Irish World Academy

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