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UCC's Department of Music is committed to the cultivation - through creativity in teaching, research, composition and performance - of a dynamic learning community. We are dedicated to an interdisciplinary and cross-cultural understanding of music, and the Department has long been known as a centre of excellence for both the study and the practice of music.
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05
Dec
02 Dec 2025
UCC Choir with Lisa Lambe - 05/12/25, 1:10pm, Aula Maxima, UCC
The UCC Choir, directed by Eva McMullen Glossop, brings our series to a close with this final, unforgettable concert. Renowned performer Lisa Lambe joins the choir for a celebration of Irish music and culture. As this brings our Autumn 2025 concert season to a close, we would like to take the opportunity to thank our audiences and colleagues most sincerely for your ongoing support. We look forward to welcoming you back to our Friday Lunchtime concerts in the Autumn.
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20
Nov
18 Nov 2025
20/11/25 - Prof. Huib Schippers - FUAIM Lecture, Ó Riada Hall, 11:00am
Music as Intangible Cultural Heritage: Understanding Cultural Ecosystems
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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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27
Nov
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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