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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

Saturday, May 5, 2012

Twinkle Encore , a Minor Polka and Brass Debutantes

Damien
 Last lesson -  Final performance next week.
Well it was time for our final lesson today.  What an exciting year it has been.  We have one final concert to perform We worked on our Twinkle. The 'echo' echo variation worked very well.  Our three tunes for our graduation performance next week are Twinkle, Blues and Foxtrot.  There were some surprises today in all the classes. We talked to students about their music classes outside school.  Here are the highlights

In Ms McMahon's class , Damien played Frere Jacque,- the whole tune ! Bravo The class played the first part with him . These are the notes.  Lucy did a good job of leading today.
Baritone Horn Thomas talks about his Brass Band Class 

Frere Jacque   D E   F#D    
                        0  1    2 3


Young Conductor
In Mr Blake's class, Elise  led the group in Echo Twinkle 


Daniel, Thomas and James in Mr Corry's class  are all apprentices to Ennis Brass Band and they told us a little about the classes and their instruments.  . Hopefully we will have a chance to hear them soon. Oisin and Rebecca played bass on Foxtrot
Eoin played a super polka  and we played  a pizzicato accompaniment to it. He also told us about his violin class with Siobhan Peoples . Siobhan and her dad Tommy Peoples are great fiddle players . This week Tommy Peoples was elected to Aosdana, Click  here to read an article about this great traditional musician.
ENCORE French Word meaning 'again' .  Sometimes it means please play another tune if the audience really like a performance

Looking forward to graduation peformance and final session next week.


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