2. Fusion Fusion occurs when Irish performers and composers mix elements from other traditions with Irish music Traditional Irish features: Last note repeated Modal No dynamics Ornamentation Performance unaccompanied Use of traditional Irish instruments and dances are other features of traditional Irish music
3. Fusion Fusion is heard when non-traditional features and instrumentsare combined in pieces with more traditional elements Popular fusions occur between: Irish tradand rock (Horslips’ Dearg Doom)
9. Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin Born in Tipperary in 1950 Studied music in UCC and Queen’s Now Chair of Music at University of Limerick where he founded the Irish World Music Centre Also has a very successful career as a performer and composer who fuses Irish music with Jazz and Classical sounds
10. Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin would have had a very classical style of training in music while he was a student in UCC in the 1970s He was trained to play the piano and harpsichord He mixes his love for Irish music with his classical training in his pieces and has developed a unique style as a performer and composer
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12. the inclusion of orchestra on occasion (Between Worlds and (Must be more) Crispy)
13. the use of dynamics and expression (The Pretty Milkmaid)