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John O'Flynn

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John O'Flynn is Professor of Music at DCU where he teaches courses in popular music, film music, music sociology, intercultural music transmission, choral and group performance, and solfege/musical techniques, and also supervises student research to doctoral level. Between 1999-2008 he was lecturer in music at Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, and from 2008-2016 he was senior lecturer and Head of Music at St Patrick's College, DCU. He was programme leader for BA Music and directed the MA in Music at DCU from 2016-2020. He is recipient of  research fellowships from The Irish Research Council (2008), An Foras Feasa (2011) and St Patrick's College (2015), and of awards for excellence in teaching and learning from Mary Immaculate College (2007) and the Shannon Consortium of HE institutions (2008). He is currently President of the Society for Musicology in Ireland (2021-2024), was founding chair of the Society for Music Education in Ireland (2010-2014), and served on the Council of Heads of Music in Higher Education (2008-2021) in various roles, including chair. He is a long-serving member of the international editorial board of Music Education Research, advisory board member for both Irish Musical Studies (Boydell and Brewer) and Performance Research Ireland (Peter Lang), and is general editor for the book series Studies in Irish Music Education (Cork University Press). 

To date he has a total of eight books and edited volumes published, and has written numerous peer-reviewed journal articles, book chapters and encyclopaedia entries. As research supervisor/mentor he is involved with several externally funded postgraduate and postdoctoral  projects (EI, IRC, MSCA). He has delivered keynote addresses and conference papers in Europe, the Americas and Asia, has acted as external examiner for several institutions in Ireland and the UK, and regularly carries out academic review work and various consultancy roles for Irish, UK and EU agencies.

He curates and promotes concerts at DCU, including the Lunchtime Concert Series since 2016, while from 2013-2021 he managed the annual Fidelio Trio Winter Chamber Music Festival. He is also active as a choral conductor and baritone recitalist. 

Book

Year Publication
2022 O'Flynn, J. (2022) Music, the Moving Image and Ireland, 1897-2017. London and New York: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203710395
2009 O'Flynn, J. (2009) The Irishness of Irish Music. Farnham, Surrey: Routledge (Ashgate).
2005 S. Drudy, M. Martin, J. O'Flynn & M. Woods (2005) Men and the Classroom: Gender Imbalances in Teaching. London and New York: Routledge. [Link] https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203420300

Edited Book

Year Publication
2023 O'Flynn, J. & Flynn, P (Ed.). (2023) Studies in Irish Music Education 1: Legacies, Conversations, Aspirations. Cork: Cork University Press,
2020 Mangaoang, Á., O’Flynn, J., & Ó Briain, L (Ed.). (2020) Made in Ireland: Studies in Popular Music. London and New York: Routledge,
2019 Buckley, J.; O'Flynn, J (Ed.). (2019) Ceol Phádraig: Music at St Patrick's College Drumcondra, 1875-2016. Oxford: Peter Lang,
2014 Fitzgerald, M.; O'Flynn, J (Ed.). (2014) Music and Identity in Ireland and Beyond. Farnham, Surrey: Routledge (Ashgate),
2011 O'Flynn, J (Ed.). (2011) Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education. Dublin: St Patrick's College,

Peer Reviewed Journal

Year Publication
2023 O'Flynn, J. (2023) 'Sound Design and Scores for Troubles-Themed Narrative Features, 1998-2014'. Alpha, . https://doi.org/10.33178/alpha
2023 Moore, G., O'Flynn, J., Burgess, F. & Moore, J. (2023) 'Challenges for Music in Initial Teacher Education: Perspectives from a Community of Practice of Teacher Educators in Ireland and Northern Ireland'. Research Studies in Music Education, .
2022 O'Flynn, J., Moore, G., Burgess, F. & Moore, J. (2022) 'Comparative music education in partnership: examining policy and provision of music in initial teacher education in Ireland and Northern Ireland'. Music Education Research, (24):364-376. https://doi.org/10.1080/14613808.2022.2069234
2019 O'Flynn, J.; Mangaoang, Á. (2019) 'Sounding Dublin: Mapping Popular Music Experience in the City'. Journal of World Popular Music, 6 (1):32-62.
2018 O'Flynn, J. (2018) 'Alex North's Adapted Score for The Dead (John Huston, 1987)'. American Music, 36 (2):222-243. [DOI]
2015 O’Flynn J. (2015) 'Strengthening choral community: The interaction of face-to-face and online activities amongst a college choir'. International Journal of Community Music, 8 (1):73-92. [DOI]
2012 O'Flynn, J.; Broad, S. (2012) 'Editorial to Special Issue: 'Current Issues in Higher Music Education''. Music Education Research, 14 (1):1-7.
2006 O'Flynn, J (2006) 'Vernacular music-making and education'. International Journal of Music Education, 24 :140-147. [DOI]
2005 O'Flynn J. (2005) 'Re-appraising ideas of musicality in intercultural contexts of music education'. International Journal of Music Education, 23 (3):191-203. [DOI]
2002 John O'Flynn (2002) 'New ways to listen and learn? - Some challenges presented by the revised music curriculum for primary schools'. Irish Educational Studies, 21 (2):89-109. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/0332331020210212
1990 O'Flynn, J (1990) 'The Selection and Organisation of Musical Materials for Irish Schools'. Oideas, 35 (1):56-74.

