The MA Composition and Creative Music Practice is a one-year, full-time postgraduate programme for composers, sound artists, improvisers and performers from all music traditions who wish to develop their own individual artistic practice and explore cross-genre, cross-arts and cross-cultural creativity.
A one-year, full-time postgraduate programme, the MA Composition and Creative Music Practice is designed to develop individual artistic practice and facilitate collaborative exploration of cross-genre, cross-arts and cross-cultural creativity. Students create acoustic and/or electronic music through an inclusive range of composition, improvisation and performance practices. The programme welcomes students from all music traditions (traditional, folk, popular, world, classical) and sound art practices, working with and/or without music notation.
The MA Composition and Creative Music Practice is:
Ideal for creative musicians who wish to work within a particular tradition and/or at the intersections of Irish traditional music, classical music, 鈥榥ew鈥� and experimental music, popular music and world music鈥檚.
Progressive and interdisciplinary in its approach to creativity, supporting cross-arts exploration, collaboration and inventiveness.
Designed to develop the complementary creative music practices of composition, performance and improvisation.
Committed to developing oral/aural creative processes and/or score-based practices towards the creation of acoustic and/or electro-acoustic music
Inclusive of diverse, local and global music traditions and practices
*Price shown is for indicative purposes, please
September 2025
University of Limerick
University of Limerick Limerick,
Limerick,
V94 T9PX, Republic of Ireland
Primary degree in a suitable discipline with first or second class honours or an approved equivalent qualification (Primary degree: Level 8 - National Qualifications Authority of Ireland). 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 鈥揙rdinary Level Grade D or above
TOEFL 鈥� 580 (paper based) or 90 (internet based)
IELTS 鈥� Minimum score of 6.5 with no less than 6 in any one component.
English Test for English and Academic Purposes (ETAPP) 鈥� Grade C1
GCE 鈥極鈥� level English Language/GCSE English Language 鈥� Grade C or above
PTE ACADEMIC:- a minimum score of 61 (with no section score below 59)
*There may be different IELTS requirements depending on your chosen course.
鈥淭he University of Limerick is an affordable place for students to gain a top-class education which will boost their future career prospects.鈥�
