Music and Dance Careers
Key information
This subject is designed to produce graduates with a broad range of skills that can be employed in a number of professional contexts. Great emphasis is also placed on the development of transferable vocational skills, enabling you to access a diverse range of less obvious career pathways.
Follow on study
- Master of Arts in Irish Music Studies
- Master of Arts in Irish Dance Studies
- Master of Arts in Ethnomusicology
- Master of Arts Music Therapy
Student Profile
Sarah Fox
My name is Sarah and I have just completed second year at the University of Limerick, studying Irish and Music as part of a four year Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree programme. A key piece of advice received in secondary school was to “study something you like doing” and that for me was always going to involve music in some shape or form. The BA Degree at UL provided the ideal opportunity to fulfil the musical half of my dream.
The programme is very flexible, for instance this year I was given the opportunity to take on some extra music modules, required to possibly pursue a career as a teacher somewhere down the line. These extra modules involved elements of performance and composition and were delivered by the very best of tutors.
I have found the UL music faculty to be very approachable and are always available to encourage and support their students. The support extends beyond the core academic content and I have benefitted, on more than one occasion, from focussed technical performance advice.
The Academy encourages Irish traditional music sessions and I have got great enjoyment from getting to know and playing with many other young musicians over the past year, all realised while carefully observing the restrictions imposed because of the pandemic.
It was a good decision to study Music at UL and I look forward with a keen sense of anticipation to the next two years and
beyond.
