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This course provides 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 the musical and technological skills necessary for 21st century musicians, such as; performance, theory, composition, 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 skills required by contemporary music creators, educators, and performers.

The course provides 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