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James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · 17d

A reminder that the CFP is now live for the International Musicological Society (IMS) Music and Media Study Group’s annual conference. Taking place on 11-12 June 2026 at @ucdschoolofmusic.bsky.social (Dublin, Ireland), the theme is “Directions and Aesthetics of the Digital Era”

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CFP “Music and Media: Directions and Aesthetes of the Digital Era,” UCD School of Music, June 11–12 2026 - AMS Career Center

The seventeenth meeting of the ‘Music and Media’ study group of the International Musicological Society will take place in-person on June 11-12 2026 in the School of Music at University...

careers.amsmusicology.org

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James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · Sep 6

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.

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James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · Sep 4

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

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James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · Aug 23

Three legends

( ... and huge congrats to Morgan!)

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James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · Aug 22

Ah thanks so much Conor! Much appreciated 🙏

James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · Aug 22

My latest article “Scoring Synthetic Media: Library Music in the Viral ‘A.I. Film’ Trend” has been published in Emerging Media—and it’s open-access!

Huge thanks to my peer-reviewers and anyone who offered feedback on this work, especially the community at NYU’s Music and the Moving Image conference

Scoring Synthetic Media: Library Music in the Viral “A.I. Film” Trend - James Denis Mc Glynn, 2025

Of the many new forms of synthetic media, one trend to garner especially sustained attention in the popular imagination has been the recent slew of “A.I. Films....

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James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · Aug 12

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

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James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · Jul 31

No worries Adam! Hope you've been keeping well? Looking forward to catching up soon, all being well.

James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · Jul 31

Hi Adam, yes it just went out via the RMA digest this morning: www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/wa-j...

www.jiscmail.ac.uk

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James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · Jul 31

Conference on screen music/sound:

🚨 CFP: Sound on Screen V
🗓️ 5–17 Jul 2026
📍 Royal Northern College of Music, Manchester UK
📩 Deadline: 1 Oct 2025

I had the pleasure of attending (and, on occasion, presenting at) several iterations of this fabulous event. A really collegial, supportive gathering!

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James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · Jul 22

Thrilled to be invited to contribute to this online symposium on presentational technologies, organised by the AMS Music & Media Study Group (7 Aug, 1pm ET)

My paper looks at democratising screen music studies w/ videographic criticism. Come one, come all!

musicandmedia.ams-net.org/home/online-...

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James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · Jun 9

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

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James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · Jun 6

Kevin is the man

James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · Jun 5

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

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James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · Jun 4

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

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James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · Jun 3

Incidentally, the issue is currently freely accessible via the @ucpress.bsky.social website, if anyone is interested: online.ucpress.edu/jsmg/issue/4/4

Volume 4 Issue 4 | Journal of Sound and Music in Games | University of California Press

online.ucpress.edu

James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · Jun 3

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!

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James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · May 30

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

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James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · Apr 14

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

A simple two-tone poster (comprising two parallel bands of dark slate blue and aquamarine blue) featuring the following text:

The Senior Common Room invites you to Research Salon Talk Series 24/25

Join us for a talk by
Dr James Mc Glynn
Research Fellow, School of Creative Arts
on the topic of

Posthuman Soundtracks: Screen Scoring and Popular Music in the Age of Synthetic Media

Thursday 17 April

New Common Room

Small Talks Big Topics

Speakers to start at 5.15 PM promptly

For more details contact senior.common.room@tcd.ie or carsonle@tcd.ie

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James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · Apr 1

Have always wanted to go. Enjoy Chicago!

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James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · Mar 30

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.

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James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · Mar 28

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

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James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · Mar 15

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

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James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · Feb 25

Miami, haha!

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James Denis Mc Glynn @jdmcglynn.bsky.social · Feb 22

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

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