Group A
Scholarship or 1st Prize €150, 2nd Prize €120
For candidates who obtain a minimum of 90% in Grade I or higher in a Local Centre Examination held between 11`April 2011 and 31 March 2012.
Age limit: under 10 years of age on 31 December of the year in which the examination was taken.
Group B
Scholarship or 1st Prize €225, 2nd Prize €150
For candidates who obtain a minimum of 90% in Grade III or higher in a Local Centre Examination held between 11 April 2011 and 31 March 2012.
Age limit: under 12 years of age on 31 December of the year in which the examination was taken.
Group C
Scholarship or 1st Prize €300, 2nd Prize €225
For candidates who obtain a minimum of 90% in Grade VI or higher in a Local Centre Examination held between 11 April 2011 and 31 March 2012.
Age limit: under 15 years of age on 31st December of the year in which the examination was taken.
Senior Certificate
Age limit: under seventeen years of age on 31 December of the year in which the examination was taken.
Group D
Scholarship for Vocal Students
For Candidates who obtain a minimum of 90% in Grade VIII in a Local Centre Examination held between 11 April 2011 and 31 March 2012.
Age limit: under eighteen years of age on 31 December of the year in which the examination was taken.
Speech & Drama Scholarships & Prizes
Group A
Scholarship or 1st Prize €150, 2nd Prize €120
For candidates who obtain a minimum of 90% in Grade I or higher in a Local Centre Examination held between 11 April 2011 and 31 March 2012.
Age limit: under 10 years of age on 31 December of the year in which the examination was taken.
Group B
Scholarship or 1st Prize €225, 2nd Prize €150
For candidates who obtain a minimum of 90% in Grade III or higher in a Local Centre Examination held between 11 April 2011 and 31 March 2012.
Age limit: under 12 years of age on 31 December of the year in which the examination was taken.
General Regulations
- Past or present pupils of the Academy in the instrument of examination, or an allied instrument/subject, are not eligible to compete.
- Candidates may not enter for more than one Scholarship or Prize in the same subject.
- Candidates winning a Prize or a Scholarship cannot compete in the same grade the following year.
- Candidates requiring accompaniment must provide their own accompanist for the competition.
- We regret that it is not possible for candidates to obtain a breakdown of the marks awarded at the Competition.
- Two contrasting pieces/items of own choice of the same or higher standard as the pieces/items selected for the original Local Centre examination
- Scales & arpeggios, aural requirements and sight-reading, as for the music grade passed at qualifying Local Centre examination
- Theoretical Questions/Conversation
Closing Date
Awards are determined by competitive examination