paul has also recorded CDs in the genres of Jazz, Latin American and Popular Music. In more recent times he has created and led a number of Jazz/World Music groups, including: Enerjazz (2010), The Paul O Donnell Jazz World Ensemble (2011) and his most recent and current project POD Fusion (2012 – present day) which is an intercultural, collaborative ensemble focusing exclusively on Paul’s own original work in the genres of Jazz and World Music.
As well as his work with the aforementioned groups, Paul is also the keyboardist with TRASNA – another intercultural music-making project, which represented UCC, Cork and Ireland at the Shanghai World Expo in September 2010 and he is the founder and director of COLLAGE – a Soul/Pop ensemble which specialises in original arrangements of contemporary and classic popular music.
Free. Organised by FUAIM.
To join the event please email: [email protected]
Imagining the Truth – Alan Gilsenan Sold Out


Location
- UCC
- Online Event
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Website
http://www.ucc.ie
Speaker
- Alan GilsenanFilm Artist
Alan Gilsenan is a writer, film-maker and theatre director. His diverse body of film work extends across documentary, feature films and experimental work.
His many films include Unless, his adaptation of Carol Shields’ final novel; The Meeting, a cinema drama based on a real meeting between a woman and her rapist; Meetings with Ivor, a cinema documentary about psychiatrist Ivor Browne; an experimental life of WB Yeats entitled A Vision: A Life of WB Yeats; and the television documentary, Daniel O’Connell: Forgotten King of Ireland. Gilsenan has also made a film installation inspired by Joyce’s Ulysses currently on permanent display at Dublin’s new MOLI (Museum of Literature Ireland) and a feature documentary for UCC on their newly acquired The Great Book of Ireland.
This series of workshops will be based upon the theme of Imagining the Truth – reflecting, in both a practical and philosophical way, on how the truth is mediated in both documentary and fiction films. Reflecting equally on both screen-writing and directing, the workshops are aimed at all who are interested in either making or watching films. Or both.
Is truth attainable or even desirable in a work of art? Is truth simply an outmoded notion in our global digital age? Or are we simply just bored with the truth?
Workshops Dates:
Tuesdays 1st Dec 6 – 8pm
Tuesdays 8th Dec 6 – 8pm
Tuesdays 15th Dec 6 – 8pm
Final Online Presentation:
Tuesday 22nd Dec 6 – 7pm
FUAIM Lecture – Jeffrey Weeter


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FUAIM
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Website
https://www.ucc.ie/en/fmt/music/events/title-1261898-en.html

“Pattern Portraits: Composing Intermedia”
Biography
Jeffrey Weeter composes music, designs real-time multimedia instruments, plays the drums and performs musically with technology. He is director of the Cork Audio Visual Ensemble (CAVE) which performed “The Box” at the International Computer Music/Sound and Music Computing Conference in Athens, Greece. His work was also recently performed at Kunsthaus in Zurich, the !f Istanbul AFM International Independent Film Festival, and the Cork Film Festival. During 2011 and again in 2012, collaborations with electronic musician Kate Simko toured the world, touching every continent.
As an educator, Dr Weeter created the first music composition MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) of it’s kind in collaboration with Kadenze, leaders in learning creative technologies online. The course “Loop: Repetition and Variation in Music”, has been taken by thousands across the globe.
He completed his Doctorate in Music Composition from Northwestern University, served five years as an audio engineer for the Emmy winning “Oprah Winfrey Show”, Harpo Studios, Chicago and is currently a Lecturer in Music Composition at University College Cork, Ireland.
Free. Organised by FUAIM.
To join the event please email: [email protected]
FUAIM – The Irish Guitar Quartet


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FUAIM
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Website
https://www.ucc.ie/en/fmt/music/events/title-1261898-en.html

No strangers to the FUAIM Friday lunchtime concert series, the Irish Guitar Quartet is back for this week’s concert, live-streamed from the Glucksman Gallery.
Be sure to join us at the usual time of 1:10pm at https://www.youtube.com/user/musicatUCC for a wonderful programme that ranges from Argentinian tangos to new age music by David Pritchard and Leo Brouwer – all conveyed through the magic of the guitar.
‘The guitar is a miniature orchestra in itself’ – Ludwig van Beethoven
‘Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, except, possibly two’ – Frederic Chopin
Great minds think alike – if only Chopin had heard four guitars!
The Irish Guitar Quartet (IGQ) – Jerry Creedon, David Keating, Colin McClean and Aengus Kirakowski – is one of Ireland’s most exciting music ensembles, performing a wide range of music from Baroque to Contemporary fusion. Utilising the wonderful versatility of the instrument to create extraordinary textures and ambience, the IGQ have left nation-wide audiences spellbound.
The ensemble’s recent performances have included the National Concert Hall International Guitar Series in February, 2020, St. John’s Arts Arts Centre, Listowel; Fota House, Cork; RTE Lyric FM; National Concert Hall, Dublin; Boyle Arts Festival; Clifden Arts Week; Clonakilty International Guitar Festival; UCC; Guitar Festival of Ireland; Siamsa Tire, Tralee; National Opera House, Wexford; Cork Orchestral Society and a Schools Recital Series for West Cork Music.
http://www.irishguitarquartet.com
https://www.facebook.com/irishguitarquartet/
Free. Organised by FUAIM.
To join the event please email: [email protected]
FUAIM Lecture – Mary Mitchell-Ingoldsby


