Degree course rocks for students
PERHAPS the most surprising thing you’ll notice on entering the ‘rock school’ building on Dublin’s Francis Street is how very clean it all looks. Granted, it has only been open since October 2011, but when you consider that the 150 students are studying to become the next Mick Jaggers, Phil Spectors and John Bonhams you would expect the place to be just a little bit grubbier. Surely there is a module on thrashing your hotel room or how to choose the best hash pipe?
Not so. Indeed, the stereotype of the crazy, substance-sniffing, sex-craved rock star is a far cry from what you’ll see here. The city centre campus plays host to the Bachelor of Arts in Commercial Modern Music degree which was brought to Ireland by the Brighton Institute of Music Management (BIMM) in association with the Dublin Institute of Technology. The four-year full-time degree course is based on similar courses which have been running in both Brighton and Bristol for a number of years and have produced acts which include The Kooks and Beth Rowley.
