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You would find us in class hitting desks just to come up with beats. In secondary school, I joined a music group and dedicated myself to learning the piano and I studied music from Esom School of...

Daily Monitor Saturday January 09 2021 A random search of music schools in Uganda will quickly land you on Esom School of Music as one of the top results. Founded 15 years ago, owners say it generates more than Shs500m annually from their services. Rewind to April 2006: Eternity Source of Music (Esom) was founded by Daniel  Innocent Kiyega on a trial and error basis with an initial investment of Shs700,000. He knew what he wanted to do but was not sure of how to do it. “Looking back, I canno...

Daily Monitor Tuesday December 29 2020 Learners of Esom School of Music Rubaga have resumed lessons. But face-to-face instruction has been met with increased operation costs due to social distancing guidelines. PHOTO/GEORGE KATONGOLE. Summary Music education in Uganda is sporadic with some schools actively teaching it and others not teaching it at all despite it featuring in the national curriculum. This has consequently given rise to specialist music schools to bridge the gap. But there are mo...