About

Songschool Ltd. is a private company which has been committed to delivering quality music education services and experiences throughout Ireland since 2001. What started as one individual giving a talk to a local transition year (TY) class has grown into a company which is the largest provider of music workshops to secondary schools in the country – in the last two years we have delivered almost 300 workshops in 28 counties around Ireland.

Over the past number of years, Songschool has grown and now also specialises in delivering unique and customised music education projects for various other 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 the world’s first 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 music workshop in Charleville, Western Queensland, 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.

In addition to the schools programmes, several master-classes have been delivered and guest tutors have included Donal Lunny (Moving Hearts, Planxty, Christy Moore, Elvis Costello, Kate Bush etc) Dave Couse (A House), Graham Hopkins (Therapy), as well as several Irish & touring music industry professionals.

Songschool is based in the Troy Horse Music Centre, which hosts a full digital recording studio, rehearsal space and training facility.