Online application for instrumental/vocal tuition opens in January each year and closes on Monday 31 March each year.

Applicants will be called for audition in April/May and will receive an email to indicate the day and time of your audition. There is no audition fee.

Subject to the availability of places, the Conservatory will accept late applications after the 31st March; these applicants will be auditioned in June and may be subject to a late audition fee. Click here to apply

Students are enrolled on a year-by-year basis. On-line re-enrolment commences at the beginning of May, closing on 31st May.

Yearly re-enrolment is subject to satisfactory attendance, progress, application and behaviour. Students may be required to re-apply and re-audition where progress is not satisfactory.

Re-enrolment is subject to the requirement that students are normally expected to complete their current Cycle (Junior, Intermediate, Senior or Advanced) within four academic years of commencing the first grade in that Cycle.

Regular attendance at ensembles is required for students in Orchestral Studies.

MUSICIANSHIP TUITION

ENSEMBLES AND PERFORMANCES

Participation in ensembles is an important way of developing musical communication and of learning and practising performance skills. Junior students in the Orchestral and Vocal Department are assigned to an ensemble, attendance at which is obligatory.

Download a copy of the 201617 Ensembles and Performances guidelines 

Certain students may be exempt from the requirement to participate in an Ensemble. Exemptions are considered on a case-by-case basis.

Click here to download an  2016/17 Ensemble Exemption Application Form 

Our Early Years Music programme emphasizes holistic development whereby each child has the opportunity to nurture and develop musical, physical, conceptual and social skills appropriate to her/his age. Children learn through active music-making. There are three levels of classes:

Kids' Club 1 (for pre-school children);

Kids' Club 2 (for children in Junior Infants);

Pre-Instrumental Classes (for children in Senior Infants, 5–7 years old).

Online application for Kids' Club and Pre-instrumental Classes opens early March, closing at the end of April. Places for Kids' Club and Pre-instrumental classes are offered on a 'first-come, first-served' basis.  Apply here during March and April annually.

New students and re-enrolling students receive, by post, each August an Invitation To Register letter, detailing their registration and fee details for the next academic session. There are three options whereby tuition fees for part-time music tuition can be processed: