Since the latter half of the 1900s, large portions of Aaron Copland’s life and work have been researched and documented. However, the majority of the investigations pertain to largescale solo, orchestral, and ballet works ...

This dissertation will investigate current practices and attitudes relating to vocal health in Irish conservatoires, namely the Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM), Dublin Institute of Technology (DIT), and Cork Institute ...

The choral and instrumental compositions of John Amner have been eclipsed by other English Renaissance composers, yet his printed collection of music from 1615, Sacred Hymnes of 3. 4. 5 and 6. Parts for Voyces and Vyols, ...

This thesis examines the unfamiliar new reality of Irish choral music. It is in a better state of health now in the early twenty-first century than at any point in its long and difficult history. Irish choral music today ...

Recording of performance given by Dr Annette Cleary (Cello) and Prof Réamonn Keary (Piano), RIAM Amplify Research Day, Recital Room, RIAM, Thursday 12th April 2018. Video by Jonathan Nangle.

Professional singing in the classical western tradition is a highly stressful occupation. Training requires many years to gain proficiency. The vocalis muscle is influenced by fertility hormones. Unlike men, women experience ...

Miklós Rózsa (1907 – 1995) is best known for his Hollywood film scores, but in addition to this he also composed many concert hall works, leading to a diverse compositional output and the self-declaration of a ‘double ...

The investigation is based on the understanding of the role of the performer as narrator in the performance of early nineteenth-century piano music in general and Schubert’s Piano Sonata in A Major, D959, in particular. ...

The figure of the monster is at the heart of Benjamin Britten’s operas. By orchestrating and dramatizing various outcast figures from the world of literature, Britten and his librettists have illustrated that the monster ...