Performing Local Music: Engaging with Regional Musical Identities Through Higher Education and Research

Kearney, Daithi

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“…In the fourth video, Dr Ad ele Commins, accordion player and lecturer at DkIT (Dundalk Institute of Technology), introduces the viewer to the institute, together with its music-related activities. Many of the concerts within DkIT celebrated local musical and historical themes creating a sense of connection with its place, which mirrors the aims of the FleadhFest videos (Kearney, 2021b). In addition to instrumental music traditions, the first video presents a focus on sean-n os (old style) singing and dancing.…”

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Encountering Irish traditional music through virtual space: the experience of FleadhFest 2021

Pessina

2024

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PurposeThe main research questions critically examine online videos that draw attention to a local community of musical practice, noticing how these can potentially be included within the tourism promotion strategies. This paper develops a case study of four videos realised by the Louth County Board of the organisation Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Éireann (CCÉ) in Co. Louth, Ireland, as a part of the FleadhFest 2021 initiative. It highlights the role that virtual spaces have in enhancing a sense of belonging to a music/festival community as well as the possibility that visual and audio supports have in promoting and celebrating a destination and its cultural features.Design/methodology/approachThe analysis involves a netnographic examination of these videos (Janta, 2017), informed by the concept of “tourist gaze” (Urry, 1990; 2002) and influenced by film-induced tourism studies (Beeton, 2005).FindingsResults show how festival and event organisers responded to COVID-19 social restrictions by creating a virtual space for celebrating music heritage and local musicscape, placing an emphasis on local musical scene.Research limitations/implicationsThe research aims to inform future developments in how the organisation operates within and engages with virtual space, its members and a wider audience.Originality/valueThis is the first study to consider the virtual activities of CCÉ from an ethnomusicological as well as tourism, perspective.

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Section: Findings: Establishing a Narrative For Local Music And Mytho...mentioning

confidence: 97%

Encountering Irish traditional music through virtual space: the experience of FleadhFest 2021

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2024

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Performing Local Music: Engaging with Regional Musical Identities Through Higher Education and Research

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Encountering Irish traditional music through virtual space: the experience of FleadhFest 2021

Encountering Irish traditional music through virtual space: the experience of FleadhFest 2021

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