A little about the studio 

MIKE IRWIN 

Michael Irwin (UTLM), a graduate of UNISA, has 18 years experience as a music teacher, an orchestral conductor, a solo performer as well as a session musician.  He has also composed, arranged and produced music for Multimedia in the Corporate environment.

Michael has conducted the Rustenburg String orchestra as well the Full Orchestra, which has won awards under his baton at the Capetown Eisteddfod.

He has also taught music at high schools and primary schools as well as privately for 18 years. He has experience playing professional gigs in a variety of styles.

Starting his playing learning the Piano and Flute, and later guitar, He started with classical music and for Students having the time and commitment this can be a really rewarding field of Study, which He enjoys teaching very much.

His interest in the keyboard as an arrnaging instruments, have multi timbral capabilities (playing many insytruments t once stareted to lead about 12 years ago to a further interst in Jazz and contemporary styles (rock , bklues pop , dance) He found that books with as consistent an approach as Classical music do not exist so widely in the contemporary music , and has written since then 6 books for keyboards, as well as much material for Guitar and Piano in comntemporary styles.

For the smaller childfren starting from 8 y upwards, combining his interest in music technology on computers with his teaching and playing experience and his love of both classical and all contemporary music styles, he has been writing and arranging music for small pupils too to give them a gentler and more diverse and interesting material at even the bginner levels. He encourages students to deepen their knowledge and ability to learn to play in whatever style their interest lies, whether for small kids that is childrens songs, walt disney themes from movies like the Lion King, Pochahantas ,ballet music or for teenagers and adults rock, hip hop/dance, classical, jazz, or solo ballads .