CAO (Higher Education - HET)

Degree - Honours Bachelor

Music

Course Code
MH103
Zone
Level
NFQ Type
Major
Duration
3 - 4 Years
Attendence
Full Time

Course Summary

Course Category: CAO (Higher Education - HET)

This course introduces students to a wide variety of music fields including: Irish traditional music, ethnomusicology, jazz and popular music, music therapy and the classical repertoire.

Students are encouraged to develop their performance skills, to take tuition to an advanced level with their chosen instrument and to take an active part in one of the Department's vocal or instrumental ensembles.

Course Details

Maynooth University
College Link  >  Music

Colleges often have information about the course on their own website, along with other useful information relating to the college. (Note: Not always available)

What will you study?

    Music Studies Performance Music Styles Composition Music History Musicology Computers Creativity Music Methods
Important
  • Colleges may add/remove modules to keep the course updated and to meet demands.

Progression to CAO Courses

The Student - Career Interests

This course is typically suited for people with the following Career Interests:

Creative

Creative people are drawn to careers and activities that enable them to take responsibility for the design, layout or sensory impact of something (visual, auditory etc). They may be atrracted to the traditional artistic pursuits such as painting, sculpture, singing, the performing arts or music. Or they may show more interest in design activities, such as architecture, animation, or craft areas, such as pottery and ceramics.

Creative people use their personal understanding of people and the world they live in to guide their work. Creative people like to work in unstructured workplaces, enjoy taking risks and prefer a minimum of routine.

Further Research

College Link > MH103 - Music

Colleges often have information about the course on their own website, along with other useful information relating to the college. (Note: Not always available)

DISCLAIMER: These links are to official sources of information for this course - we accept no responsibility for the information on them.

Career Progression

Successful gradutes work as music teachers, choral directors, church organists/directors of music, music librarians, composers/arrangers.

They also work in the areas of arts administration, multimedia, the music industry, music journalism, publicity and recording, or radio production and presentation.

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