Rediscovering Celtic Heritage: Musical Legacies across the Irish Sea - In conversation with the Performers

Recorded February 27th, 2026.

This two-day symposium explores how musical identities were shaped and reimagined across the Irish Sea. It aims to foster dialogues between scholarship, performance, and artistic practice, providing a platform for re-examining underrepresented strands of cultural history. Main themes include:

Repertoire recovery, editorial practices, and historiographical re-evaluation The careers, contributions, and compositions of female musicians in the Celtic nations The cultivation of cultural identities through music Transnational collaboration and exchange Cross-disciplinary artistic and creative partnerships Approaches to heritage preservation in the twenty-first century through curation and education

Moderator: James Lea, Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama Caroline Heard, Violin Tabitha Selley, Cello Ani Glass, Pop Artist

Learn more at www.tcd.ie/trinitylongroomhub