Prof Triona Ni Shiochain

BA, Ph.D.

Contact Details

Head of School/Established Professor of Music and Performing Arts
T: +353 (0)91 492502
E: triona.nishiochain@universityofgalway.ie
 
researcher
 

Biography

Tríona Ní Shíocháin is Head of the School of English, Media, and Creative Arts and Established Professor of Music and Performing Arts at the University of Galway. She formerly held the positions of Professor of Modern Irish and Performing Arts and Head of the School of Celtic Studies at Maynooth University, prior to which she was Head of the Department of Music at UCC, where she lectured in Irish Traditional Music. An interdisciplinary scholar of Music and Irish, and a whistle-player, sean-nós singer, and set-dancer, she specialises in oral theory, performance theory, Irish traditional music, song, and dance, and women oral composers from the 17th to the 19th centuries. Her current research focuses on Irish-language artistic research, creative practice, Irish-language feminist and gender studies, hidden histories of women¿s thought and subjugated knowledges in song and lament, and the symbiosis between embodiment, vocality, and style in Irish traditional music. She is author of Singing Ideas: Performance, Politics and Oral Poetry (Berghahn 2018, 2021) and Bláth ¿s Craobh na nÚdar: Amhráin Mháire Bhuí (Coiscéim 2012), and co-edited Léachtaí Cholm Cille 53: Léann Feimineach agus Inscne na Gaeilge (Irish-language feminist and gender studies) (An Sagart 2023) with Prof. Máire Ní Annracháin. Tríona is a member of the steering committee of IMBAS ¿ an Irish Forum for Arts Practice Researchers and Artists. 

Ceoltóir, amhránaí agus scoláire idirdhisciplíneach is ea an tOllamh Tríona Ní Shíocháin go bhfuil suim ar leithligh aici i dtaibhealaíona agus i dtraidisiúin bhéil na Gaelainne, sa cheol traidisiúnta, sa chleachtas cruthaitheach, i mbanfhilí na Gaelainne, agus i stair na smaointeoireachta mar a léirítear dúinn í san amhránaíocht agus sa bhfilíocht. Ceapadh í ina hOllamh Bunaithe le Ceol agus Taibhealaíona i Scoil an Bhéarla, na Meán, agus na nEalaíon Cruthaitheach in Ollscoil na Gaillimhe i 2024, áit ina bhfuil sí ina Ceann Scoile chomh maith. Roimis sin, do bhí sí ina hOllamh le Nua-Ghaeilge agus Taibhealaíona agus ina Ceann Scoile ar Scoil an Léinn Cheiltigh in Ollscoil Mhá Nuad, agus roimis sin arís do bhí sí ina Ceann Roinne agus ina Léachtóir le Ceol Gaelach i Roinn an Cheoil i gColáiste na hOllscoile, Corcaigh. Tá suim ana-mhór aici sa Taighde Ealaíonta agus sa chleachtas cruthaitheach/ealaíonta, agus tá roinnt forbairtí nuatha curtha chun cinn sa réimse sin aici ag leibhéal MA agus PhD le roinnt blianta anuas. Tá mórán foilsithe aici ar ghnéithe éagsúla den amhránaíocht, den gceol, agus den litríocht, ina measc Singing Ideas: Performance, Politics and Oral Poetry (2021, 2018) agus Bláth ¿s Craobh na nÚdar: Amhráin Mháire Bhuí (2012). Do bhí sí ina comheagarthóir ar Léachtaí Cholm Cille 53: Léann Feimineach agus Inscne na Gaeilge (2023) i gcomhpháirt leis an Ollamh Máire Ní Annracháin. Is ball í de choiste stiúrtha IMBAS.


Book Chapters

  Year Publication
(2024) ''Téada Machnaimh agus Téada Gutha: Ceist na Teangan sa Cheol Gaelach' [Strings of Thought and Vocal Chords: the question of language in Irish traditional music''
Ní Shíocháin, T. (2024) ''Téada Machnaimh agus Téada Gutha: Ceist na Teangan sa Cheol Gaelach' [Strings of Thought and Vocal Chords: the question of language in Irish traditional music'' In: Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin: a Life in Music. Cork: Cork University Press. [Details]

