James Denis Mc Glynn
@jdmcglynn.bsky.social
Screen Music scholar | Lecturer | Research Fellow in Screen Studies, Trinity College Dublin | UCC Music alumnus
Starting momentarily!
November 14, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Starting momentarily!
“Algorithmic Audiovisualities: Music and Media in the Age of AI,” organised by Universidade Nova de Lisboa’s CysMus research team, kicks off today
Excited to presenting my recent screen music research as part of the Day #2 panel “Transcultural Practices and Perspectives” tomorrow morning from 10:30
Excited to presenting my recent screen music research as part of the Day #2 panel “Transcultural Practices and Perspectives” tomorrow morning from 10:30
November 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
“Algorithmic Audiovisualities: Music and Media in the Age of AI,” organised by Universidade Nova de Lisboa’s CysMus research team, kicks off today
Excited to presenting my recent screen music research as part of the Day #2 panel “Transcultural Practices and Perspectives” tomorrow morning from 10:30
Excited to presenting my recent screen music research as part of the Day #2 panel “Transcultural Practices and Perspectives” tomorrow morning from 10:30
After attending/presenting at previous iterations of the IMS Music & Media Study Group’s annual conference, how wonderful to have it come to us here in Dublin.
🗓️ June 11–12, 2026
📍 @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social
⏰ Deadline: Dec 5
Thrilled to be on the programme committee for this exciting event.
🗓️ June 11–12, 2026
📍 @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social
⏰ Deadline: Dec 5
Thrilled to be on the programme committee for this exciting event.
September 6, 2025 at 3:07 PM
After attending/presenting at previous iterations of the IMS Music & Media Study Group’s annual conference, how wonderful to have it come to us here in Dublin.
🗓️ June 11–12, 2026
📍 @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social
⏰ Deadline: Dec 5
Thrilled to be on the programme committee for this exciting event.
🗓️ June 11–12, 2026
📍 @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social
⏰ Deadline: Dec 5
Thrilled to be on the programme committee for this exciting event.
Thrilled to be back on terra firma at @tcddublin.bsky.social this week, where I recently accepted a Teaching Fellow position in the School of Creative Arts
Excited to return to the TCD Film Department, where I am teaching a number of new modules I designed on screen music and videographic criticism
Excited to return to the TCD Film Department, where I am teaching a number of new modules I designed on screen music and videographic criticism
September 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Thrilled to be back on terra firma at @tcddublin.bsky.social this week, where I recently accepted a Teaching Fellow position in the School of Creative Arts
Excited to return to the TCD Film Department, where I am teaching a number of new modules I designed on screen music and videographic criticism
Excited to return to the TCD Film Department, where I am teaching a number of new modules I designed on screen music and videographic criticism
Such a delight to be invited to speak in the symposium “Presentational Technologies in Music and Screen Media Research and Pedagogy,” organised by the AMS Music & Media Study Group last week
Great to discuss my experience of teaching screen sound/music topics to my videographic criticism students
Great to discuss my experience of teaching screen sound/music topics to my videographic criticism students
August 12, 2025 at 10:09 AM
Such a delight to be invited to speak in the symposium “Presentational Technologies in Music and Screen Media Research and Pedagogy,” organised by the AMS Music & Media Study Group last week
Great to discuss my experience of teaching screen sound/music topics to my videographic criticism students
Great to discuss my experience of teaching screen sound/music topics to my videographic criticism students
Such an incredibly well-deserved (and entirely expected) Best Actress win for Sarah Snook at the Tony Awards
So thrilled that I got to catch the show during my time in NYC for Music and the Moving Image, especially w/ my decades-long love of the novella and having missed the West End run last June
So thrilled that I got to catch the show during my time in NYC for Music and the Moving Image, especially w/ my decades-long love of the novella and having missed the West End run last June
June 9, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Such an incredibly well-deserved (and entirely expected) Best Actress win for Sarah Snook at the Tony Awards
So thrilled that I got to catch the show during my time in NYC for Music and the Moving Image, especially w/ my decades-long love of the novella and having missed the West End run last June
So thrilled that I got to catch the show during my time in NYC for Music and the Moving Image, especially w/ my decades-long love of the novella and having missed the West End run last June
For those curious: my MaMI paper “Music and Sound in Aleatoric Filmmaking: The Case of 𝘌𝘯𝘰 (2024)” was a new facet of my research on the intersection of new media technologies and popular music culture, expanding on my recent @researchireland.ie -funded Research Fellow role at @tcddublin.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 11:14 AM
For those curious: my MaMI paper “Music and Sound in Aleatoric Filmmaking: The Case of 𝘌𝘯𝘰 (2024)” was a new facet of my research on the intersection of new media technologies and popular music culture, expanding on my recent @researchireland.ie -funded Research Fellow role at @tcddublin.bsky.social
Overjoyed to get to present for the 7th time at NYU’s Music and the Moving Image conference, as well as chairing panels feat. work by truly inspirational colleagues. Having attended MaMI annually since 2019, it never fails to wholly enliven me and remind me why I do what I do. @stefanxgc.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Overjoyed to get to present for the 7th time at NYU’s Music and the Moving Image conference, as well as chairing panels feat. work by truly inspirational colleagues. Having attended MaMI annually since 2019, it never fails to wholly enliven me and remind me why I do what I do. @stefanxgc.bsky.social
In 2020, I found myself in a Zoom room with these gents at the (first online) Music and the Moving Image conference. This led to a 2½ year collaboration on a special issue of 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴. Five years later, how amazing to meet together in-person for the first time!
