About us:

We are a lively and enterprising research community of academics, postdoctoral and graduate students.  Our academic staff includes four composers - three with expertise in computer music - and eight musicologists - covering the key areas of analysis, music history (16th-21st-century). Four of us have professional performing backgrounds and interests. Members of academic staff hail from the USA, South America, Italy, the UK and Ireland and an eclectic range of experience enriches our community as a result. Full details of staff expertise are available here: http://music.nuim.ie/staff

Main Areas of Research Expertise:

• Musicology
• Composition
• Computer Music

Community, Networks & Conference Life:

Research activity is central to all aspects of our work. National and international conferences, colloquia, seminars and study-days embracing a wide range of topics are regularly held in the Department.

• Forthcoming and previous conferences are listed here: http://music.nuim.ie/newsevents/conferences
• Current Department events are listed here: http://music.nuim.ie/newsevents

Why Not Join Our Vibrant Research Community?

We welcome expressions of interest and enquiries from:

• Postdoctoral applicants
• Academic exchange applicants
• Visiting scholars

Applications for Structured PhD and MLitt Programmes are welcome in the areas of:

• Composition (Acoustic and Electroacoustic)
• Musicology
• Computer Music

In the first instance please make contact with your proposed supervisor in order to explore the feasibility of a supervisory match and of the scope of your research.

More Information:

• See http://music.nuim.ie/courses/postgraduate/researchcourses for more information on making an application.
• Please contact our Coordinator of Graduate Studies, Dr Victor Lazzarini victor.lazzarini@nuim.ie if you have further questions.

Graduate Research and Joining Us

Graduate Research

• The Music Department is home to a substantial number of MLitt, PhD and Postdoctoral students making it one of the larger graduate departments in the country.
• MLitt and Structured PhD programmes are offered in Composition, Musicology, and Music Technology.
  • Details of current and recent topics supervised within the Department are listed here.
• A postgraduate research symposium is held each year at which students present papers, and our research students regularly contribute to not only internal colloquia but also conferences both in Ireland and internationally.
• More about the work of current research students is available here: http://music.nuim.ie/research/currentresearchstudents