Here - IAYO 20th Festival of Youth Orchestras

Message from
Joanna Crooks
IAYO PRESIDENT
In 1994, representatives of a number of youth orchestras met
together in Maoin Cheoil an Chláir, Ennis, County Clare, for an
inaugural AGM to form the Irish Association of Youth Orchestras.
Start-up funding for the venture was generously provided by
another organisation, with a track record as pioneers in the field
of youth music – Dublin Youth Orchestras. That start-up support
was well placed and well rewarded. Read through the list in
tonight’s beautiful programme to discover the youth orchestras
from all over the country, including primary and secondary
schools, third level colleges and conservatories who are currently
members. A Festival of Youth Orchestras was discussed at that
very first meeting, and took place for the first time in 1996.
It was always accepted as inevitable that the young musicians
in peripheral areas of the country faced far greater obstacles
than those in larger towns and cities, where teachers and
opportunities are always easier to find. Sister Concepta Murphy,
of Ballyshannon, County Donegal, was always an enthusiast
and an inspiration to everyone and remained undaunted by
problems created by the vast county of Donegal. Her unique
ability to harness every available opportunity to benefit her
young Donegal musicians through friendship, cooperation and
partnership has made an enormous and invaluable contribution
to the vibrant musical life of Donegal today. Everyone who met
and worked with her learned from her. She created a musical
Wild Atlantic Way before anyone else had thought of it.
Two decades ago we were still in the world of postage stamps.
Today’s performers would really not believe their eyes. No
iAnythings, no Facebook, no tweeting and Twitter-ing, no
websites. One thing has simply not changed – the time, the
work, the determination needed to learn to play an instrument.
Whatever kind of music is involved, there are no instant results,
no magic zapper. The young musicians have to work hard and
steadily, year by year, harnessing talent with focus and great
commitment to perform before us tonight with their orchestras.
When we look down and listen to a large youth orchestra, we
are enjoying the results of hundreds of years of individual
and collective work by the musicians, before starting to count
the small armies of parents, tutors, conductors, teachers and
schools who have all made it possible. The Festival of Youth
Orchestras is a great achievement. We can better appreciate
the value and spread of the innovative work being done all over
the country and be inspired by it! Congratulations to all the
conductors and young musicians on stage today!
IAYO is now a well-established organisation in the world of music
and youth music in Ireland. The Festival is a flagship event in
its annual calendar. We wish the IAYO Board, staff and Festival
Staff every success as they step forward into the next decade!
President
Joanna Crooks
Vice President
Adrian Petcu
Board of
Directors
Bríd Cannon CHAIRPERSON
Paolo Cordone YOUNG EUROPEAN STRINGS
Michael Core DUBLIN YOUTH ORCHESTRAS
Clare Daly TREASURER
Dervilla Hynes MAYO YOUTH ORCHESTRA
Eoin O'Neill ST AGNES MUSIC PROGRAMME, DUBLIN
Majella Swan CARLOW YOUTH ORCHESTRA
Pat Watt
Marianne White THE HIGH SCHOOL ORCHESTRA
Staff
Allin Gray DIRECTOR
Bertie Buckley ADMINISTRATOR
Iris Swift MARKETING AND COMMUNICATIONS OFFICER
The Board of IAYO would like to
extend its thanks to the following
for their assistance and support for
the 20th Festival of Youth Orchestras.
The Arts Council
The National Concert Hall, Caroline Feehily, Paul Hunt,
Aidan Casserly, Aidan Quinn, BOX OFFICE MANAGEMENT
Joanna Crooks, PRESIDENT
OF
Adrian Petcu, VICE-PRESIDENT
IAYO
OF
IAYO
Carol Daly, FESTIVAL ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Séan Rocks, COMPERE
Philip O’Kane
Anneke van Nes
Wendy Arlow, Michael Core, DUBLIN YOUTH ORCHESTRAS
Ciona Doris, DIT CONSERVATORY
OF
MUSIC
Darby Carroll, SOUND ENGINEER
Chris Hurley, CORK FILM CENTRE
Jude Dunne, WEE RED BIKE
Jean Kearney, Ivor Melia, KEARNEY MELIA COMMUNICATIONS
John Fitzpatrick, CORK INTERNATIONAL CHORAL
FESTIVAL
Nicki ffrench Davis, CORK ORCHESTRAL SOCIETY
Andrew Desmond, Martin Conlon, GREAT GRAPHICS
Grace O’Sullivan, RTÉ
LYRIC FM
Conor O’Connell, Helen McGrath,
CORK ETB SCHOOL
OF
MUSIC JUNIOR ORCHESTRA
Carol Daly
FESTIVAL ARTISTIC DIRECTOR
Carol Daly received her early music
education with the County Cork VEC Music
Scheme in her native Ballincollig, where she
was a multi scholarship and prize winner
as a young student and was leader of her
local community orchestra and of the
County Youth Orchestra. Carol continued her violin studies at
the Cork Municipal School of Music achieving Diplomas in Violin
Performance and String Teaching. An honours graduate of UCC,
she was appointed Head of Music at the newly opened Glanmire
Community College in 1997, which saw her actively develop a
popular, vibrant and positive music tradition in the college. From
2003 to 2009, Carol was Deputy Principal of the County Cork
School of Music. Carol was the founding conductor of the Cork
ETB Youth Orchestra and brought them to the National Stage at
the Festival of Youth Orchestras in 1998, 2003 and 2007. She is
in much demand as a violinist, participating in many chamber
and orchestral ensembles throughout the country, featuring on
CD recordings and broadcasts. Carol has toured Ireland with
Finbar Wright and with The Irish Sopranos as guest soloist and
as a member of the Cantilena String Quartet. In her current
role as Principal of Cork ETB School of Music, which touches
the lives of almost 3000 children in the Cork area, she is at
the cutting edge of many exciting initiatives and passionately
promotes music education – in particular group music making
and performance as arenas for nurturing positive mental health
in young people. Carol is delighted to continue her association
with IAYO and to celebrate the 20th birthday of the Festival of
Youth Orchestras.
