Helen Phelan
Academic
October 28, 2022, 4:30 PM EDT

Fund for Irish Studies — Tracing the Celtic Ritual Cycle through Music, Manuscript and Performance

This lecture-recital by Helen Phelan, Professor of Arts Practice at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, Ireland, explores the musical and ritualistic evidence for the emergence and continuity of the Celtic ritual cycle, with a focus on the rituals of Imbolc and Samhain, a precursor of Halloween.

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