The cost of participation is €50 for the group plus €30 per participant, and the group must cover the cost of its transportation. This is a great deal, however, because room and board, plus tourism, leisure, and performance opportunities are all included, in addition to the wonderful experience of meeting young people of other cultures and making music with them!

You can get more information by downloading this PDF or visiting the website.

The scheme is open to artists from any of the following artform disciplines: architecture, circus, street art and spectacle, dance, film, literature (Irish and English language), music, opera, theatre, visual arts and traditional arts. The projects can take place in a diverse range of social and community contexts and would be suitable to working with youth orchestras.

The aim of the scheme is to encourage meaningful collaboration between communities of place and/or interest and artists. It is essential that consultation take place between the artist and the community group, so that both parties are involved in deciding on the nature of the project realisation. Group ownership of the art should be maintained at every stage. The Project Realisation may result in a variety of outcomes.

The Artist in the Community Scheme is managed by Create, the national development agency for collaborative arts. There are two phases to the Scheme: Research and Development, and Project Realisation.

Project Realisation, is open to communities of interest or place (or their representative organisations), planning a project with an artist of between 6 weeks and 5 months duration with a maximum award of €5000, or between 6 months and 9 months with a maximum award of €10,000.

More info on the scheme and how to apply for it can be found here.

Students will write for combinations of piano, violin and cello, with the Fidelio Trio as resident ensemble.

The principal guest composer is Deirdre Gribbin, and the course directors are Nicola LeFanu and Martin O’Leary. Ian Brabazon will be technology director and recording engineer.

A full brochure is available at this link.

Through the Community Spirit Awards, Dublin Bus provides these groups with support to develop new projects, grow services and help raise community spirit in their local community. To date, over 1,300 voluntary groups have benefited from funding from Dublin Bus.

Any group that is located where Dublin Bus operates its services is eligible to apply. Each application is judged independently and successful groups will be awarded grants of €5,000, €2,000 or €1,000.

Voluntary groups who work in the following areas can apply to the Community Spirit Awards:

Children and Youth
Sport
People with Disabilities
Older People
Environment and Local Community
Education e.g. alcohol, drugs, literacy or health.

Any group that is located within the Dublin Bus service network- including Greystones, Kilcock and Clonee can apply for funding.

For more information, visit the website.

The residential school gives youth workers and arts practitioners the opportunity to work with the highest quality youth arts facilitators and cultural organisations over three fun filled days in the company of peers and friends. The summer school is about approaching your work with young people in a fresh way, it is an opportunity to be inspired, use new art forms, break out of your everyday routine and get creative!

For more information, visit the online brochure at http://www.youtharts.ie/yass2013

Brass and percussion students from Cork School of Music were invited to join the RTÉ Concert Orchestra in its rehearsal base of Studio 1, RTÉ Radio Centre in Donnybrook on Tuesday 30 April.

The RTÉ CO and conductor Neil Thomson were rehearsing a John Williams programme for a concert in Cork Opera House the following day. Young people studying French horn, trumpet, trombone and percussion not only sat in the body of the orchestra observing the rehearsal, they actually got the chance to perform as part of the RTÉ CO for the Raiders March. The students then got to experience the music from the other side for the concert itself when they sat into the audience at Cork Opera House as the RTÉ CO’s guests.

Since 1973 HIYF has welcomed more than 36,000 participants from 37 countries, with many long term friendships being formed along the way. This is just one of the reasons why HIYF is recognised as one of the leading youth music and performing arts events in the UK.

We provide both a standard programme offering the full 7 day festival attendance, as well as a range of programme extensions allowing you to explore further afield from Harrogate. Why not visit Edinburgh, Oxford, Cambridge or London … or what about travelling to them all?

Packages are created to include all accommodation (from budget hotel accommodation, prestigious private schools to 4 star hotels), meals, travel, local visits and of course participation in a variety of concerts throughout the Festival.

To enquire about participating, click here.

2013 Clandeboye Artists-in-Residence
Barry Douglas (Piano)
Erika Raum (Violin)
Andres Diaz (Cello)
Michel Lethiec (Clarinet)
Richard Watkins (FrenchHorn)
Ailish Tynan (Soprano)

Applications are invited from students of:
Piano, Violin, Cello, Woodwind, Brass & Voice (soprano)

More information can be found by downloading this PDF.

The Application Form is available here and the deadline for receipt of all application material by email or hard-copy is Wednesday 29th May 2013.

For further information or clarification please contact: Gavin O’Sullivan / masterclass@camerata-ireland.com / +353872456971

The successful tenderer will be an experienced music practitioner with the expertise and experience required to work with the Arts Council’s staff by assisting in the appraisal and assessment of funding applications and providing critical advice on artistic work.

Application for this contract is exclusively by a public tender process offered via the eTenders procurement website:  www.etenders.gov.ie

All proposals should be submitted by Friday 24 May 2013.

Any questions regarding this contract should be directed as set out in the tender notice and should not be directed to the Arts Council.

St Canices NS have an illustrious record in this particular competition, having won the competition 22 times and there were happy smiles all around as the cup returned to its rightful home in the Kilkenny national school. The B Orchestra, conducted by Ms Margaret O Faoláin de Bhróite, played “Prelude in G” by Edward B Jurey and “Marco Takes a Walk” by Sheila Nelson, while the A Orchestra, conducted by Ms Ruth O Leary, played “Dambusters March” by Eric Coates and Elgars “Nimrod”. St Canices have had another very successful year, with the A Orchestra having retained the Miller cup at the recent Wesley College Inter Schools Music Festival.

2013 is a particularly significant year for St Canices, as they celebrate the 30th anniversary of the foundation of the instrumental music programme. The programme gives all children from Junior Infants upwards the opportunity to play a musical instrument. The number of children participating in the programme continues to increase year on year despite the economic climate, and today there are over four hundred children involved in music in the school. The programme has been recognised nationally and has received many awards over the years, from the Pushkin Educational award in 1994, the AIB Better Ireland Award in 1998 to the Irish Association of Youth Orchestras Award for Organisational Achievement in 2004 and 2007, To mark the anniversary, a special Gala Concert will be held in the Watergate Theatre on Saturday 22 June – “St Canices Instrumental Music Programme – 30 years of music making”. The concert will feature past and present students of the programme in a celebration of the schools musical achievements over the last thirty years. Many former pupils have gone on to have very successful musical careers in their own right, and a wonderful night of music is promised.