MA Festive Arts at the Irish World Academy, University of Limerick

PRODUCE PERFORM REFLECT

Introducing the MA Festive Arts Programme

The MA Fesve Arts Programme at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance oers students the opportunity to develop skills in arts management, curang, producon, performance and research with an emphasis on fesvity and the role of fesval in society. Bringing together arsts, performers, curators, producers and researchers, the MA Fesve Arts Programme provides a unique context for the acquision and development of skills in this eld. There is a strong emphasis on the development of praccal skills andexperience, with a central internship module and a focus on working with praconers and experts in the eld.

Students on the MA Fesve Arts programme complete a series of taught modules, designed to support the development of their research projects, and also work in small groups toward the realizaon of public projects. The internship, elecve and nal project opons allow students to develop experse in an individual area of research, curang and producon, or performance.

The MA Fesve Arts Programme is a one year, full-me, postgraduate programme. The programme oers a comprehensive grounding in the key skills around the creaon and producon of fesvals and other related arts events. These include:

Arts management

Curang and commissioning

Management of funding structures and applicaons

Project management

Event development and producon

Eecve arts markeng and audience development

Community engagement and outreach

This MA programme will enable students to aain praccal and theorecal perspecves around the role of fesval and fesvity in society. It will also provide students with valuable opportunies to work in the eld of fesval management, creaon and producon through the internship module. There is an emphasis on creave and cultural entrepreneurship, on developing sustainable enterprises, and on building links with key stakeholders such as civic authories, private business, the tourism sector and funding bodies.

Course Structure

Students undertake a series of core modules on the MA Fesve Arts programme. These core modules cover issues of:

Curang and Commissioning

Producon and Programming for Fesvals

Fesval Management and Delivery

Understanding local and global fesvity

Researching fesvals and fesvity

Cultural Policy and Arts Management

Students will also have the opon to choose from a range of elecve opons, allowing them to develop individual projects as well as engaging in shared modules across the Academy.

Who is this MA for?

The MA Fesve Arts programme is suitable for those who wish to expand their work in or understanding of fesvity and fesvals in society. The MA Fesve Arts Programme combines praccal, reecve and creave elements, making it suitable for fesval performers, managers, curators and researchers.

Recent students on the MA Fesve Arts programme have included:

Graduates who want to build on their undergraduate degree qualicaons and expand their knowledge in the eld of fesval performance or producon, event and arts management.

Professionals who wish to return to university in order to develop or extend their pracce or career focus in arts and fesval management, performance or producon.

Arts managers who wish to develop their skills and approaches to their work, focusing on fesvals and fesvity.

Performers who wish to develop their skills for fesve contexts, and to gain praccal and producon skills and experience.

Community arts managers and facilitators who want to expand their range of skills and perspecves audience development, arts management and fesval producon.

Entry Requirements

Applicants should normally hold an honours undergraduatedegree (Level 8 Naonal Qualicaons Authority of Ireland)and/or substanal experience of an appropriate arts pracce,evidencing a record of achievement equivalent to a highhonours degree, as per ULs APEL policy. For informaon on this, please visit hp://www2.ul.ie/web/WWW/Services/Student_Aairs/Student_Administraon/Admissions/Recognion_of_Prior_Learning

In all cases, the applicaon process will include an interview (and audion where appropriate).

What to include with your Application:

Qualicaon transcripts and cercates English language qualicaon if English is not your rst language Cered English translaons of your transcripts/cercates where the originals are in a language other than English A copy of your birth cercate (long document).

English Language Requirements

Applicants whose rst language is not English must provide evidence of either prior successful compleon of a degree qualicaon taught through the medium of English or meet one of the criteria below (no longer than two years prior to applicaon):

Acceptable English Language qualicaons include the following:

Matriculaon examinaons from European countries where English is presented as a subject and an acceptable level is achieved

Irish Leaving Cercate English Ordinary Level Grade D or above

TOEFL 550 (paper based), 213 (computer based), 80 (internet based)

IELTS Minimum score of 6.5* for Business, Arts, Humanies or Educaon programmes. Minimum score of 6.0* for Science, Engineering, Informacs or Electronics programmes* with no less than 6 in any one component.

English Test for English and Academic Purposes (ETAPP) Grade C1 GCE O level English Language/GCSE English Language Grade C or above

University of Cambridge ESOL Cercate of Prociency in English Grade C / Cercate in Advanced English Grade A

GCE Examinaon Boards Oxford Delegacy of Local Examinaons Grade C / Cambridge Local Examinaons Syndicate School Cercate Pass 1-6 / University of London Entrance and School Examinaons Council School Cercate Pass 1-6

Results in examinaons other than those listed above may also be accepted as meeng our English language requirements. Contact the Internaonal Educaon Division at the University of Limerick for advice.

Fees

For informaon on postgraduate fees, please visit the University of Limerick Finance Division webpage: hp://www3.ul.ie/nance/fees.php

Scholarships

Informaon on scholarships and nancial support is available on www.susi.ie

The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance also oers a number of postgraduate Stepping Stones Scholarships each year to postgraduate students. Please contact the MA Fesve Arts course director for further informaon on this scholarship opportunity.

How do I apply?

Applicaons can be made through the University of Limerick Graduate School website: hp://www.ul.ie/graduateschool/courses/research/irish-world-academy

Alternavely, please contact:

Postgraduate Admissions Oce

Graduate School

Foundaon Building

University of Limerick

Tel: +353 61 234377

Fax: +353 61 233287

Email: postgradadmissions@ul.ie

Apply early to secure a place on the programme. For course-specic interview dates, please contact the Postgraduate Admissions Oce.

For informaon on the course, and reports on recent and upcoming MA Fesve Arts events, please visit the Irish World Academy website: hp://irishworldacademy.ie/

Want to find out more?

If you want to nd out more about the MA Fesve Arts programme, please contact the Programme Director:

Dr. Niamh NicGhabhann,

IW1-032 Irish World Academy of Music and Dance,

University of Limerick.

00352 61 202798

niamh.nicghabhann@ul.ie

Other taught MA Programmes available:

Master of Arts Irish Tradional Dance PerformanceMaster of Arts Ethnochoreology Master of Arts EthnomusicologyMaster of Arts Ritual Chant and Song Master of Arts Contemporary Dance PerformanceMaster of Arts Music Therapy Master of Arts Community Music Professional Master of Educaon (Music) Master of Educaon (Music)Master of Arts Classical String Performance (in associaon with ACADEMOS Irish Chamber Orchestra Academy)

Also at the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance:

PhD Arts PracceBA Irish Music and DanceBA Voice and DanceCercate in Music and DanceBlas Summer School (Accredited)

About the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance:

The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance is a centre of academic and performance excellence housed at the University of Limerick, Ireland. It oers a suite of taught MA and BA courses and a Grad. Dip in music and dance related subject areas. Its research is at the forefront of these elds of enquiry worldwide. Founded in 1994 by Professor Mchel Silleabhin, it occupies a central posion in arsc and scholarly research and educaon in Ireland and internaonally.