Gao Yanming has received a Master's degree in Pipa Performance from the Central Conservatory of Music in Beijing where she studied on a full national scholarship under renowned pipa master Prof. Fan Wei. Currently a PhD candidate in Ethnomusicology at University College Cork (supervisor, Prof. Jonathan Stock), her research topic is tracing a new history of the Pinghu Pipa School, a traditional pipa lineage originating from Pinghu City, China, in the 19th century. Yanming is a pipa instructor in the Department of Music at Zhejiang International Studies University, executive director of the Pipa Professional Committee of Zhejiang Musicians Association, China, and was designated by the Beijing Arts Foundation a pipa performing talent of the Pinghu Pipa School.

ghOstMiSt performs “Shadows of Migrants”

ghOstMiSt* comprises of Dewa Ayu Eka Putri (dance) and Putu Tangkas Adi Hiranmayena (music) performing reflexive improvisation of Balinese arts. Using Balinese gamelan, effects pedals, and experimental traditions of dance, this piece interrogates the repercussions of growing neo-colonial settlements and digital nomad culture in Bali, Indonesia. That which casts shadows of cultural stereotypes imposed on Balinese bodies. The opacity of active idealism hides in the transparency of social commotion. ghOstMiSt lives in the contradictions of identity but fights for epistemic justice.

*capitalizations of OMS denote various manifestations of cosmological greeting.

“'Dancing across the pages': Women and jazz in the Irish Free State and Northern Ireland in the 1920s-30s”

19th & 20th March 2025 

7:30pm in the Granary Theatre

Free - Booking Essential.

The Department of Film and Screen Media is delighted to extend our warmest congratulations to Laura Fioretti (BAFX2) and Sean Leahy (BAFX3), who were awarded prestigious Quercus College scholarships for the academic year 2024-5.

Fandango Duo: A Journey Through Sound

Formed by two of Ireland's most exciting and versatile guitarists, David Keating and Colin McLean, Fandango Duo is an electrifying instrumental guitar duo that weaves together influences from Latin, jazz, classical, and pop music. Drawing inspiration from their travels and concerts across the globe, David and Colin create dynamic soundscapes that tell compelling stories through their music.

FUAIM returns to the beautiful Glucksman Gallery for this week's Friday lunchtime concert featuring none other than the gifted and much-loved Cork singer-songwriter, Ger Wolfe. Please join us at 1:10pm for a solo concert of works from Ger's new release, Songs from Freeman's Ballyvourney Collection.

When does the (colonial) past become the past? And how do we interpret its legacies in postcolonial societies? What is the role of colonial archives in keeping the memory of the past alive?

In this masterclass, filmmaker Theo Panagopoulos will guide us through his process of reclaiming archival footage of Palestinian wild flowers, made in the 1930s and 1940s by a Scottish missionary who had decided to film the floral splendour of the Holy Land.

FUAIM is very proud to present the winners of this year's Donal 'Doc' Gleeson Awards for undergraduate performance. They are Zoe Callanan, Rosalyn Horan, Siún Ní Eartáin and Emmeline Turley

In memory of their colleague, Donal Gleeson, the Dublin Postal Clerks Branch of the Communication Workers' Union has established a fund to enable the University to provide a number of Instrumental Tuition Awards. Up to four awards are made each year to deserving undergraduate music students.