Music - Ritual Chant & Song

Key programme benefits to future students

This course aims to provide a specialist, vocal training in ritual repertoires, particularly Western plainchant and Irish traditional religious song, contextualised by the study of liturgical history and ritual theory.



Aims to develop a research foundation for the interdisciplinary study of music, performance, theology and anthropology of ritual.



Vocal development is facilitated through one-to-one, weekly vocal classes, as well as master-classes with internationally renowned performers.



Key Fact: Students take field trips to sites such as Lough Gur and Glenstal abbey to enrich their experience and academic knowledge of Ritual Chant and Song.

Autumn Modules

• Ritual Chant and Song Practicum 1

• Materials, Methods and Context for Western Chant 1

• Introduction to Fieldwork techniques

• Introduction to Ritual Studies



Optional Modules (choose two)

Independent Study 1 | Introduction to Somatics 1 | Colloquium 1 | Beginners’ Ecclesiastical Latin for the Study of Plainchant | Academic Literacies for International Postgraduate Students 1 | Professional Development for the Performing Arts | Media Technologies for Performing Arts and Arts Research



Spring Modules

• Ritual Chant and Song Practicum 2

• Materials, Methods and Context for Western Chant 2

• Advanced Ritual Studies



Optional Modules (choose two)

Independent Study 2 | Introduction to Somatics 2 | Colloquium 2 | Academic Literacies for International Postgraduate Students 2 | Critical Contexts for Arts Management and Cultural Policy | Interdisciplinary Practice



Summer Modules

• Final Presentation

Applicants should hold a bachelor’s degree (NFQ Level 8) with at least a second-class honour, grade 2 (2:2) in a relevant or appropriate subject.



The university will shortlist and invite you to an interview.



Other Entry Considerations:





We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet the standard entry requirements, as long as you can show that you have the knowledge, skills, and experience needed for the programme.



At UL, we value all kinds of learning and support different ways to qualify through our Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) policy.

1 year full-time, on-campus.

Autumn

Graduate careers

Singers, musicians and musical directors, education (at primary, post-primary, secondary and tertiary levels), technology, arts management, etc. A good number of graduates of this MA have also gone on to further doctoral study.