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In 1987 the Irish Chapter of the Royal Musical Association began organising annual conferences in association with different music departments. The expansion in the size and scope of such annual gatherings since the inauguration of the SMI in 2003 has reflected the steady growth of musicology in Ireland. This webpage preserves a record of those conferences including the Postgraduate Students' Conferences.
Past SMI Annual Conferences2012 DundalkThe 2012 Annual Conference of the SMI was held in the Dundalk Institute of Technology, 15-17 June. The keynote speaker was Professor Carolyn Gianturco (University of Pisa, Italy). Programme and Abstracts [PDF ~340K]2011 DublinThe 2011 Annual Conference of the SMI was held in the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin, 24-26 June. The keynote speaker was Professor Roger Parker (King's College, London). Programme and Abstracts [PDF ~340K]2010 DerryThe 2010 Annual Conference of the SMI was held in the University of Ulster, Magee Campus, Derry, Northern Ireland, 7-9 May 2010. The keynote speaker was Professor Nicola LeFanu (University of York). Programme and Abstracts [PDF ~340K]2009 DublinThe Society for Musicology in Ireland and the Royal Musical Association held jointly their Annual Conference at the Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin from 9 to 12 July. Professor Kofi Agawu (Princeton University) was the recipient of the 2009 SMI's Frank Ll. Harrison Medal, and Professor Carolyn Abbate (University of Pennsylvania) delivered the RMA's Peter Le Huray Memorial Lecture. Over 100 papers were given on the conferences themes; Music and Dublin, Music and Literature, Anniversaries. The conference included an organ recital by Professor Gerard Gillen in honour of Peter Le Huray, in addition to three recitals by performers from the RIAM. Programme and Abstracts [PDF ~632K]2008 WaterfordThe annual conference of the Society for Musicology in Ireland was hosted by the Music Department of Waterford Institute of Technology at the College Street campus from Friday 9th to Sunday 11th May 2008 with more than 100 delegates in attendance. Leading academics and postgraduate students presented a total of 68 research papers on a wide variety of topics, ranging from Renaissance to Romantic to Twenty-first-century classical music studies, Irish Traditional Music, jazz, popular and film music, music theatre, social aspects of music in Ireland, pedagogy and performance studies, aesthetics and music analysis. The keynote speaker was Professor John Tyrrell of Cardiff University, co-editor of the monumental 29-volume revised edition of The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians and, most recently, of two major books on the composer Leos Janácek, who died 80 years ago this year. There was also a recital to mark the tercentenary of the death of the composer John Blow and of the bicentenary of the initial publication of Thomas Moore's Irish Melodies given by renowned tenor John Elwes accompanied by harpsichordist Malcolm Proud. Programme and Abstracts [PDF ~270K]2007 DITThe Fifth Annual Conference of the SMI was held in the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, Rathmines, Dublin on 11-13 May 2007. The Keynote speaker was Professor John Rink. Programme and Abstracts [PDF ~137K]2006 LimerickThe Fourth Annual Conference of the SMI was held in Mary Immaculate College, Limerick on 5-7 May, 2006. Over 100 delegates from Ireland, the UK, France, Germany, Portugal, Canada and the USA attended the conference to hear 70 papers over three days. The Keynote Speaker was the President of the Society for Music Theory, Professor William E. Caplin of McGill University, Montreal, and the Romanian String Quartet, ‘ConTempo’ performed in the College Chapel. Programme and Abstracts [PDF ~320K]2005 CorkThe Department of Music, UCC, hosted the Society's third annual conference on 6-8 May 2005. Around 100 delegates attended the event, which was dovetailed with a weekend festival of music: the Department's most extensive contribution to Cork 2005, the year in which the city celebrated its tenure as European Capital of Culture. Thirty-eight papers were delivered and the keynote address, entitled 'Musical Runes, Musical Ruins: On Hearing History', was given by Lawrence Kramer, professor of English and Music at Fordham University. Programme and Abstracts [PDF ~212K]2004 BelfastThe School of Music, Queen’s University of Belfast, hosted the second annual conference of the Society for Musicology