PROFESSOR MICK MOLONEY

Music Department New York University (NYU)

Arts in Action in association with

THE MOORE INSTITUTE

Mick Moloney combines the careers of professional musician, folklorist, musicologist, teacher and arts presenter and advocate. He holds a Ph.D. in Folklore and Folklife from the University of Pennsylvania. He has taught ethnomusicology, folklore and Irish studies courses at the University of Pennsylvania, Georgetown University and Villanova University and currently teaches at New York University in the Irish Studies Program and the Music Dept. In 2008 he won the Golden Dozen Award for teaching excellence at NYU. He is an accomplished singer as well as an instrumentalist and possesses a vast storehouse of songs and instrumental pieces from the Irish and Irish-American tradition.In a presentation rich with audio visual illustrations and live performance Mick Moloney traces the amazing story of the evolution of Old Time American, Country and Bluegrass Music and tap dance from his rich multi-cultural tapest