Composing Ourselves!

It's that time of year again and everyone in Sing Out is madly busy writing songs, and practicing Jingle Bells!

We've all been thinking about our big theme, 'Express Yourself!' Every class group has chosen a different topic, and so far we have a very useful song from Southill Juniors, all about how to calm down when you feel angry! 6th class in St Mary's are writing a song about dancing, and Galvone's 4th Class are writing about one of our favourite words at Sing Out HQ; CREATIVITY! They really are a creative bunch. 3 verses in one day!!!!

So far, we're working on lyrics, but the melodies will soon follow. Stay tuned and in the next few weeks we might have a little snippet or two for you!

In the meantime, KEEP PLAYING and KEEP SINGING!!!

Time is FLYING!!!

Sorry for our silence here at Sing Out HQ! It's been a crazy first two months, and we've been very busy! Here are the highlights!

We hit the ground running in September, with our first performance of the school year in the University Concert Hall lobby! The Sing Out Orchestra and Singers performed with members of the Irish Chamber Orchestra to help the fantastic organisation, Cluid, celebrate the European Year of Active Aging! You can check out Cluid and all their good work by clicking here! Thanks so much to Sue Rowley and Gavin Donaldson for their kindness, and the donation of two new violins for our orchestra!

We were SO excited to welcome the Venezuelan Percussion Ensemble (VPE) to Limerick at the start of October. These ten fantastic musicians grew up within El Sistema, the project which inspired Sing Out, so it was very special to meet them! They gave a wonderful family concert in UCH, and we even got to perform with them! What a day! Thanks SO much to the VPE, and we hope to see you back in Ireland soon! You can see the guys in action by clicking here!

In between all of this, we've been busy working away on this year's theme, 'Express Yourself.' We've been exploring lots of different kinds of music, and how each of them can be used to show different emotions and tell different stories! Our favourite song so far has been Emeli Sande's 'Wonder.' What a great way to express yourself!

Next week, after a nice mid-term break, we'll be starting to write our own songs, in preparation for our Great Big Gig next June! It's all going on at Sing Out HQ! Watch this space!