Program Overview
TU Dublin's Master of Music (Performance) program equips students for a career in classical, Irish traditional music, or jazz performance. It cultivates artistic excellence, develops creative abilities, and provides a solid academic foundation that emphasizes performance practice. Graduates pursue a diverse range of careers in the music industry, including performance, education, and the creative arts.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Master of Music (Performance) program at TU Dublin Conservatoire is designed to prepare graduates for a performing career in the music profession within the classical, Irish traditional music, and jazz genres. The program aims to facilitate the artistic, intellectual, and creative development of students by providing an integrated and structured program with performance experience in a wide range of solo and ensemble contexts, underpinned by complementary academic, research, and professional studies.
Objectives:
- Refine and develop individual performance artistry as an instrumentalist/singer/accompanist/chamber musician in a wide range of solo and ensemble contexts.
- Develop creative skills and professional attitudes to enable engagement and collaboration in the music-making process to meet the demands of the performing profession at the highest levels.
- Integrate professional-level performance studies with the development of advanced skills in analytical and research skills, critical reflection, and communication, with particular emphasis on performance practice.
Outline:
Year One
Semester 1
- Artistic Research Perspectives 1 (Mandatory)
- Ensemble 1 (Mandatory)
- Performance Studies 1 (Mandatory)
- Research Studies 1 (Mandatory)
- Advanced Composition Techniques (Elective)
- Approaches to Music Analysis: Tonal (Elective)
- Contemporary Composition Perspectives (Elective)
- Contemporary Composition Techniques 1 (Elective)
- Improvisation (Elective)
- Music Career Preparation (Elective)
Semester 2
- Performance Studies 2 (Mandatory)
- Ensemble 1 (Mandatory)
- Research Studies 1 (Mandatory)
- Artistic Research Perspectives 1 (Mandatory)
- Approaches to Music Analysis: Post-Tonal (Elective)
- Technology in Music (Elective)
- Contemporary Composition Perspectives (Elective)
- Contemporary Composition Techniques 1 (Elective)
- Issues in Musical Scholarship (Elective)
Year Two
Semester 1
- Performance Studies 3 (Mandatory)
- Ensemble 2 (Mandatory)
- Research Studies 2 (Mandatory)
- Artistic Research Perspectives 2 (Mandatory)
Semester 2
- Performance Studies 3 (Mandatory)
- Ensemble 2 (Mandatory)
- Research Studies 2 (Mandatory)
- Artistic Research Perspectives 2 (Mandatory)
Careers:
Graduates of the MMus (Performance) course have pursued careers as opera singers, concert artists, orchestral and chamber musicians, music educators and animateurs, and in many other roles in the creative industries.
Other:
- The program is based at TU Dublin Conservatoire, which has a long tradition in the provision of performing arts education.
- The program is designed for applicants who have already completed an undergraduate degree in music with a high level of performance and aspire towards a professional career in performance, as well as applicants who have professional performing experience and wish to pursue further study in their chosen area.
Fees €5,000 Per Year Non-EU €27,000
