Join Tríona Ní Shíocháin for a sean-nós singing workshop drawing on songs from the West Munster tradition, including lullabies, love songs, and satirical songs.
The workshop will involve songs, storytelling and discussion on the importance of singing for society and well-being, and how changes in singing practices in modern times have had a profound effect on our experience of the world. The emphasis throughout is on shared learning in a relaxed, supportive setting. Participants will be guided through songs in an accessible way, suitable for both beginners and those with previous singing experience.
Tríona Ní Shíocháin is a sean-nós singer, whistle player, and set-dancer from the Blackwater region in North East Cork close to the Waterford border. Her family are connected to the Muskerry Gaeltacht on both her mother and father’s side, and most of her repertoire hails from that part of the world. She was taught by the great Cúil Aodha singer, Eilís Ní Shúilleabháin. She plays music locally in Ballyduff Upper, County Waterford, a renowned stronghold of set-dancing, where she was taught the whistle from a young age by the great Bobby Gardiner of Clare.
Tríona is also an academic, and is Established Professor of Music and Performing Arts at the University of Galway, specialising in sean-nós singing, Irish traditional music an dance, and Irish-language performing arts, among other things.