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

A primary degree in a suitable discipline with first or second class honours or an approved professional qualification (Primary Degree: Level 8 - National Qualifications Authority of Ireland).

An interview will be required in all cases, as well as an audition where necessary. Candidates may be required to submit additional audio visual and/or written material.

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.