Bmus Entrance test

CaoimH_in

So was the run around worth the course your in? Heavy into the aul drugs?

rcaz

Anyone hear anything back yet?

I got a letter from Trinity, I got an interview for there, but I'm starting to get really nervous about Maynooth...

banquo

Maynooth took ages to send out the letter, now I think about it.

Also, I don't touch drugs. Not a moral, I'm-better-than-you thing since I basically happen to live in a drug den these days, but they're just not for me.

TBH, the runaround was worth the runaround. I met loads of people in the different jobs, had a bit of money, and learned what it was like to work a 65 hour week (just one time; it sucked)

CaoimH_in

do they send you out one when you don't make it to say, you didn't make it or just leave you hanging...

When I said: Heavy into the aul drugs
I ment: Were you heavy into the aul drugs?

"I figured that I should really spend a year getting all the sexy druggines outta my system, so I worked in an Off-licence in ballymun"

tootyflutty

I sorta eh . . missed the Trinity test , not to bothered, mam was more miffed than me! But the points for it were just stupid and they're entrance test is a load of bullsh*t!
On the other hand I have my D.I.T test and interview next Tuesday and the Cork School of Music next weekend.
Wish Maynooth would hurry up!! :rolleyes:

CaoimH_in

Im now literally Praying for this test to come back I just want to see what went wrong!

tootyflutty

got my letter...In for the 7th of May woo!!

funky penguin

Good luck!

Remember:

Be enthusiastic.

Always smile, but not to the point of complete freakiness.

If you have a certain subject in mind, ie. performance, composition or musicology, say how you want to study this in third year

Know your Key sigs insdie out.

Be able to sing basic intervals.

If you get a lovely looking woman with long black curly hair, mention that you love Chopin. BUT NOT TOO MUCH! She might get jealous.

If you get a nice man with grey hair and glasses, mention how you always wished you were born a Czech.


Finally, have a few questions to ask at the end to show enthusiasm, such as 'when will I find out if I'm in', 'whats the story with tuition in my instrument' blah blah.

Go get 'em tiger.

CaoimH_in

Didn't get in

banquo

My commiserations, Caoimhe.

@tootyflooty,

What Funky said! In addition:

If you get a lady with brown hair, you love Schubert - got it?

If the guy with grey hair and glasses doesn't respond to the Czech comment, then you love Stravinsky and Mahler (might be a different guy)

Finally, just talk about stuff you like. I spent my entire interview talking about a fugue subject from the 9th, Beethoven's use of contrast, and Beethoven in general (if you were to run into me in the pub this would still be the case)

Whatever discipline you want to do (compo, perf, etc) say that you want to specialise in that discipline - this will work especially well if you get a young lady with curly brown hair and glasses as an interviewer. She is also notable for her enviable ability to look at you in
such a way that you'll completely forget any objections you had and come out thinking 'What just happened?!' This lady is incredibly intelligent - as are all the staff, but her especially so imo - so be prepared to look and sound smart, engaged and enthusiastic.

The best of luck. The standards for entry are much higher this year than in previous years. There were two interviewers per person when I did, I'd guess that that's still the case.

Come for a pint after!

God Speed,

Banquo.

Edit: If you're worried about missing it (trains can be unreliable, to put it mildly!) you are more than welcome to stay in mine the night before. Live right by the college. PM me if you want. Interview prep also catered for!

funky penguin

Ah Rob we can do mock interviews!

Baggsie Alison Hood!

Btw who's the intelligent curly haired woman...? Is that Lorraine?

sadie06

banquo wrote: »

The standards for entry are much higher this year than in previous years.

I got called for an interview. Really delighted as I wasn't sure at all whether I would get it or not.

Banquo, could you explain why/how the standards are higher this year? I probably shouldn't ask!

funky penguin

There's a new Prof., and she's basically kicking ass.

sadie06

funky penguin wrote: »

There's a new Prof., and she's basically kicking ass.

Ah yes. That's great! I just hope she doesn't kick mine...

CaoimH_in

anyway to get your test back? I've tried e-mailing.. but they never seem to reply.

tootyflutty

Aww Caoimh_in Sorry to hear that! Actually I would like my test back too, just cos I'm curious

haha thanks for the offer guys, you's ain't charging are you? :pac: haha, actually got a friend over on campus might just stay with her. Thanks for the idea!

I was just gonna say my usual music general stuff, bout musical experiences and orchestras and my repertoire, wasn't gonna bother with stuff for different examiners. You's reckon I should learn some stuff? Like I did work experience in Maynooth Music Dept. was gonna drop that in too, see how that goes down haha.
:cool:

CaoimH_in

Wonder how EL_Pron got on... hmm!

sadie06

CaoimH_in wrote: »

anyway to get your test back? I've tried e-mailing.. but they never seem to reply.