Book Chapter

Year Publication
2023 O'Flynn, J. (2023) 'Jigging around? Music, Comedy and Stereotypes in Irish-themed Film, 1946-1952' In: Palgrave Handbook of Music in Comedy Cinema. Basingstoke, Hampshire and New York : Palgrave Macmillan.
2023 O'Flynn, J. (2023) 'Irish Music (Re-) Defined: The published writings of Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin' In: The Work and Legacy of Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin. Cork : Cork University Press.
2023 O'Flynn, J. (2023) 'A Developing Discourse: Music as Humanities in Higher Education' In: Studies in Irish Music Education 1: Legacies, Conversations, Aspirations. Cork : Cork University Press.
2023 O'Flynn, J. & Flynn, P. (2023) 'Introduction: Music Education for the 21st Century: Legacies, Conversations, Aspirations' In: Studies in Irish Music Education 1: Legacies, Conversations, Aspirations. Cork : Cork University Press.
2021 O'Flynn, J. (2021) ''Heard, not scene? Dublin’s popular music viewed from the inside and outside'' In: Geographically Isolated and Peripheral Music Scenes. London and New York : Palgrave Macmillan. [Link]
2020 O'Flynn, J. (2020) 'Preface' In: Made in Ireland: Studies in Popular Music. London and New York : Routledge.
2020 O'Flynn, J. (2020) '‘“Other Voices” in Media Representations of Irish Music’' In: Made in Ireland: Studies in Popular Music. London and New York : Routledge.
2020 O'Flynn, J. (2020) ''Preamble to Part Two'' In: Made in Ireland: Studies in Popular Music. London and New York : Routledge.
2020 O'Flynn, J. (2020) ''A Selected Bibliography on Irish Popular Music'' In: Made in Ireland: Studies in Popular Music. London and New York : Routledge.
2020 Mangaoang, Á., O’Flynn, J., and Ó Briain, L. (2020) 'Introduction' In: Made in Ireland: Studies in Popular Music. London and New York : Routledge.
2020 O'Flynn, J. (2020) '‘“It feels like home?” Diaspora, transnational groups and a sense of musical belonging through social media’' In: The Oxford Handbook of Social Media and Music Learning. Oxford and New York : Oxford University Press.
2019 Buckley, J.; O'Flynn, J. (2019) 'Introduction' In: Ceol Phádraig: Music at St Patrick's College Drumcondra, 1875-2016. Dublin/Bern : Carysfort/Peter Lang.
2019 O'Flynn, J. (2019) ''Vocal and Choral Music'' In: Ceol Phádraig: Music at St Patrick's College Drumcondra, 1875-2016. Dublin and Bern : Carysfort/Peter Lang.
2019 O'Flynn, J. (2019) ''Engagement and Research'' In: Ceol Phádraig: Music at St Patrick's College Drumcondra, 1875-2016. Dublin and Bern : Carysfort/Peter Lang.
2019 Flynn, P.; O'Flynn, J. (2019) ''Music in Education and Humanities '' In: Ceol Phádraig: Music at St Patrick's College Drumcondra, 1875-2016. Dublin and Bern : Carysfort/Peter Lang.
2019 O'Flynn, J. (2019) ''The Fidelio Trio Residency'' In: Ceol Phádraig: Music at St Patrick's College Drumcondra, 1875-2016. Dublin and Bern : Carysfort/Peter Lang.
2018 O'Flynn, J. (2018) ''Alex North, James Joyce, and John Huston's The Dead (1987)'' In: Music Preferred: Essays in Musicology, Cultural History and Analysis in Honour of Harry White. Vienna : Hollitzer. [Link]
2018 O'Flynn, J. (2018) '‘The Sounds of the Suburbs? Experiences and Imaginings of Popular Music in Dublin’' In: Imagining Irish Suburbia in Literature and Culture. London and New York : Palgrave Macmillan. [Link]
2016 O'Flynn, J. (2016) 'Exploring 'African' Music in Dublin: researching intercultural music practice' In: The Routledge International Handbook of Intercultural Arts Research. London and New York : Routledge.
2016 O'Flynn, J. (2016) 'Mapping Popular Music in Dublin' In: In Concert: Favourite Gigs of Ireland’s Music Community. Dublin : Hope Foundation.
2014 O'Flynn, J.; Fitzgerald, M. (2014) 'Introduction' In: Music and Identity in Ireland and Beyond. Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate.
2014 O’Flynn J. (2014) 'Kalfou Danjere? Interpreting Irish-celtic music' In: Music and Identity in Ireland and Beyond. Farnham, Surrey : Ashgate.
2012 O'Flynn, J. (2012) 'Vernacular Music Making and Education' In: Music Education. London and New York : Routledge.
2011 O'Flynn, J. (2011) 'Performance, transmission and identity amongst Ireland's new generation of traditional musicians' In: Learning, Teaching and Musical Identity: Voices from around the globe. Indiana : University of Indiana Press.
2008 O'Flynn J. (2008) 'National identity and music in transition: Issues of authenticity in a global setting' In: Music, National Identity and the Politics of Location: Between the Global and the Local.
2005 O'Flynn, J. (2005) 'A Critical Examination of the Idea of Bimusicality: Its Relevance to Music Education in Contemporary Irish Society' In: The Legacy of John Blacking: Essays on Music, Culture and Society A Critical Examination of the Idea of Bimusicality: Its Relevance to Music Education in Contemporary Irish Society. Perth, Australia : University of Western Australia Press.

Other Journal

Year Publication
1999 Drudy, S., Martin, M., Woods, M. & O'Flynn, J. (1999) 'The Feminisation of Teaching – A Problem?' 4 :55-63.

Published Report

Year Publication
2016 Mangaoang, Á; O'Flynn, J. (2016) Mapping Popular Music in Dublin Executive Report. St Patrick's College, .
2012 Common Ground (2012) TINY VOICES – an Early Years music research report. St Patrick's College and Common Ground, .
2006 Vogler Partners Steering Group (2006) Live Music in the Classroom. Sligo County Council/ The Arts Council, .

