Bachelor of Arts in Voice

About you

Are you a vocalist who would like to advance your vocal training and performance practice? In addition to developing your solo performing interests, would you like to progress your musicianship, ensemble and creative skills? Would you like to broaden your knowledge and your creative potential through a varied and professionally focused degree?

Applicants will be proficient vocalists but do not necessarily have to have a formal background in music (i.e. Leaving Certificate Music or vocal grade examinations such as those from the Associated Board, Royal Irish Academy etc.). Vocalists will practically engage a variety of genre interests and may have prior performance experience in popular music, song writing, musical theatre, choral etc.

Applicants will be required to demonstrate vocal proficiency at audition.

Why study Voice?

This programme will allow you to develop a range of skills for professional vocal performance in a variety of contexts. You will also develop your scholarly knowledge and inquiry through engaging academic studies focused on singing and artistic practice in educational, social, community and health settings.

You will have the opportunity to broaden your knowledge of performance practices and scholarly traditions in order to gain new insights into the worlds of music and dance, enhancing your creative potential. You will study a number of vocationally focused modules aimed at allowing you to translate your singing, artistic and scholarly creativity into a fulfilling career.

As a student, you will be based at the world-class facilities of the Irish World Academy building, equipped to the highest standards with cutting edge performance and rehearsal spaces and technological infrastructure. The cooperative education period allows you to construct your own work-experience, giving you invaluable experience of the opportunities open to you when you graduate.

The programme prepares you for many different career paths including professional performance; performing arts facilitation; postgraduate studies; work in cultural institutions; media related posts; archival work; performance production; portfolio careers combining the preceding and others in entrepreneurial ways.

This course also has an alternative entry route via the Certificate in Music and Dance. Students apply directly to University of Limerick. Students who successfully complete the one-year certificate have the opportunity to join year two of the degree programme.

• Professional Performance
• Further Study (MA, PhD)
• Music/Dance Therapy
• Community Music/Dance
• Music/Dance teacher
• Arts administration
• Performance management and promotion
• Backstage work in performance theatre e.g. sound engineer
• Music Technology, e.g. recording studio producer/technician
• Media (TV, Radio etc.)
• Work in cultural institutions and archives

To find out more, go to The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance