Masters Degrees in Musical Performance, Ireland

There is NO intake for this programme for Autumn 2020. Next intake is in Autumn 2021. DCU’s MA in Choral Studies is the first programme of its kind in Ireland. Read more

The MA in Irish Traditional Music Performance is designed to provide advanced tuition in the performance of Irish Traditional Music. Read more

The Master of Arts in Songwriting is a one year, full-time postgraduate programme, which focuses on the artistic practice of songwriting with opportunities to perform and record work. Read more

The MA offers advanced string and keyboard tuition in violin, viola, cello, double bass, piano and harpsichord. The programme emphasizes solo playing, chamber music, and accompanying, while encouraging interdisciplinary and collaborative projects with instrumentalists, vocalists and dancers from other degree programmes. Read more

The MA offers a comprehensive grounding in the skills and knowledge needed to function as a successful community musician in a range of contexts. Read more

The MA Composition and Creative Music Practice is a unique, one-year, full-time postgraduate programme for composers, sound artists, improvisers and performers from all music traditions who wish to develop their own individual artistic practice and explore cross-genre, cross-arts and cross-cultural creativity. Read more

The MA in Irish Music Studies is intended for scholars and scholar-practitioners who wish to study Irish Music (traditional, folk, classical, popular and related genres) from critical, cultural, historical, ethno/musicological, and practice-based perspectives. Read more

The innovative MA Popular Music Practice provides fantastic opportunities for you to explore your own specialism within popular music in line with your personal career aspirations. Read more

The MA in Performance & Musicology degree offers those with strengths in performance opportunities to develop their skills. Read more

The MA in Creative Music Technologies degree is a skills conversion programme. The programme is aimed at graduates, with musical abilities, who would like to explore musical applications of technology. Read more

The MA in Performance & Musicology degree programme is designed for students with strengths in performance who want opportunities to deepen and extend their skills. Read more

This programme aims to provide a fourth level programme in Music for students who wish to engage in high quality research in selected areas of the discipline. Read more

The Department of Arts Education and Physical Education in association with the Department of Music offer this specialised MA degree in Music Education. Read more

The MA in Creative Music Technologies degree is a skills conversion programme. The programme is aimed at graduates, with musical abilities, who would like to explore musical applications of technology. Read more