Conference Publication

Year Publication
2011 O'Flynn, J. (2011) Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education . In: O'Flynn, J eds. ‘Transformation and Liberation in 21st Century Music Education (?)’ University of Limerick,
2009 O'Flynn, J. (2009) Proceedings of the 13th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music . In: G. Stahl eds. ‘Vocal Authority? Perceptions of singing style and singer personality among Irish-based audiences Rome,
2008 O'Flynn, J. (2008) Sociological Explorations: Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education . In: B. Roberts eds. ‘An interpretation of Irish student teachers’ understanding of multicultural/ intercultural issues with specific reference to group compositions in music’ The Binder's Press: St John's, Newfoundland,

Conference Contribution

Year Publication
2023 O'Flynn, J. (2023) Music for Stage and Screen: Celebrating the SMI at 20 'O Dolce Incanto'? Ontologies and soundworlds of Werner Herzog's Fitzcarraldo (1982) National Opera House, Wexford, 10/03/2023-11/03/2023.
2022 O'Flynn, J. (2022) RIAM Guest Lecture Series Beyond Mise Éire: Appraising Irish Composers’ Involvement in Screen Productions, 1916-1994 Royal Irish Academy of Music, Dublin, 07/12/2022-07/12/2022.
2022 O'Flynn, J. & Rush, K. (2022) Challenge and Change in Popular Music: IASPM UK and Ireland Biennial Conference Bridging Institutional and Experiential Knowledge in Popular Music Practice and Education University of Liverpool, 31/08/2022-02/09/2022.
2022 O'Flynn, J. (2022) 46th International Council for Traditional Music (ICTM) World Conference North-South Communities of Musical Practice: Mapping shared heritages, genres and identities across Ireland and Northern Ireland Lisbon, 21/07/2022-27/01/2022.
2022 O'Flynn, J. (2022) 2022 Capturing Conflict Symposium Music and early narrative sound film set during and before Ireland’s War of Independence, 1919-1921 Irish Film Institute, 24/06/2022-24/06/2022.
2022 O'Flynn, J. (2022) Music and the Moving Image Conference Film music as recolonization? Sound, music and missionary-themed narrative film, 1986-1999 NYU Steinhardt, New York (online), 26/05/2022-29/05/2022.
2022 O'Flynn, J. (2022) Interdisciplinary and Intersectoral Futures for Music Education Empires of Sound: Music, media, culture and education Dublin City University, 21/04/2022-22/04/2022.
2022 Jones, J., O'Flynn, J. & Tsioulakis, I. (2022) British Forum for Ethnomusicology Annual Conference Cosmopolitan Music-making across Ireland and Northern Ireland: Negotiating difference, interpreting discourse, facilitating collaboration Milton Keynes, UK, 07/04/2022-10/01/2022.
2022 O'Flynn, J. (2022) Music Research Seminar Series Jigging Around: Music, Comedy and Stereotypes in Irish-themed film, 1946-1952 Dublin City University, 15/02/2022-15/02/2022.
2021 O'Flynn, J (2021) 10th Annual Conference of the Society for Music Education in Ireland 'Aon bhliain déag ag fás? Re-appraising concerns for music education in Ireland, 2010-2021' online, 04/11/2021-06/11/2021.
2021 O'Flynn, J. (2021) Music and the Moving Image Conference XVII ‘Transatlantic transformations: Music in Finian’s Rainbow (Coppola, 1968) and Far and Away (Howard, 1992)' NYU Steinhardt, New York (online), 28/05/2021-31/05/2021.
2021 O'Flynn, J. (2021) 12th International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education ‘Bridging Musical Knowledge (BMK): Findings from a Pilot Project’ Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences (online), 21/06/2021-24/06/2021.
2021 O'Flynn, J. (2021) Joint Annual Plenary Conference of the Society for Musicology in Ireland and the International Council for Traditional Music (Ireland) ‘Max Steiner and Irish Themes: The Informer (1935)’ Trinity College Dublin (online), 28/05/2021-31/05/2021.
2020 O'Flynn, J. (2020) Anthropological Association of Ireland Fall 2020 Conference Irish Journal of Anthropology Pre-Conference Symposium (Online) 'Reflections of a Postdoc Mentor: Intra-/Inter-Disciplinary Dialogue and Collaboration' Dublin City University (online), 25/11/2020-27/11/2020.
2020 O'Flynn, J. & Fullam, D. (2020) DCU Music Seminar Series 'Bridging Musical Knowledge: Epistemological Issues, Decolonizing Contexts' Dublin City University (online), 27/10/2020-27/10/2020.
2020 O'Flynn, J. (2020) 18th Annual Plenary Conference of the Society for Musicology in Ireland ‘The Film and TV Music of Gerard Victory’ School of Music, University College Dublin (online), 28/10/2020-31/10/2020.
2020 O'Flynn, J. (2020) 15th IASPM UK and Ireland Biennial Conference ‘“Dominant Others”? The Other Voices Festival and Associated Media Productions’ University of West London, UK (online, YouTube), 30/06/2020-.
2020 O'Flynn, J. (2020) Music and the Moving Image Conference XVI 'Orchestral Scoring and Recording for TV and Film in Ireland - from the 1960s to the early 2000s' NYU Steinhardt, New York, 29/05/2020-31/05/2020.
2020 O'Flynn, J. (2020) MA In Media Studies Seminar Series 'National Media Organisations and the Development of Screen Scoring Practices in Ireland: from the 1950s to the early 2000s' Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 03/03/2020-03/03/2020.
2020 O'Flynn, J. (2020) 9th Annual Conference of the Society for Music Education in Ireland 'Vocal and Choral Music at St Patrick's College Drumcondra, 1883-2016' DCU Institute of Education, 24/01/2020-25/01/2020.
2019 John O'Flynn (2019) Music Seminar Series Autumn-Winter 2019 at DCU Orchestral Film Scores and Recording in Dublin: From RTÉ Orchestras to the Irish Film Orchestra DCU St Patrick's Campus, 30/09/2019-09/12/2019.
2019 O'Flynn, J. (2019) 17th Annual Plenary Conference of the Society for Musicology in Ireland ‘Epic and intimate: Maurice Jarre and the soundtrack to Ryan’s Daughter (Lean, 1970)’ Maynooth University, 28/06/2019-30/06/2019.
2019 O'Flynn, J. (2019) Music and the Moving Image ‘America Sounding its Others: John Williams’ score for Amistad (Spielberg, 1990)' NYU Steinhardt, 31/05/2019-02/06/2019.
2019 O'Flynn, J.; Moore, G. (2019) Research in Music Education RiME 2019 'Cross border explorations in music education: investigating provision and values in music ITE in Ireland and Northern Ireland' Bath Spa University, 23/04/2019-26/04/2019.
2019 O'Flynn, J. (2019) Research in Music Education RiME 2019 'Diaspora, transnational networks and socially mediated musical belonging' Bath Spa University, 23/04/2019-26/04/2019.