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FUAIM
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Website
https://www.ucc.ie/en/fmt/music/events/title-1261898-en.html

“The Cork Piper’s Club and its Impact on Irish Traditional Music and Dance in the early 20th century”
Mary is an uilleann piper and musicologist specialising in Irish traditional music. She teaches courses in Irish traditional music and manages the Department’s Traditional Music Archive. Mary learned her uilleann piping from the renowned Cork piper Mícheál Ó Riabhaigh. As manager of the Traditional Music Archive (UCC) she oversees the upgrading and digitising of recordings and she is engaged in the ongoing development of more effective methods of computer cataloguing and indexing field recordings and the many other, ever increasing, holdings of the archive. Mary has acted as archive adviser for the From the Sources project and she was a committee member of the O’Neill/Henebry digitisation project at UCC. She has also performed extensively from North Carolina in the USA to Warsaw and Lublin in Poland. Mary has worked as a music collector in North Kerry for Muckross House Library, creating one of the largest song collections in the country.
Free. Organised by FUAIM.
To join the event please email: [email protected]
Danielle McLaughlin: Public Presentation Sold Out


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UCC Creative
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Email
[email protected] An initiative to develop creative practice at UCC. Connecting academia & creative / cultural industries.

Location
- UCC
- Online Event
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Website
http://www.ucc.ie
Speaker
- Danielle
Artist in Residence Danielle McLaughlin, winner of the Windham-Campbell Prize for fiction and of the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award, has been working on the themes of happiness and hope in short stories in her UCC Creative workshop. In this public presentation, Danielle will read some of her work, discuss the writing craft, and invite a small number of participants to share their writing. Join us for a lively event on writing, happiness, fiction, and hope.
The event will be hosted by Professor Claire Connolly.
Writing Hope and Happiness in Short Fiction – Danielle McLaughlin


Location
- UCC
- Online Event
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Website
http://www.ucc.ie
Speaker
- Danielle McLaughlinWriter
Danielle McLaughlin’s debut collection of short stories, Dinosaurs On Other Planets, was published in Ireland in 2015 by The Stinging Fly Press and in the UK and the US & Canada by John Murray and Random House in 2016. In 2019 she was awarded a Windham-Campbell Prize for fiction and won the Sunday Times Audible Short Story Award. She was Writer in Residence at UCC for 2018-2019. A novel, The Art of Falling, will be published in 2021. Danielle’s stories have appeared in The New Yorker, The Irish Times, Southword, The Penny Dreadful and in The Stinging Fly.
In these workshops we will challenge short fiction’s gravitational pull towards the negative. Through a process of close reading and discussion, we will explore some great short stories by writers who know how to make happiness and hope compelling. We will also use these stories as a jumping off point for discussing aspects of writing craft. Workshop participants will be provided with links to stories to read in advance of each session, and there will also be some writing exercises.
Workshops Dates:
Tuesday 3rd Nov 6 – 8pm
Tuesday 10th Nov 6 – 8pm
Tuesday 17th Nov 6 – 8pm
Online Public Presentation:
Thursday 26th Nov 6–7pm
John McCarthy & Danny O’Mahony: Public Presentation


Location
- UCC
- Online Event
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Website
http://www.ucc.ie
Speakers
- Danny O’MahonyTraditional Artist
Danny O’ Mahony is an award winning and critically acclaimed Irish Traditional Musician, Educator and Broadcaster from Ballyduff in Co. Kerry. Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland O’Mahony was appointed Traditional Artist in Residence at UCC for 2019-20. His most recent performance ‘Dúchas’ for the 2020 Clifden Arts Festival was a collaboration with poet Gabriel Fitzmaurice in the music, song & poetry of their native North Kerry.
- John McCarthyWriter, actor and director.
John McCarthy is a writer, actor and director living in Cork. He is currently a recipient of an Arts Council Theatre bursary for playwriting, recently performed in Blackwater Babble (BrokenCrow) and directed Tadhg Hickey’s acclaimed solo show, ‘In One Eye, Out the Other’ (Cccahoots)
Join us on Thursday 29th October for an online evening event exploring the works of playwright, actor and director John McCarthy, and traditional musician Danny O’Mahony.
Both artists will share their practices and the themes they have been exploring while in residency at UCC, with some participants sharing short spoken / sound pieces developed during the artists’ workshops. This is a fantastic moment to learn more about contemporary playwriting and traditional music.