• Culture
  • 19 Nov 02
"So you wanna play the gee-tar?"
"So you wanna play the gee-tar?"
The Hot Press Newsdesk
The Hot Press Newsdesk

Here's the definitive Hot Press guide to music tuition nationwide

By far the most important thing to look for in a tutor is experience, experience, experience! If you are thinking about learning any instrument, be it the guitar, drums or piano right up to the clarinet, flute or the oboe, you need to be guided by someone who knows what they're talking and who you have confidence in. Look no further! For your convenience we have compiled a list of some of the best lessons/tutors around. So dig out that instrument you've been threatening to learn, you've no excuses now!

CARLOW
Guitar
Alan Lennon (All styles e.g. Classical, Acoustic, Electric…etc)
Contact: 050 321248

DUBLIN
Guitar
Walton's New School Of Music (Classical, Bass, Acoustic, Electric, Jazz, Traditional & Flamenco)
Contact: 01 4781884

Mangan School & Centre
Contact: 01 2965211

Abbey Street School Of Music
Contact: 01 8747908

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Newpark Music Centre
Contact: 01 2883740

Dublin School Of Guitar
Contact: 01 6714732

Clontarf School Of Music
Contact: 01 8330936

Dun Laoghaire School Of Music
Contact: 01 8241263

Leinster School Of Music
Contact: 01 4150467

Irish Foundation Of Musicians
Contact: 01 8744645

Metropolitian School Of Music
Contact: 01 4540753

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Mighty Music
Contact: 01 4610923

Metro Music
Contact: 01 4931322

Brian Horgan
Contact: 01 6777420/ 086 8256742

David White
Contact: 087 6760200

Vinnie Osbourne
Contact: 087 6490848

Drums
Abbey Street School Of Music
Contact: 01 8747908

Newpark Music Centre
Contact: 01 2883740

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Mighty Music
Contact: 01 4610923

Metro Music
Contact: 01 4931322

Irish Drum Academy - Paul Cantwell
Contact: 01 4969276/ 086 933 7896 or via TBMC on 01 6709202

Walton's New School Of Music
Contact: 01 4781884

Clontarf School Of Music
Contact: 01 8330936

Dun Laoghaire School Of Music
Contact: 01 8241263

Leinster School Of Music
Contact: 01 4150467

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Irish Foundation Of Musicians
Contact: 01 8744645

Metropolitian School Of Music
Contact: 01 4540753

Vinnie Osbourne
Contact: 087 6490848

Piano, Keyboards, Organ etc
Royal Irish Academy Of Music
Contact: 01 6764412

Mangan School & Centre
Contact: 01 2965211

Abbey Street School Of Music
Contact: 01 8747908

Newpark Music Centre
Contact: 01 2883740

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Mighty Music
Contact: 01 4610923

Metro Music
Contact: 01 4931322

Walton's New School Of Music
Contact: 01 4781884

Clontarf School Of Music
Contact: 01 8330936

Dun Laoghaire School Of Music
Contact: 01 8241263

Leinster School Of Music
Contact: 01 4150467

Irish Foundation Of Musicians
Contact: 01 8744645

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Metropolitian School Of Music
Contact: 01 4540753

Maria Smith
Contact: 086 8474279

Robert Murtagh
Contact: 01 2896139

Rodney Baldwin
Contact: 01 8312308 (Also Harpsichord)

Hillary Mullany
Contact: 01 8781676

Miranda Linden
Contact: 086 8393444

Flute
Abbey Street School Of Music
Contact: 01 8747908

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Newpark Music Centre
Contact: 01 2883740

Mighty Music
Contact: 01 4610923

Metro Music
Contact: 01 4931322

Walton's New School Of Music
Contact: 01 4781884

Clontarf School Of Music
Contact: 01 8330936

Dun Laoghaire School Of Music
Contact: 01 8241263

Leinster School Of Music
Contact: 01 4150467

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Irish Foundation Of Musicians
Contact: 01 8744645

Metropolitian School Of Music
Contact: 01 4540753

Lisa Cunningham
Contact: 087 2381340

Gareth Cooke
Contact: 01 8420462

Nicola Lindsay
Contact: 01 2867559

Eithne Delaney
Contact: 01 8451168

Michelle O'Reilly
Contact: 01 4555417

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Mrs. Croocock
Contact: 01 2988050

Ruth O'Sullivan
Contact: 01 2807268

Susan Forsythe
Contact: 01 2869485

Orla Keyes
Contact: 01 4946922

Amy Crimes
Contact: 01 8321575

Emma Wilkinson
Contact: 086 3017218

Doris Keogh
Contact: 01 8324787

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Clarinet & Saxophone
Walton's New School Of Music
Contact: 01 4781884

Newpark Music Centre
Contact: 01 2883740

Abbey Street School Of Music
Contact: 01 8747908

Clontarf School Of Music
Contact: 01 8330936

Dun Laoghaire School Of Music
Contact: 01 8241263

Leinster School Of Music
Contact: 01 4150467

Irish Foundation Of Musicians
Contact: 01 8744645

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Metropolitian School Of Music
Contact: 01 4540753