2019 O'Flynn, J. (2019) Music and Sound Design for the Screen ‘“Total sonic fabric”: music and sound design in films by Desmond Bell’ Maynooth University, 06/09/2019-07/03/2019.
2019 O'Flynn, J. (2019) Mapping Spaces, Sounding Places: Geographies of Sound in Audio-Visual Media ‘Music, sound design and demarcations of ethnicity and place in “Troubles”-based documentary film in Northern Ireland, 1995-2000 University of Pavia, Cremona, 19/03/2019-22/03/2019.
2018 O'Flynn, J. (2018) Musicological Societies as Intermediaries between Society, Musical Life and Academia Conference in Honor of the 150th Anniversary of the Royal Society for Music History of The Netherlands ‘Popular musicology in Ireland: negotiating institutional, academic and public engagement in local and national contexts’ Utrecht, 22/11/2018-24/11/2018.
2018 John O'Flynn (2018) 54th Annual Conference of the Royal Musical Association Being Irish, staging Irish: musical reconstructions in My Wild Irish Rose (Butler, 1947) University of Bristol, 12/09/2018-15/09/2018.
2017 O'Flynn, J. (2017) 7th Annual Conference of the Society for Music Education in Ireland Bridging Musical Knowledge and Musicology Dundalk Institute of Technology, 10/11/2017-11/11/2017.
2017 O'Flynn, J. (2017) Music and the Moving Image Conference ‘Atavistic or experimental?: ‘Authentic’ traditional music in Irish-themed film, 1957-1967’ NYU Steinhardt, New York, 26/05/2017-28/05/2017.
2017 O'Flynn, J. (2017) 44th ICTM World Conference, Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, 13-19 
July 2017 Music and articulations of Irish nationhood and culture in documentary and narrative film: from the 1930s to the 1960s University of Limerick, 13/07/2017-19/07/2017.
2017 Mangaoang, Á. and O'Flynn, J. (2017) 19th IASPM World Conference ‘Mapping the city margins? Popular music experience, representation and memory in Dublin’ Kassel, Germany, 26/06/2017-30/06/2017.
2017 O'Flynn, J. (2017) Beyond Borders 'Music and Identity in Ireland and Beyond: Inter-disciplinarity and Co-production’ University of Huddersfield, 22/06/2017-23/06/2017.
2017 O'Flynn, J. (2017) 15th Annual Plenary Conference of the Society for Musicology in Ireland ‘William Alwyn’s Irish-themed film scores’ Queen's University Belfast, 16/06/2017-18/06/2017.
2017 O'Flynn, J. Moore, G., Burgess, F. & Moore, J. (2017) Music and Initial Teacher Education in Ireland and Northern Ireland Keynote by Dr Alison Daubney, University of Sussex; Focus groups and plenary meeting of music teacher educators from Ireland and Northern Ireland Creative Spark Centre for Creativity and Innovation, Dundalk, 10/11/2017-10/11/2017.
2017 O'Flynn, J. (2017) Fuaim Research Seminar Series Film Music as Musicology and as Ethnomusicology: Examples from Irish-themed and Irish-produced Film’ University College Cork, 26/01/2017-.
2017 O'Flynn, J. (2017) Teaching Music Musically in the 21st century: Keith Swanwick at 80 - A celebration in Music Education ‘A Developing Discourse for Music in Higher Education?’ The European University in Nicosia, 03/03/2017-05/03/2017.
2016 O'Flynn, J. (2016) Music for Audio-Visual Media II Conference Alex North’s adapted score for The Dead (Huston, 1987) School of Music, University of Leeds, 20/06/2016-22/06/2016.
2016 John O'Flynn (chair) Róisín Blunnie Rhona Clarke Aine Mangaoang Michael Murphy Barry O'Halpin (2016) SMI 14th Annual Plenary Conference Presentations/papers/ discussions concerning a variety of areas of musicology and related music studies St Patrick's College, 10/06/2016-12/06/2016.
2016 O'Flynn, J. and Mangaoang, A. (2016) Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (UK and Ireland) ‘Raised on Songs and Stories’: Creating and Mediating Dublin’s Musical Pasts and Present through Conversation’ British and Irish Modern Music Institute, Brighton, 08/09/2016-10/09/2016.
2016 O'Flynn, J (2016) Annual Plenary Conference of the Society for Musicology in Ireland Music in film adaptations of Irish literary works St Patrick's College, Dublin City University, 10/06/2016-12/06/2016.
2016 Mangaoang, Á; O'Flynn, J. (2016) British Forum for Ethnomusicology Annual Conference Rethinking ‘Place’ and ‘Space’ in Ethnomusicology: Applying Digital, Ecological, Experimental, and Geographical Methodologies to Fieldwork’ School of Music and Fine Art, University of Kent at Medway, 14/04/2016-17/04/2016.
2016 O'Flynn, J. (2016) ICTM Ireland 2016 Annual Conference ‘Music and Commemoration’ Mapping Irish traditional music in Dublin popular music experience St Patrick's College, Dublin City University, 27/02/2016-28/02/2016.
2015 Mangaoang, Á.; O'Flynn, J. (2015) European Fan Cultures 2015 Mapping Popular Music in Dublin Erasmus School of History, Culture and Communication, Rotterdam, 11/11/2015-12/11/2015.
2015 O'Flynn (2015) Music and the Moving Image 10th Annual Conference Ambiguity, soundtrack and song in Neil Jordan’s Ondine NYU Steinhardt, US, 21/05/2015-24/03/2015.
2015 O'Flynn, J. (2015) 1st International Conference on Music and Sound Design in Film/ New Media: History and Challenges Music and Sound in Recent Irish Animated Film Lithuanian Academy of Music and Theatre, Vilnius, Lithuania, 01/10/2015-03/10/2015.
2015 O'Flynn, J. (2015) 18th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music Navigating place and time: popular music in recent Irish film and TV Federal University of Campinas, Brazil, 13/07/2015-17/07/2015.
2015 O'Flynn, J. (2015) Music and the Moving Image 10th Annual Conference Ambiguity, soundtrack and song in Neil Jordan’s Ondine NYU Steinhardt, US, 29/05/2015-31/05/2015.
2014 O'Flynn, J. (2014) International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM UK & Ireland) 'Worlds of Popular Music' Interpreting ‘residual’ and ‘emergent’ tendencies in contemporary contexts of Irish popular music University College Cork, 04/09/2014-06/09/2014.
2014 O'Flynn, J. (2014) International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM UK & Ireland) 'Worlds of Popular Music' Representation, participation and reception of 'African Music' in Dublin University College Cork, 04/09/2014-06/09/2014.
2014 O'Flynn, J. (2014) 12th Annual Plenary Conference of the Society for Musicology in Ireland ‘Juxtaposed intertextuality? The (re-) Presentation of Chamber Music by Ravel and Janáček in Two European Films of the Late Twentieth Century’ University College Dublin, 13/06/2014-15/06/2014.
