Undergraduate Programmes

Music Foundation / Bunchúrsa Ceoil DT527No longer available

Qualification awarded: Foundation Certificate in Music Level 6 / Bonnteastas i gCeoil Leibhéal 6
Duration of programme: 1 year
Type of programme: Foundation Certificates
Number of places: 20 approx.

* Sorry! This programme is no longer available for 2012/13 *

What is Music Foundation?

The Foundation Certificate in Music is Ireland’s leading programme designed specifically for students who need to develop their performance skills and academic knowledge of music, prior to embarking on a degree programme in music. DT527 is a one-year full-time programme, which offers students an exciting opportunity to study on the same campus alongside their peers on the degree and master programmes, giving students an invaluable insight into third level music education.

What other options do I have after completion?

Students may apply for programmes in Institutions in Ireland or abroad.

What will I study on this programme?

Students study their principal instrument or voice with Ireland’s leading music lecturers, while also gaining invaluable keyboard skills in second study piano. Piano students will have an opportunity to try out another keyboard instrument, such as organ. Students may train in either the classical or traditional disciplines on their chosen instrument. Singers may choose classical voice or musical theatre studies.

Students participate in the full range of ensembles and will have the opportunity to perform at various recitals during the year.

Successful applicants will be required to pay a tuition fee and capitation fee of approximately €3,000. The free fees scheme does not apply to this programme.

Module listing

Year One

The subjects included in the programme are principal study performance (classical/traditional) and second study. All students undertake a common programme of academic modules. The requirements of their performance studies will vary depending on their instrument or voice. All students participate in the Ensemble module.

Modules: Principal Study; Accompaniment; Seminars and Specialist Recitals; Ensemble; Second Study Instrument/Voice; Music Theory & Composition Technique; Aural Training and Sight Singing; History, Form & Analysis; Concert Attendance & Criticism; Introduction to Music Technology.

Entry Requirements

Minimum no of		Minimum Grade in
Subjects	Honours	Maths	English/Irish
5		OD3	OD3
Other Requirements Applicants must attend an audition/interview in March/April.

Further information

Conservatory of Music and Drama
Celine Kelly, Programme Chair
E: celine.kelly@dit.ie
W: www.dit.ie/conservatory
T: 01 402 7651
F: 01 402 7815