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Congratulations to Laura Heneghan, University of Galway BA Music Graduate, winner of the Seán Ó Riada Composition Competition. Read more here...

A new report has been launched which looks at how a musician's gender can impact their career and experiences within the Irish music industry. Also featured on RTÉ Brainstorm, the author of the report ...

Pictured at the Emily Anderson Concert, Thursday 20th October, presented by Music for Galway and the University of Galway are Finghin Collins, Artistic Director with Music for Galway,  Ellison Hassel- ...

Graduates from the BA Arts (Music) Degree were conferred at a ceremony at University of Galway on Monday, 29th August 2022. This cohort of graduates were the first ever music students to graduate from ...

Music was delighted to hold its very first final year Music Practice Recitals in the Emily Anderson Concert Hall on Thursday, 7th April 2022.  Through instruments of piano, voice, violin and percussio ...

Music at University of Galway was delighted to hold the first final year performance exams.  Through instruments of voice, piano, guitar and concertina, the group of final year music students performe ...

This is the recording of the seventh webinar for the “Re-Imagining the Creative Arts Curriculum and the Creative Arts Canon" webinar series hosted by the School of English and Creative Arts at Univers ...

This is a recording of the sixth webinar for the “Re-Imagining the Creative Arts Curriculum and the Creative Arts Canon" webinar series hosted by the School of English and Creative Arts at University ...

Distinguished accordion player, and honorary doctorate holder, Dr Sharon Shannon along with guitarist Jim Murray, will open the University's 2021 Arts in Action Programme with a free concert online on ...

On Monday, 16th November 2020, Sharon Shannon and Win Horan had their introductory masterclass with the 1st Year Music Students, via Zoom, as part of their Irish Traditional Music module with Dr Veren ...

The Department of Music at University of Galway welcomes Fred Freeman, Professor of Traditional Music at The Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, who will play tribute to Hamish Henderson with a lecture i ...

From September 2018, students at University of Galway will be able to take a Bachelor of Arts honours degree in Music. This is an exciting development for music making and music education in the west ...