2013 O'Flynn, J. (2013) MayDay Group Colloquium 25: Critical Action in Music Education Re-appraising Music as Humanities in Higher Education and in Society University of British Columbia, Vancouver, 26/03/2013-29/03/2013.
2013 O'Flynn, J. (2013) The Music Education Gathering/3rd Annual Conference of the Society for Music Education in Ireland Issues and Challenges for Music in Irish Higher Education St Patrick's College, Drumcondra, DCU, 01/11/2013-03/11/2013.
2013 O'Flynn, J. (2013) 8th International Research in Music Education (RIME) Conference Music as Humanities in Higher Education University of Exeter, 09/04/2013-13/04/2013.
2012 O'Flynn, J. (2012) 2nd Annual Conference of the Society for Music Education in Ireland Investigating college students’ participation in group music-making activities Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 09/11/2012-11/11/2012.
2012 O'Flynn, J. (2012) 30th ISME World Conference on Music Education When learning styles and musical styles interact: Investigating college students’ participation in group music-making activities Concert Hall, Thessaloniki, Greece, 22/07/2012-25/07/2012.
2012 O'Flynn, J. & Fitzgerald, M. (2012) 19th Congress of the International Musicological Society: Musics-Cultures-Identities Music and Identity in Ireland Auditorium Parco della Musica, Rome, 01/07/2012-07/07/2012.
2011 O'Flynn, J. (2011) International Council for Traditional Music (Ireland) Annual Conference Imaginings and happenings of African Music in Dublin University of Ulster Magee campus, 18/02/2011-20/02/2011.
2011 O'Flynn, J. (2011) IASPM Canada Annual Conference Negotiating ‘African music in Dublin McGill University Montreal, 16/06/2011-19/06/2011.
2011 O'Flynn, J. & Veblen, K. (2011) 7th International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education Musical Communities for Learning: Online and F2F Michigan State University, Lansing, 19/06/2011-22/06/2011.
2011 O'Flynn, J. (2011) 1st Annual Conference of the Society for Music Education in Ireland Learning, music making and belonging in a Dublin-based choir: Online and F2F University College Cork, 11/11/2013-13/11/2013.
2010 O'Flynn, J. (2010) 29th Biennial Conference of the International Society for Music Education ‘Crossover’ in the transmission and performance practices of young traditional musicians in Ireland China National Conference Centre, Beijing, China, 01/08/2010-06/08/2010.
2009 O'Flynn, J. (2009) 15th Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music Changing sounds, changing places: a comparison of two music-based films set in Dublin University of Liverpool, 13/07/2009-17/07/2009.
2009 O'Flynn, J. (2009) The 2nd Reflective Conservatoire Conference ‘Doubly Hidden’. Traditional Musicians’ Engagement with Music Programmes in Irish Universities Guildhall School of Music and Drama, London, 28/02/2009-03/03/2009.
2009 O'Flynn, J. (2009) Humanities: Challenging the Future The Irishness of Irish Music Dundalk Institute of Technology in association with An Foras Feasa, 09/06/2009-09/06/2009.
2007 O'Flynn, J. (2007) 5th International Research in Music Education Conference The Arts-Education Interface: Recent Developments and Implications for Music Education University of Exeter, 09/04/2007-13/04/2007.
2006 O'Flynn, J. (2006) The Futures of Music. Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (UK and Ireland Branch) Interpreting Celtic Music University of Birmingham, 30/08/2006-02/09/2006.
2006 O'Flynn, J. (2006) 4th Annual Plenary Conference of the Society for Musicology in Ireland Theories of Irishness and Music: Where do we go from here? Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 05/05/2006-07/05/2006.
2006 O'Flynn, J. (2006) Music and Identity in Ireland National or ‘non-national’? Identity, identities and identifications of music in contemporary Irish society National University of Ireland, Maynooth, 01/12/2006-02/12/2006.
2005 O'Flynn, J. (2005) 4th International Research in Music Education Conference The Relevance of “Multicultural Music Education” to Traditional Music in Culture: The Case of Ireland University of Exeter, 06/04/2005-10/04/2005.
2005 O'Flynn, J. (2005) Making Music – Making Meaning: 13th Biennial Conference of IASPM (International Association for the Study of Popular Music) ‘Vocal authority?’ Perceptions of singing style and singer personality among Irish-based audiences Universita della Sapienza, Roma, Italy, 25/07/2005-30/07/2005.
2004 O'Flynn, J. (2004) International Symposium on Multicultural Music Education in the World Reappraising Ideas of Musicality in Intercultural Contexts of Music Education Nanjing Normal University, China, 16/10/2004-18/10/2004.
2004 O'Flynn, J. (2004) Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, UK and Ireland Branch Recreating the informality of the traditional “session” in contemporary performance practice: a case study of music events in Ireland Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 12/07/2004-14/07/2004.
2004 O'Flynn, J. (2004) Biennial Conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Music, UK and Ireland Branch Popular Music and the Irish State (or The State of Popular Music in Ireland) Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 12/07/2004-14/07/2004.
2004 O'Flynn, J. (2004) 2nd Annual Plenary Conference of the Society for Musicology in Ireland The articulation of identity and nostalgia in the (re-) presentation and reception of music selected from the “The Irish Ring” operatic repertoire Queen's University, Belfast, 07/05/2004-09/05/2004.
2003 O'Flynn, J. (2003) Music–Culture–Society: A Symposium in Memory of John Blacking A Critical Examination of the Concept of Bi-Musicality University of Western Australia, Perth, 12/07/2003-14/07/2003.
2002 O'Flynn, J. (2002) Annual Conference of the Educational Studies Association of Ireland New ways to listen and learn? – Some challenges presented by the revised music curriculum for primary schools Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick, 24/09/2002-27/09/2002.
2000 O'Flynn, J. (2000) National Identities and Music Conference National Identity and Music in Transition: Issues of Authenticity in a Global Setting University of Newcastle, 08/09/2000-09/09/2000.
2000 O'Flynn, J. (2000) Biennial Conference of the Royal Musicological Society (Ireland Chapter) Is there Irishness in Irish Music? Queen's University, Belfast, 06/05/2000-07/05/2000.

Book Review

Year Publication
2011 O'Flynn (2011) Review of Living in Worlds of Music by Minette Mans (2009. BREV
2010 O'Flynn, J. (2010) Review of Music, Informal Learning and the School: A New Classroom Pedagogy by Lucy Green. BREV

Online Article

Year Publication
2019 O'Flynn, J. (2019) Why we need an Irish popular music centre. ELEA [Link]
2019 O'Flynn, J. (2019) More than Mise Éire: the film and TV music of Seán Ó Riada. ELEA [Link]

Encyclopedia Entry

Year Publication
2017 O'Flynn, J. (2017) 'Irish-Celtic Music', Bloomsbury Encyclopaedia of World Popular Music, Part III, Volume 11. London and New York: ENC
2017 O'Flynn, J. (2017) 'Introduction: Celtic Music', Bloomsbury Encyclopaedia of World Popular Music, Part III, Volume 11. London and New York: ENC
2013 O'Flynn, J. (2013) 'Sociology of Music', Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland. Dublin: ENC
2013 O'Flynn, J. (2013) 'Popular music and Ireland', Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland. Dublin: ENC
2013 O'Flynn, J. (2013) 'Pop music and Ireland', Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland. Dublin: ENC
2013 O'Flynn, J. (2013) 'Identity and Music', Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland. Dublin: ENC
2013 O'Flynn, J. (2013) 'John Blacking', Encyclopaedia of Music in Ireland. Dublin: ENC
2005 O'Flynn, J. (2005) 'Irish Diaspora', Continuum Encyclopaedia of World Popular Music. London: ENC
2005 O'Flynn, J. (2005) 'Limerick', Continuum Encyclopaedia of World Popular Music. ENC
2005 O'Flynn, J. (2005) 'Galway', Continuum Encyclopaedia of World Popular Music. London: ENC
2005 O'Flynn, J. (2005) 'Cork', Continuum Encyclopaedia of World Popular Music. London: ENC
2005 O'Flynn, J. (2005) 'Dublin', Continuum Encyclopaedia of World Popular Music. London: ENC
2005 O'Flynn, J (2005) 'Ireland' Continuum Encyclopaedia of World Popular Music. London: ENC

Reports

Year Publication
2020 Moore, G., O'Flynn, J., Burgess, F. & Moore, J. (2020) Music and Initial Teacher Education in Ireland and Northern Ireland: A Study of Provision, Attitudes and Values: A Report for the Standing Conference on Teacher Education North and South (SCoTENS) 2019. REPORT

Map

Year Publication
2016 O'Flynn, J. & Mangaoang, A. (2016) Dublin Music Map. Dublin: MAP
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Professional Associations

Association Function From / To
Society for Musicology in Ireland President 21/06/2021 - 06/06/2024
Society for Musicology in Ireland Elected Council Member; Chair of Grants Committee 21/06/2018 - 21/06/2015
Society for Musicology in Ireland Elected Council Member 11/07/2015 - 30/06/2018
Council of Heads of Music in Higher Education Web Editor 01/09/2016 - 29/10/2021
Council of Heads of Music in Higher Education Chair 01/09/2010 - 31/08/2012
Council of Heads of Music in Higher Education Honorary Secretary 01/09/2008 - 31/08/2010
Society for Music Education in Ireland Elected Committee Member 01/11/2013 - 31/10/2015
Society for Music Education in Ireland Chair 01/09/2010 - 31/10/2013

Honors and Awards

Date Title Awarding Body
01/05/2015 Research Fellowship Research Directorate, St Patrick's College
01/01/2011 Research Fellowship An Foras Fessa /Institute for Research in Humanities
01/05/2009 Government of Ireland Research Fellowship Irish Research Council for Humanities and Social Sciences
01/04/2008 Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Shannon Consortium of Higher Education Institutions
01/05/2007 Award for Excellence in Teaching and Learning Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick

Committees

Committee Function From / To
Faculty Research Ethics Committee, Humanities and Social Sciences 01/09/2021 - 31/08/2024
Postgraduate Programme Board TPM 01/09/2016 - 31/01/2021
BAJH Programme Board 01/09/2016 - 31/08/2020
DCU ANAM Organising Committee Also curated student showcase events during ANAM 06/11/2018 - 28/01/2020
BAJCM Programme Board 01/09/2017 - 01/09/2019
College Research Committee (St Patrick's College) 01/09/2010 - 30/06/2016
MA, MEd, BA, BEd programme boards 01/09/2008 - 31/08/2016
Interdepartmental Committee St Patrick's College 01/09/2008 - 30/08/2016
Teaching and Learning Committee (St Patrick's College) 01/09/2008 - 30/06/2010

