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Rediscovering Celtic Heritage:
Trinity College Dublin
26 & 27 February 2026
A two-day international collaborative symposium bringing together scholarship, performance, and artistic research to explore and reframe cultural histories across Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and the Isle of Man.
A two-day international collaborative symposium bringing together scholarship, performance, and artistic research to explore and reframe cultural histories across Ireland, Wales, Scotland, and the Isle of Man.
Themes include:
Repertoire recovery, editorial practices, and historiographical re-evaluation
The careers, contributions, and compositions of musicians in the Celtic nations
The formation and expression of cultural identities through music
Transnational collaboration and exchange
Cross-disciplinary artistic and creative partnerships
Approaches to heritage preservation in the twenty-first century through curation and education
Symposium Committee
Symposium Committee
Cheryl Tan, Chair
Government of Ireland Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Trinity College Dublin
Emma Arthur
DPhil Candidate
University of Oxford
Orla Flanagan
Associate Professor
Trinity College Dublin
Nicole Grimes
Associate Professor of Music
Trinity College Dublin
James Lea
Senior Lecturer in Music; Senior Lecturer in Music and Innovation
Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama
Orla Shannon
Lecturer
Royal Irish Academy of Music
Acknowledgments
This symposium gratefully acknowledges the generous support of Trinity College Dublin, the Trinity Long Room Hub Arts & Humanities Research Institute, the Society for Musicology in Ireland, and Arts Council Wales.
This symposium has now taken place, and these pages are maintained as an archive of the event.
This symposium has now taken place, and these pages are maintained as an archive of the event.
Ongoing research, performances, and outputs emerging from Rediscovering Celtic Heritage: Musical Legacies across the Irish Sea are documented in the Research & Resources section, where new material will continue to be added.
Ongoing research, performances, and outputs emerging from Rediscovering Celtic Heritage: Musical Legacies across the Irish Sea are documented in the Research & Resources section, where new material will continue to be added.
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