Music at NUI Maynooth??

scottg4life

I'm a 5th Year student in Dublin and I am looking at all the colleges with Music course in them. I want to study music when I am older. I would like to be a Concert Pianist when I am older and I want to know what Maynooth has to offer in the music course.
Anything you know about Music at NUI Maynooth please let me know! Thanks.

funky penguin

The performnce aspect is improving under the new Prof.

However, if you want to be a concert pianist I'd strongly advise you look at DCU (which runs through the academy), the academy itself, or DIT.

scottg4life

funky penguin wrote: »

The performnce aspect is improving under the new Prof.

However, if you want to be a concert pianist I'd strongly advise you look at DCU (which runs through the academy), the academy itself, or DIT.

Thanks! I might just do that because they are closer to me too!

leopoldbloom

funky penguin wrote: »

The performnce aspect is improving under the new Prof.

However, if you want to be a concert pianist I'd strongly advise you look at DCU (which runs through the academy), the academy itself, or DIT.

Hate to be *that* guy. But DCU don't offer music directly, they accredit RIAM's degrees...

Duddy

I keep reading this as "Magic at NUI Maynooth" and getting excited:(

squishykins

Duddy wrote: »

I keep reading this as "Magic at NUI Maynooth" and getting excited:(

Whatcho talkin bout??? Maynooth is always magical *goo-goo eyes*

Jonah42

I really wish I choose music. It would be a fantastic excuse to sit around and play guitar all day. Instead I've got to read blasted poetry that I really can't care about.

funky penguin

Apart from practicing there's also piano, theory and history.

squishykins

Jonah42 wrote: »

I really wish I choose music. It would be a fantastic excuse to sit around and play guitar all day. Instead I've got to read blasted poetry that I really can't care about.

You really have no idea :eek: Practical music is only an hour a week, if you can play something above a grade 6 standard then you could perform that, otherwise it's group piano for you, like me!

Then the theory...I don't mind music foundation & fabric so much, though it is kinda hard, but the music history...it's really interesting like, but the assignments are so difficult. I find them to be anyway, it's the only course I have that has essays and all that.

And next semester is 20th century music history...it's gonna be bad...very bad...If it's anything along the lines of Raymond Deane for the Leaving, I'm scared

So yeah not really a doss :rolleyes:

leopoldbloom

amyputz wrote: »

And next semester is 20th century music history...it's gonna be bad...very bad...If it's anything along the lines of Raymond Deane for the Leaving, I'm scared

It's not...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUiv0jJl9zU

squishykins

I just had a look at the provisional module guide, should have looked before I posted :rolleyes:

That work there is alright leopoldbloom, it seems Adams isn't gonna be looked at this semester, but neither is Deane so it's all good =D

Norrdeth

amyputz wrote: »

And next semester is 20th century music history...it's gonna be bad...very bad...If it's anything along the lines of Raymond Deane for the Leaving, I'm scared

Not all of it is really hard listening, but it does get time to get in to.
It's worth it in the end though!
Especially when you start finding really cool rare composers that you never heard of before!

funky penguin

Like Ben McHugh.

rcaz

Norrdeth wrote: »

Not all of it is really hard listening, but it does get time to get in to.
It's worth it in the end though!
Especially when you start finding really cool rare composers that you never heard of before!

You posted that at l33t o'clock!

Norrdeth

Noooo idea what that means mon!

A Changer

Norrdeth wrote: »

Noooo idea what that means mon!

You're 1337 and you don't even know it! :pac:

rcaz

A Changer wrote: »

You're 1337 and you don't even know it! :pac:

Or, "j00r l33t 4nd j00 d0n7 3v3n |<n0w 1t"


In case anyone hasn't noticed, i 4m t3h l33t haxx0r.

squishykins

This is how it's done =D

Norrdeth

Lame.....

rcaz

El Pr0n wrote: »

Or, "j00r l33t 4nd j00 d0n7 3v3n |<n0w 1t"


In case anyone hasn't noticed, i 4m t3h l33t haxx0r.

The worst bit is, I used to think it was cool to t4l|< l1k3 th47.

scottg4life

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