Leinster School of Music & Drama
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The Leinster School of Music & Drama provides tuition and examinations in music and drama throughout Ireland.
"She beckoned to him with her finger like one preparing a certificate in pianoforte...at the Leinster School of Music." (Samuel Beckett)
[edit] History
The School was founded in 1904 by Samuel Myerscough, an acclaimed musician, teacher and examiner. Even in the School‘s infancy students travelled from throughout Ireland to attend lessons. The Musical Herald of 1 July 1909 wrote at length of Mr Myerscough‘s prominence in Irish musical life:
"The work by which Mr. Myerscough will be best remembered is the Leinster School of Music, of which he is the founder and inspiring force. .... Pupils came from as far north as Enniskillen, southwards from Waterford, and across from Galway."
The School‘s original teaching staff included Madame Quinton Rosse, Madame Coslett Heller and esteemed piano tutors Patricia Read and May Cosgrave.
The Leinster School‘s original location was on Harcourt Street was followed by a move to Upper Stephen Street in 1982. In 1998 the school moved to the Griffith College Dublin campus on the south circular road.
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