Employment

Employer Position From / To
St Patrick's College, DCU Head of Music 01/09/2008 - 30/09/2016
Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick Lecturer (Music) 01/09/1999 - 31/08/2008
Department of Education and Science Inspector 01/09/1998 - 31/08/1999

Education

Start date Institution Qualification Subject
University of London PhD
University of London MA

Reviews

Journal Role
Music Education Research Reviewer

Other Activities

Description
Editorial Board Member, Irish Musical Studies (Boydell & Brewer)
Editorial Board Member, Journal of the Society for Musicology in Ireland (online)
Series editor, Studies in Irish Music Education (Cork University Press)
International Editorial Board Member, Music Education Research
Editorial Board Member, Performance Research Ireland (Peter Lang)

Enterprise Engagement

Year Engagement Type Client Description
2023 Continuous Professional Development/Training Society for Musicology in Ireland Symposium Chair: 'Music for Stage and Screen: Celebrating the SMI at 20', National Opera House, Wexford 10-11 March
2023 Consultancy Academy of Finland Panel Chair and Expert Evaluator
2023 Invited talk/presentation Dundalk Institute of Technology 'Writing Competitive Postdoc Funding Applications in Arts and Humanities'
2022 Invited talk/presentation Irish Research Council/Society for Musicology in Ireland/TU Dublin Conservatoire Citation for 2022 IRC-Harrison Medal Recipient, Dr Ita Beausang
2022 Consultancy University of Galway External Examiner BA (Music)
2022 Invited talk/presentation Contemporary Music Centre Launch speaker, Songs from Connacht by Herbert Hughes: New digital scores and sound recordings' by Dr Áine Mulvey
2022 Consultancy Academy of Finland Expert Evaluator
2022 Consultancy CIPHER: Hip Hop Interpellation (ERC CoG) External Ethics Advisor
2021 Consultancy European Commission Expert Evaluator
2021-2025 Consultancy Conservatory of Music and Drama, TU Dublin External Examiner, MMus (Performance)
2021 Consultancy Irish Research Council Expert Reviewer/Interviewer (mock interviews) for shortlisted ERC Starting Grant and Consolidator Grant applicants
2021 Consultancy Contemporary Music Centre/Sounding the Feminists External expert for appointment board
2021 Continuous Professional Development/Training DCU Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences/NFETL Co-organiser of 'Introduction to Voluntary Peer Observation of Teaching' workshop
2021 Invited talk/presentation Maynooth University Discussant for the launch of the book Experiencing Music and Audio-Visual Cultures: Threshold, Intermediality, Synchresis, edited by Antonio Cascelli and Denis Condon
2021 Consultancy Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies, Aarhus University Expert Reviewer, MSCA Cofund Postdoctoral Applications
2021 Consultancy Maynooth University Music Department Quality Assurance Review (External Panel)
2021 Consultancy British Association of Irish Studies Long-list Reviewer BAIS book prize
2021 Continuous Professional Development/Training National University of Ireland Galway Webinar Presentation: Irish Classical music and the Canon
2020 Invited talk/presentation How Belfast Got the Blues (book launch) Book launch speech
2019 Continuous Professional Development/Training Kodály Society of Ireland Summer School Conducting workshops
2015-2019 Consultancy Trinity College Dublin External Examiner B.Mus.Ed. programme
2018 Invited talk/presentation Irish Film Institute Pre-screening talk and public lecture, 'The Film Music of John Williams' for IFI 'The Sounds of Music' series
2018 Continuous Professional Development/Training PhD Careers Forum, Society for Musicology in Ireland Expert Panel Member
2018 Invited talk/presentation Signal: Careers (Music) event held at TCD Science Gallery Talk on Music at DCU
2017 Continuous Professional Development/Training Cyprus Ministry of Education and Culture and the Cyprus Pedagogical Institute Choral and vocal workshops
2016 Consultancy Irish Research Council Preparing applicant for ERC Stage 2 interview
2016 Consultancy National University of Ireland Expert Reviewer, postgraduate fellowship applications
2015 Consultancy The Finnish Academy Expert Reviewer, Postdoctoral Fellowship Applications
2015 Consultancy Society for Music Education in Ireland in association with The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, Limerick, with funding from the National Forum for the Enhancement of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education. Seminar on Publishing for Music Education/ Ethnomusicology/ Musicology
2014 Invited talk/presentation Higher Education Authority and Departments of Education and Skills, and Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Keynote Speaker: Engagement between Higher Education and Arts Sectors Conference
2014 Consultancy National University of Ireland Expert Reviewer, postgraduate fellowship applications

Outreach Activities

Year Engagement Type Organisation Description
2022 Presentations/Talks to an external audience PhizzFest public talk on film music, programmed during arts festival
2022 Presentations/Talks to an external audience Dublin Central Library Music, the Moving Image and Ireland: An Introduction (part of series of public talks on Music in association with the Society for Musicology in Ireland)
2016 DCU in the Community DCU Lunchtime Concerts Series Lunchtime concerts manager from 2016 to date
2016 DCU in the Community GlasDrum Arts Organisation Festival Director, Fidelio Trio Winter Chamber Music Festival 2012-2020
2018 Presentations/Talks to an external audience Culture Night Culture Night at DCU, September 2018: Illustrated public lecture on archival music programmes and A/V material at Dublin City University
2015 DCU in the Community Culture Night Established the first Culture Night to take place at St Patrick's College/DCU in 2015

Media

Title Year Type Authors
The Irish Soundtrack (series on RTÉ Radio 1) 2022 Radio Interviews Síona Ryan & Fiachna Ó Braonáin/ Raven Productions
Made in Ireland: Studies in Popular Music 2021 Podcast Jeremiah Spillane https://www.linesonmusic.com/
More than Mise Éire: the film and TV music of Seán Ó Riada. 2019 Newspaper article (online) O'Flynn, J.
Why we need an Irish popular music centre 2019 Newspaper article (online) O'Flynn, J.
The Arts Show, Near FM 2018 Radio Interviews Norma Burke, Near FM
Lyric Concert Interval Talk: Music Education in Ireland 2018 Documentary Dr Michael Murphy
Lyric Concert Interval Talk: Musicology in Ireland 2017 Documentary Dr Michael Murphy
‘African music beats a path across Ireland’ 2015 Newspaper article (Print) Nuala Woulfe
'Mapping Popular Music in Dublin', The Dave Fanning Show 2015 Radio Interviews Dave Fanning

Research Interests

Research interests include film music, the sociology of music, popular music, contemporary genres/practices of music in Ireland, intercultural music, music and identity, vocal and choral music, music ethnography, music and tourism, and music in higher education.

