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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName
w:st="on"><b><font size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;
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font-weight:bold'> <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">World</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType
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style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Lunchtime Concert
Series, Tuesday April 13<sup>th</sup> 2010, 1.15 pm<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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<st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Academy</st1:PlaceType> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Building</st1:PlaceType></st1:place><o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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style='font-size:14.0pt;font-family:Verdana;font-weight:bold'>Ceoltóirí Óga
Chinn Mhara<o:p></o:p></span></font></b></p>
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font-weight:bold'>Ceoltóirí Óga Chinn Mhara</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'> is a group of
children from 4<sup>th</sup> class in <st1:City w:st="on">St. Joseph</st1:City>’s
<st1:PlaceName w:st="on">National</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">School</st1:PlaceType>
in Kinvara, Co. <st1:place w:st="on">Galway</st1:place>. 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. <o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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size=2 face=Verdana><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:Verdana'>All
welcome. Further information: Extenstion 2917<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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