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The influence of the Cork International Choral Festival on choral singing, choral conducting and choral composition in Ireland (1954-2021)
(Royal Irish Academy of Music, 2022-04)The Cork International Choral Festival was established in 1954 as part of the Tóstal festival – a festival that sought to celebrate and showcase Irish traditions on an international stage. Over time (1954-2021), the Festival ... -
Implications of collaboration : the recreative artist and autoethnographic research in Seóirse Bodley's Never to have lived is best (1965)
(Royal Irish Academy of Music, 2022)Since 1953 Seóirse Bodley has been a prominent composer, lecturer, academic, conductor and pianist in Irish classical music. Much has been written about Seóirse Bodley and his compositions. Axel Klein, Gareth Cox, Lorraine ... -
Implicit curriculum : improvisation pedagogy in guitar methods 1760-1860
(Royal Irish Academy of Music, 2021-10)Between 1760 and 1860 the guitar was in a fervent state of metamorphosis and experienced an unprecedented rise in popularity among lower- and middle-class learners. In this period of popularity, a strong community of ... -
Reimagining the Saxophone: Preparing Works by Six Irish Composers for Performance – A First History
This thesis examines the processes involved in the performance preparation of works for saxophone by six Irish composers: John Buckley (1951), Bill Whelan (1951), Benjamin Dwyer (1965), Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin (1950-2018), ... -
Hudleston’s Harmonic Sounds: An Evaluation of Josiah Hudleston’s 1841 Treatise on Guitar Harmonics
Josiah Andrew Hudleston (1799-1865) was a forgotten figure in the history of guitar until the early 1990s when his collection of guitar music was re-discovered in the basement of the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin. ...