June 3, 2025 at 6:47 PM
In 2020, I found myself in a Zoom room with these gents at the (first online) Music and the Moving Image conference. This led to a 2½ year collaboration on a special issue of 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘔𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘤 𝘪𝘯 𝘎𝘢𝘮𝘦𝘴. Five years later, how amazing to meet together in-person for the first time!
Thrilled to be back in East Village for the 21st Music and the Moving Image conference at NYU Steinhardt
I look forward to chairing some exciting panels and delivering my own paper on Gary Hustwit’s amazing documentary, 𝘌𝘯𝘰
Generously supported by @sminews1.bsky.social @ucdhumanities.bsky.social
I look forward to chairing some exciting panels and delivering my own paper on Gary Hustwit’s amazing documentary, 𝘌𝘯𝘰
Generously supported by @sminews1.bsky.social @ucdhumanities.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Thrilled to be back in East Village for the 21st Music and the Moving Image conference at NYU Steinhardt
I look forward to chairing some exciting panels and delivering my own paper on Gary Hustwit’s amazing documentary, 𝘌𝘯𝘰
Generously supported by @sminews1.bsky.social @ucdhumanities.bsky.social
I look forward to chairing some exciting panels and delivering my own paper on Gary Hustwit’s amazing documentary, 𝘌𝘯𝘰
Generously supported by @sminews1.bsky.social @ucdhumanities.bsky.social
I am thrilled to have been invited to speak as part of the Trinity Senior Common Room Research Salon Series 2024–25 this week, in which I will be presenting on “Posthuman Soundtracks: Screen Scoring and Popular Music in the Age of Synthetic Media.”
17:15 sharp, Thursday 17 April
17:15 sharp, Thursday 17 April
April 14, 2025 at 2:17 PM
I am thrilled to have been invited to speak as part of the Trinity Senior Common Room Research Salon Series 2024–25 this week, in which I will be presenting on “Posthuman Soundtracks: Screen Scoring and Popular Music in the Age of Synthetic Media.”
17:15 sharp, Thursday 17 April
17:15 sharp, Thursday 17 April
Wonderful to get to closing night of Irish National Opera’s 𝘋𝘦𝘳 𝘍𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Dublin
Huge congratulations to @fergussheil.bsky.social and all the cast, chorus, and creative team involved in realising this ambitious staging.
Huge congratulations to @fergussheil.bsky.social and all the cast, chorus, and creative team involved in realising this ambitious staging.
March 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Wonderful to get to closing night of Irish National Opera’s 𝘋𝘦𝘳 𝘍𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘥𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre in Dublin
Huge congratulations to @fergussheil.bsky.social and all the cast, chorus, and creative team involved in realising this ambitious staging.
Huge congratulations to @fergussheil.bsky.social and all the cast, chorus, and creative team involved in realising this ambitious staging.
Wonderful to return to my alma mater @ucc.ie—albeit on a flying visit—to perform for the third consecutive year with the Irish Video Game Orchestrata @ivgorchestra.com at the Aula Maxima
📸 @ben.ivgorchestra.com
📽️ Projected visuals by @concernedape.bsky.social, whose music I always adore performing
📸 @ben.ivgorchestra.com
📽️ Projected visuals by @concernedape.bsky.social, whose music I always adore performing
March 28, 2025 at 1:23 PM
Wonderful to return to my alma mater @ucc.ie—albeit on a flying visit—to perform for the third consecutive year with the Irish Video Game Orchestrata @ivgorchestra.com at the Aula Maxima
📸 @ben.ivgorchestra.com
📽️ Projected visuals by @concernedape.bsky.social, whose music I always adore performing
📸 @ben.ivgorchestra.com
📽️ Projected visuals by @concernedape.bsky.social, whose music I always adore performing
Another unexpected guest next door!
