'Without music to decorate it, time is just a bunch of boring production deadlines
or dates by which bills must be paid.'
– Frank Zappa

Friday Casual Concerts
End-of-Year Concert
Jazz Jam Sessions
Trad Slow Sessions
Scholarship Competition
Exam Dates and Registration Deadlines
Feis Ceoil Deadlines

2011-2012 Calendar

Download a printable 2011-2012 School Calendar.

Terms
First Term (12 weeks): September 19 – December 17
Second Term (12 weeks): January 9 – March 31
Third Term (10 weeks): April 16 – June 30
Summer Term
• Part One (5 weeks): July 2 – August 4
• Part Two (4 weeks): August 7 – September 1

Holidays
Mid-Term Break (First Term): October 30 – November 6
Christmas Holiday: December 18 – January 8
St. Patrick’s Day: Saturday, March 17
Easter Holiday: April 1 – 15
Bank Holiday Mondays: May 7, June 4, August 6

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Friday Casual Concerts

25 November (ages 19 and over)
16 December (Christmas concert, all ages)
24 February (ages 18 and under)
9 March (ages 19 and over)
11 May (ages 18 and under)
1 June (ages 19 and over)

See School Concerts for more information.

End-of-Year Concert

When Date to be confirmed
Where National Concert Hall, John Field Room

See photos of our June 2011 Concert.

See photos of our June 2010 Concert.

See photos of our June 2009 Concert.

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Jazz Jam Sessions

Dates to be confirmed.

Go to more information on Jazz Jam Sessions.

Trad Slow Sessions

14 October
11 November
9 December
20 January
17 February
23 March
27 April
25 May
22 June

Go to more information on Trad Slow Sessions.

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Scholarship Competition

When Sunday, 10 June 2012
Where Waltons New School of Music

Go to more information on our Scholarship Competition.

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Exam Dates and Registration Deadlines (2011)

ABRSM

Waltons New School of Music will be hosting practical and jazz ABRSM exams on Thursday, 26 May. See below for other exam dates.

Practical
Dates: 7 November - 10 December / Deadline: Monday, 19 September

Jazz
Dates: 7 - 19 November / Deadline: Monday, 19 September

Theory
Date: Wednesday 2 November (5 pm) / Deadline: Monday 19 September

Go to more information on ABRSM exams. 

RIAM

Practical
Dates: 1 November - 10 December / Deadline: Monday, 3 October (postal) or Friday, 7 October (online)

Theory
Date: Saturday 26 November

Go to more information on RIAM exams.

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Feis Ceoil Deadlines

Dates: 20 - 30 March 2012

Deadlines: Friday, 9 December (postal) or Friday, 16 December (online)

Go to more information on the ESB Feis Ceoil Music Festival.

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