On 25 August, 2023, ITMA and the University of Notre Dame Dublin Global Gateway presented a concert of Irish traditional music, song and dance in Dublin’s historic Pepper Canister Church.
The occasion also marked the announcement of a new partnership between the University of Notre Dame and ITMA. Going forward, Notre Dame and ITMA will collaborate in areas of mutual interest; education, research, archival collections of Irish music, song and dance, contemporary analysis of the Irish tradition and reciprocal residencies to enable scholars/students/ artists to develop their studies/practice.
With a large number of Notre Dame alumni in town for the NCAA football match being played in Dublin on 26 August, the concert was an opportunity to showcase the Irish musical tradition to a mainly American audience.
The church was filled to capacity, and the audience of nearly 300 people was treated to performances from Matt Molloy and Kevin Conneff of The Chieftains, dancer Edwina Guckian, fiddle player and ITMA Director Liam O’Connor, uilleann piper and ITMA Office Manager Seán Potts, Eimear Clowry Delaney and acclaimed actor Stephen Rea.
Our concert with @unddublin at the Pepper Canister church is underway.@EdwinaGuckian is getting the show started with Kevin Conneff on the bodhrán, Matt Molloy, flute, and ITMA Director Liam O’Connor, fiddle. pic.twitter.com/CdRvObQg4i
— ITMA (@ITMADublin) August 25, 2023