Such a special (and at times, deeply moving) speech and Q&A with @stephencolbert.bsky.social in Trinity’s Graduates Memorial Building this afternoon, in honour of his Honorary Patronage of the Philosophical Society
@colbertlateshow.bsky.social
Such a special (and at times, deeply moving) speech and Q&A with @stephencolbert.bsky.social in Trinity’s Graduates Memorial Building this afternoon, in honour of his Honorary Patronage of the Philosophical Society
@colbertlateshow.bsky.social
March 15, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Another unexpected guest next door!
Such a special (and at times, deeply moving) speech and Q&A with @stephencolbert.bsky.social in Trinity’s Graduates Memorial Building this afternoon, in honour of his Honorary Patronage of the Philosophical Society
@colbertlateshow.bsky.social
Such a special (and at times, deeply moving) speech and Q&A with @stephencolbert.bsky.social in Trinity’s Graduates Memorial Building this afternoon, in honour of his Honorary Patronage of the Philosophical Society
@colbertlateshow.bsky.social
Super time at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre last night for Armando Iannucci’s stage reimagining of Kubrick’s 𝘋𝘳 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, after its recent transfer from the West End to Dublin
Stellar ensemble led by Steve Coogan, who—channeling Peter Sellers—dizzyingly oscillates between the show’s 4x lead roles
Stellar ensemble led by Steve Coogan, who—channeling Peter Sellers—dizzyingly oscillates between the show’s 4x lead roles
February 22, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Super time at the Bord Gáis Energy Theatre last night for Armando Iannucci’s stage reimagining of Kubrick’s 𝘋𝘳 𝘚𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘰𝘷𝘦, after its recent transfer from the West End to Dublin
Stellar ensemble led by Steve Coogan, who—channeling Peter Sellers—dizzyingly oscillates between the show’s 4x lead roles
Stellar ensemble led by Steve Coogan, who—channeling Peter Sellers—dizzyingly oscillates between the show’s 4x lead roles
Grad students and ECRs working in film/screen studies: I cannot recommend this event more highly. Such a supportive, collegial community that I still try to return every alternate year.
Plus, it’s hosted by my dear alma mater / former place of work in 2025, @ucc.ie @uccfilmscreenmedia.bsky.social
Plus, it’s hosted by my dear alma mater / former place of work in 2025, @ucc.ie @uccfilmscreenmedia.bsky.social
February 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Grad students and ECRs working in film/screen studies: I cannot recommend this event more highly. Such a supportive, collegial community that I still try to return every alternate year.
Plus, it’s hosted by my dear alma mater / former place of work in 2025, @ucc.ie @uccfilmscreenmedia.bsky.social
Plus, it’s hosted by my dear alma mater / former place of work in 2025, @ucc.ie @uccfilmscreenmedia.bsky.social
My third @theolllam.bsky.social show in Vicar St, by now an annual affair
Again, to my US-based music/musicology mutuals: I cannot recommend the fruits of this utterly unique transatlantic collaboration more highly: transcendent post rock-infused Irish trad fusion, feat. Joe Dart (Vulfpeck) on bass
Again, to my US-based music/musicology mutuals: I cannot recommend the fruits of this utterly unique transatlantic collaboration more highly: transcendent post rock-infused Irish trad fusion, feat. Joe Dart (Vulfpeck) on bass
February 14, 2025 at 1:23 PM
My third @theolllam.bsky.social show in Vicar St, by now an annual affair
Again, to my US-based music/musicology mutuals: I cannot recommend the fruits of this utterly unique transatlantic collaboration more highly: transcendent post rock-infused Irish trad fusion, feat. Joe Dart (Vulfpeck) on bass
Again, to my US-based music/musicology mutuals: I cannot recommend the fruits of this utterly unique transatlantic collaboration more highly: transcendent post rock-infused Irish trad fusion, feat. Joe Dart (Vulfpeck) on bass
Lovely to be invited to speak in Trinity Senior Common Room’s annual Research Salon series, alongside an array of wonderful academics from Schools across @tcddublin.bsky.social
I look forward to revisiting ideas from my recent talk at Boston University’s Posthuman Pop symposium @bostonu.bsky.social
I look forward to revisiting ideas from my recent talk at Boston University’s Posthuman Pop symposium @bostonu.bsky.social
January 31, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Lovely to be invited to speak in Trinity Senior Common Room’s annual Research Salon series, alongside an array of wonderful academics from Schools across @tcddublin.bsky.social
I look forward to revisiting ideas from my recent talk at Boston University’s Posthuman Pop symposium @bostonu.bsky.social
I look forward to revisiting ideas from my recent talk at Boston University’s Posthuman Pop symposium @bostonu.bsky.social
