This lecture-recital celebrates the music and life of Chicago musician Selena O'Neill. It explores her early life and family background in Chicago, her participation in local feiseanna, her studies at the Chicago Musical College, and her collaborations with Francis O'Neill on the publication of his final four books of Irish traditional music.

The presentation will include a live performance of Selena's music arrangements by the renowned violinist Aoife Ní Bhriain. 

Concertina player Ríona Hely has won the 2026 Bonn Óir Seán Ó Riada Competition, one of the most prestigious honours in Irish traditional music.⁣
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FUAIM Music at UCC is delighted to announce the brand-new series of Friday Lunchtime concerts for Spring 2026, and excited to share the season’s line-up with you here. Starting this coming Friday 23 January in the Aula Maxima, we have an exciting and diverse array of artists lined up, including some returning favourites along with some series débuts by first time contributors to the series. As always, all performances begin at 1:10pm and are open to the public and free of charge.

The ECurator App "Multilingual Audio Database of Spoken and Sung Lyrics from Songs in Oral Tradition" is newly released and could be downloaded for free on the App Store.

University College Cork (UCC) and the Arts Council have announced fiddler Aoife Ní Bhriain as the 2026 Traditional Artist in Residence.

UCC is one of six universities to partner with the Arts Council on this flagship programme, which reflects the diversity and richness of Ireland’s creative landscape, with programmes spanning Traditional Arts, Digital Arts, Literature and Film.

This new course offered by the Department of Music UCC, provides students with practical skills and toolkits to create a rich music environment in their classrooms that encourages children of all abilities to be active participants.

We extend our congratulations to Connie O’Connell who recently concluded 43 years of dedicated teaching here at the Department of Music, UCC. A highly respected musician and teacher, Connie, taught generations of fiddle students at the Department.