Course details
This course is for those undertaking creative work involving sound, including notated or recorded compositions; improvisations; sound art; visual art with a sound component; music theatre; performance art; installations etc. It includes studies in technique; repertoire; artistic ideas; working with instruments and performers; audio/video technology and practical issues in bringing your creative work to performance.
The course welcomes students from a remarkably broad range of backgrounds, and creative work produced for it can be extremely perse. You are encouraged to experiment with a huge range of possibilities. Staff have specialisms in concert music; dance music; experimental music and art; video art with sound; improvisation. Some musical skills are expected, including the ability to read music and a working knowledge of basic music technology.
Course Details
The MA in Composition is a one-year full-time course, involving both taught components and a portfolio of independent, supervised creative work, totaling 90 credits.
The course is structured as follows:
- Noise (15 credits)
- Praxis I and II (15 credits each)
- Agora (15 credits)
- Portfolio (30 credits)
Noise
An exploration of various philosophical and technical ideas in recent Western music/sonic art. The aim is to broaden your knowledge and understanding of a number of creative concepts and techniques, opening doors for new compositional methods and stimulating imagination.
Praxis I and II
A study of selected compositional techniques (including some using music technology). Praxis introduces you to many different compositional tools suitable for a very wide range of applications.
Agora
A discussion and listening forum and workshop without a prescribed format. Presentations are given both by students and by others (including visiting professional composers). Student works are workshopped by professional musicians. You have the opportunity to try out and debate new ideas and concepts in a variety of ways.
Portfolio
A portfolio of original works written under the supervision of one of the course lecturers. There are few restrictions on content. You may work in any style and with any media.
All of the courses have been designed so that their contents are usable in many ways. The techniques and ideas taught are flexible and rich, and do not depend on a restrictive and over-specialised background so that sonic artists of many kinds can intermix and share ideas. At the same time, there are plenty of opportunities to focus your art as you desire, and supervisors capable of helping you specialise in a variety of areas.
Detailed Entry Requirements
You will have:
- a 2.2 BA degree, or equivalent, in music, plus demonstrated experience in creating music
- a portfolio of compositions
If you have a 2.2 in another subject and a demonstrable experience of composing music, you may also be eligible. Those with appropriate professional equivalent (e.g. professinal musician or artist of high standing etc) will also be considered. Final acceptance is subject to approval by the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences, UCC.
Assessment
The taught courses are assessed through several assignments undertaken during and after the courses.
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UCC was established in 1845 as one of three Queen’s Colleges - at Cork, Galway and Belfast. These new colleges theyre established in the reign of Queen Victoria, and named after her.
Queen's College, Cork (QCC) was established to provide access to higher education in the Irish province of Munster. Cork was chosen for the new college due to its place at the centre of transatlantic trade at the time and the presence of existing educational initiatives such as the Royal Cork Institution and a number of private medical schools.
The site chosen for the new college was dramatic and picturesque, on the edge of a limestone bluff overlooking the River Lee. It is associated with the educational activities of a local early Christian saint, Finbarr. It is believed that his monastery and school stood nearby, and his legend inspired UCC’s motto: ‘Where Finbarr Taught, let Munster Learn.’
On 7 November 1849, QCC opened its doors to a small group of students (only 115 students in that first session, 1849-1850) after a glittering inaugural ceremony in the Aula Maxima (Great Hall), which is still the symbolic and ceremonial heart of the University.
The limestone buildings of the Main Quadrangle (as it is now known) are built in a style inspired by the great universities of the Middle Ages, and theyre designed by the gifted architectural partnership of Thomas Deane and Benjamin Woodward. The iconic image of UCC, it is set in landscaped gardens and surrounds the green lawn known to all as the Quad.
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