School of music opens up its doors to rock and pop

ROLL over Beethoven — the hallowed halls of the historic Cork School of Music rocked at the weekend as Ireland’s newest “school of rock” opened for classes.

School of music opens up its doors to rock and pop

The 130-year-old school, which has an international reputation for classical music education, threw open its doors for the first contingent of pop and rock music students who have enrolled in the new Academy of Popular Music.

They had lessons in electric guitar, electric bass, keyboards, drums and vocals.

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