Playing Together and Solitary Play: Musicking and Surfing by Timothy J. Cooley (Cuailgne) Ensemble. Something happens when we music together. We’ve all felt it. Maybe it was the church, school, or university choir when during mid-motet something clicked and you lost a bit of yourself while simultaneously gaining an ensemble. Or maybe it was dancing—another form […]
Read MoreEditor’s Preface This is the inaugural volume of Ethnomusicology Ireland, the journal of the Irish National Committee of the International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM Ireland). It is our intention that the contents of our journal, like the activities of the society itself, reflect the range of music played, studied, and researched on the island […]
Read More‘The Fundamentals of Irish Music’ presented by Peadar O Riada at 6pm on Thursday 3rd Feb.
Read MoreThe programme for the ICTM Ireland annual conference is now complete and available for download. Do note that postgrad students are invited to take a working lunch on the Saturday with Thomas Johnston, and that those involved (or interested in) the online journal project will be meeting during the same slot. Go to Conference & […]
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Please click on the download icons to download a pdf of the bulletin. Spéis Bulletin No.2 (November 2010) Full Spéis No. 2 articles: ‘Flow’ and ‘Insider’/’Outsider’ Positions in an Irish Traditional Music Session (Méadhbh Boyd) Fieldtrip reflections (Michelle Finnerty & Daithí Kearney)
Read MoreICTM Ireland Annual Conference Magee College, University of Ulster, Derry/Londonderry ‘LISTENING’ As has been made clear by Small (1998), Turino (2008), Keil and Feld (1994) amongst many others, there is no such thing as a ‘passive’ consumption of music. Each musical experience involves stimulation, recognition, interpretation, evaluation, and often provokes a socially meaningful response. These […]
Read MorePlease click on the download icons to download a pdf of the bulletin. Click here for Spéis Bulletin No.1 (May 2010) Full Spéis No. 1 articles: “Unsealing the Lips of Old Country Folk: An Analysis of John Doherty’s ‘The Four Posts of the Bed’” (C. Caldwell) “Towards a regional understanding of […]
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