A fun and deeply fulfilling return to TCD’s Film Dept for Hilary Term this week, feat. exciting new research, as well as teaching a module I devised
I also received a wonderfully warm welcome from colleagues old and new at the @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social, where I’m teaching screen music this term
I also received a wonderfully warm welcome from colleagues old and new at the @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social, where I’m teaching screen music this term
January 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
A fun and deeply fulfilling return to TCD’s Film Dept for Hilary Term this week, feat. exciting new research, as well as teaching a module I devised
I also received a wonderfully warm welcome from colleagues old and new at the @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social, where I’m teaching screen music this term
I also received a wonderfully warm welcome from colleagues old and new at the @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social, where I’m teaching screen music this term
Dr. @lauracwatson.bsky.social of Maynooth University joining us at the Long Room Hub in Trinity College Dublin today, deftly accounting for the feminist consciousness permeating contemporary popular music in Ireland, especially in the context of the Irish reproductive rights movement of the 2010s.
December 3, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Dr. @lauracwatson.bsky.social of Maynooth University joining us at the Long Room Hub in Trinity College Dublin today, deftly accounting for the feminist consciousness permeating contemporary popular music in Ireland, especially in the context of the Irish reproductive rights movement of the 2010s.
Wonderful to spend some time in University College Dublin these past few days, where I had the pleasure of delivering guest lectures on music and sound in video games and other forms of immersive/interactive media at the UCD School of Music
November 29, 2024 at 2:26 PM
Wonderful to spend some time in University College Dublin these past few days, where I had the pleasure of delivering guest lectures on music and sound in video games and other forms of immersive/interactive media at the UCD School of Music
Wild skies over Malahide Marina this evening 🌄
Glorious setting for a post-run stroll
Glorious setting for a post-run stroll
November 24, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Wild skies over Malahide Marina this evening 🌄
Glorious setting for a post-run stroll
Glorious setting for a post-run stroll
On an unrelated note, best wishes to all of my wonderful colleagues and dear friends who are presenting at AMS-SMT in Chicago this week! Reliving fond memories of long autumnal perambulations through Denver and even longer reunions / catch-ups at last year’s conference in Colorado.
November 15, 2024 at 2:13 PM
On an unrelated note, best wishes to all of my wonderful colleagues and dear friends who are presenting at AMS-SMT in Chicago this week! Reliving fond memories of long autumnal perambulations through Denver and even longer reunions / catch-ups at last year’s conference in Colorado.
Great programme of film music for the RTÉ Concert Orchestra’s concert at the Helix tonight, feat. some lesser performed (and some very much performed) selections from Guðnadóttir, Barry, Morricone and Williams
Under the baton of Anna Sułkowska-Migoń
Under the baton of Anna Sułkowska-Migoń
November 13, 2024 at 11:11 PM
Great programme of film music for the RTÉ Concert Orchestra’s concert at the Helix tonight, feat. some lesser performed (and some very much performed) selections from Guðnadóttir, Barry, Morricone and Williams
Under the baton of Anna Sułkowska-Migoń
Under the baton of Anna Sułkowska-Migoń
Anyone interested in screen music studies in Dublin next week should certainly go to this
As well as being an incredible thinker, Prof Mera is one of those rare academics who reminds me that rigorous scholarship need not be incompatible with enjoyable readable prose
Check his work if nothing else!
As well as being an incredible thinker, Prof Mera is one of those rare academics who reminds me that rigorous scholarship need not be incompatible with enjoyable readable prose
Check his work if nothing else!
November 7, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Anyone interested in screen music studies in Dublin next week should certainly go to this
As well as being an incredible thinker, Prof Mera is one of those rare academics who reminds me that rigorous scholarship need not be incompatible with enjoyable readable prose
Check his work if nothing else!
As well as being an incredible thinker, Prof Mera is one of those rare academics who reminds me that rigorous scholarship need not be incompatible with enjoyable readable prose
Check his work if nothing else!