‘Staff are in shock’: Newpark Academy of Music in south Dublin to close

Graduate musicians taking part in improvisational workshops held at the Newpark Academy of Music Music Centre in 2010. File photograph: Matt Kavanagh

“After a period of considered reflection and evaluation and having taken financial, accounting and legal advice, the board wishes to inform you of its decision to cease trading and to close the Newpark Academy of Music at the end of the academic year on June 1st, 2024,” it said in an email on Wednesday.

“There is shock, stress and anxiety,” she said. “During Covid, it was hard to get back to live music and one-to-one lessons, but we’ve been on a good track, increasing our student numbers. We have massive waiting lists for lessons and courses. We think it is a healthy, sustainable business. If student numbers were dropping, no, but that’s not the case.”

“Parents in many cases learned here themselves and their children have come. Generations have been educated here. Many have gone on to develop professional careers. This is a strong, community-based music education centre. We do lots of outreach, providing a place to other music organisations that don’t have premises.”

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