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Leaving Cert. Music
Pre-Exam Revision Workshop

Intensive Preparation for the
Leaving Cert. Music Exam

Saturday, 15 June 2024


‘A great way to revise Leaving Cert. Music. I would recommend it to everyone!’
– R. Brown

‘It was brilliant. The notes on melody writing and all studied pieces are really easy to understand, and this has really helped my knowledge of the Leaving Cert. Music course!’
– P. Fleming

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Workshop Description

Taking place on the Saturday before the June exam, the New School’s one-day Leaving Cert. Music Pre-Exam Revision Workshop has provided intensive final preparation for hundreds of students studying for the Leaving Cert. Music exam. It includes a comprehensive revision of all the Listening and Composing elements of the exam, including the Prescribed Works, Irish Music, and melody writing and harmony in major and minor keys. This online workshop can be taken by Leaving Cert. Music students anywhere in Ireland.

The workshop also provides students with strategies for exam preparation and technique, as well as a variety of sample questions from past exam papers. And workshop handouts, in pdf format, will be provided for further study and revision.

While there is a fee for students booking the workshop on its own, it is offered free of charge as part of both our Two-Year Course and Easter Revision Course.


Requirements

Participants in this workshop will need:

  1. An internet-connected laptop, computer, tablet or smartphone. (A laptop or computer with webcam and microphone is strongly recommended, as it will have the largest picture.)
  2. Headphones or earbuds, if possible.
  3. Ideally, internet speed at least 1.5Mb per second. (You can test your speed using Measurement Lab’s Speed Test.)
  4. Copies of the Prescribed Works and music manuscript paper. If you don’t have manuscript paper, you can download printable manuscript paper here.

*   If you haven’t learned music with Zoom before, please see our printable Zoom for Students information sheet for information on how to download and use Zoom for music tuition.

Before the workshop begins, the teacher will email you a Zoom meeting invitation that includes a meeting ID and password to join.

Eoin Mulvany

Eoin MulvanyEoin was born and grew up in Kells Co. Meath, playing music and singing from a very young age. He received a First Class Honours degree from the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, with a double major in both music composition and classical guitar performance, coming top of his class in the teaching diploma course he also completed there. He went on to obtain a Master’s degree in composition from Dublin City University and a Doctorate in composition from the TU Dublin Conservatoire, studying under the renowned Irish composer Gráinne Mulvey. Among other awards, in 2001 Eoin was named the IMRO Young Irish Composer of the Future prize for Poynt: After Monet, a piece for solo piano, and in 2007 he received the Jerome Hynes / National Concert Hall Young Composer of the Year prize for PX, a composition for flute and piano. Eoin is an active composer and arranger for various ensembles, and he has had works performed in Australia, France, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain, the UK and the US. As a performer, he has played and sung with groups ranging from jazz ensembles to classical choirs, and traditional Irish music groups to rock bands. He has taught guitar, music theory, sight singing, composition and Leaving Cert. Music at the New School since 2004, and he also teaches our Music Fundamentals and Sight Singing Made Easy courses.

Reviews • Testimonials

‘It’s a really enjoyable workshop and very beneficial. The notes are excellent and very useful.’
– M. Branagan

‘Learned more in the one day than I have in school all year.’
– G. Curran

‘Excellent teacher. Excellent revision.’
– A. Fogarty

‘Great quick revision.’
– O. Hickey

‘Great teacher with lots of good tips and helpful notes.’
– C. McCafferty

‘The Revision Workshop really helped calm the nerves coming up to the exam! I’d advise anyone feeling a bit anxious before the exam to do it.’
– S. McConway

‘The notes are excellent, and you really get a sense of what the examiners are looking for.’
– C. Maher

‘Really good layout. It made everything seem easier and gave me more confidence.’
– M. O’Brien

‘Even though it’s a quick review of the course, it goes over everything and you learn some things you didn’t know before.’
– E. O’Connor

‘Left the workshop feeling relaxed and prepared to take my exam!’
– S. O’Connor

‘Very good notes. Easy to understand. Well explained.’
– A. Traynor


Have you taken this workshop? We would appreciate it if you could take a few moments to give us your feedback in a brief online questionnaire about it.

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Workshop Schedule & Fee

DATE
Saturday, 15 June 2024

SCHEDULE
10 am – 12 pm: Composing
12 – 1, 1.45 – 2.45 pm: Four Prescribed Works
2.45 – 4 pm: Irish Music and the Unprescribed Question Six

Tuition Fee: €60

Enrolment

Enrolment for this workshop requires a completed Leaving Cert. Music Enrolment Form and full payment of the tuition fee. Places on the workshop are available on a first-come, first-served basis, based on the date of enrolment. Early enrolment is recommended, as places are limited.


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