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Rugadh agus tógadh an t-amhránaí sean-nóis agus an cláirseoir Síle Denvir i nGaeltacht Chonamara. Bhain sí amach céim BA sa Ghaeilge agus sa cheol in Ollscoil na hÉireann Maigh Nuad i 2002. Chuaigh sí as sin chuig Ollscoil na hÉireann, Gaillimh, áit ar bhain sí amach Máistreacht sa Ghaeilge. Mar chuid den mháistreacht sin scríobh sí tráchtas dár teideal ‘Dearcadh an tSaoil – Amhráin Chiaráin Uí Fhátharta’, eagrán criticiúil d’amhráin a chum an t-amhránaí Conamaraíoch Ciarán Ó Fátharta, maille le réamhaiste chomhthéacsúil. Foilseoidh Cló Iar-Chonnachta an tráchtas seo i 2007. I 2004 bhain sí amach Dioplóma Iarchéime in Oideachas an Cheoil in Ionad Cheol Cruinne na hÉireann agus d’fhan sí san áit chéanna i 2005 chun Máistreacht i dTaibhléiriú an Cheoil Traidisiúnta a dhéanamh. Faoi láthair tá sí ag tabhairt faoi thráchtas dochtúireachta faoi stiúir an Dr. Lillis Ó Laoire agus an Ollaimh Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin. Is é teideal an tráchtais ná ‘I Lár an Aonaigh: Iniúchadh ar an athmhúnlú, an athmhíniú agus an taibhléiriú a déantar ar amhráin dhúchasacha Gaeilge in Éirinn agus in Albain i gcomhthéacs nua-aimseartha, ar bhonn teanga agus ceoil’. Tá scoláireacht fáighte aici ó Iomairt Cholm Cille chun an staidéar seo a dhéanamh. Is múinteoir Gaeilge, amhránaíochta agus cláirsí í Síle agus d’oibrigh sí mar theagascóir in Ollscoil na hÉireann Gaillimh, agus in Ollscoil Luimnigh. Is ball í freisin den ghrúpa ceoil traidisiúnta Líadan agus tá ceolchoirmeacha tugtha aici in Éirinn agus thar lear.
Síle Denvir is a harp player and sean-nós singer from the Connemara Gaeltacht. She received her BA in Irish and Music from NUI Maynooth and then went on to do a Masters degree in Irish in NUI, Galway. Her Master’s thesis, ‘Dearcadh an tSaoil – Amhráin Chiaráin Uí Fhátharta’ is an edition of songs composed by the Connemara songwriter Ciarán Ó Fátharta, including a critical analysis of the songs and their context. This thesis will be published by Cló Iar-Chonnachta in 2007. In 2004 she completed the Graduate Diploma in Music Education at the IWMC and in 2005 she received an MA in Traditional Irish Music Performance also at the IWMC. Síle is currently working on a doctoral thesis under the joint supervision of Dr. Lillis Ó Laoire and Prof. Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin. The title of her thesis is ‘I Lár an Aonaigh: Iniúchadh ar an athmhúnlú, an athmhíniú agus an taibhléiriú a déantar ar amhráin dhúchasacha Gaeilge in Éirinn agus in Albain i gcomhthéacs nua-aimseartha, ar bhonn teanga agus ceoil.’ (The restructuring, reinterpretation and performance of Irish and Scottish traditional song in a contemporary setting.) She currently holds a scholarship from Iomairt Cholm Cille to pursue this study. Síle is also a teacher of Irish language, song and harp and has tutored both at the University of Limerick and at NUI, Galway. She is currently a member of the traditional Irish music group Líadan and has performed extensively in Ireland and abroad.
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María Escribano, a graduate of the IWMC's MA in Ethnomusicology, is currently a research PhD student at the centre. The title of her PhD thesis is Rhythms of Struggle: Txalaparta and Basque Identity and concerns itself with the Basque music tradition and instrument Txalaparta and how the present socio-political situation of Basque left wing nationalism is musically articulated. María currently holds a Government of Ireland Research Scholarship in the Humanities and Social Sciences by the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social
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Paul McGettrick is a lecturer in Music Technology at Dundalk Institute of Technology where he is Director of the Music Technology Centre. A flute player, he is Associate Editor of Sources of Irish Traditional Music c. 1600-1855 (eds. Fleischmann, Ó Súilleabháin) and was on the organising committee for the recent Crossroads conference on Education and Traditional Music.
His career background and educational qualifications are in education, music and music technology having a B.Ed. from St. Patrick’s College, Drumcondra, a B.Mus. from UCC, and an M.Sc. in Music Technology from the University of York. He also taught at primary level for four years. He currently holds a Government of Ireland Senior Research Scholarship for 2003-04 from the Irish Research Council for the Humanities and Social Sciences to enable him to complete his PhD research on A Simulation Study of Irish Traditional Dance Music at the Irish World Music Centre. Click here for more information.
IRCHSS Scholar-in-Residence
Mary O'Donnell is a graduate of Trinity College Dublin B.Mus (hons) and also holds a Higher Diploma in Education and a Masters in Musicology from Univresity College Dublin. She has toured extensively with different groups throughout Europe, North America, Africa, and Asia. Mary is an Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Science Government of Ireland Scholar at the Irish World Academy. Her PhD research is entitled 'Custodians of Culture: A Social, Musicological and Cultural History of the Irish Harp and its Patronage from 1790-1840'. She is working under the supervision of Professor Tom Moylan (Utopian Studies), Dr Ruan O'Donnell (Irish History) and Professor Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin (Director, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance).
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05 February, 2008
