In association with BelfastTrad (Traditional Music and Dance Society)

Dates: Sat 25th and Sun 26th Feb 2023
Time: 10:30am – 1:00pm
Location: Ulster University, York Street
Cost: £50 for two days

A composer, performer and academic, Mel Mercier took up the Chair of Performing Arts at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, in March 2016. From 1992 to 2016, he worked as a lecturer in music at University College Cork. He was appointed as the first Head of UCC School of Music of Music and Theatre in 2009 and promoted to Professor in 2015. Mel learned to play the bodhrán and bones from his father, Peadar Mercier, and as a traditional musician he is probably best known for his performances over the last 35 years with pianist and composer Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin.

Fee includes admission to all programme events except for evening Concerts, Walking Tour, Trad Quiz and Trad Trail

10% Family Discount is available when booking for 2 or more family members. Use code FAMILYFEB23 on booking page.