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The Irish World Academy of Music and Dance is a centre of academic and performance excellence housed at the University of Limerick, Ireland. It offers 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 fields of enquiry worldwide.
Formerly known as the Irish World Music Centre, the new title reflects the parity of esteem between music and dance in its fourfold energies of Reflection, Practice, Artists-in-residence, and Community Outreach. A series of concerts, seminars and a summer school showcase this unique focus to local and international spheres.
Welcoming Address by Professor Mícheál Ó Súilleabháin:
A little boy came home from school and told his mother excitedly that he had learned how to play 'a gold flute with a gree top'. Further investigation revealed that this was a tin whistle! Perhaps it was the same little boy who went up to a musician after his performance and said, 'that must be very hard to play because it's very hard o listen to'. At any rate, both stories have to stand in line with the one where an innocent but curious music follower asked a world famous classical music virtuoso: 'do you read music or are you gifted'?
All of these sotires cary something of the magic of artistic expresion, of its mystery, of its humour, and of its unquestionable power - not least its surprising power to heal.... (click below to read more)
"We commend the Irish World Music Centre for the rich diversity and quality of its teaching, learning and assessment approaches that are encompassed by its academic portfolio"
"We commend the Irish World Music Centre for its artistic and scholarly excellence, which makes it a unique national and international asset. The visionary nature of the Centre reinforces the vital contribution that song, music and dance make to communities locally as well as internationally"
Quality Report of the Irish World Music Centre.
