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All About Us
Our principle aim is to introduce students to the life-long enjoyment and fulfilment that music can bring.
Our classes cater for all ages and capabilities, and as individual students progress the courses develop to cater for individual abilities.
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Group classes are limited to 6 students of the same level and similar age for children.
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Individual classes can greatly benefit anyone who wants to set their own speed of learning.
To support creativity we welcome students' input to help provide an enjoyable learning environment in which all musicians- teachers and students- are rewarded.
Des Carty
The Des Carty Music School was named after the great local fiddle player – Des Carty.
Des was born in Tallaght and over the course of his long life made a major contribution to the traditional music scene in the area and outlying districts.
He dedicated most of his life teaching fiddle, tin-whistle, banjo and mandolin. His dedication and efficiency as a teacher is still to be witnessed in the number of people playing and teaching music in the area to this day.
A striking feature of Des' music was the breadth and variety of his repertoire - marches, set dances, waltzes, many little known Scottish tunes which otherwise may have been neglected - as well as the standard canon of jigs, reels, polkas, and slides.
The Des Carty Music School honour his memory.
Alternative Entertainments
The Des Carty Music School is a music education project run by Alternative Entertainments Art Group.
AltEnts was started in 1984, and has operated since then bringing a wide range of arts programming to the South Dublin County area. Initially a multidisciplinary arts group, AltEnts have focused in recent years on music–based events such as: subSounds youth Music Collective, The Des Carty Sessions, The AltEnts Childrens' Music Festival, and the Des Carty Music School.