Question for BMus students.

funky penguin

When can I expect Maynooth to contact me with details on my audition/interview for entry into this course?

Zapp Brannigan

Theres no audition just an interview. If I remember correctly I was asked for my interview in April I think. You've done the entrance exam and all that jazz yeah?

funky penguin

No....

Should I have? I recieved no information from Maynooth regarding this....

Are you serious about not playing an audition? It seems odd.

porn_star

well the cao forms were only in recently, so I think they call you around march/april. like slurms said though, there's no audition for it, just the written paper and then if you pass that(which is eassssssy and just making sure you have some sort of musical knowledge, think they ask you to write an essay on something and then stuff about scales and tones/semitones and keys. ) they'll call you for an interview. can't remember what they ask again, it was two years ago when i did the interview for bmus, but i remember them asking about the music leaving cert syllabus and i think they ask you to sight sing or sing intervals or something, but you don't have to play anything

Zapp Brannigan

Yeah I was asked to sing intervals. Only 2 and they were basic, stuff like a 5th, minor 3rd etc. Also if you dont play piano, just say ya do cos it's not well looked upon. And good luck

There's no audition because it's not a performance course. It's mainly theory with one practical each year.

funky penguin

Ah feck! I've been preparing a 15min set (on piano) since novermber!

Tis good to see how easy it is though. Thanks for the feedback.

porn_star

the written paper is really easy. But maynooth is one of the only colleges that don't do an audition and I remember my old piano teacher telling me they're quite strict when it comes to them asking you to singthose intervals and stuff...like its easy if its stuff you've always done for piano exams and stuff... but they do definitly want you to have an ear for music, so dont go in there unprepared and do practice them.

petals

There is normally a written exam around about March/April and if you pass that they'll call you for an interview.

funky penguin

Thanks for all the replies.

I got a letter off DIT saying to come for an audition next week. Is it normal practice to send out information so late?

funky penguin

funky penguin wrote:

Thanks for all the replies.

I got a letter off DIT saying to come for an audition next week. Is it normal practice to send out information so late?

As an ex-part time DIT student, they tend to do that yes. I was told about an audition (had to do one because I took a year off) with about 2 days' notice.

slumped

funky penguin wrote:

Thanks for all the replies.

I got a letter off DIT saying to come for an audition next week. Is it normal practice to send out information so late?

I was once a B.Mus.Ed student in DIT and remember getting written notification of my exam date and time three days late.

Common practice.

Maynooth has good faculty - show enthusisim for doing lots of things, not just piano. Compsoing, technology etc.

S