Ita Beausang has recently retired from the School of Music and Drama in the Dublin Institute of Technology, where she held various teaching and administrative positions. Her research interests include music education in Ireland, Anglo-Irish music and music criticism.
Fintan Vallely lectures in traditional music at Dundalk Institute of Technology. He is author of several biographical and ethnographic books on the music, and is editor of the A-Z reference work Companion to Irish Traditional Music.
Ronan Guilfoyle is a bass player, composer and Director of the Centre for Jazz Performance at DCU.
Robbie Hannan is an uilleann piper and is Curator of Musicology at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum.
Eric Sweeney (1948–2020) was a composer, conductor and organist, and Head of Music at Waterford Institute of Technology between 1981 and 2010. For a full obituary see here: https://journalofmusic.com/news/rip-composer-eric-sweeney
Toner Quinn is Editor of the Journal of Music. His new book, What Ireland Can Teach the World About Music, is available here. Toner will be giving a lecture exploring some of the ideas in the book on Saturday 11 May 2024 at 3pm at Farmleigh House in Dublin. For booking, visit https://bit.ly/3x2yCL8.
Mark Patrick Hederman is a monk of Glenstal Abbey in Limerick. He was a founding editor of the cultural journal The Crane Bag. His latest book is Anchoring the Altar: Christianity and the Work of Art.
Desi Wilkinson is a musician and post-doctoral research-associate at UL. He is a recipient of an award from the IRCHSS (Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences).
Barra Ó Séaghdha is a writer on cultural politics, literature and music.
