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Dr. Maura McDonnell is a Part-Time Assistant Professor in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at Trinity College Dublin. Her academic focus includes visual music, audiovisual practice, and digital media technologies. She teaches modules on Visual Music for the M.Phil in Music and Media Technologies and supervises Master's thesis projects in related fields.
Educated at Maynooth University (Music and Mathematics, 1985), Ulster University (M.Ed in Adult Education), and Trinity College Dublin (M.Phil in Music and Media Technologies), she completed a PhD in 2019 on 'Finding Visual Music in its Twentieth Century History'. Her research explores intersections between visual arts and music, informed by Musique concrète principles and digital technologies.
Her visual music works blend abstract visuals with electroacoustic music, employing digital video effects and generative programming. Her global exhibitions and awards include the Visual Music Award (2011) and an honorary mention at MuVi5 (2018). She actively contributes to international symposiums and peer-review committees, with publications in journals, conference proceedings, and exhibition catalogues.
Collaborations include projects with composers Linda Buckley and Cobi van Tonder, and ensembles like Ensemble Parallax. Her work addresses topics such as color-tone correspondence, historical visual music instruments, and multimodal narratives in AR/VR.
