Gift Certificates

Each Gift Certificate is individually produced with the recipient’s name, your name and a brief message. And it can either be made into a PDF and emailed to you or the recipient or printed. Printed Gift Certificates can either be posted to you or the recipient or picked up from the school office.

Gift Certificates can can cover everything from a single Intensive Lesson or Irish Music Taster to an entire course or a term or more of lessons. They can also be for an amount that can be applied towards any form of music tuition with the New School

See the following pages of our Tuition Catalogue for more information on tuition available at the New School:

Private • Partner • Intensive Lessons

Drums • Percussion
Guitar • Bass • Ukulele
Music Technology
Piano • Keyboard
String Instruments
Theory • Musicianship • Songwriting
Traditional • Folk • World Instruments
Voice (Singing)
Wind Instruments

Group Courses • Ensembles

Group Courses for Beginners
Group Courses for Intermediate Students
Music Technology
Pre-Instrumental Music Courses
Theory • Musicianship • Songwriting
Ensembles

Purchasing Gift Certificates

To purchase a Gift Certificate, simply complete our Booking Form (see last tab on this page). If you choose for the Gift Certificate to be emailed to you or the recipient, this will happen automatically. If you choose for the Gift Certificate to be printed, it can either be picked up from the school office or posted either to you or to the recipient. (A €5 postage and handling charge applies for Gift Certificates posted to Irish addresses, and a €10 postage and handling charge applies to foreign addresses.)

Booking Tuition after Receiving a Gift Certificate

Except for group courses where a place is already reserved for the recipient by the purchaser, a Gift Certificate does not guarantee a place on our private lesson timetable or on a group course. The recipient should contact the New School office on (01) 478 1884 at his/her earliest convenience, in order to book the lessons/course. Space is limited on group courses and bookings are made on a first-come, first-served basis. If the recipient is taking private lessons, he/she will be asked to choose from the places available on our timetable. Scheduling of private lessons will depend on available time slots with the most suitable teacher(s). Scheduling of new Second and Third Term enrolments takes place no earlier than two weeks before the start of term. Should no suitable places be available on in a group course or on our private lesson timetable, the recipient can choose either to take private lessons in another instrument or another course, or take his/her lessons/course in another term. Booking of Intensive Lessons is subject to teacher availability.

Terms & Conditions

1. A Gift Certificate entitles the recipient to the specified number of private lessons, intensive lessons, Irish music tasters, group course, workshop or ensemble. It can also be for a specified amount.
2. Gift Certificates are valid for one calendar year from date of purchase.
3. A Gift Certificate does not guarantee the recipient a place on our private lesson timetable or in a particular group course, workshop or ensemble, and he/she will need to formally enrol at the school after receiving the Gift Certificate.
4. Should no suitable places be available on our private lesson timetable or in a particular group course, workshop or ensemble, the recipient can choose either to take lessons in another instrument or another course, workshop or ensemble, or to take his/her tuition in another term.
5. Gift Certificates have no cash value and may be redeemed only for tuition with the New School.

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Gift Ideas

‘I’d like to find out what learning
an instrument (or singing) is like.’

Available both in-school and online, one-off Intensive Lessons are offered for a huge range of instruments (including voice/singing) and subjects taught at the school and are suitable for players/singers of all ages and skill levels. They can be an end in themselves and are also a great way for people to ‘try out’ tuition and instruments. See our Intensive Lessons page for more information.

‘I love Irish music and would like to
try playing it or learning more about it.’

Designed for absolute beginners (although our expert teachers – all renowned Irish traditional musicians – can take intermediate and advanced players as well) and available both in-school and online, our Irish Music Tasters include:

• Bodhrán Taster – introduces some essential  playing techniques as well as the two most important rhythms of Irish music, reels an jigs.
• Tin Whistle Taster – introduces the essentials of playing this beautiful and expressive Irish instrument, as well as a selection of great Irish tunes.
• An Introduction to Irish Music – includes a fascinating historical survey of Irish traditional music, demonstrations of different Irish instruments and recordings of great traditional musicians.

We also offer Combined Tasters that can include one or more of these. See our Irish Music Tasters page for more information.

‘I would really enjoy doing
something special together.’

Most people are very busy with their day-to-day lives, and there isn’t a lot of time put Most people are very busy with their day-to-day lives, and there isn’t a lot of time put aside for each other. Shared in-school or online Partner Lessons are an enjoyable and satisfying way to explore music together. Effective partner lessons have consisted of two friends, siblings, partners, husband and wife, parent and child, or even grandparent and grandchild. The ‘partners’ will motivate each other to improve – and the enjoyment will go well beyond the lessons as you practice and progress together! See Tuition Options – Private • Partner • Small Group Lessons for more information.

‘But I haven’t played in years!’

Hundreds of mature students, starting instruments or returning to them after years (and sometimes decades) away, currently study with the New School. See our Tuition Catalogue for the full range of music tuition we offer.

‘I’d love to learn an instrument
(or how to sing).’

Designed for absolute beginners and available in both in-school and online versions, our acclaimed Introducing courses for adults and teens provide foundation tuition in several popular instruments, as well as singing and world drumming. The in-school versions take place in the New School itself, and the online versions take place wherever the participants are, which can be anywhere in Ireland of around the world.

• 5-String Banjo
• Bodhrán
• Guitar for Adults
• Guitar for Teens
• Harmonica
• Irish Fiddle
• Piano/Keyboard for Adults
• Singing for Adults
• Tin Whistle
• Ukulele for Adults
• Violin for Adults
• World Drumming

‘I’d like to explore a different music genre.’

For those with some previous experience, we offer a range of intermediate courses, designed both to complement regular music study and to focus on specialised styles or genres. These include:

Voice • Singing

• Introduction to Song Performance
• Jazz Vocal Workshop
• Musical Theatre Workshop

Guitar

• Acoustic Blues Guitar Basics
• Trad Guitar Basics

Piano

• Jazz Piano Basics

‘I want to give her something more lasting
than the latest must-have toy.’

We offer both private (one-to-one) lessons and a range of group courses for children, including:

• Music for Me, our lively pre-instrumental programme (ages 3-4, 4-5 and 5-6)
• Move Your Feet & Sing to the Beat, a shorter pre-instrumental course (ages 3-4, 4-5 and 5-6)
• Introducing Guitar for Children (ages 6-8)
• Introducing Piano/Keyboard for Children (ages 6-8)
• Introducing Ukulele for Children (ages 6-8)
• Introducing Violin for Children (ages 6-8)

‘I’ve played/sung by ear all my life,
but I wish I knew how to read music.’

Those new to music reading will find it surprisingly easy with Music Fundamentals I and II, our ten-week introductions to music theory.

Sight Singing Made Easy, another ten-week course, combines essential music theory (treble and bass clefs, notes and note values, time signatures, frequently used terms and signs) with a practical approach to sight singing.

‘I know I have a song in me.’

Our acclaimed Songwriting Workshop will help you to develop your creative ideas – in any musical style – and turn them into finished songs.

‘Did you know that the entire album
was recorded in her living room?’

Creative Music Production and Summer Music Technology Essentials are inexpensive, practical, hands‐on online courses designed to teach absolute beginners how a computer/laptop and free music production software can be used to produce professional-­quality recordings at home.

We also offer private and Intensive lessons in a range of music technology subjects.

‘I’d love to join an ensemble or choir.’

We currently offer the following ensembles at the New School:

• Flute Ensemble
• Three Jazz Ensembles
• Sing Your Heart Out Choir
• Traditional & Folk Song Circle

Gift Certificate Order Form

Please complete this form if you would like to purchase a Gift Certificate from the New School.