Welcome to the School of Film, Music & Theatre
The School of Film, Music and Theatre is a place of ground-breaking creative learning and experimentation that promotes parity of esteem for theoretical and practical teaching, research and practice. Our School nurtures the ambitions of all who walk through its doors, and produces the most innovative, pioneering research and analysis of creative practice across disciplines in Ireland.
News and Events
13 Nov 2025
UCC Fiddle Tutor Connie O'Connell retires after 43 years
We extend our congratulations to Connie O’Connell who recently concluded 43 years of dedicated teaching here at the Department of Music, UCC. A highly respected musician and teacher, Connie, taught generations of fiddle students at the Department.
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Happening On
27/11/2025
12 Nov 2025
FUAIM Lecture - Dancing in the Dark: Cognitive Choreographies and the Musicking Mind by Prof. Michael Bakan - 27/11/25 - Ó Riada Hall, 11am
In this talk, ethnomusicologist Michael Bakan draws upon a research career encompassing more than three decades and spanning a wide range of topics and approaches—from Balinese gamelan to disability studies and the ethnomusicology of autism—to advance a new research trajectory and epistemological vantage point for investigating the relationship of musicking and dancing.
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11 Nov 2025
FMT Transition Year Creative Arts Programme - REGISTRATION OPEN
The School of Film, Music and Theatre is delighted to announce our Transition Year Creative Arts programme 2026 is now open for registration. This is a 3-day Creative Arts intensive programme that will allow selected participants to get a taste of student life in University College Cork. When: 10th - 12th March 2026 Where: School of Film, Music and Theatre, University College Cork Who: Transition Year Students How: Application form - https://forms.office.com/e/R5LWQtvpKJ
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11 Nov 2025
Alphaville: Journal of Film and Screen Media, Double Issue 29–30, Coming to Latin America. Now Available Online.
“Coming to Latin America”, edited by Lawrence Alexander and Javier Pérez-Osorio, engages with non–Latin American filmmakers who have produced work in and about the continent. As the Editors explain, it “interrogates the foreign gaze not because it is more important than that of practitioners from the continent but because, rather than simply reproducing extractive cinematic practices, we believe these works can become a catalyst for new epistemic pathways.”
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