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The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance is the centre of academic and performance excellence housed at the University of Limerick, Ireland. 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 community 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 Performing Arts (Irish Traditional Music)
BA Performing Arts (Irish Traditional Dance)
BA Performing Arts (Contemporary Dance)
BA Performing Arts (Voice)
BA Performing Arts (World Music)
MA Irish Traditional Dance Performance
MA Irish Traditional Music Performance
MA Irish Music Studies
MA Irish Dance Studies
MA Contemporary Dance Performance
MA Ethnomusicology
MA Ethnochoreology
MA Ritual Chant and Song
MA Community Music
MA Music Therapy
MA Festive Arts
MA Songwriting
MA Classical String Performance in association with the Irish Chamber Orchestra
MEd (Music)
Professional Master of Education (Music)
MA Research
PhD Arts Practice
PhD Research
For more information on our programmes please see: www.IrishWorldAcademy.ie
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facebook.comOur unique MA Irish Traditional Music Performance is a one-year, full-time programme designed to provide advanced tuition in the performance of Irish Traditional Music. For more information - www.irishworldacademy.ie
We will be getting the coming semester off to a cracking start with this special one day event!
A taste of the Irish Gamelan Orchestra playing our very own Javanese Gamelan as part of the recent 44th World Conference of the International Council of Traditional Music!
Our BA Performing Arts (Irish Traditional Music) is such a unique and exciting programme. Check out what our students get up to! www.irishworldacademy.ie
Final places available on the award-winning MA Festive Arts programme for 2017-18. This programme focuses on key skills in arts management and festival production, exploring aspects of curating, commissioning and festival development. Contact niamh.nicghabhann@ul.ie for more information.
As we bid farewell to the #ICTM2017 delegates, we leave you with some gorgeous shots by Maurice Gunning of the Sionna Concert at the University Concert Hall. A special thank you to all the fantastic performers that took part! Photos ©Maurice Gunning
Photos of a truly stunning concert by the Irish Gamelan Orchestra directed by Professor Mel Mercier for #ICTM2017 at the University of Limerick. Beautiful performances by special guests Iarla O'lionaird, Nick Roth, Matthew Noone, Kat Turner, Diane Daly Hunka, Óscar Mascareñas, Femke van de Kooij, Dora Gola, Minte Et, Jim Higgins, Eamonn Cagney, Frank Torpey, Brian Morrissey and Nic Gareiss. Photos ©Maurice Gunning
Fantastic performance by the Zhou Family Band for #ICTM2017! Photos ©Maurice Gunning
Sionna - A World of Music and Dance for #ICTM2017 will be live streamed at 8pm- https://youtu.be/4xm5EGpoEpA
We are delighted to announce that The Three Forges: New Compositions for Javanese Gamelan Concert will be live streamed at 8pm tomorrow! This concert will feature the Irish Gamelan Orchestra directed by Professor Mel Mercier, Chair of Performing Arts at the Irish World Academy, University of Limerick #ICTM2017
Listen in to Limerick's Live 95FM just after the news at 10am to hear Dr. Colin Quigley talk about #ICTM2017 happening at the University of Limerick this week.
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A quick photo from earlier this week starting an amazing project with the incredibly talented @biancapaigesmith rehearsing in the Irish World Academy in UL. This promises to be great, I can't wait to work more on this with her soon.
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Hats off to this fella for having the patience to put up with my stress and drama of 4th year 😅 #Dust #TheBest
Today we nailed down a set of serious tunes...come see them on Friday at 9pm on the main stage at @liveonairfestival if your about😃 @toucanband #liveonair #livemusic #music #rehearsal #band #toucanband #limerick #ireland #irishworldacademy #yurt #session #friends
By Jeasus there was some Porter drank after this photo 😂 🍻#45pintsin2hours #honthelane @aisling.drost.byrne @cammillar94 @curlydude92 @mbarry547 @coyner_
Things turn green again #ulcampus #ul #universityoflimerick #limerick #ireland
I do love great meetings about exciting projects. Of course nice surroundings also helps.
🎟 can we go back plz
Looking at cameras is not my forte .. @karengoltzphotography thank you for these pictures β¨🌸
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Every story has an end, but in life every end is a new beginning - Dakota Fanning My four years as a student of UL will come to an end in less than 24 hours, hard to believe how fast it went 🤕 Been a tough oul' four weeks in exam mode but I can taste the summer now 😅 📷 @karengoltzphotography #excitingtimes #soontobegraduate #JustOneMoreExam #IrishSummer #BAIMAD #IrishWorldAcademy #finalperformance #farewell #100DaysofHappiness #photodiary #project365 #day88
Had the pleasure of playing with this woman today in her Final Performance 😊 @megmcd95 ....T-13 hours until my own performance 🙈 if your around limerick tomorrow call in 6 o'clock 😊🎻 #therewillbepintsafter 😂
First year complete... . . . #imbluedabadeedabadie #college #aerial #trapeze #exam #performance #bavad #firstyear #ul #dance #hair #summer #vibes #creative #choreography #happy #fun #show #pose #backbend #dancing #blessed #voiceanddance #blue
You Can tell the pressure is on when I'm in a studio on a Sunday Morning 😅 #1DayToGo #FypPerformance #TheEndIsNear
Last performance as a 1st year 😢😢
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