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- Sing Out With Strings
- Sing Out with Strings works with children in Limerick's regenerating areas, providing workshops in singing, song writing and eventually violin. The aim of the project is to encourage, engage and enlighten children through a positive creative experience with professional musicians and artists.
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Awesome Listening = CAKE!
Well done to Senior Infants and First Class at St Mary's! They were the best listeners of Autumn 2011 and their violin teacher, Gillian, baked them a very special cake to celebrate!
Word of the Week..........
This week's Word of the Week was....
Determination - Making a decision to do something well, and seeing it through, even when it's not easy!
We talked about the different kinds of people who have determination - olympic athletes, students studying for exams, doctors, teachers. And we thought about how we need determination in music. It's not always easy learning or writing a new piece of music, but we work together and have determination to see it through. One great example of this is Only Men Aloud's version of 'What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor?'
Even though it's quite a simple song, their version is really complicated! You can tell that they worked really hard to make it sound so good!
Our song of the week is 'The Sea Tragedy,' a ballad written by 6th class in St Mary's Boys. It's a great song, and everyone is really enjoying learning it!
Determination - Making a decision to do something well, and seeing it through, even when it's not easy!
We talked about the different kinds of people who have determination - olympic athletes, students studying for exams, doctors, teachers. And we thought about how we need determination in music. It's not always easy learning or writing a new piece of music, but we work together and have determination to see it through. One great example of this is Only Men Aloud's version of 'What Shall We Do With The Drunken Sailor?'
Even though it's quite a simple song, their version is really complicated! You can tell that they worked really hard to make it sound so good!
Our song of the week is 'The Sea Tragedy,' a ballad written by 6th class in St Mary's Boys. It's a great song, and everyone is really enjoying learning it!
Friday, January 13, 2012
Satellite program started in Presentation Primary School
Based on the ever increasing popularity of the Sing Out with Strings program in Limerick, Presentation Primary has decided to join in on the act and start their own program funded by the school itself.
Under the guidance of Lisa Grosman, their resident violin teacher Ciarán Collins, began a three week boot camp to give the children in the school the best possible start to their music playing. The boot camp was such a success that Lisa invited the children to play in the University Concert Hall along with the other participating schools and the Irish Chamber Orchestra. This was a fantastic experience for the children, many of whom only began to play in September and they were a credit to their school on the day.
The program will be continued in the school into the New Year, but only on a much smaller scale due to lack of funds. One can’t doubt the success of the program in the other participating schools and Presentation Primary would hope that the funding may be made available so they could also gain from the benefits of having Sing Out with Strings too!
Ciarán Collins, Presentation Primary School
Under the guidance of Lisa Grosman, their resident violin teacher Ciarán Collins, began a three week boot camp to give the children in the school the best possible start to their music playing. The boot camp was such a success that Lisa invited the children to play in the University Concert Hall along with the other participating schools and the Irish Chamber Orchestra. This was a fantastic experience for the children, many of whom only began to play in September and they were a credit to their school on the day.
The program will be continued in the school into the New Year, but only on a much smaller scale due to lack of funds. One can’t doubt the success of the program in the other participating schools and Presentation Primary would hope that the funding may be made available so they could also gain from the benefits of having Sing Out with Strings too!
Ciarán Collins, Presentation Primary School
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Words of the Week
Every week in Sing Out with Strings, we meet a new word that helps us to be better musicians! We've had loads of new words so far, like Listening, Pitch, Melody, Creativity, and Courage. This term we'll keep you updated on all of our new words, and what we're learning in our music workshops.
Our first word of 2012 is.... BEAUTY! When we think about music, beauty comes into lots of things. Beautiful lyrics, beautiful sounds, beautiful pictures to go with our songs, a beautiful feeling for the audience when they hear our music. So this term we'll be thinking about beauty in everything from practicing our songs to painting pictures for our stage, so that when we perform in May we'll be ready for a BEAUTIFUL concert! :)
Our first word of 2012 is.... BEAUTY! When we think about music, beauty comes into lots of things. Beautiful lyrics, beautiful sounds, beautiful pictures to go with our songs, a beautiful feeling for the audience when they hear our music. So this term we'll be thinking about beauty in everything from practicing our songs to painting pictures for our stage, so that when we perform in May we'll be ready for a BEAUTIFUL concert! :)
Friday, January 6, 2012
A Very Busy Year
It's been a really busy year at Sing Out with Strings, and in all our excitement we neglected our blog! So in 2012, our New Year's resolution is to keep you posted on all our activities!
2011 was a fantastic year for everyone involved in Sing Out. So many things happened so here are our highlights!
2011 was a fantastic year for everyone involved in Sing Out. So many things happened so here are our highlights!
- Pupils from Galvone National School, Presentation Primary School and St Mary's Boys School composed a special song for the Dalai Lama, entitled 'Forgiveness is a Gift.' We had the huge honour of performing this for His Holiness when he spoke at the University of Limerick in April. This was one of our best moments so far, and since the performance, our song has been requested by schools as far away as India! You can hear the song by clicking here! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oT7AxefQXvo
- St Mary's Boys School began their school orchestra and have been meeting every Thursday after school with their teachers. They're doing really well and we're very proud of their commitment.
- In December we gathered together to perform 'Jingle Bells' with the Irish Chamber Orchestra at the University Concert Hall. Pupils, teachers, orchestra members and parents all joined in to make this a fantastic way to end our year.
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