Course Summary
Course Category: CAO (Higher Education - HET)
This programme will allow you to develop a range of skills for professional vocal performance in a variety of contexts. You will also develop your scholarly knowledge and inquiry through engaging academic studies focused on singing and artistic practice in educational, social, community and health settings.
You will focus and advance your vocal performance practice through individual voice lessons combined with group performance, ensemble and musicianship classes. Vocalists engaged in this course at the Irish World Academy will explore a range of vocal styles and traditions. Students enter the programme from popular (CCM), music theatre/stage school, singer/songwriter, folk, sacred or choral backgrounds (among others). You will find that the core aspects of the programme will support your development across multiple styles, broadening your singing and developing functional awareness of your instrument.
Course Details
What will you study?
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Performance Irish Music and Dance
World Music Art Music Popular Music
Important
- Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.
Progression to CAO Courses
The Student - Career Interests
This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:
Creative
Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, the performing arts or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.
Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.
Further Research
Career Progression
Future career options: Professional Performance, Further Study (MA, PhD), Music/Dance Therapy, Community Music/Dance, Music/Dance teacher, Arts administration, Performance management and promotion, Backstage work in performance theatre e.g. sound engineer, and more.
Follow up studies: Master of Arts Irish Traditional Dance Performance, Master of Arts Irish Traditional Music Performance, Master of Arts Contemporary Dance Performance, Master of Arts Irish Music Studies, Master of Arts Irish Dance Studies, Master of Arts Ethnochoreology, and many more
