Department of Music

 

Postgraduate Courses

 

The Department of Education in association with the Department of Music offers an MA in Music Education. For details see: http://www.mic.ul.ie/education/mame.htm


The Department also offers MA and Ph.D degrees by research in Musicology and Music Education. Students of the College’s taught M.Ed may specialise in Music Education. The Department can award an Organ Scholarship and three Graduate Teaching Assistantships to the value of €6000 p.a.( plus fee waiver).

The College has a fully-equipped Postgraduate Centre. 


Post-graduate Theses since 1998:


Niamh Waldron

A Collaborative Study to Enhance the Musical Development of Young Children, M.Ed, 1999.


Orla Hilton

In Tune with their Emotions: An Evaluation of the Effectiveness and Use of Music in the Emotional Development of Children with Special Needs, MA, 2000


Elizabeth Magner

The Irish Language in Primary Education: Pedagogical Aspects of the Application of Songs in the Teaching of Irish, M.Ed, 1998.


Sean Woulfe

An Examination and Comparison of the Current and Proposed Primary School Music Curricula in Ireland, M.Ed, 1998.


Gráinne Cull

Piano Music for Children by Contemporary Irish Composers: An Analytical and Pedagogical Study based on Applied Research, MA, 1999.

 

Hazel Farrell

Aspects of Pitch Structure and Pitch Selection in Post War Composition: An Analytical Study of Tonal and Post-tonal Referential Collections in selected works by Irish Composers, Ph.D 2002


Una Feehan

The Correlation between the Decline of the Religious Orders and the Decline of Music in Secondary Schools, MA, 2003.


Ruth Stanley

Joan Trimble (1915-2000) and the Issue of her 'Irish' Musical Identity, MA, 2003.


Niall Crowley

An Analysis of Arvo Pärt's Kanon Pokajanen and Litany, MA, 2004


Maureen Clune

Musical Performance as a Mnemonic Strategy for Promoting Literacy Skills in the Context of Learning Support, M.Ed., 2004

 

Ita Monaghan

The Value of Opera in Education with Specific Reference to Irish Primary Schools, M.Ed., 2004

 

Aileen Donagher-McGowan

The Vogler Quartet Residency in Sligo 1999-2004: Towards a Sustainable Model of Curriculum Support, in progress