The MA Classical String Performance programme at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance invites advanced string players, pianists, and harpsichordists to a series of …
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The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance provides a space where musicians, dancers, composers, singers, conductors and choreographers explore together.
At the Academy, musicologists and choreologists research alongside live performance...
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The Academy is a unique experience.
It is a place to break new ground, to find your own voice, to rediscover older sounds and gestures or to reinvent received traditions.
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Taught Programmes
The Academy offers a suite of taught undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.
These programmes honour the energies of performance and academic reflection across a wide range of genres and disciplines...
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Outreach and Residencies
The taught programmes are informed by community outreach and artists-in-residence.
These initiatives take the Academy into the wider community while attracting a wealth of performance and scholarly expertise into the Academy...
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Research Initiatives
Academy research students debate the history and anthropology of music and dance across many genres and disciplines.
The Academy has taken a global lead in researching the Irish traditional arts of music and dance...
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At the Academy. festivals of music and dance and a series of public seminars, recitals and arts gatherings happen throughout the academic year.
These events give a vibrant relevance to our taught programmes, outreach and research initiatives.
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Seminar: Irish Traditional Music, Transmission and Educative Experience
Irish World Academy Seminar Wednesday April 17th, 4 pm, Tower Theatre, Irish World Academy, ULAdmission free, all welcome.
Irish traditional music, Transmission,and Educative Experience: Exploring Contexts and Concepts of Teaching and …
Read more »MA Festive Arts Commencing at the Academy, September 2013
MA Festive Arts at The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance, University of Limerick, Ireland
The Irish World Aademy of Music and Dance has been Ireland’s premier centre for music and …
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