2017
Boydell100: Brian Boydell Centenary Conference Registration Open
23rd June 2017, Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin /
24th June 2017, Trinity Long Room Hub, Arts & Humanities Research Institute
The programme for the Brian Boydell Centenary Conference, 23/24 June 2017 is now available. You can download the full programme from our conference website https://boydell100.wordpress.com/programme/
Registration is now open and a number of conference packages are offered for SMI members with registration available through the RIAM ticketing webpage. See https://boydell100.wordpress.com/registration/ for details. (Please note that there is no conference dinner on Friday evening so it is advisable to pre-arrange refreshments prior to the publication launch and reception at 7.30pm).
A concert of Brian Boydell’s music by some of Ireland’s leading performers including ConTempo Quartet, Sylvia O’Brien, Bill Dowdall and Clíona Doris will take place on Friday 23 June in the Katherine Brennan Hall, RIAM at 8pm. Introduced by Dr Deborah Kelleher, the concert will include The Feather of Death, Three Yeats Songs, The Maiden and the Seven Devils, and String Quartet No.1. A full concert programme will be available soon: https://boydell100.wordpress.com/concert/
Two celebratory exhibitions will open to conference attendees including original paintings by Brian Boydell (with thanks to the Boydell family and others) to complement the special lecture by Peter Murray, Director of Crawford Art Gallery Cork. Please see our exhibitions page for more details: https://boydell100.wordpress.com/exhibitions/ We are especially honoured that director Anne Makower will introduce her 1997 documentary on Brian Boydell, All My Enthusiasms to draw the conference proceedings to a close.
If you have any queries regarding the programme, concert or registration, please contact Dr Barbara Jillian Dignam at boydell100@gmail.com
We invite you to join us in celebrating a remarkable figure in the cultural life of Ireland in the 20th century and we look forward to welcoming you all in June.
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