Second Women and Music in Ireland Conference

Second Women and Music in Ireland Conference

This Royal Irish Academy of Music conference aims to bring academics, performers and music enthusiasts together to examine the role of women and music in Ireland, their relationship with music and their collaborations with their peers.

Eleanor McEvoy painting by Robert Ballagh.

Following on from a successful 2010 conference on Women and Music in Ireland, the Royal Irish Academy of Music, NUI Maynooth, and the Society for Musicology in Ireland are running a second one on 14 and 15 September next, to ‘further develop research into the roles of women in all musical genres in Ireland’.

According to the conference literature, the aim is to ‘bring academics, performers and music enthusiasts together to examine the role of women and music in Ireland, their relationship with music and their collaborations with their peers. The conference will also include a session of shorter papers from undergraduate students and those beginning postgraduate studies.’

Proposals for papers, themed sessions, lecture recitals and round-table discussions on all aspects of women and music in Ireland are now being sought. Suggested themes include the female musician in traditional Irish music; the developing role of female composers; gender studies and Irish music; representations of gender and the development of popular music in Ireland; A Woman’s Heart: Evaluations of its contribution to Irish Music on the twentieth anniversary of its release; female philanthropy and music development in Ireland.

Submissions can be sent by email to the conference organizer, Dr Jennifer O’Connor, at womenandmusicinirl [at] gmail.com by Monday, 16 April 2012.

For more information go to @womenandmusic on Twitter, facebook.com/womenandmusicinireland on Facebook or email womenandmusicinirl [at] gmail.com

Published on 13 March 2012

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