Welcome To the Swinging Strings Blog

The Swinging Strings Project would like to welcome pupils, parents and all interested parties to our website. This blog tracks the progress of 80+ children (and their teachers!) as they learn the violin. It is intended to act as a resource for the pupils as they progress and act as an information point for parents, teachers etc.

The project is delivered on an inclusive basis and links to the Irish Primary Music Curriculum. This means that ALL students particpate irrespective of musical backgrounds. It is believed that it is the one of biggest inclusive projects of its kind in the country. Have a look around and learn all about our violin project. Our cover photo was taken by award winning press photographer, John Kelly.
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Cathy Desmond

Thursday, January 20, 2011

Ennis National School Band



Ennis National School  has a great school band .   Everybody listened very carefully as Dorothy Conaghan from  the National Concert Hall gave some tips .  The Band played   Marines Hymn  Offenbach,   Santa Lucia and Somewhere Over the Rainbow  for our guest .

Dorothy's tips

Learn at least one line  of each tune by  off by heart .  Concentrate on one tune per week
Percussion  keep an eye on the piano to stay in time
Posted by Cathy Desmond at 4:58 PM
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1 comment:

  1. AnonymousMarch 4, 2011 at 3:47 AM

    A great website. Lovely information. Seems like a great program.

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