FUAIM - Music at UCC Spring 2010
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FUAIM - Music at UCC Spring 2010
19.01.2010
The School of Music (formerly the Department of Music), University College Cork is delighted to present FUAIM, a season of concerts, lectures and music projects which brings together scholars, students, artists and audiences to reflect and celebrate the diversity and uniqueness of Music at UCC.
Under the direction of the recently appointed Head of School, Mel Mercier, FUAIM amplifies the University’s contribution to the cultural life of the city, region and country, and marks the beginning of a new chapter in the history of music studies at UCC.   

Concerts in the FUAIM spring season are open to the public and admission is free to most events. Artists in the spring series include UCC artists-in-residence The Vanbrugh Quartet, Cork-based contemporary traditional music ensemble Buille, Dublin-based European traditional music specialists Yurodny, Irish fusion frontiersman, sean nós singer Iarla O Lionaird, and the outstanding pianist Andrew Zolinsky. In two special evening events, the UCC Gamelan Orchestra will be joined by special guests Colin Dunne and Kate Ellis in a concert of new and traditional Javanese music, and Liam Ó Maonlaí appears in concert at the Pavilion, an event that will also feature the launch of the intercultural music project, TRASNA.

The School of Music at University College Cork also presents a lecture series as part of FUAIM, which is open to the public. Amongst the offerings in the spring, Dr. Karen Fricker will discuss the Eurovision Song Contest in The Eurovision Song Contest: Kitch, Camp or Otherwise and Iarla Ó Lionáird will discuss modern day sean nós singing in  The Iconoclastic Spirit: Searching for Creativity and Inspiration from within our Music Tradition.

In 2010, the School is especially delighted to be marking the centenary of the birth of Aloys Fleischmann (1910-1992). Fleischmann was Professor of Music at UCC for 46 years, during which time he established the Department of Music as an important and vibrant cultural centre for the University, Cork City and Ireland. The School of Music, UCC, is proud to honour his legacy in a series of special events in Spring 2010.

FUAIM was launched (with Philip King and Julie Feeney) on Monday, January 18th.

Pictured at the launch of FUAIM were L-R: Philip King, Julie Feeney and Mel Mercier, Head, School of Music (UCC).

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