Athenry Music School

• Strings, Wind, Brass, Percussion, Keyboard
• Music school
• Galway

Athenry Music School was founded in 2007 with 4 teachers and a student body of 60. It has since grown to a faculty of 41 and over 500 students who arrive each week for individual lessons, ensembles, orchestras and choirs. The School has also three outreach programmes, and through the Music Capital Scheme grants and music school donations has placed over €30,000 worth of musical instruments in local schools serving over 1000 students to date. They have an adult samba band Samba le Cheile and a junior samba band (12-18 year olds) Athenry Beat Brigade. They also have drumming lessons and they offer academic leaving certificate classes.