Dublin native Aoife Ní Bhriain is one of Ireland's foremost traditional fiddle players and a classical violinist of international stature who commands both the classical world and her Irish traditional heritage. From across the Irish Sea and the west coast of Wales, harpist Catrin Finch has also built an impressive classical career and ventured into uncharted musical territory, most notably through her award-winning international collaborations.

Black Atlantic Space-Time is an art series that presents Afrodiasporic embodied knowledge as ‘rhythm codes' that synchronise image, sound, dance and spoken language into expressions of identity and belonging. By turning towards indigenous knowledge, this multimedia narrative reaches for a decolonised future.

From her interactive map of Black Atlantic rhythms as intangible heritage – Deirdre will present theory, design, and audio/visual map content examples, including performances by Unity and rhythm culture-bearers from Africa and the Americas.

Ostravská banda

International chamber orchestra
Petr Kotik, conductor

With special guests
Irena Troupová, soprano (Prague)
Susan Stenger, flute (London)
Alex Petcu, percussion (Cork)
Yseult Cooper, violoncello (Cork)

Program:
Martin Smolka - Oh, My Admired C-Minor
Donnchadh MacAodha - Music for Flute and a Two Handed Pianist
Petr Kotik - Many Many Women Plus I
Phill Niblock - Petr’s Charm 

Composers Smolka, MacAodha and Kotik will be present

It is fifty years since the untimely death in April 1974 of Denis Murphy, the iconic Sliabh Luachra fiddle-player, who left an indelible mark on the course of Irish traditional music. In this illustrated presentation, the various facets and eras of his life and music will be explored – the early days as a pupil of the legendary Pádraig O’Keeffe; the great years in New York; and finally his time at home in Ireland during which the ‘classic’ album The Star Above the Garter was released. Audio and video archive material will provide further contextual background and insights.

The Arts Council and University College Cork invite applications from film artists of distinction for the role of Film Artist in Residence at UCC for the calendar year 2025.

The Film Artist in Residence, based in the School of Film, Music and Theatre, is designed to provide a film artist with a unique opportunity to develop their practice in a university environment while offering students of film and screen media the opportunity to engage with a practising artist in a meaningful way during the course of their studies.

Cork Opera House and University College Cork are delighted to announce that applications are now invited for the third Theatre Artist in Residence Programme, which is jointly funded by Cork Opera House and UCC.

Department of Music doctoral researcher and Senior Technical Officer Phil Maguire will launch his new CD, faint red / pencil lines on Farpoint Recordings at Anima Mundi #5, a series by Errant Sound that is part of Cultúr Éireann's Zeitgeist Irland 24 festival in Berlin. Phil will perform at Morphine Raum on 12th October.

TRADITIONAL ARTIST IN RESIDENCE AT UCC

The Arts Council and University College Cork invite applications from traditional artists of distinction for the role of Traditional Artist in Residence at UCC for the calendar year 2025.

The Traditional Artist in Residence, based in the Department of Music, is designed to provide a traditional artist (traditional musician, singer, dancer, story-teller or practitioner of the oral arts such as agallamh beirte and lúibíní) with a unique opportunity to develop their practice in a university environment while offering students the opportunity to engage with a practising artist in a meaningful way during the course of their studies.