Kitty Dalligan, YOUNG ORCHESTRAL POPS ORCHESTRA
Katharina Baker, Fiona Buckley, COOLE MUSIC YOUTH ORCHESTRA
Claire Brennan, Regina O’Leary, Ruth O’Leary,
COMPERE
ST CANICE’S NS SENIOR ORCHESTRA
Carol-Ann McKenna, Gearóid Grant,
NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA
OF IRELAND
Adrian Petcu, Joachim Roewer, Tom Crowley,
CONCORDA STRING ORCHESTRA
Ronan O’Reilly, Robert O’Brien, Roddy O’Keeffe,
IRISH YOUTH WIND ENSEMBLE
James Cavanagh, IAYO FESTIVAL ORCHESTRA
Deborah Kelleher, William Dunne, ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY
OF
MUSIC
Presto Quartet, (CORK)
Incantato Quartet, (SLIGO)
We would also like to extend a special thank-you to all the
players, parents, member orchestras and supporters who
have made this Festival possible.
FESTIVAL TEAM
Bertie Buckley, Sibeal Carolan, Feargal Ó Dornáin,
Allin Gray, Grace O’Coughlan, Chris Stynes, Iris Swift,
Alice Conaghan Varley, Vincent Conaghan Varley,
Eimear O’Brien
Séan Rocks
Seán Rocks presents ARENA, RTÉ Radio
1’s flagship arts, popular culture and
entertainment
programme
which
is
broadcast at 7pm Monday to Friday. He
has been in the role since 2009 and has
interviewed many major writers, actors,
musicians and artists including Salman Rushdie, Martin Amis,
Edna O’Brien, Martin Sheen, Danny De Vito, Saoise Rónan,
John Banville, Brendan Gleeson, Roddy Doyle, Steve Reich and
Marina Carr. There have been numerous outside broadcasts
from major national arts festivals and public interviews with
figures in both the national and international arts worlds. Seán
has also anchored ARENA’s live 3-hour broadcasts from Meeting
House Square as part of Culture Night 2013 and 2014. He has
been working with RTÉ Radio since 2000 and previously guestpresented, produced and wrote several series for the national
broadcaster. He previously worked with RTÉ lyric fm as presenter
on several strand programmes. More recently he presented the
documentary, ‘Soul of Ireland’, for BBC Radio 4. Seán regularly
hosts concerts and events at major venues around the country
(NCH, Áras an Uachtarán, Cork City Hall, University of Limerick)
and was widely praised for his role as MC at the State Banquet in
Dublin Castle during the visit of Queen Elizabeth II to Ireland in
2011. Prior to broadcasting Seán worked extensively as an actor
both at home and abroad, appearing at the Abbey, Peacock and
Gate Theatres and with many important independent companies
including Rough Magic, Druid and Field Day in Ireland and at the
Royal Court, National, Donmar Warehouse and Tricycle theatres
in London. Seán is originally from Monaghan.
Conductors
James Cavanagh
James Cavanagh was born in Dublin and
began his career as a trumpet player. He
was Head of Wind Brass and Percussion
at the Royal Academy of Music where he
is now Professor of Trumpet, lectures in
conducting and conducts the RIAM Symphony and Intermediate
Orchestras. James has extensive conducting experience having
conducted all of Ireland’s professional orchestras. From
October 2001 to October 2008 he devised, presented and
conducted the Education Programme for the RTÉ National
Symphony Orchestra. He has regularly worked on radio and
television and has acted as Musical Director to many RTÉ
Radio productions and has directed several successful ‘Meet
the Orchestra’ workshops, ‘Introduction to the Orchestra’
and family concerts at the National Concert Hall. James cofounded the Irish Youth Wind Ensemble in 1985 and was its
Musical Director until 2007.He has conducted and worked all
over the World, notably Japan, when he conducted The Japanese
Philharmonic Orchestra and The Tokyo Oratorio Society. He
has also conducted The Czechoslovakian Chamber Orchestra
and has toured America on several occasions when he worked
with some of America’s finest Orchestras in venues including
Carnegie Hall and Chastain Park in Atlanta with The Atlanta
Symphony Orchestra. He has recorded many CDs, including
The Creation by Haydn, Faure’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah and
Bach’s Magnificat with The Japanese Philharmonic Orchestra.
