The MA in Ethnomusicology is a one-year full-time taught MA course that considers music in its cultural, social and political contexts, asking questions how and why people make music and why that matters. The programme engages with the study of many musics, from world musics to Irish traditional music and popular musics, in both practical and academic modes. Course work emphasises the value of fieldwork and the generation of ethnographic accounts and practice-based outputs that are grounded in theory. This MA supports continued research and teaching at tertiary levels, as well as having application in a variety of other institutional settings.

 

• To equip postgraduates with a professional qualification in the international discipline of Ethnomusicology; 
• To develop a sound theoretical basis for undertaking music and movement research; 
• To provide students with a thorough grounding in the field for teaching purposes; 
• To give practical training in a variety of music and movement practices; 
• To develop applied skills and generate impactful research that tackles social challenges in the 21st century