The Department of Creative Arts, Media and Music at DkIT offers research degrees in music at both MSc/MA and PhD levels. Research has been at the core of our activities since music was established in DkIT in 2003 and underpins the academic work of the Department. Music was granted Research Centre status in 2009 following a rigorous external research assessment and Ionad Taighde Ceoil was instituted. In 2016 this was replaced by the Creative Arts Research Centre in recognition of the growing potential for interdisciplinary research. The Centre promotes new and emerging areas of research and welcomes multidisciplinary approaches. We have a vibrant body of postgraduate students carrying out research at both Masters and PhD over a wide spectrum of research topics.
Research topics supervised to date by Dr Adèle Commins and Dr Daithí Kearney include:
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PhD. DkIT 2015. Opening Up the Canon of Irish Traditional Music - the Music of the Sliabh Beagh Region.
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MA by Research. DkIT 2015. The Role of the Mandolin in Irish Traditional Music.
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MA by Research. DkIT 2016. Exploring Festival, Place and Community in Irish Traditional Music.
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MA by Research. DkIT 2016. Process and Transformation: Creative Applications of Digital Editing Exemplars in the Music of Aloys Fleischmann (1910-1992).
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MA by Research. DkIT 2017. Music for Children: A Critical analysis of Practice and Process.
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MA by Research. DkIT 2018. Toward Developing the Role of Irish Traditional Music in Cultural Tourism in the Oriel Region. Funded by IOTI.
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MA by Research. DkIT 2019. A critical evaluation of whole class ensemble teaching in Music Generation Louth’s Introducing Strings programme for schools.
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MA by Research. DkIT 2019. Irish Traditional Music in Dublin 1958-2018.
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