Meet The Team
The Custodians
Meet the custodians of the Dublin Musicology Collective for Graduate Welfare. Together, they coordinate events and steer the DMC in a fruitful direction according to the wishes of the collective. Each custodian volunteers their time to see that the needs of the collective are met and to ensure that the DMC is run fairly. Further to their individual roles, each custodian represents their fellow graduate students from their respective institution. To get in touch with any custodian, messages addressed for their attention can be sent via our contact form.
Alison Shorten
MU
Treasurer
I am a PhD student at Maynooth University. I’ve completed both my BA and Masters in Musicology at Maynooth. I am currently researching the sacred works of Franz Schubert under the supervision of Professor Lorraine Byrne Bodley. My research focuses on the small-scale sacred works of the composer. @pallyallybally
Eleanor Jones McAuley
TCD
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Co-editor
I have recently completed my PhD studies at Trinity College Dublin, under the supervision of Dr Andrew Johnstone. My research looks at early modern music through the lens of cultural history, examining how musical culture affects and is affected by its social and political contexts; more specifically, my PhD thesis focuses on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century sacred music in Dublin. @eleanorjmca
Hannah Millington
DCU
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I am a final-year PhD student studying at Dublin City University under the supervision of Dr RóisÃn Blunnie. My research is focused on the choral and solo vocal works of the British composer, Dame Ethel Smyth. I am particularly interested in the context surrounding these works and will approach this facet of Smyth's oeuvre from an interdisciplinary perspective. My broader academic interests include the role of women in music; the relationship between music and literature; and hermeneutic analysis. @hannah_hannes
Conor Power
MU
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Welfare
My PhD thesis explores the American influences on the music of John Williams, with a focus on scores outside of the Williams blockbuster canon. Acknowledging the influence of the Coplandesque, hymns, and brass idioms on a diverse array of musical topics commonly associated with American subject matter, I establish and showcase the functions and implications of this pervasive lingua franca. Following my previous dissertations on the music of Star Wars, my studies continue at Maynooth University, under the supervision of Professor Christopher Morris. @cpower1997
Anika Babel
UCD
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President
My PhD project explores the symbolic and narrative uses of pianos in contemporary film adaptations, such as Greta Gerwig's Little Women. This work is being carried out at the UCD School of Music under the supervision of Dr Laura Anderson. As president of the DMC, my ambition is to amplify the success and concerns of the community, and to foster a supportive collective open to all. @anikababel
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Rachel Duffy
TU Dublin
Co-editor
I am a final-year doctoral research student at Technological University Dublin. My research explores the transformation of the Irish harp tradition in the later twentieth century. It adopts a case study approach, grounded in musicological research and is supervised by Professor ClÃona Doris and Dr Kerry Houston. @racheld133
Adam Behan
MU
Post-PhD Rep
I have just completed a PhD in Music at the University of Cambridge, where I was supervised by Prof. John Rink. As part of the DMC, I am especially concerned with the wellbeing of early career musicologists, the difficult transition to post-PhD life and the challenges we face in trying to build an academic career. Please drop me a line (via the DMC) if you would like to talk about these things. @aojbehan
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Patrice Keegan
RIAM
Welfare
I am a third year Doctoral student at the Royal Irish Academy of Music where I am studying organ with Dr David Adams. My research interests focus primarily on the perception of the organ in modern society, with an emphasis on contemporary Irish solo organ music. My research supervisor is Professor Denise Neary, Director of Academic Studies for the Doctor in Music Performance programme. I combine an active performance career with regular teaching and accompanist work. @patokeego
Frank Charles O'Donnel
MU
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I am a graduate of Maynooth University, holding a Bachelor of Music Degree with a specialisation in Musicology and Organ Performance. I am under the tutelage of Professor Gerard Gillen for organ studies. I’m currently finishing an MA in Musicology in Schubert Studies with Professor Lorraine Byrne Bodley MRIA, and hopes to begin a PhD in September. @fcodonnell74