The Goal

Course details

You may remember your music lessons of yesteryear and maybe not being too excited about them. Well, that’s because by and large we were taught classical and not much else. Here at Melody School of Music we try to teach a little pop, rock, jazz, boogie & blues as well as classical. This makes for a more rounded musical education and in so doing, helps to keep all students interested and therefore, PRACTICING!

Lets face it, most students work harder on compositions by Ed Sheeran, Rihanna and One Direction than Beethoven, Tchaikovsky and Schubert. We are not knocking classical music. Far from it! It is very important and we have about 50% of students each year taking exams at the Academy. But understanding current popular music and the structure of chord progressions etc. are also important to today's budding musicians. Exam's are not 'everything' - they are a very important 'PART' of everything.

The Classes

Classes are by private tuition, once weekly and of half hour duration. This ensures that we can provide the utmost attention to each student and tailor the class to suit his/her particular needs whether they be young or old (ooops, mature) or whether their interests lie in the Classical or Baroque period, Rock or Pop, Jazz or Musicals.

Exams

Exams are an important part of anyone’s musical education and we encourage students to sit The Royal Irish Academy of Music exams. Drummers can take the Rockschool examinations and electronic keyboard can be applied for through The Victoria College of Music. Exams are usually held three times a year giving all students ample choice as to when to sit Oct-Dec, Jan-Mar & Apr-June. We have a 99.9% success rate.