in Ireland, on 7-8 May 2004. The event featured over forty papers on a wide range of topics, and a keynote address given by Professor Michael Beckerman of New York University, entitled 'Dvorak: A Minor Quartet'. Programme and Abstracts [PDF ~19K]2003 MaynoothThe first annual conference of the Society for Musicology in Ireland, held in association with the Irish Chapter of the Royal Musical Association, took place at the National University of Ireland, Maynooth, on 2 and 3 May 2003. It attracted over 70 delegates from Ireland, the United Kingdom, Germany and Hungary. A total of 34 papers were presented in sessions covering a broad range of topics from plainchant to contemporary composers, and from Irish traditional music to cathedral music. The keynote address, by Professor Derek Scott (University of Salford), was on the subject of 'From the Erotic to the Demonic: Scaling the heights and plumbing the depths of musicology'. This conference marked the formal inauguration of the Society for Musicology in Ireland whose first annual general meeting was held at the end of the conference under the chairmanship of the newly-elected President of the society, Professor Harry White. The conference was also the occasion of the launch by composer John Buckley of Irish Music in the Twentieth Century, edited by Gareth Cox & Axel Klein, Irish Musical Studies, vol. 7 (Dublin: Four Courts Press, 2003). Programme and Abstracts [PDF ~313K]
Past SMI Postgraduate Students' Conferences2012 SMI Postgraduate Students' ConferenceThe Fifth Annual SMI Postgraduate Students' Conference was hosted by the Conservatory of Music and Drama at the Dublin Institute of Technology, 20-21 January 2012. The keynote speaker was Professor Max Paddison, Durham University. Programme and Abstracts [PDF ~708k]2011 SMI Postgraduate Students' ConferenceThe Fourth Annual SMI Postgraduate Students' Conference was hosted by Queen's University Belfast, 27-28 January 2011. The keynote speaker was Dr Kenneth Hamilton, University of Birmingham. Programme and Abstracts [PDF ~708k]2010 SMI Postgraduate Students' ConferenceThe Third Annual SMI Postgraduate Students' Conference was hosted by the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama Rathmines on 22-23 January 2010. For the first year, the conference was held over two days and featured 30 papers including the two winners of the CHMHE Undergraduate Musicology Competition. The conference was opened by Brid Grant, Director and Dean of the Faculty of Applied Arts and closed by Dr Cliona Doris, Acting Head of the Conservatory. Delegates were addressed by SMI President Professor Jan Smaczny and the guest speaker was Professor John Irving, Director of the Institute of Musical Research at the University of London. The conference also included a recital of lieder given by Colette McGahon-Tosh (mezzo soprano) and Roy Holmes (piano). David Connolly was conference organiser and the conference committee included Carole O’Connor, Adrian Smith, Rachel Talbot and Martin Tourish. Programme and Abstracts [PDF ~2M]2009 SMI Postgraduate Students' ConferenceThe Second Annual SMI Postgraduate Students' Conference was hosted by the Music Department, NUI Maynooth on Saturday 24 January 2009. The Conference opened with a welcome address given by Professor Fiona M. Palmer, Head of the Music Department, NUI Maynooth. Twenty-one postgraduate students hailing from institutions in Ireland and the United Kingdom delivered papers on a wide variety of subjects. The winners of the CHMHE Undergraduate Musicology Competition had the opportunity to present their prize-winning papers at the Conference. The Keynote Address was delivered by the President of the SMI and Hamilton Harty Professor of Music at Queen's University, Belfast, Professor Jan Smaczny. Aisling Kenny was the Conference organiser. Programme and Abstracts [PDF ~377K]2008 Inaugural SMI Postgraduate Students' ConferenceThe first annual SMI Postgraduate Students' Conference was held at University College Dublin on Saturday 19 January 2008. The conference commenced with an address given by the inaugural President of the SMI, Professor Harry White; Dr Wolfgang Marx (Head of Music, UCD) closed the proceedings. The key-note address was delivered by the President of the SMI and Hamilton Harty Professor of Music at Queen's University, Belfast, Professor Jan Smaczny. Anne Hyland was the conference organiser. Programme and Abstracts [PDF ~33K]
RMA Irish Chapter Conferences2002 University College Dublin
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