Conference Contributions

  Year Publication
(2024) Taighde Dána 2024: Ceol Leictreonach, Tobchumadóireacht agus na hEalaíona Dúchais,
Ní Shíocháin, T., Denvir, S., Ní Chuirrín, N. (2024) Irish-language artistic research and arts practice symposium, co-funded by Ealaín na Gaeltachta and University Galway. [Conference Organising Committee Chairperson], Taighde Dána 2024: Ceol Leictreonach, Tobchumadóireacht agus na hEalaíona Dúchais, Indreabhán , 11-OCT-24 - 12-OCT-24. [Details]
(2024) Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Conference,
Ní Shíocháin, T. (2024) `Singable playing and musical dance: a comparative analysis of embodied knowledges in slow-air playing and polka-playing in Irish traditional music¿. [Oral Presentation], Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Conference, online , 19-OCT-24 - 19-OCT-24. [Details]
(2024) Into The Spotlight: An Exploration of Irish-Language Film and Music,
Ní Shíocháin, T. (2024) `Popular music in the Irish language from Black Metal to Rap¿. [Invited Oral Presentation], Into The Spotlight: An Exploration of Irish-Language Film and Music, Irish Cultural Centre Hammersmith , 13-JUL-24 - 13-JUL-24. [Details]
(2024) International Women's Day Symposium at Trinity College Dublin,
Ní Shíocháin, T. (2024) `Beochaint agus Ardréim: roinnt smaointe ar shaothar Chaitilín Dubh laistigh de thraidisiún na mbanfhilí sa Ghaelainn¿ [`Living speech and supreme status: thoughts on the work of Caitilín Dubh (17th century) within the Irish-language tradition of women song poets¿]. [Invited Oral Presentation], International Women's Day Symposium at Trinity College Dublin, Trinity College Dublin , 08-MAR-24 - 08-MAR-24. [Details]
(2024) Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Conference,
Ní Shíocháin, T. (2024) Chairing of panel entitled `Geáitse: the Aesthetics of Movement and Gesture in the Expression of Irish Traditional Music and Dance¿. [Chaired Session], Society for Ethnomusicology Annual Conference, online , 19-OCT-24 - 19-OCT-24. [Details]
(2024) Eighteenth-century Ireland Society conference, University of Galway,
Ní Shíocháin, T. (2024) `¿Elusive Utterances¿ and the Invisibility of Sound: Oral Compositional Practices in Eighteenth-century Irish-language Song and Lament¿. Keynote address (Alan Harrison Lecture). [Plenary Lecture], Eighteenth-century Ireland Society conference, University of Galway, University of Galway , 20-JUN-24 - 20-JUN-24. [Details]
(2024) Léachtaí Cholm Cille 55: Luathbhailiúcháin Fuaime na Gaeilge [The Colm Cille Lectures: Early Irish-language Sound Recordings¿],
Ní Shíocháin, T. (2024) `Bailiúchán ceoil Risteaird de Hindeberg agus an eitnicheoleolaíocht luath¿ [`Richard Henebry¿s music collection and early ethnomusicology¿]. [Invited Oral Presentation], Léachtaí Cholm Cille 55: Luathbhailiúcháin Fuaime na Gaeilge [The Colm Cille Lectures: Early Irish-language Sound Recordings¿], Maynooth University , 13-APR-24 - 13-APR-24. [Details]

Invited Lectures

  Year Publication
(2024) `Subjugated Knowledges and the Anonymous Woman¿s Voice in Sean-nós Song¿. The Seán Ó Riada Memorial Lecture, Department of Music, University College Cork 08 February.
Ní Shíocháin, T. (2024) `Subjugated Knowledges and the Anonymous Woman¿s Voice in Sean-nós Song¿. The Seán Ó Riada Memorial Lecture, Department of Music, University College Cork 08 February. Invited Lectures [Details]
(2024) Discussant at Prof. Jools Gilson¿s inaugural performative lecture entitled `A bit of a song and dance: Heart, Nervous System, and the Changing of the World¿, Department of Theatre/Future Humanities Institute, University College Cork, 14 February.
Ní Shíocháin, T. (2024) Discussant at Prof. Jools Gilson¿s inaugural performative lecture entitled `A bit of a song and dance: Heart, Nervous System, and the Changing of the World¿, Department of Theatre/Future Humanities Institute, University College Cork, 14 February. Invited Lectures [Details]

Invited Seminars

  Year Publication
(2024) `Poetic Streams, Singing, and Selfhood: on Liminality, Creative Practice, and Power in Sean-nós Song and Oral Poetic Performance¿ Guest lecture and performance at Exeter University Drama Deparment, 20 May.
Ní Shíocháin, T. (2024) `Poetic Streams, Singing, and Selfhood: on Liminality, Creative Practice, and Power in Sean-nós Song and Oral Poetic Performance¿ Guest lecture and performance at Exeter University Drama Deparment, 20 May. Invited Seminars [Details]
(2024) Professional development workshop for faculty on Artistic Research/Creative Practice projects and outputs through the medium of Irish or Gàidhlig. Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland 24 April.
Ní Shíocháin, T. (2024) Professional development workshop for faculty on Artistic Research/Creative Practice projects and outputs through the medium of Irish or Gàidhlig. Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland 24 April. Invited Seminars [Details]
(2024) `Re-compositional practices and women¿s creative processes in Irish traditional song¿. Research Seminar at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland 24 April.
Ní Shíocháin, T. (2024) `Re-compositional practices and women¿s creative processes in Irish traditional song¿. Research Seminar at Sabhal Mòr Ostaig, University of the Highlands and Islands, Scotland 24 April. Invited Seminars [Details]
(2024) Guest lecture and performance at Exeter University Drama Deparment, 20 May.
Ní Shíocháin, T. (2024) Guest lecture and performance at Exeter University Drama Deparment, 20 May. Invited Seminars [Details]
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