Welcome to the School of Drama, Film and Music
Drama
The Department is housed in the purpose-built Samuel Beckett Centre, which was opened in 1992. Within the Centre is the Samuel Beckett Theatre, a 208 seat black box performance space.
Film
Film Studies at Trinity College enjoys an international reputation for its research in Irish cinema and the cinemas of the Irish diaspora, as well as for its work in the field of film theory.
Music
The staff includes Ireland’s leading young composer, plus internationally recognised experts on 20th century sketch study, Birtwistle, modal theory and practice, Byrd, Debussy, Purcell and music technology. Department resources also include a high-quality computer studio and a comprehensive audio archive.
The School of Drama, Film and Music comprises the Departments of each of the three disciplines in the title. With 17 full-time academic members of staff and 2 postdoctoral fellows, the School enjoys an international reputation for its research activities and achievements. The School’s research outputs are consistent with the highest research activities internationally. More than twenty-five monographs or edited collections by staff have been published by leading academic presses in the past three years. The School’s research activities are guided by three core objectives:
- Ireland and the Arts
- Globalization and the Arts
- Technology and the Arts
There are currently 43 research students (M.Litt & Ph.D) and 34 taught graduate students (M.Phil) in the School. Along with two established M.Phil programmes (M.Phil in Theatre and Performance, M.Phil in Film Theory and History), a new taught post-graduate programmes commenced in 2009: the interdisciplinary M. Phil in Irish Film, Music and Theatre. In 2010, a new M. Phil in Musicology, Music Theory, and Composition course will be offered. The School also offers undergraduate programmes (single honor and two-subject moderatorship) of four years duration in Drama and Music and a two-subject moderatorship in Film.