The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance is a centre of academic and performance excellence housed at the University of Limerick, Ireland. The Academy honours the energies of performance and academic reflection across a wide range of genres and disciplines. These in turn are informed by innovative community outreach and artist-in-residence initiatives that take the Academy to the wider communit
y while attracting a wealth of international performance and scholarly expertise. Founded in 1994 by Professor Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin, it has come to find its true home on the beautiful banks of the River Shannon in a state of the art building, which includes two theatres, recording studio, individual practice rooms and dance studios, provides and inspiring creative space for all those who study there. The Academy has a strong international presence with students from over 40 countries studying there. With a stellar faculty of excellent performers, incredible academics and industry professionals the experience of studying at the Irish World Academy second to none. It offers a suite of taught undergraduate and postgraduate courses in music and dance related subject areas and its research is at the forefront of these fields of enquiry worldwide. Programmes on offer include:
BA in Irish Music
BA in Irish Dance
BA in Contemporary Dance
BA in Voice
BA in World Music
MA in Irish Traditional Dance Performance
MA in Irish Traditional Music Performance
MA in Irish Music Studies
MA in Irish Dance Studies
MA in Contemporary Dance Performance
MA in Ethnomusicology
MA in Ethnochoreology
MA in Ritual Chant and Song
MA in Community Music
MA in Music Therapy
MA in Songwriting
MA in Composition and Creative Music Practice
MA Classical String Performance in association with the Irish Chamber Orchestra
Professional Master of Education (Music)
MA Research
PhD Arts Practice
PhD Research
Blas International Summer School of Irish Traditional Music and Dance
For more information on our programmes please see: www.IrishWorldAcademy.ie
