[Events] Tuesday's Lunchtime Concert at the Irish World Academy

[Ellen.Byrne]

Irish World Academy 

Lunchtime Concert Series, Tuesday April 13th 2010, 1.15 pm

Theatre 1, Irish World Academy Building

 

Ceoltóirí  Óga Chinn Mhara

 

Ceoltóirí  Óga Chinn Mhara is a group of children from 4th class in St. Joseph's National School in Kinvara, Co. Galway. Kinvara is a rich musical area and boasts a large amount of musicians from many different disciplines including traditional, old timey, jazz and cajun music. The area is close to North Clare and the music of concertina player, Chris Droney, while local memories of the music of accordion player Joe Cooley are still very strong.  There are twenty one children in the class and they all play a musical instrument. In June 2009, after a series of music projects, they decided to have a music week, where they played music in class every day with their teacher, fiddle player, Máire O'Keeffe. Inspiration for this idea comes from the renowned Clare musician and teacher, Frank Custy, who instigated such a scheme in his school many years ago and from which many of today's well-known traditional musicians bloomed including James Cullinan, Bernie Whelan, Siobhán Peoples and Sharon Shannon. The music week in fourth class in Kinvara turned into a month of music and in September it was decided to keep the project going.  The instruments played by fourth class include fiddles, tin whistle and guitars as well as a cello, concertina, concert flute, piano and percussion. Since Christmas the children have been playing music  from Ireland, Shetland, Brittany and Scandinavia  and have worked on arrangements prepared for them by fiddle player, Séamus McGuire of Buttons and Bows and West Ocean String Quartet fame, cello player Neil Martin also of the West Ocean String Quartet and multi-instrumentalist, Garry O'Briain. 

All welcome. Further information: Extenstion 2917

 

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