Music

Contact Details

Title	Lecturer
Address	Music University College Cork Cork Ireland
Telephone:	+353-21-490-3000
Email:	ei.ccu@ytrenniF.M

Biography:

Michelle is a Lecturer in Music and programme coordinator of the Early Start Program in Music.  Her research interests are in Irish traditional music, music in education, and music in the community.  



In addition to performing music in many contexts, Michelle is also involved in the research and development of community projects in education and health care contexts.  As part of this research, she has developed the Connections project, a performance based research project on Irish traditional music, song and dance. Michelle has also been engaged in a number of consultancy projects, including a research project for the Linenhall Arts Centre, Castlebar, Co. Mayo, funded by the Arts Council of Ireland.  Michelle has graduated from UCC with a BMus (2005), MPhil (2008) and a Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (2009).



Michelle has recently been awarded a National Children¿s Strategy Doctoral Scholarship from the Office of the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs.  The three-year funding commences in 2010/11 and is awarded to Michelle to fund her research on the musical culture of children in Ireland.    Michelle will be co-registered at UCC and DCU, and co-supervised by Mel Mercier (UCC) and Dr. John O Flynn (Head of Music at St Patrick¿s College, Drumcondra).