Castleknock School of Music was founded in 1995. Our philosophy is to provide excellent music tuition and to provide stimulating music classes that will develop in our students a real and lasting love of music. Our excellent team of highly qualified teachers endeavours to provide quality music education for all ages and levels from beginners up to and including Diploma standard.
The school has two music education centres at Castleknock Community College and a purpose-built music school at 4-5, The Mall, Ongar Village, Dublin 15, which opened on the 31st March 2009.
CSM specialize in Early Childhood Music Education and our very young students from our Mini Music Academy can begin an instrument from as early as 4 years in our Stairway to Music Programme. Our teaching is based on the teaching methods of Hungarian composer and music educator Zoltan Kodály (1882-1967.
CSM Director Eileen Brogan has been providing music education in Dublin 15 since 1981. She received a Licentiate from the Leinster School of Music (1992) and then studied piano, harmony, composition and pedagogy with Professor David Lee and Jean Archibald at the Royal Irish Academy of Music in Dublin from 1993-2000 obtaining her Licentiate Diploma from both the RIAM and Trinity College London. She holds an honours degree in music (2002) and a first class honours Masters Degree in Music from St. Patrick’s College (DCU) (2005). Eileen is a music examiner for the RIAM since 1999 and held the post of Senior Examiner (RIAM) from 2002–2004. She lectures in curriculum music at St Patrick’s College since 2002, has directed In-Service Summer Music Schools for primary school teachers for many years and lectures in music appreciation for Forás Éireann since 2002. Eileen is co-author of the Mini Music Academy’s First Steps in Music Series – a series of five books with specially composed music with accompanying cds specifically written for Mini Music Academy.
