Thinking of Doing Music in D.I.T Is it a good university.

S.Moran

any info on the course or college life?

Dr Gradus

Im studying music education in DIT at the moment. Only in my first year but really enjoying it. Lecturers are great and there is wonderful facilities for practise amongst the various DIT's, but in rathmines particularly.

One thing i would say is there is a bit of segregation between the music performance, general music and music education students but then again it is only my first year so still gettin the hang of things.

S.Moran

Dr Gradus wrote: »

Im studying music education in DIT at the moment. Only in my first year but really enjoying it. Lecturers are great and there is wonderful facilities for practise amongst the various DIT's, but in rathmines particularly.

One thing i would say is there is a bit of segregation between the music performance, general music and music education students but then again it is only my first year so still gettin the hang of things.

Thanks for the info! I've heard great things about it and have heard the course content is very good! and the possibility of 100 points out the interview is brilliant!

Soby

Which location is your course?

Dr Gradus

The course content is good and very varied. In the music area there is harmony and counterpoint, keyboard skills, history of music, singing, irish music and then your first study instrument. Theres also the educational side of things that focus on how you would go about teaching music as a subject in schools.

The majority of it is in the DIT in rathmines but there are some parts that take place in Trinity college.

S.Moran

great! because that is the thing i will probly end up doing- going dwn the teaching route!

Gareth-W-A

Hey, I'm in second year doing the BMus course (DT501) and thought you'd want some input from one of us as well.

Half the course is practical so it depends on your instrument what various ensembles you'll be placed in.
The classes that run for first year that are non-practical are: Music History; Music Tech; Aural Awareness and Analysis; Composition(Applied and Stylistic); Irish Music.

Everything else depends on your instrument, so if you want to let me know what you do, i'll fill in the gaps.

Also if you have any questions about the entrance exam/interview, just ask.

TheGentleman

Hey. Not a music student, but I'm in DIT Rathmines, so I can help a little bit with that.

Rathmines is a pretty cool location, by and large. We're connected to the local library, but we've also got our own private one which has a big selection of music and drama books, scores, and DVDs. For classrooms, it pretty well-off too, by and large; lot of practice rooms for the music students, a fairly decent theatre, and a freezing cold prefab for the drama students (but really, we're not bitter about that. Not at all. :P).

For food, Rathmines is pretty well situated. The canteen isn't bad- very cool guy behind the counter, for instance!- but it's not got much of a selection and it's not the cheapest in the world either. What makes up for it, however, is the amount of stuff available on the Rathmines road- there's a lot of cool little places to pick up food, plus the usual stuff like McDonalds, Subway and Dominoes.

One comment worth mentioning, however, is how (for want of a better word) segregated the music and drama students are. There's no open hostility, of course, but I have noticed that we don't tend to hang out with the music students. From what I can make out, they're pretty segregated too- people from one course don't seem to hang out with other ones, for instance, although I could just be talking out of my arse there.

All in all, Rathmines is a pretty slick faculty, although we do suffer from a worrying lack of attention from the rest of DIT. You can count the numbers of societies that try to recruit out of Rathmines on the fingers of one hand, for instance, which is less then pleasant. We are very close to Aungiers Street, though, which is much better for representation, so you can always wander up there to pick stuff up like gig tickets and so on.

That's pretty much everything I can think of on short notice. Hope that hels.

Futurecrook

I'm a 3rd year bmus student, specialising in composition. I love the course. It's hard work at some stages (mostly 2nd year) but that's to be expected with any course. As Gradus was saying though there's two seperate courses though - bmus and bmus ed. If you do the education course you'll be split between two campuses - Rathmines & Trinity. If you choose bmus you'll just be located in Rathmines and possibly Chatham Row (beside Stephen's Green) for lessons.

Alot of emphasis is put on performance but once you get to third year you get the option of specialising in composition, performance, pedagogy or historical studies. It's great because everything becomes much more specific to what you actually want to do.

It's a pretty small college too which is nice as you'll get to know people in all the years, not just your own class.

The Gentleman's right in that there's little or no interaction between the music and drama students but all the different music students mingle well enough. The only factor working against getting to know the bmus eds is that they have lectures in Trinity so we don't see them that much and we don't share lectures. I'm a trad student though and I'm friends with a multitude of people from the college - singers, fellow trad players, bmus eds, etc. so don't worry, it's a friendly place and you'll find plenty of people to make friends with.

TheGentleman

Futurecrook wrote: »

(snip) The Gentleman's right in that there's little or no interaction between the music and drama students (/snip)

It's because we're all secretly judging you. SECRETLY.

Gareth-W-A

TheGentleman wrote: »

It's because we're all secretly judging you. SECRETLY.

We're openly judging you!
There's a chart!;):D

Futurecrook

TheGentleman wrote: »

It's because we're all secretly judging you. SECRETLY.

:eek:

But, but...

Gareth-W-A wrote: »

We're openly judging you!
There's a chart!;):D

We spent all of first year thinking the drama students were mental. It was the pyjamas that did it! :P

TheGentleman

The pajamas?

...Oh, I remember that excercise. Yeah, we got graded on that, dear. :P