Music Colleges in Ireland

Waltons New School of Music

• Waltons New School in Dublin, Ireland, is a comprehensive music school that offers lessons, seminars and degree plans for students nationally and internationally. The school offers degrees in subjects such as music performance (with dozens of instruments from which to choose), music business, technology, theater, music theory and a classroom music program for teachers. The school offers training and certification for music teachers, classes for children, and short-term workshops. Waltons provides musical training for people of all ages and skill levels through one-on-one lessons, group sessions and frequent seminars.

  Waltons New School of Music
  69 S. Great George's St.
  Dublin 2, Ireland
  353-1-478-1884
  newschool.ie

University College Dublin School of Music

• The University College Dublin offers a bachelor of arts in music, along with a masters degree in musicology. The college has produced journalists, musicians, music industry professionals and lawyers. Many of its students have gone on to pursue postgraduate degrees at Harvard, Oxford, Cambridge and London. Students at the school are encouraged to be part of one of the ensembles for credit--the symphony orchestra, chorus, philharmonic, and baroque orchestra--which host performances frequently during the school year. The school provides music-related symposiums and colloquiums throughout the year for students and industry professionals from all over the world.

  University College Dublin
  School of Music
  Belfield
  Dublin 4, Ireland
  353-1-7167777
  ucd.ie/music

Royal Irish Academy of Music

• The Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin, established in 1848 as one of the first academic music institutions in the country, offers a variety of degrees in music: doctorate, master's and bachelor degrees in music performance, a bachelor of composition, a bachelor of music education and a general music diploma. These options provide students a variety of career options upon graduation from RIAM. Many students join one or more of the academy's eight performing groups, whether the percussion ensemble, symphony orchestra, strings ensemble, or the choral group. The academy also offers part-time degree plans that stretch out over several years plus an assortment of nondegree music lessons.

  Royal Irish Academy of Music
  The Royal Irish Academy of Music
  36-38 Westland Row
  Dublin 2, Ireland
  353-1-676-4412
  riam.ie