The First Voicing Conference held in St Patrick's College

The Irish Music Education Voicing Conference was held in St Patrick’s College, Drumcondra on Thursday 2nd June 2011. Its aim is to have a radically different type of conference in order to connect music education research with music education practice and reflect the diversity of music education happening in Ireland. The conference creates space for the many voices of music education in Ireland as well as voicing and engaging with issues throughout the full spectrum of music education in Ireland.  The conference included poster presentations on research and practice, the launch of the idea of a teachers orchestra, a panel discussion on What Counts as Music Education? and a workshop and premier performance of a newly commissioned work by the composer Karen Power performed by the participants at the conference. The conference and music commission is supported by the research committees of St Patrick’s College Drumcondra (SPD) and Mary Immaculate College (MIC). It reflects the philosophy of the web resource www.irishmusiceducation.ie set up in partnership between SPD and MIC to take action to further the understanding, development and practice of music education in Ireland by connecting music education research with music education practice.

Participants at the conference reflected an all Ireland engagement with music education and included composers, performers, teachers at all levels, researchers, leaders of music resource and arts organisations, local authority arts officers and post graduate and undergraduate students of the College.

Slide show of the conference.

 

 

 

 

 

Last Updated: Monday June 13 2011