SECTION 1 – THE MAYNOOTH BACHELOR OF ARTS DEGREE
Music (group 5 subject) CAO Code: MH101 | CAO Points 2021: 338 Minimum entry requirements: To study Music requires minimum Leaving Certificate H5 Music or equivalent. For full details about entry requirements see p. 42. You have the option of studying either solo performance (subject to audition or certificate) or group piano tuition. BA students who have attained Grade 6+ (ABRSM, RIAM, Trinity College London) on a standard orchestral instrument (excluding percussion), piano, organ, classical guitar, voice or saxophone; Grade 6+ (Rockschool, Trinity College London) on bass, drums, vocals, keyboard or guitar (electric or acoustic); or who are traditional Irish musicians or musical theatre vocalists of comparable fluency, will also have an opportunity to take individual tuition in their instrument or voice. Students who have not taken formal performance examinations are invited to audition, demonstrating Grade 6+ attainment, in September. Please see further details on the Department of Music website (link opposite). Alternatively, group piano tuition is an option open to all levels from absolute beginner to advanced. Where possible, the Department of Music arranges instrumental/vocal tuition on campus. Students can also choose to have instrumental/vocal tuition (funded to a maximum amount by the Department) at either TU Dublin or RIAM.
>>Exciting and varied programme of practical, compositional and academic work. >>Students participate in ensembles such as the Chamber Choir, Maynooth University Orchestra and Traditional Music Ensemble.
>>In your third year, you have the option to specialise in performance, composition or musicology. Some of the modules available include ‘Jazz Styles in the USA’, ‘Music and Entrepreneurship’, ‘Opera in Context’ and 'Music and Identity'.
>>For those considering teaching Music at second level, the Teaching Council requirements are met by studying Music in the MH101 degree.
Course structure 1st year
2nd year
BA Bachelor of Arts – Music – Double Major, Major/Minor or as a Minor
>>After 1st year you take Music as part of a Double Major, as a Major/Minor or as a Minor >>Continue with 20, 30 or 40 credits of Music plus 1 of your 1st year subjects >>If you want to qualify to teach music and another subject at secondary school, you will need to take 35 credits of Music in 2nd year & 25 credits of your other subject
>>15 or 30 credits of Music >>Plus choose 2 or 3 other subjects including Critical Skills from the 5 groups available (maximum 1 subject per group – see groups table p. 45)
Final year >>Optional 10 credit Elective in 2nd year (see p. 13 for details) Erasmus/Study Abroad option after 2nd year
For MH101 subject groups table go to p. 45
Possible topics
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1st year
2nd year
Final year
>>Performance (solo and ensemble) >>Music history; music’s cultural role >>Music theory
>>Performance (solo and ensemble) >>Composition >>Music history; film music; music’s cultural and social roles >>Music theory >>Irish Traditional Music >>Orchestration and arrangement
>>Performance (solo and ensemble) >>Music history, culture, theory and analysis >>Music therapy >>Music and entrepreneurship >>Composition >>Orchestration and arrangement
>>20, 30 or 40 credits of Music plus other subject >>If you want to qualify to teach music and another subject at second level, you will need to take 30 credits of Music in 3rd year & 30 credits of your other subject