His current monograph project is titled Empires of Sound: Music and Colonial Encounters in 20th-Century Narrative Film (contracted with Palgrave Macmillan). He leads the applied musicology project Bridging Musical Knowledge, and is DCU Primary Investigator for IN-VOICE 4 Empowerment, an Erasmus+ funded project with partner organisations from Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Portugal and Spain.  He was Principal Investigator for Mapping Popular Music in Dublin, 2015-16, funded by Fáilte Ireland (Irish Tourism). Earlier book publications include the monograph The Irishness of Irish music (Ashgate/Routledge 2009/2017) and the edited volume Music and Identity in Ireland (with Mark Fitzgerald; Ashgate/Routledge 2014/2016). In 2012 he co-edited a special issue on higher music education for Music Education Research (with Stephen Broad, Royal Scottish Conservatory). He has presented conference papers and keynote addresses in Ireland, Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, China, Cyprus, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, UK and US. In July 2004 he convened the biennial conference of the UK and Ireland branch of IASPM (International Association for the Study of Popular Music), and in July 2009 he chaired the 6th International Symposium on the Sociology of Music Education in Limerick. He also chaired the high profile Music Education Gathering in Dublin 2013 leading to the forthcoming inaugural volume of Studies in Irish Music Education, for which he is series editor.  In 2016 he chaired the 14th Annual Plenary Conference of the Society for Musicology in Ireland (SMI) at DCU. He convenes DCU's Music Research Seminar Series,  was a member of the organising committee for the joint SMI/ICTM-IE Postgraduate Conference at DCU (online) in January 2022, and symposium chair for 'Music for Stage and Screen: Celebrating the SMI at 20' at the National Opera House, Wexford in March 2023.

Recent publications include the monograph Music, the Moving Image and Ireland, 1897-2017 (Routledge, 2022), the co-edited books Ceol Phádraig: Music at St Patrick's College, 1875-2016  (with John Buckley; Peter Lang, 2019) and Made in Ireland: Studies in Popular Music (with Áine Mangaoang and Lonán Ó Briain; Routledge, 2020), a chapter on Dublin popular music scenes in Geographically Isolated and Peripheral Music Scenes: Global Insights and Perspectives (ed. C. Ballico; Palgrave Macmillan, 2021), and a chapter on social media, diaspora and musical belonging in the Oxford Handbook of Social Media and Music Learning (eds. J. Waldron, S. Horsley & K. Veblen; OUP, 2020). 

Associated Postdoctoral Fellows 
Dr Jelena Gligorijevic, 2022-2024 (MSCA); Dr Kayla Rush, 2019-2022 (MSCA); Dr Donal Fullam, 2020 (EI); Dr Áine Mangaoang, 2015-2016 (Fáilte Ireland/Irish Tourism)

To date, Prof. O'Flynn has supervised five PhD graduates to completion, and currently supervises three PhD students.



  

Research Projects

Title Role Description Start date End date
In-Choir4Empowerment: Developing an innovative multidisciplinary choral pedagogy framework to foster social inclusion DCU PI 01/02/2022 31/01/2024
Sounds of Dissent: Popular Music and Politics in Brexit Britain DCU PI 01/04/2022 31/03/2024
Arresting Melodies: State-Building, Conflict, and Representation in Northern Ireland’s Police Music Ensembles - Stephen Millar DCU PI 01/10/2021 30/09/2023
The Adaptive Re-use of Indigenous Musical Heritage: Muchongoyo Heritage as a means for sustaining the Livelihoods of the Ndau people in Zimbabwe Solomon Gwerevende (student) DCU PI 01/09/2021 31/08/2024
Preparation of ERC Advanced Grant Application DCU PI 30/12/2019 28/08/2020
‘Rocking in the Midwest: Transmitting and Performing Social Class in Rock Music Education’ DCU PI 23/09/2019 22/09/2021
Art Song in Ireland - The Influence of the Gaelic and Irish Literary Revivals [Aine Mulvey] DCU PI 01/10/2017 30/09/2020
Music and Initial Teacher Education in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland DCU PI 03/04/2017 28/09/2018
Mapping Popular Music in Dublin DCU PI 15/04/2015 15/04/2016

Internal Collaborators

Type Name Company Role
Internal Dr Patricia Flynn Dublin City University Academic
Internal Dr John Buckley Dublin City University Academic

External Collaborators

Type Name Company Role
External Dr Áine Mangaoang University of Oslo Academic
External Dr Mark Fitzgerald Technological University Dublin Academic
External Professor Stephen Broad Royal Scottish Conservatoire Academic
External Dr Gwen Moore Mary Immaculate College, University of Limerick Academic
External Professor Lónán Ó Briain University of Nottingham Academic
External Dr Jayne Moore Stranmillis College, Queen's University Belfast Academic
External Dr Frances Burgess St Mary's College, Queen's University Belfast Academic
External Dr Ioannis Tsioulakis Queen's University Belfast Academic
External Dr Jaime Jones University College Dublin Academic

Teaching Interests

Areas of teaching
  • film music
  • popular music 
  • sociology of music
  • cultural musicology
  • ethnography
  • choral and instrumental ensembles
  • musical techniques

Administration

  • International/Erasmus liaison for FHSS music programmes, student exchange and staff mobility
  • Module coordinator MC105, MC205, MC305, MC201, MC202, MC318

Modules Coordinated

Term Title Subject
2022 MC305
2022 MC105
2022 MC318
2022 MC201
2022 MC202
2022 MC205