MA Classical String Performance

Applications are invited and applicants wishing to enquire about auditions should write to the course director Diane Daly at diane.daly@ul.ie

*Please note subject to public health guidelines and travel restrictions, auditions may either take place virtually or face to face. 

Face to face teaching has been facilitated this year, in line with all public health guidelines for the MA Classical String Performance programme of study.

The MA is run by the Irish World Academy of Music and Dance in partnership with the Irish Chamber Orchestra. The ICO is renowned all over the world for its vibrant approach to creative chamber music-making and this lies at the heart of the MA programme. 

Students receive weekly individual lessons from ICO principals, regular technique classes, weekly chamber music classes and a number of other weekly specialized workshops and sessions.

Specialised tuition is offered in a wide range of performance practice aspects including audition techniques, orchestral excerpts, baroque and contemporary music styles, Dalcroze Eurhythmics, self-marketing and performance anxiety. The programme also includes a weekly session with an accompanist, plus intensive coaching weeks on duo sonata repertoire.

In addition to the core skills an eclectic range of elective subjects are offered, including multimedia, improvisation, traditional Irish, gamelan, somatic movement, composition and many more.

MACSP students present solo or chamber music repertoire in an ongoing series of concerts through Limerick and the surrounding area and also gain automatic acceptance onto the Irish Chamber Orchestra Academy Project – an exciting, twice yearly collaboration project involving elite students from around the world and members of the ICO. Click here for more information.

To apply, please send:

• a current CV
• a cover letter telling us a little about yourself and why you are interested in this MA programme
• a recent video recording