About

School Director

Anna Mitchell

Anna graduated from U.C.C in 2011 with a first class honours degree in Music and Irish, majoring in music performance. Anna has been teaching music for 12 years and also has toured the world professionally playing with various bands and artists and has released two solo original albums in the past three years. Anna’s strengths are in performing and songwriting, and has a wealth of knowledge that she loves to pass on to the younger budding musicians.

What Youngstars means to me :

For me, music is my number one passion in life, I absolutely adore children and teenagers, and it’s my mission to be a good role model and to bring the best out of each student. It’s amazing to see the progress that each student makes, whether it is in their musical skills, or gaining in confidence. We love to celebrate every milestone no matter how big or small. To see the school grow so much in the last couple of years has been so heartwarming, it’s a testament to the fabulous teachers that we have here and it’s just so amazing to see that most of our new students are referrals from current students. I love to come up with new and innovative workshops and classes where students can expand their creativity and explore music in new ways, and this helps me grow as a teacher also. Your personal musical journey is what matters to us at Youngstars, if you’re happy then so are we!

• Piano teacher
• Vocal Coach
• Singing Stars
• Little Stars Musicianship

Music Teacher

Rosanna Byrne

Rosanna graduated from the CIT Cork School of Music with a Popular Music BA specialising in Vocal Studies in 2017. Prior to this, she spent a year at the Lady Grey Arts Academy, teaching Music Theory, Piano, Guitar and Choir in Africa, before returning to Ireland to teach in Performing Arts. Rosanna has 20 years experience on stage, being part of bands and as a solo performer, both singing and playing instruments. For the past 5 years, Rosanna has been using the tool of Music Therapy within her role to help bring enjoyment and healing to those she works with closely. She is extremely passionate about working with Children and Teenagers and the endless benefits music can bring.

• Voice Coach
• Guitar
• Ukulele
• Little Stars Musicianship
• Singing Stars
• Piano

Music Teacher

Hannah Fitzgerald

Hannah graduated from UCC in 2015 with a First Class Honours degree in Music and Gaeilge. She has since studied piano under the guidance of many accomplished teachers and is currently undertaking an MA in Performance at the Cork School of Music. Hannah has been performing as part of various musical outfits for the last 10 years, working with original artists, stage schools, wedding bands and also formed her own acoustic trio. Hannah has a wealth of performance experience to pass on to students, while tailoring each lesson to their own individual needs and interests. 

• Piano

Music Teacher

Tom Cahalane

Tom Cahalane graduated from Cork School of Music in 2016 with a First Class Honours BA in Popular Music. Tom has been performing as part of various bands over the years, including wedding bands and original music outfits. Tom has a lot of experience and wishes to pass this on to his students in a fun environment. 

• Guitar

Music Teacher

Sarah Hickey

Sarah Hickey is a vocal coach, songwriter and performer.  Sarah graduated from CIT Cork School of Music with a first class honours degree in Popular Music and is currently undergoing a Masters in Vocal Performance with Aine Whelan.   Sarah has completed up to Grade 8 in classical piano with the Royal Irish Academy of Music. 

Sarah teaches students to express themselves musically in a fun and relaxed environment making sure to tailor each lesson to the needs of the individual student.

• Piano
• Vocal Coach
• Ukulele
• Guitar

Music Teacher

Emily Naughton

Emily graduated from C.I.T. Cork School of Music in 2019 with a First Class Honours BA in Popular Music: Keyboards. She has been a working musician for the last four years, and has played with busy function bands alongside writing, arranging and recording for various originals projects. She has plenty of experience in the music industry, from playing live shows at venues and festivals all across the country, and most recently recording two studio albums with two originals bands. Emily began teaching as a way to pass on the joy of making music to the next generation. She believes that learning an instrument should be fun and exciting. As music has brought so much excitement into her life, she is passionate about sharing it with anyone who wants to learn.

• Piano
• Ukulele
• Guitar

Music Teacher

Juliana Carozza

Juliana Carozza was born in Argentina, and studied classical piano for seven years in Rosario National University (UNR) with Victor Cortes, and popular singing with Vanesa Baccelliere.

She took private piano lessons and studied Jazz with Mariano Ruggieri, Folk Argentinian music with Alejandro Bluhn and Tango with Lucas Querini.

She attended many courses and seminars in Rosario city, specialized in traditional Argentinian music. And integrated the Tango Orquestra “Orquesta tipica del sur” for five years, were they played many gigs in Rosario and in Santa Fe province.

Juliana also worked as a piano accompanist for many brass and strings students taking ABRSM and Trinity London music exams.

She is the director and pianist of the Tango quintet “Rebel Tango”.

She holds a Bachelor of Music (Hons) Level 8 in the MTU Cork School of Music.

She tailors lessons to each student level and goals, whether it is for exams or for fun.

• Piano Teacher

Music Teacher

Robbie Barron

Robbie has been playing guitar for over 20 years, and has toured around the globe with local and international acts during that time. Specializing in the genres of Blues, Rock ‘n’ Roll, and Country, Robbie teaches both acoustic and electric guitar at all levels.

His students absolutely adore his classes and Robbie is great at connecting with the learner on their level and as a result he gets the very best out of his students.

• Acoustic Guitar
• Electric Guitar

Music Teacher

Alan Comerford

Alan has been playing guitar at a professional level for over 15 years. He is an artist and session guitarist, counting O Emperor, Mick Flannery, The Lost Brothers and Anna Mitchell among his playing credits. He has toured internationally for many years and played on many albums. Alan tailors his lessons to suit the needs of each student and creates a fun environment for everyone to enjoy. He has a vast knowledge of many genres of music including Blues, Rock ‘n’roll, Folk, Pop, Soul and Country.

• Acoustic Guitar
• Electric Guitar

Music Teacher

Ciara Lineen

Ciara is a graduate from the Cork School of Music. She began learning piano at the age of four with her mother, giving her a passion for music from a very early age. At the age of ten she started learning clarinet and saxophone, going on to join the Mitchelstown Brass Band.
Aged sixteen, she began studying clarinet in the Cork School of Music part time, while still continuing to study piano and accompanying her school choir. While still in school, Ciara was accepted to play with the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland, the Irish Youth Wind Ensemble, and she completed a DipLCM in clarinet performance. When Ciara finished her leaving cert, she spent four years studying for a BMus degree in the Cork School of Music, while also teaching some of the younger students in the Mitchelstown Brass Band.

In her spare time outside of teaching and army band duties, Ciara enjoys playing saxophone in a number of bands, including The Cork Philharmonic Winds, The Cork City Jazz Ensemble and The Offbeats. She is very passionate about music performance, as well as her role as a teacher inspiring a similar passion for music in her students

• Piano

Music Teacher

Killian McCarthy

Killian has been playing and performing music for over 20 years and has a BMus Degree from Cork School of Music. He has played with many acts in that time on a number of instruments and loves all types of music.  Killian’s students love coming to his classes and always leave with a smile. Killian is offering tuition in piano at all levels as well as Acoustic Guitar and Ukulele.

• Acoustic Guitar
• Piano
• Ukulele