Ireland • 27 Music School in IAMS

• Approx. 400 Teachers and 11,000 students

• (Possibly another 40/50 Music Schools around the country with the similar volume of pupils)

• Private and semi-private Music Schools are the providers of vocal and instrumental tuition

• Not accessible to all - schools are fee paying

• Elitist as it depends on parents/family circumstances for children to attend Music School

Ireland

• Successive Governments have failed to address the provision of Music Education for all

• Revised Primary School Curriculum introduced in 2004/2005 – not fully implemented in schools – does not include instrumental tuition

• Report launched in 2003 recommending National System of Music Education – 2 pilot schemes started from this which will be evaluated in 2008 – awaiting report

Ireland

• Despite lack of Government funding we strive to maintain a high standard of Music Tuition

• In the past, students had to leave Ireland to further their education and careers

• 3rd Level standard now high• However, with no proper structures in place it

could all disappear overnight• As a nation, Music is at our core, we remain

positive and hopeful of a sustainable future