One-Day Workshop
'Excellently presented to beginner students – also to produce their own song was very rewarding. Overall they found it very valuable.'
– K. Morgan, Balbriggan Community College
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CONTENTS
Workshop Description
Designed for post-primary school groups, Waltons New School of Music's Music Technology for Post-Primary Students is a fascinating one-day workshop that introduces students to the myriad uses of music technology – in the classroom, at third level, and in the world of professional musicians.
Through a combination of demonstrations and engaging hands-on activities in the New School’s Music Technology Lab, students will learn about the ‘tools of the trade’, including:
- Hardware. Computers, MIDI interfaces, synthesiser keyboards, sound modules, mixers, microphones, etc.
- Software. Recording software, sequencers, scoring applications and other compositional tools
- Techniques. Audio recording, notation, sampling, sequencing, sound synthesis
Music Technology for Post-Primary Students is available by group enrolment only. There is a maximum of sixteen students per workshop (two students per computer workstation) and teachers must accompany and supervise students. Please contact the New School office for more information.
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Comments from Teachers about the Workshop
'Provides a very good introduction to music technology and a useful starting point for the Leaving Cert. Music Technology course.'
– B. Sexton, Coolmine Community School
'A very entertaining day in which the students' creativity and interest were allowed to shine!'
– C. Duffy, Lucan Community College
'Very clear teaching in a relaxed environment.... A thoroughly enjoyable workshop. There were some technophobe students who left feeling like mini-DJs!'
– M. Nic Mhathúna, Coláiste Chilliain, Clondalkin
Have you (or your students) taken this workshop? We would appreciate it if you could take a few moments to give us your feedback in a brief online questionnaire. Thank you.
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Leaving Cert. Music Technology Version
We also offer a version of this workshop that covers all of the requirements of the Music Technology core activity at Higher Level (25% of total marks) of the Leaving Cert. Music exam, including:
- Stating the medium/system/software the student will use to input lines/parts/tracks and describing the edits he/she intends to make.
- Inputting, saving and retrieving a two-part score. For the exam, students will be asked to input all or part of each line/part/track, at the discretion of the examiner.
- Performing six edits. Edits should make musical sense.
- Producing a recorded or score version of the music. While the recording or score may be produced in advance on the day of the examination, the candidate will be required to demonstrate the procedure involved to the examiner.
- Playing two pieces from the standard electronic repertoire or compiling and playing to own backing track (at least 32 bars long).
Please specify 'Leaving Cert. Music Technology Version' on the workshop booking form if you would like to book this version.
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Comments from Students about the Leaving Cert. Version
'I feel much more comfortable doing music technology for the Leaving Cert. now, and the teaching was great.'
– E. Cooper
'A great workshop and very helpful.'
– S. O’Connell
Have you (or your students) taken this workshop? We would appreciate it if you could take a few moments to give us your feedback in a brief online questionnaire. Thank you.
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Alice Jago, Facilitator
Alice is an award-winning singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer and teacher from Dublin. She has shared the stage, both in Ireland and abroad, with many prominent Irish and international musicians and groups, including Damien Dempsey, Elvis Costello, Eric Bogle, Mic Christopher, Miles Hunt (The Wonderstuff), Roger McGuinn (The Byrds), Paul Heaton (Beautiful South, Housemartins), Bell X1, Calexico, The Frames, The Walls, The Be Good Tanyas and Republic of Loose. She is also a trained sound engineer, having studied Music Production for Games at Griffith College, received a Diploma in Music Technology & Sound Engineering from the Sound Training Centre and received an MPhil degree in Music and Media Technologies from Trinity College Dublin. Alice has been awarded the RTÉ/RAAP Breakthrough Artist Bursary and an Artist-in-Residence Bursary from the Tyrone Guthrie Centre, and she was the Contemporary Music Centre’s first Summer Residency recipient. Hotpress magazine described her songs as sounding ’like they were written 200 years ago, and may well be written again 200 years from now.’
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Workshop Details
- Day/Date By arrangement (please contact us)
- Duration 5 hours (10 am – 1 pm, 2 – 4 pm suggested)
- Location Music Technology Lab, Waltons New School of Music
- Class size 16 students maximum (plus teacher)
- Fee €330 | €297 (DEIS schools)
- Fee per student (16) €20.63 | €18.56 (DEIS schools)
- Equipment provided PCs & sound cards • Cubase music software, Reason virtual music studio & Sibelius notation software • Keyboards & other MIDI controllers • Digital mixers, samplers, microphones & other hardware
- Materials provided Instructional handouts
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Booking & Enquiries
If you are interested in this workshop, please complete an Outreach Programme Enquiry Form and we will get in touch.
Located in Dublin city centre, Waltons New School of Music is a comprehensive music centre, combining music tuition of the highest standard with innovative approaches to music education. The New School offers tuition in the broadest range of instruments and subjects of any music school in Ireland, for students of all ages, levels and abilities.
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