Course Summary
Course Category: CAO (Higher Education - HET)
This programme will support you to develop your performance skills in your own current, chosen style(s) of music, while offering you the opportunity to explore and play a wide range of global musics. You will also develop your scholarly and theoretical knowledge of music. In order to offer new insights into the world of music and enhance your creative potential, you will be introduced to a wide range of performance practices and scholarly traditions. You will also study a number of vocational modules that will support you in your development of a fulfilling career.
Course Details
What will you study?
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Instrument Irish music and Dance Art Music
Popular Music Performance
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 include: 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, Music Technology, e.g. recording studio producer/technician, Media (TV, Radio etc.), Work in cultural institutions and archives.
Follow on studies include: 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, Master of Arts Ethnomusicology, Master of Arts Ritual Chant and Song, and many more.
