BA (Hons) in Music and Performance Technologies
Course Overview
The BA (Hons) in Music and Performance Technologies aims to provide musicians with a broad range of musical experience and knowledge necessary to succeed in the contemporary music industry, in Ireland and beyond. These include both musical skills (including performance, theory, history, composition, and improvisation) and the technological and business skills necessary for 21st century musicians (such as music production, digital collaboration, creative coding, and entrepreneurship). The aim in bringing together these two areas is to produce graduates who are competent and confident in the diverse range of knowledge and competencies required by contemporary music creators, educators, and performers.
The course provides intensive, high-level training across multiple genres, including popular, contemporary, Western classical, Irish traditional, and global musics; for each of these genres, performance training is combined with cultural and theoretical background, with the ultimate goal of forming well-rounded musicians who can take up diverse career paths upon graduation.
On completion of this course, graduates will have:
- A broad knowledge of music performance skills, music technologies, recording and production practices, composition and arranging, music history, analysis and improvisation
- An appreciation of a wide range of genres and their historical and cultural contexts
- Experience working in a studio environment
- The expertise to avail of opportunities as they arise in the music industry
- The academic foundation to proceed into further education and research
What makes this course different
Work Placement
In 3rd year students undertake an industry work placement where students can gain important contacts within the industry to help them in their future careers.
State-of-the-Art Facilities
Take advantage of our state-of-the-art facilities in the PJ Carroll’s building and gain opportunities to collaborate on creative projects with students across the Department of Creative Arts, Media and Music.
Career Opportunities
Future Careers:
- Music performance
- Music tutoring, teaching, and lecturing
- Composition and songwriting
- Community music
- Arts marketing and promotion
- Arts management and administration
- Cultural tourism
- Festival programming and production
- Music journalism and digital content creation
- Music research
Course Delivery and Modules
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Year 1
- Academic Writing and Research Skills
- Creative Collaborative Development
- DAW and Mic Applications
- Introduction to Musicianship
- Popular Music: Context
- Popular Music: Performance
- Arranging, Notation and Sequencing
- Irish Traditional Music: Context
- Irish Traditional Music: Performance
- Musicianship for the Music Producer
- Vocal Skills
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Year 2
- Creative Coding for Interactive Applications
- Harmony and Counterpoint
- Media and Society 1
- Sound Design for Games
- Western Art Music: Context
- Western Art Music: Performance
- Contemporary Music Composition and Context
- Contemporary Music Performance
- Electronic Music Production
- Elements of Popular Music: Songwriting
- Live Sound
- Music Education: Theories and Approaches
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Year 3
- Community Music
- Electroacoustic Composition: Composing with Sound
- Work Placement
- Creative Collaborative Project
- Ethnomusicology: Context
- Ethnomusicology: Performance
- Music and Audio Research Skills
- Sound Design and Implementation
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Year 4
- Culture, Society and Popular Music
- Devised Technology Performance
- Major Project
- Performance and Creative Practice
- Advanced Performance and Creative Practice
- Major Project
- Musicology Seminar
Work Placement
In 3rd year students undertake an industry work placement where students can gain important contacts within the industry to help them in their future careers.
Fees and Funding
Please find information on fees and funding here: www.dkit.ie/fees
Entry Requirements
Standard entry requirements apply. There are no special entry requirements for this course.
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How To Apply
Apply on CAO
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Disclaimer: All module titles are subject to change and for indicative purposes only. All courses are delivered subject to demand and timetables are subject to change. Elective Module options will only run subject to student numbers. The relevant Department will determine the viability of each elective module option proceeding depending on the number of students who choose that option. Students will be offered alternative elective modules on their programme should their preferred elective option not be proceeding. Award Options for Common Entry Programmes: The relevant Department will determine the viability of each award option proceeding depending on the number of students who choose either option. If the numbers for one of the Award options exceed available places, students for this option will be selected based on Academic Merit (highest grades).
