Ana graduated from State University of Arts, Chisinau, Moldova, having specialised in music education. She continued her studies with Siobhán Kilkelly at the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama. Ana holds Associate and Licentiate Diplomas in Performance from the London College of Music and a Diploma of Pianoforte Performance, LLCM, from the University of West London.
Her long term experience offer Masters Programme preparation in our school.
Joshua studied piano with Dr. David Mooney at the DIT Conservatory of Music and Drama, graduating with a BMus performance degree in 2016. He also has a performance diploma from the Trinity College of Music London.
Seán Fogarty is a pianist and teacher from Thurles. He began piano at the age of 7, and studied Composition with the Royal Irish Academy of Music at the age of 17. He recently completed an MMus in Performance with TU Dublin, having previous attained his BMus there specializing in Pedagogy. A prize-winner at Feis Ceoil and in-house competitions, he has studied piano under Pádhraic O’Cuinneagain and Peter Tuite. Seán has a keen interest in chamber music and less explored corners of the piano repertoire, as well as in pedagogical music.
Kim Shepherd is an Irish pianist, based in Dublin She graduated with a BMus (Pedagogy) from TU Dublin Conservatoire where she studied piano with Siobhan Kilkelly and organ with Simon Harden. She has competed in many piano competitions throughout Dublin, notably gaining 1st prize in the ESB Feis Ceoil Senior Pianoforte Duet and gaining 2nd prize in the ESB Feis Ceoil Trimble Cup. She also has experience performing both in Ireland and abroad.
Kim has been teaching since 2015. She has taught and acted as musical director at various schools, festivals and camps in Ireland and abroad, including French Woods Festival of the Performing Arts in New York.
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Irish born & bred, Rita Bowens holds an honours Bachelor of Music degree from WIT, a Performance Diploma from the Royal Irish Academy of Music & an honours Masters Degree in Performance where she studied under Dr. David Mooney. She has performed extensively throughout Ireland & has vast experience on the competition circuit, including the Feis Ceoil.
For the last 15 years she has been working in a private national school in Dublin where she is solely responsible for implementing the Music curriculum of children ranging from 4-12 years of age.
As a student of Dr David Mooney at TU Dublin Conservatoire, Jude recently graduated with a 1st Class Honours BMus Degree.
Proudly participated in many competitions, both nationally and internationally, including: Irish Freemasons Young Musician of the Year, ESB Feis Ceoil, Newpark Music Festival, Piano Academy of Ireland National Piano Festival, EPTA Ireland Piano Festival and Young Pianist of the North International Competition, United Kingdom.
In 2022, Jude took 2nd prize in the Irish Freemasons Young Musician of the Year competition, and his performance was aired on RTE Lyric FM. In 2018, Jude won the Katherine Duffy Memorial Award at DIT, Conservatory of Music and Drama. At ESB Feis Ceoil 2016, he won the Dorothy Stokes Cup for Junior Sonata and was a finalist in the Patricia Read Memorial Cup that year. At Newpark Music Festival in 2014, Jude won 1st Prize in Piano Under 16 and 1st Prize in Junior Piano Sonata. Jude proudly performed in the main auditorium of the National Concert Hall as part of the Prize Winner’s ESB Feis Ceoil concert in 2016.
He has performed for several internationally renowned pianists in masterclasses, most notably John O’Conor, Barry Douglas and Pierre Laurent-Aimard.
Jude enjoys teaching students of all levels, in recent years has taken great satisfaction bringing classical music to autistic children in a special education setting.
Born in China and moved to Ireland at the age of 6. Undergraduate specialised in Pedagogy in piano at TU Dublin Conservatoire. Kaiwen studied under Alison Thomas for piano and Simon Harden for organ.
Participated in Organ Scholarship to Netherlands 2019 for a course at the Orgelpark, Amsterdam and masterclasses with Matthias Havinga Professor for Organ at the Sweelinck Conservatorium Amsterdam. Also achieved 1st place in 2016 CDTEB music competition in solo piano.
‘Teaching is exciting for me as I want my students to enjoy the process of exploring music and this beautiful instrument. I believe everyone should have an opportunity to experience music and that it could them bring them a pleasant experience. Experienced in teaching both younger age and mature students. I am student-oriented and I think everyone is different. I will try my best to make the lessons engaging and fun!’
As a Member of TU Dublin Basketball club winning team in Division 2 Colleges Basketball League Kaiwen is well familiar with coaching methods towards young students who enjoys playing in formal or informal settings, all types of music, with special interest in contemporary classical music.