Mighty Music
Contact: 01 4610923

Metro Music
Contact: 01 4931322

Eamonn Cooke
Contact: 01 8318593

Gary Deaton
Contact: 01 8377881

Sydney Egan
Contact: 01 2984473

Antonio Caffola
Contact: 01 8726915

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Tim Hanafin
Contact: 01 8333533

Kevin Hanafin
Contact: 01 8333533/ 086 2076694

John Murphy
Contact: 01 8310105

Brendan Dunne
Contact: 01 6689493

Siobhan Boyle (Clarinet)
Contact: 01 4931407

Tycho Mays (Clarinet)
Contact: 01 6615215

Miranda Linden (Clarinet)
Contact: 086 8393444

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Violin, Viola, Fiddle & Cello

Walton’s New School Of Music
Contact: 01 4781884

Abbey Street School Of Music
Contact: 01 8747908

Newpark Music Centre
Contact: 01 2883740

Clontarf School Of Music
Contact: 01 8330936

Dun Laoghaire School Of Music
Contact: 01 8241263

Leinster School Of Music
Contact: 01 4150467

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Irish Foundation Of Musicians
Contact: 01 8744645

Metropolitian School Of Music
Contact: 01 4540753

Mighty Music
Contact: 014610923

Metro Music
Contact: 01 4931322

Mark Jeffares (Violin)
Contact: 01 2833381

Brass
Waton’s New School Of Music
Contact: 01 4781884

Abbey Street School Of Music
Contact: 01 8747908

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Newpark Music Centre
Contact: 01 2883740

Clontarf School Of Music
Contact: 01 8330936

Dun Laoghaire School Of Music
Contact: 01 8241263

Leinster School Of Music
Contact: 01 4150467

Irish Foundation Of Musicians
Contact: 01 8744645

Metropolitian School Of Music
Contact: 01 4540753

Brendan Dunne
Contact: 01 6689493

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John Walsh
Contact: 01 8472294/ 086 2459488

Therese McGowan
Contact: 01 8384187

Alan Kelly
Contact: 01 4521054/ 086 8326275

Oboe
Walton’s New School Of Music
Contact: 01 4781884

Abbey Street School Of Music
Contact: 01 8747908

Newpark Music Centre
Contact: 012883740

Clontarf School Of Music
Contact: 01 8330936

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Dun Laoghaire School Of Music
Contact: 01 8241263

Leinster School Of Music
Contact: 01 4150467

Irish Foundation Of Musicians
Contact: 01 8744645

Metropolitian School Of Music
Contact: 01 4540753

Linda Pattou
Contact: 01 8471136

Harp
Walton’s School Of Music
Contact: 01 4781884

Abbey Street School Of Music
Contact: 01 8747908

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Newpark Music Centre
Contact: 01 2883740

Clontarf School Of Music
Contact: 01 8330936

Dun Laoghaire School Of Music
Contact: 01 8241263

Leinster School Of Music
Contact: 01 4150467

Irish Foundation Of Musicians
Contact: 01 8744645

Metropolitian School Of Music
Contact: 01 4540753

Aisling Connolly
Contact: 01 8210242

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Helen Lyons
Contact: 01 8390032/ 086 8546993

Accordion
Walton’s New School Of Music
Contact: 01 4781884

Abbey Street School Of Music
Contact: 01 8747908

Newpark Music Centre
Contact: 01 2883740

Clontarf School Of Music
Contact: 01 8330936

Dun Laoghaire School Of Music
Contact: 01 8241263

Leinster School Of Music
Contact: 01 4150467

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Irish Foundation Of Musicians
Contact: 01 8744645

Metropolitian School Of Music
Contact: 01 4540753

Miranda Linden
Contact: 086 8393444

Banjo, Bodhran, Bouzouki, Harmonica (Diatonic & Chromatic), Mandolin, Recorder, Trumpet, Uilleann Pipes, Whistle, Voice

Walton’s New School Of Music
Contact: 01 4781884

Abbey Street School Of Music
Contact: 01 8747908

Newpark Music Centre
Contact: 01 2883740

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Clontarf School Of Music
Contact: 01 8330936

Dun Laoghaire School Of Music
Contact: 01 8241263

Leinster School Of Music
Contact: 01 4150467

Irish Foundation Of Musicians
Contact: 01 8744645

Metropolitian School Of Music
Contact: 01 4540753

GALWAY
Clarinet & Saxophone
Ann-Marie Duggan
Contact: 091 22622

KERRY
Sean Tracey
Contact: 087 2383993

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Traditional Instruments:
Padraig Moynihan
Contact: 064 33077

KILDARE
Guitar
Tina Lawlor
Contact: 086 8683771

Piano
Mary Collins
Contact: 045 879297 (Top Twenty Music School)

Keyboard
John Ford
Contact: 045 879297 (Top Twenty Music School)

Other Instruments
Contact: Top Twenty Music School
045 879297

KILKENNY
Guitar
Sean Nolan
Contact: 056 59779

Keyboard
Essaness Music
Contact: 056 65693

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LIMERICK
Various
Peter Dee School Of Music
Limerick School Of Music

LOUTH
Piano, Guitar, Violin, Drums, Woodwinds & more
Sound Shop
Contact: 041 9831078

WATERFORD
Various
John Palmer
Contact: 051 879333

TIPPERARY
Piano, Guitar, Violin, Drums & more
Richardson Nenagh School Of Music
Contact: 067 41633

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