Presentation of UCD Honorary Degree
Mary Black - Honorary Degree of Doctor of Literature
Citation by Associate Professor Lucy Collins
“A singer of remarkable grace and subtle expression of feeling, Mary Black’s achievement extends from the purity of her 1983 debut album to the atmospheric setting of some of her best-known songs by the National Symphony Orchestra, just over two years ago. Despite the scale of this recognition, she remains attentive to the individual composition, with an ear attuned to the exact relationship between the shape of the lyric and its instrumentation.
“In addition to this instinct for musical form, her unerring sense of how a group of talented musicians will combine to produce a near-perfect performance is, by now, legendary. But it is her voice - a voice of unparalleled clarity and control - that draws these elements together into a singular and lasting art.”
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