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Chenta Music School is Cork Keyboard
School
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Music for Life
and Leisure
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Look for the Sign at Corner of French Church Street and Paul
Street
Leaving Cert and Junior Cert
Information
Chenta Ní Riordáin has
vast experience at all levels of keyboard and piano tuition.
She has attained many Royal Irish Grades and holds several Diplomas
from the London College of Music.
Chenta takes pupils through London College of
Music exam grades, and also prepares pupils for the Leaving Cert and
the Junior Cert.
She has become one of Cork City's favourite Piano
and Keyboard teachers. Her Music School on French Church
Street is ideally situated in Cork City Centre near Paul Street
Centre and Car Park.
Call Chenta today to secure a place:
021 427 9353
086 3873892
Music Lessons, Piano Lessons, Keyboard Lessons.
For fun, for London College of Music grades, and for Leaving Cert
and Junior Cert.
When asked about the rewards of studying and learning piano, Chenta told us: 'The Piano, known as The King of Instruments, is one of the most popular musical instruments
that people seek to play. It is quite difficult to play piano because the pupil has to learn to read two staves of music at the same time. The upper stave is written in The Treble Clef for right hand and the lower stave is written in the Bass Clef for left hand.
To play any musical instrument - and that includes the voice - the pupil has to be prepared to set aside regular practice times to devote to their instrument. This is so very important for learning the piano. To be honest, a pupil would probably have to spend double the time learning the piano than they would on another instrument. However, like me, there are many people who are happy to spend lots of their spare time practising and playing their favourite instrument. Being able to play pieces that you love is the reward for all the time devoted to
practise.' *************
At Chenta Music School, pupils have the option of playing piano or keyboard as a hobby or they can sit exams. The exams that pupils sit are with
London College Of Music. London College of Music exams are recognised internationally and there are two categories that a pupil can choose from. The first is the grade exam, in which
one can choose scales or a study to be played and three pieces are selected. The exam candidate also sits aural and sight-reading tests. The second option is to omit the scales / study and the aural and sight-reading tests and the pupil instead studies four pieces of a set standard and performs these only.
Pupils can use their exam pieces and / or other pieces to perform in their practical exams for the
Junior and Leaving Certificates. Quite a number of Junior and Leaving Certificate pupils at Chenta Music School have successfully performed for their practical music exams.
Performance is encouraged by Chenta and she arranges for the pupils to perform in a concert once a year, usually at Easter or at the end of school year. This concert takes place annually at Triskel Arts Centre, where family, friends and other pupils get to hear the pupils' recital. Throughout the year, the keyboard pupils perform in the local libraries or local hospitals or occasionally, on Paul Street Plaza.
Chenta loves her music to such an extent that at the end of a hard
weeks work at Chenta Music School, for relaxation, she
practices! She is currently advancing her own studies under
the watchful eye of Dilia Bryar who studied in the Moscow Conservatory.
Pupils of all ages are welcome at Chenta Music School. The youngest pupil at the moment is nearly seven. There are a number of adults learning piano or keyboard and some of them are preparing for exams.
Piano pupils are taught individually and keyboard pupils are taught either individually or in small groups. One of the advantages of playing in the small groups is that a shy pupil or a pupil who is nervous can experience performance without having to play solo. They gain confidence in this way and in the meantime playing in a group is good fun too. There are about eight small groups in the school at the present time.
Vlada FitzGerald - a pupil at Chenta Music School - was was selected from the huge
number of entrants to the All Ireland Talent Show in 2009 as one of the five
talents to represent the South of Ireland.
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