The MA Ritual Chant and Song is a one-year programme which explores the voice and its use in ritual contexts. At the heart of the programme is an investigation of the voice (through vocal technique and somatic practices) as well as of specific ritual vocal repertoires. Western plainchant is the key repertoire studied and the programme has an association with Glenstal Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in the environs of the campus. Drawing on the expertise in Irish traditional music at the Academy, Irish traditional religious song is also studied as a key repertoire. Each year, guest tutors also introduce a number of additional ritual vocal repertoires, which have included a diversity of traditions from Shona ritual song to Georgian chant.
The MA Ritual Chant and Song marries together rigorous academic study with expert vocal practice, with the aim to develop performers and scholars of the highest calibre in the fields of chant and ritual song. Vocal study is contextualised by seminars in performance practice, palaeography, semiotics, liturgy, medieval history, ethnomusicology, ritual studies and a variety of methodological approaches to the study of performance and ritual, including ritual ethnography and ritual composition. Students may choose to work towards a final performance, a final dissertation, or both.
Programme of Study
Semester 1
MU5361 Ritual Chant and Song Practicum 1
MD6151 Materials, Methods and Context for Western Chant 1
MD6021 Introduction to Fieldwork Techniques
MD6041 Introduction to Ritual Studies
MD6o61 Introduction to Somatics
Options
MD6051 Independent Study 1
MD6111 Colloquium 1
Semester 2
MU5362 Ritual Chant and Song Practicum 2
MD6142 Materials, Methods and Context for Western Chant 2
MD6132 Advanced Ritual Studies
MD6061 Introduction to Somatics 2
Options
MD6052 Independent Study 2
MD6111 Colloquium 2
Semester 3
MD5522 Final Presentation
Optional second year
The MA Ritual Chant & Song is a one year, full-time postgraduate programme of study. Students may be permitted to extend their study over a second full-time year subject to available places, the agreement of the course director and the director of the Irish World Academy.
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1 July 2022
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开学时间
2022九月5日
University of Limerick
Limerick,
Republic of Ireland
A primary degree with first or second class honours
or
an approved equivalent qualification
or
an equivalent capability based on prior professional experience.
Matriculation examinations from European countries where English is presented as a subject and an acceptable level is achieved
Irish Leaving Certificate English –Ordinary Level Grade D or above
TOEFL – 580 (paper based) or 90 (internet based)
IELTS – Minimum score of 6.5 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
PTE ACADEMIC:- a minimum score of 61 (with no section score below 59)
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