About Us

Songschool Ltd. is a private company which has been committed to delivering quality music education services and experiences throughout Ireland since 2001.

Directors Peter Baxter and Christian Teusner lead a team of  dedicated and professional tutors that have delivered almost 300 workshops in 28 counties around Ireland, UK, Spain and Germany. We have been invited to present at or attend conferences in the UK, Romania and Sweden.

Songschool specialises in delivering unique and customised music education projects for various groups, local authorities and bodies; one such example being the cross border (Northern Ireland) Shankill/ Shankill Music Project which received the Co-operation Ireland Highly Commended Project of the Year Award in 2002. Songschool delivered one of the first ever original contemporary music  Percentage for Arts Music Project in Milltown, Co. Kerry in May 2005 with Iain Archer (Ivor Novello Winner) and during 2007, the Skerries Community Intergenerational Project.

Songschool’s transnational projects to date include a school exchange project between students from     St Joseph’s Secondary School Rush, Co Dublin and students from El Prat De Llobregat, Spain (2009 – 11) a music workshop in Charleville, Western Queensland (2003), conducted with students from the Distance Education Centre (a.k.a. School of the Air), and an original intercultural arts project, An Sorcas Ceoil, delivered in Bad Friedenwielde Germany in conjunction with government agency Rural Dublin Leader Company (2005). In 2011 further music workshops are planned in Croatia and Spain.

Songschool have facilitated successful mentoring programmes such as  Unearthed for Riverbank Arts Centre and Storebeats for DLR Co Co

Songschool is based in the Rua Red – South Dublin Arts Centre, Tallaght D 24.

Mill Fest, Milltown Co Kerry 2005