Donnchadh Mac Aodha Awarded Danijela Kulezic-Wilson Undergraduate Award for Exceptional Innovation in Research

1 Aug 2024

Donnchadh has been awarded this prize for his final-year Major Study composition project, Éist le Fuaim na hAbhann. Echoing Sean-nós in Contemporary Classical Composition. The project is a work for three instrumentalists that interrogates the composer’s relationship with sean-nós song and its usage as musical material in contemporary classical composition.

A select panel of faculty from across the School of Film, Music and Theatre has awarded this project for its exceptional innovation and creativity and for the originality of its approach to the research and compositional processes. The outstanding quality of the composition is matched by insightful commentary that demonstrates Donnchadh’s deep understanding of both sean-nós song and the chosen compositional language.

Comhghairdeas, Donnchadh! Congratulations, Donnchadh!

The Danijela Kulezic-Wilson Undergraduate Award for Exceptional Innovation in Research has been created by the staff of the School of Film, Music and Theatre in memory of their much-loved colleague Danijela Kulezic-Wilson. The prize is awarded for work by undergraduates in any discipline within the School of Film, Music and Theatre that is outstanding and shows exceptional innovation in research (scholarly or practice-based).