Maybe phone them.

banquo

funky penguin wrote: »

There's a new Prof., and she's basically kicking ass.

The above statement is true. She was the curly-brown-haired lady I was referring to, but it could equally have been Madame Schubert (trying very carefully not to mention them by name! but you know who I mean..)

Tooty, you seem to know your stuff and have a real interest, so you probably don't need to prep too much for this. They really are very friendly. However, if we do hold mock interviews (and we totally should) then I bagsie the Czechmeister. I can be super enthusiastic for ten seconds, then instantly go silent and look at a list in my hands, then go back to being manic.

I can imagine the poor interviewees reading this thread and being awful scared going in.

/Student enters interview room
Madame Schubert (looking around): You said Schubert would be here!
Czechmeister: I'm sorry Madame, but if it's not in the handbook...
Analyson: Gneh-heh-heh!
/Trad Dude enters, can of Guinness in hand
Czechmesiter: Sorry Trad Dude, interviews are on in here
Trad Dude: Sooooooo....
Madame Schubert (excited): Are you Schubert!?
/Trad Dude leaves
Student: I like Stravinsky
Strav-head: Excellent! I happen to be an extension of Wikipedia on Stravinsky, and every other composer since the beginning of time.
/Trad-Dude re-enters room
Trad Dude: Eh, this is my office...
Student: Am I in?
Prof: Yes.
/turns to staff
Prof: Everyone is fired.
Madame Schubert: Schubert?

/back to thesis

CaoimH_in

the single funniest thing i've read since

"I'm sorry to say we cannot offer you a place..."

ahahaha

tootyflutty

banquo wrote: »

/Student enters interview room
Madame Schubert (looking around): You said Schubert would be here!
Czechmeister: I'm sorry Madame, but if it's not in the handbook...
Analyson: Gneh-heh-heh!
/Trad Dude enters, can of Guinness in hand
Czechmesiter: Sorry Trad Dude, interviews are on in here
Trad Dude: Sooooooo....
Madame Schubert (excited): Are you Schubert!?
/Trad Dude leaves
Student: I like Stravinsky
Strav-head: Excellent! I happen to be an extension of Wikipedia on Stravinsky, and every other composer since the beginning of time.
/Trad-Dude re-enters room
Trad Dude: Eh, this is my office...
Student: Am I in?
Prof: Yes.
/turns to staff
Prof: Everyone is fired.
Madame Schubert: Schubert?

/back to thesis

hahaha, the usual sorta college life then? It would be frickin hilarious if the interveiw was like that. I'd just sit and be like 'wtf?!' whilst trying not to laugh to hard.

Anyway you guys know which is first audition or interview? I was joking with my sis saying I'd play a 15 minute piece so then there wouldn't be time for questions, when I realised the piece I'm going to play actually is that long haha oh well . . . .

sadie06

God, I hope my interview is like that....:D

My piece clocks in at a very short 3.30.

funky penguin

banquo wrote: »

Trad Dude: Sooooooo....

You sir, caused major lol with this.

Hmm?


Wait a minute! Piece? What the hell? You have to play as well?!!? Jesus times have changed.

tootyflutty

Tis and audition and interview :pac:
haha had a look at the Maynooth music dept. website matched up descriptions! lol

banquo

Yep. They got so o' dem ''standards'' now!

Excellent news. I applaud this. Seriously, I love to see the course get better. Might send the prof a box of choccies anonymously.

rcaz

CaoimH_in wrote: »

Wonder how EL_Pron got on... hmm!

Thanks for the though

I've got an interview on the sixth, but I'm kinda bricking it now. Sorry to hear, Caoimhe

Stravinsky's my favourite composer, I'd really like to get the Stravinsky fan in my interview. I feel like a bit of an outsider going for this (not classically trained), that'd calm me down. I won't try mentioning Schubert or Chopin or anything, I'd get caught out in a second

So 3.30 is SHORT??? :eek: My piece is even shorter... ****...

Reckon they'd let you play an extra piece on another instrument? Since I can't really back up my playing with anything official, I learned a piano piece as well as my guitar piece, thinking they'd take a favourable view of the multi-instrument thing, but then the letter said one piece on your 'proposed principal instrument'. I dunno if my guitar playing is really grade 6 standard.

tootyflutty

Well done El_Pron! I just had my D.I.T audition, interview and test today. Was really happy with it, even though there test was completely different to their sample one, it was a bit ridiculus.
But anyway, they stopped me before I even got half way down the page of both my pieces, I had a cadenza prepared for my Mozart peice and I didn't get to play it :mad:
Was going to play the Mozart piece for the Maynooth as well, but then it specified unaccompanied, so I'm totally stuck for something to do! So annoying! The only pieces I play unaccompanied are traditional or studies, so I'm totally stuck
I might just email them and ask can I play the Mozart (without the piano obviously)
The Mozart lasts 4:50 without piano, with piano it lasts over 9 minutes.

