Harmonious response to music exams

The responses from students of Junior Certificate music were largely harmonious after yesterday’s exam.

That was the view of Association of Secondary Teachers Ireland (ASTI) subject spokesperson Mary McFadden after an exam that featured Anitra’s Dance from the Peer Gynt Suite as the set work in the listening test. The examination of folk songs in the Irish music section allowed students show their knowledge and the composing questions were very fair.

She said ordinary-level students would have been pleased that knowledge rather than memory was tested when having to match song types to descriptions.