Ailbhe Kenny
Associate Professor in Music Education at Mary Immaculate College, Ireland, and author of Music Refuge: Living Asylum Through Music (Oxford University Press, 2025), specializing in music, migration, and participatory music projects with people seeking asylum.
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Mar 3, 2026 • 39min
Ailbhe Kenny, "Music Refuge: Living Asylum through Music" (Oxford UP, Press 2025)
Ailbhe Kenny, Associate Professor in Music Education who researches music and migration, discusses music programmes with people seeking asylum in Ireland and Germany. She recounts fieldwork with children and community projects. Topics include participatory music projects, how music creates belonging in limbo, singing events that invite neighbours in, and designing inclusive musical spaces.
Mar 3, 2026 • 39min
Ailbhe Kenny, "Music Refuge: Living Asylum through Music" (Oxford UP, Press 2025)
Ailbhe Kenny, Associate Professor in Music Education who studies music programmes with people seeking asylum. She discusses why music matters in asylum contexts and contrasts work in Ireland and Germany. Short projects grow into sustained collaborations. Music emerges as a space for belonging, storytelling, community building, and invitational public encounters.
