The O’Mahony Visiting Research Fellowship in Music 2027/2028
Music has played a prominent role in the life of Trinity College Dublin since its foundation in 1592. The university established a Professorship in Music in 1764, one of the oldest academic Chairs in the country. With thanks to the generosity of Rosemary O’Mahony, the Trinity Long Room Hub is delighted to introduce a three-month funded fellowship dedicated to music and music-related research, awarded annually on a competitive basis.
The O’Mahony Visiting Research Fellowship in Music will be open internationally to musicologists, music theorists, textual scholars, music technologists and composers with a strong record of research and/or creative output.
Applicants will be invited to propose a project in collaboration with a nominated academic partner from the Department of Music and/or other Trinity Arts and Humanities departments. For details, please see below.
Music at Trinity College Dublin
Music has played a prominent role in the life of Trinity College Dublin since its foundation in 1592. The university established a Professorship in Music in 1764, one of the oldest academic Chairs in the country. Today, the Department of Music is a dynamic hub of creative and scholarly activity. Its academic profile spans historical musicology, composition, performance, and interdisciplinary research. The department is particularly noted for its strengths in composition and choral studies, the study of English Renaissance music, 19th-century music and aesthetics, women composers, explorations of music technology, and the intersection of music with other art forms such as film and sustainability-focused research. Faculty and students produce innovative works across genres, from experimental music theatre and contemporary opera to choral compositions. Research engages with music as a humanistic discipline, considering it within the context of the cultural, social, and political practices within which it functions. By fostering a vibrant exchange between humanistic study, historical inquiry, and contemporary exploration, the Department of Music endeavours to advance the field of music both nationally and internationally, building on its rich legacy to inspire new directions in scholarship and creativity. Trinity Library holds extensive Music Collections, some of which are digitised through the Virtual Trinity Library project Music Collection / Digital Collections. As a copyright library, Trinity Library holds the first standard editions of the works of many canonical figures.
Applications to the O’Mahony Fellowship in Music
With thanks to the generosity of Rosemary O’Mahony, the Trinity Long Room Hub is delighted to offer a three-month funded fellowship dedicated to music and music-related research, awarded annually on a competitive basis.
Professor Stephanie Martin is the inaugural O’Mahony Visiting Research Fellow in Music (2026-27), and a choral conductor and composer whose work exemplifies the vitality of music as a scholarly, creative, and performative discipline, all of which reflects the central place of choral studies within Trinity’s musical life.
The inaugural O’Mahony Visiting Research Fellowship in Music attracted applications from across a wide spectrum of music research and creative practice, reflecting the diversity and vitality of contemporary music studies internationally. These encompassed composition, textual scholarship, music technology, historical musicology, music theory, and interdisciplinary approaches. This breadth speaks to the fellowship’s open and inclusive remit. As the O’Mahony Fellowship continues in future years, applications are warmly welcomed from across all areas of music and music-related research, embracing both scholarly inquiry and creative practice in dialogue with Trinity’s arts and humanities research environment.
The Trinity Long Room Hub is now inviting applications for the second O’Mahony music fellowship, to be undertaken in the 2027-28 academic year. The application deadline is: 5pm GMT on Friday, 2 October 2026.
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