people at the graduate school of creative arts and media

 

nollaig ó fiongháile: development manager

 

member of tradfutures seminar research group

 

 

 

biographical details

 

Nollaig Ó Fiongháile is a musician, researcher and lecturer. She holds a masters in Ethnomusicology, (Goldsmiths, University of London), B. Music (NUI Cork); has lectured at the University of Ulster’ Music Department; Galway, Mayo Institute of Technology’ Heritage Department, and has presented papers at EU wide conferences being a frequent contributor on themes such as Traditional Music, Cultural Regeneration, and Creative Industries. She plays low whistles and flutes and has managed productions such as ‘Festival of World Cultures’, established and directed ‘Whiden Toie’ a festival of Traveller & Gypsy Culture (2001-02) and developed a radio series including 'The Bards Chair' on Clare FM, and 'Veiled Voices’ a world music series for RTE, (1995). Formerly founder, executive member and later President of the European Network of Traditional Music & Dance (1997-2005); Expert to the European Commission and Council of Europe for the campaign ‘Europe, A Common Heritage’ 2002; Culture Regeneration Specialist with the University of Ulster’ Northern Ireland Centre of European Cooperation (2003-06); currently Development Manager at GradCAM where she established the research-performance group ‘tradfutures’ and the EU policy network ‘Creative Policies for the Creative City. See www.gradcam.ie and www.myspace.com/nollaigofionghaile


 

 

research interests

 

Nollaig's research enquiry is entitled ‘melodic visions, dancing sounds & peripheral aesthetics’ - and seeks to critically examine creative practice in traditional music performance; and to investigate and evaluate the conditions, the processes, the values and value systems supporting its expression.

.

 

Contact

n.ofionghaile(at)gradcam.ie

Development Manager GradCAM (NCAD, DIT, IADT, Ulster) NCAD 100 Thomas St, Dublin 2



 

Find out about other people at the school.

 

For additional information on the collaborating institutions consult www.dit.ie, www.ncad.ie, www.iadt.ie and www.ulster.ac.uk.