As most offices and businesses on Glenhuntly Road close down for the day one store comes to life. I went to check out what was behind the retail store front at Caulfield Music Centre.
Caulfield Music Centre, located at 593 Glenhuntly Road, Elsternwick, in Melbourne is an integral part of the Elsternwick/Caulfield community. The Music centre operates a retail store offering a wide range of musical instruments, books, and related music paraphernalia. The Centre also offers music lessons and has serviced three generations of students. Currently there are 200 students with 16 teachers who use the Centre’s music rooms for lessons ever week. Finally, the Centre also offers bands and singers excellent and well-appointed rehearsal rooms.
One of the Centre’s permanent fixtures is Julian Crew-Taylor, who has worked as General Manager, customer service and coordinator, and has been at Caulfield Music Centre for 23 years. He has a great rapport with the bands who practice at the Centre as well as parents and students in the community who have been using the facilities for three generations. He has a wealth of knowledge of music that he is always willing to share. He has a close connection with the Music Teachers and students who come to the centre. Caleb Garfinkel is just one of the many students turned Music Teacher, and Slava Grigoryan fan, from the community of Caulfield. Many parents, who as young kids came to Caulfield Music Centre to learn music, now bring their children to the Music School to encourage a love of music in the next generation and are the heart and soul of the Music School.
Caulfield Music Centre has also seen its fair share of celebrities from Slava Grigoryan to Kate Ceberano. There are also some quirky characters who walk through the door. One of the more quirky characters is Ziggy Barrett, he is part of the band The Sweaters. Just one of many bands who practice at CMC. The bands and singers use the rehearsal studios to hone their skills and music to make it big on the world stage. Some of the bands such as The Sweaters, Push Button Auto and Stompy and the Heat play at venues around Melbourne as well across Australia and even internationally. But they still choose to come to Caulfield Music Centre and practice every week.
Come down to CMC any day of the week and you can hear the sound of bands and kids from six to sixty years of age rocking out and honing their craft.
Follow them on Facebook @ https://www.facebook.com/pages/Caulfield-Music-Centre/147211631994895
Visit the website – http://www.caulfieldmusic.com.au/
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