New ITMA Strategy Launched NEWS | Thursday 8 August 2019 At the ITMA AGM held on 9 July 2019 in Co. Clare, the Board of ITMA and Director Grace Toland launched a new Strategic Plan for the organisation. …
Stephen Grier Manuscripts Published Online NEWS | Tuesday 9 July 2019 Stephen Grier (c.1824–1894), a native of north Longford, moved to Newpark, Bohey, Gortletteragh, in south Leitrim in 1852. An uilleann piper and fiddle player, he compiled a collection of over 1,000 melodies, transcribed mainly in the 1880s. …
The Bunting Harp Collection: A Digital Commission NEWS | Thursday 27 June 2019 Music Network (MN) and The Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA) are offering an opportunity for a professional sound or visual artist to create an installation work, using as its inspiration the historically significant harp tunes collected in 1792 by Edward Bunting. …
LITMUS Launch: Explore Irish Traditional Music and Dance as Linked Data NEWS | Thursday 20 June 2019 Today marked the launch of the Linked Irish Traditional Music (LITMUS) project at ITMA. Led by ITMA Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow Dr Lynnsey Weissenberger, the LITMUS project was an ambitious, 2-year undertaking to take Irish traditional music and dance into the cultural heritage linked data landscape. …
ITMA Appoints New Director / Stiúrthóir Nua Ceaptha ar TCDÉ NEWS | Thursday 13 June 2019 The Board of the Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA) is delighted to announce the appointment of Liam O’Connor as the next Director of ITMA. He will take up office in late August. The current Director Grace Toland, who announced that she was stepping down this year, is to stay with the organisation in a new role. …
In Memoriam Liam Mac an Iomaire NEWS | Friday 10 May 2019 Is méala mór do Thaisce Cheol Dúchais Éireann gur cailleadh le déanaí Liam Mac an Iomaire (1937–2019), iar-bhall de Bhord na Taisce, ar an gCarraig Dhubh, Co. Bhaile Átha Cliath, in aois a 81. …
Staff changes at ITMA: Post of Director NEWS | Friday 22 February 2019 Grace Toland, Director of ITMA, has announced that she intends to step down from her current role with effect from late Summer 2019 …
Director Position at ITMA - Competition Closed NEWS | Friday 22 February 2019 Information for Applicants …
Staff changes at ITMA : Post of Director NEWS | Thursday 21 February 2019 Grace Toland, Director of ITMA, has announced that she intends to step down from her current role with effect from late Summer 2019 …
Now Closed -- Web and Social Media Content Manager at ITMA NEWS | Monday 18 February 2019 The Irish Traditional Music Archive (ITMA) wishes to recruit a creative and skilled Web and Social Media Content Manager for a one-year contract. This is an exciting opportunity to manage the delivery of ITMA’s programme of themed digital Irish traditional music exhibitions in 2019 as well as our social media campaigns. …
ITMA unlocks a piece of Irish jazz history NEWS | Thursday 10 January 2019 The first jazz conference in Ireland will take place at TU Dublin, Conservatory of Music and Drama, Rathmines from 17 January to 19 January 2019. ITMA will be on hand on Thursday 17th to 'play' the earliest known Irish jazz recording - a 1949 78 rpm disc recorded in Dublin. …