At a glance  ·Value: €3000 per scholarship ·You will need to apply for a Taught Masters programme at the Music Department at UCC before you can apply for this scholarship.  ·Deadline: 5pm on Tuesday 15th July 2025 ·Questions about this scholarship can be directed to music@ucc.ie

The Women, We Will Rise by Karan Casey    What would possess a singer to write a play?   The Women, We Will Rise is a theatrical song cycle that highlights the role of defiant Irish women during the revolutionary period and beyond. It places women centre stage and shares through song and story gallant women from Ireland's past, whilst singing into being a vision for the women of the future.  The production brings to fruition songs and stories about my great grandmother Agnes Ryan of the hotel, a mother of 12 children and a Cumann na mBan member. Other figures from the era, such as the great patriot Kathleen Clarke from Limerick and Countess Markievicz stand alongside and in comradery with women in contemporary Ireland. Keeping an eye on things, as always, is the legendary figure from Irish folklore an Chailleach.  This presentation will examine the creative process behind writing and producing the play entitled The Women, We Will Rise and will be a mixture of song performance and talking.

Acts of sonic fracture: working with Sonic Ghosting as an experimental music practice