Chamber Choir Ireland in collaboration with Learning & Participation, National Concert Hall, will continue their popular Tuesday lunchtime lecture series curated by Stuart Kinsella, exploring the broad history of Irish choral music, both amateur and professional. Talks will include musical illustrations by members of Chamber Choir Ireland.
CHORAL MUSIC IN IRELAND: HISTORY & EVOLUTION 2 National Concert Hall Lecture Series January – February 2018 Kevin Barry Room National Concert Hall 1.10pm – 2.00pm €5 each or €25 for the series Tickets must be reserved in advance from www.nch.ie or 01 417 0000
Tuesday 16 January
Tuesday 30 January
Tuesday 13 February
CHORAL MUSIC IN IRELAND: MANUSCRIPTS & MUSICOLOGISTS
IRISH CATHEDRAL MUSIC 1660–1800
Stuart Kinsella (CCI)
Dr Kerry Houston is head of academic studies at DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama and will look at music in Irish cathedrals from the restoration of King Charles II to the Act of Union.
‘GREGORIAN MUSIC IN THREE PARTS, PLEASE’: IRISH CATHOLIC CHURCH MUSIC 1829–1918
Kerry Houston (DIT)
Dr Stuart Kinsella, a tenor with Chamber Choir Ireland, will examine the sources for a history of choral music in Ireland and the musicologists who have addressed the subject over the centuries.
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1550
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1800
Darina McCarthy (Maynooth University) Dr Darina McCarthy, who holds degrees in music, English, philosophy and law, will consider the development of Irish Catholic church music from Catholic emancipation to the end of World War I.
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1900
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Tuesday 23 January
Tuesday 6 February
Tuesday 20 February
MR HANDEL COMES TO TOWN CHORAL MUSIC IN DUBLIN 1660–1760
MUSIC AND MUSICIANS IN THE CHURCH OF IRELAND 1800–1922
CLAISCEADAL: TRADITIONAL SONG AND CHORAL MUSIC IN IRELAND
Ita Beausang (DIT)
David O’Shea (TCD)
Dr Ita Beausang, emeritus lecturer at DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama will consider Handel’s visit to Dublin in 1742 in the context of choral music in Ireland from 1660 to 1760.
David O’Shea is a doctoral student in the music department of Trinity College, Dublin and will discuss performance practice in Church of Ireland cathedrals and parishes from the Union to Independence.
Sandra Joyce (Director, Irish World Academy, Limerick) Dr Sandra Joyce is director of the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, and will address interactions between choral and Irish traditional music in 20th-century Ireland.