Course details

The Diploma in Music (Teaching and Performance) Course is course designed to

  • (a) train students as instrumental or vocal teachers of the highest calibre and
  • (b) enable students to perform confidently in a wide variety of teaching and playing situations.

The primary emphasis is on practical study, both solo and ensemble, supported by classes in musicianship and related studies.

This one year Diploma contains an academic component that supports any aspiring teacher’s knowledge. In addition to the classes in history, harmony and counterpoint and aural awareness, we provide an education issues class, which explores good teaching practice and investigates various philosophies of education.

Updated on 08 November, 2015

About Royal Irish Academy of Music

The Royal Irish Academy of Music is a home of musical excellence and dynamism, a place of teaching and learning which consistently achieves its objective of transmitting and maintaining the highest standards of performance and appreciation in all musical disciplines. Founded in 1848 the Academy is Ireland’s oldest musical institution.

As a national thirty-two county institution, the Academy embodies and reflects the traditions and heritage of Irish musicianship. The Teaching Staff includes many international and national prizewinners, members of the National Symphony Orchestra of Ireland and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra and many individuals whose names have become synonymous with music education in Ireland.

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