rcaz

Well done on your DIT stuff! What instrument do you play?

tootyflutty

Thanks!
My principle instrument is flute (and naturally the piccolo too), but I also play piano, cello and bass guitar.
If today is anything to go by, be ready for some weird questions. Everyone said they got asked weird stuff, like about my school, and about where you see yourself in 10 years, and what do you think you could take after your time in Time. They asked me the name of the conductor of one of the orchestra's I'm in, and I swear I just blanked, easy factual question, and I totally forgot! Duh! Blonde moment :rolleyes:

sadie06

How many people are likely to be interviewing us? Please say no more than two....

banquo

It was two when we all did it, seems the logical choice with the ratio of staff vs interviewees. I'd say it'd be two again.

rcaz

I got my interview changed to Thursday 'cause it clashed with the LCVP exam. Anyone else have this problem?

Dr Gradus

I'm in for Thursday as well. Just hope they don't cut in mid-piece like DIT did.....

funky penguin

Good luck everyone!

banquo

Yeah, best of luck! Should all come for a drinky afterwards.

rcaz

Thanks for the good luck wishes!

One question about the interval-singing - I can sing all the major/perfect intervals, as well as a minor third and minor seventh. I don't need to know any other ones, do I?

Cheers!

banquo

Was in the Dept. today. I'll be there around midday tomorrow, and of ye have interviews scheduled around then?

banquo

Dr Gradus wrote: »

I'm in for Thursday as well. Just hope they don't cut in mid-piece like DIT did.....

I would love to see you board a bus that's destination sign said ''Parnassum''

tootyflutty

Oh tis tomorrow
Had to change my piece, now am just playing a Gariboldi Study *grumbles about stupidness of unaccompanied piece*
Actually I hear you Dr. Hate being interrupted in the middle of a piece :mad:
haha

rcaz

banquo wrote: »

Was in the Dept. today. I'll be there around midday tomorrow, and of ye have interviews scheduled around then?

I'm on at twenty past ten...

Why'd you have to change your piece, tootyflutty?

tootyflutty

Mines at 12:15, what a pity, I'll just have to take the whole day off

Had to change it because my original piece was for flute with accompaniment, the whole unaccompanied thing is just a bit of a hitch!
What are you guys playing?

rcaz

I'm playing Bach's Bouree from the Lute Suite in E Minor

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jKSg8t4zyLg

What about you, tootyflutty?

tootyflutty

Oh I know that piece, you should listen to the Jethro Tull version, on flute, with band and orchestra. It's one of the best know versions, well worth a listen :P
Me? I'm just doing one of my grade 6/7 studies by Giuseppe Gariboldi.

banquo

El Pron,

to embed a youtube video, use the

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=

tags with only the following part of the youtube link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_WNvNQUYAU

take the value after the equals, so:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6_WNvNQUYAU

And voila!

Might be around the dept that time tomorrow. If I am I'll drop over and say hello If I can't, the very best of luck - though from the looks of things you'll stand out from the hundreds of wasters that apply every year to music depts around the country.

Good luck to everyone else, too. You'll be nervous going in, but I can tell you now that there isn't one lecturer who won't make you feel completely at ease (well, one, but he's not doing interviews this year from what I gather)

Also, all the women are really really lovely. You'll be great

rcaz

Er, my video works fine for me...

I MADE A MISTAKE SINGING A ****ING PERFECT FIFTH!! TWINKLE ****ING TWINKLE!! I sang a perfect fourth by accident... But I corrected it, and acknowledged that my first attempt was a fourth, so maybe that'll partly make up for something. Everything else was fine.

I had Martin O Leary and Alison Hood. She was really kind and nice, and he was pretty quiet, but he smiled/laughed a few times. He grinned when I said Stravinsky was my favourite composer, is he the 'Strav-Head' that was mentioned earlier?

funky penguin

Damn right he was, well done!

Yeah, he's quiet until you get to know him. Alison and Martin...Jesus the dream interviewers.

Good job on the intervals.

tootyflutty

All went ok for me too, had to sing a 6th and was fine. Got the keys sigs grand too.
I had Gordon Delap and Prof. Fiona Palmer. He was a tad weird, and she hardly spoke. But both were lovely to me, and seemed interested in what I said, especially about the Maynooth Work Experience

banquo

Delap and the prof. Jesus...

funky penguin

Gordon would be grand.... lots of smiles and super colliders.

sadie06

Can I ask what Madam Schubert's real name is?