Not all graduates choose to teach however. Some, on graduation, pursue further study at master?s and doctoral levels in performance, conducting, and composition and quite a few pursue postgraduate courses in the media and in the music business.

Graduates teach in the most vibrant and progressive music departments in schools in Ireland and abroad. Highly sought after for their academic and musicianship skills, graduates are also prominent in curricular design, in-service education and choral and instrumental leadership at national and international levels.

The degree is taught in partnership with the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama and, on alternate years, with the Royal Irish Academy of Music. The degree is an integrated course of study designed to equip students with a high standard of performance in their principal instrument (including voice) and a competence in related musical skills e.g. conducting, keyboard skills, performance in choral, orchestral and chamber music groups.?