Student Resources

CMC's site contains a number of useful materials for music students. The following list contains a number of these links and suggested starting points for students.  

Leaving Certificate Music Students 

Students who study music in their senior cycle in Ireland study a set work by an Irish composer. The current work on the syllabus for 2016 is Raymond Deane's Seachanges, and this will be followed by Gerald Barry's Piano Quartet No. 1 in 2017.   

Gerald Barry - Piano Quartet No. 1

Raymond Deane - Seachanges

Student performer or ensemble 

Why not perform a work by an Irish composer? Visit our Music or Composers sections for ideas or contact us directly for suggestions. 

University students

Contemporary Music Centre’s public library is available to any musicians, musicologists, composers and students interested in performing or researching contemporary music from Ireland. The guide below gives information on resources available in CMC's library.

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