He has also recorded original compositions by Irish composers
with the Irish Youth Wind Ensemble. In 2012 James conducted
the RIAM Symphony Orchestra in a hugely praised performance
of Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No 2. ‘Resurrection’ and in May
that year he directed The RTÉ National Symphony Orchestra in
the finals of The Dublin International Piano Competition. Most
recently he conducted a highly acclaimed performance of War
Requiem by Benjamin Britten in St Patricks Cathedral, Dublin.
In June 2010 James was awarded a Fellowship (FRIAM) at the
Royal Irish Academy of Music.
Ronan O'Reilly
Ronan O'Reilly studied piano, oboe, organ
and composition at the College of Music in
Dublin. He is a conductor, teacher, arranger,
performer and music copyist for both RTÉ
orchestras. As an oboist he has worked with
the RTÉ Concert Orchestra, the Ulster Orchestra and Irish
Chamber Orchestra. He has performed in studio, theatre and
on television as a keyboard player with Ireland’s top orchestras.
Ronan has showcased his talent in the world-renowned Carnegie
Hall, Boston Symphony Hall and Chicago Symphony Center.
Currently, Ronan is the Musical Director of the Artane School of
Music where he conducts the various ensembles incorporated
within the school. The bands of the Artane School of Music
perform regularly and participate in live radio and television
broadcasts including the annual GAA football and hurling
championships. Ronan is also principal conductor of the
Greystones Orchestra, and has been a regular wind, brass and
percussion tutor to the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland. His
conducting repertoire includes a wide variety of classical and
choral music, opera, jazz and musicals. Ronan was appointed
Principal Conductor of the Irish Youth Wind Ensemble in August
2007.
Helen McGrath
From Wexford, Helen studied at CIT Cork
School of Music. Since graduating, she has
been employed by the County Cork ETB
School of Music (CCSM). Helen has worked
extensively in music education initiatives
across Cork City and County. From 2001 to 2006, she was
involved with the UCC Bridging the Gap initiative in primary
schools around Cork. As a member of staff at the Macroom
centre of CCSM, Helen established the Macroom Feis which
ran from 2005 – 2009. Since 2013, Helen has been involved
with Summer SING!, an initiative designed and developed by
ARTLifeCULTURE in partnership with Music Generation Cork
City and Cork City Council Social Inclusion Unit. Helen has been
a member of many orchestras and choirs including the National
Youth Orchestra of Ireland and the Irish Youth Choir. Currently,
she is a member of the City of Cork Symphony Orchestra who
perform regularly with international artists such as Tasman
Little. Helen also conducts the acclaimed Cork Chamber Choir
which collaborated in producing and performing a new work
with Ian Wilson as part of the Cork International Choral Festival
2014. Recently, the choir travelled to Zagreb, Croatia where
they took part in a cultural exchange with the Cantores Sancti
Marci. Helen has previously performed at the Festival of Youth
Orchestras as a member of both the Wexford Youth Orchestra
and the Cork School of Music Symphony Orchestra and in 2009,
as conductor of County Cork ETB Junior Youth Orchestra. She
has been the conductor of the orchestra since 2006.
Katharina Baker
Katharina was born and raised in Lübeck
in the North of Germany, where she was
surrounded by music at home, at church
and in school throughout her childhood
and youth. The violin became her main
instrument and opened the gates to orchestras and chamber
music, which alongside choir singing became a vital part of
Katharina’s teenage years. After her leaving cert, Katharina
spent five years working with voluntary organisations in Sweden
and Ireland. In 1996 she moved to Stockholm where she first
studied Musicology at Stockholm University followed by a five
year course in Violin (Ulla Magnusson), Violin Methodology and
Ensemble Conducting at the Royal University College of Music,
from which she graduated in 2002 (MA.MusEd). In June 2002
Katharina returned to Ireland with her young family and settled
down in County Galway. After working in different Music Schools
in Galway and Ennis, Katharina founded ‘Coole Music’ in 2005,
a community music school dedicated to joyful, creative and
supportive music-making. Katharina always enjoyed writing
music for her students and has a passion for chamber music.
In 2011 she published her first 4 volumes in the series of
Character Suites for young quartets and string orchestras which
since have grown to 6 volumes some of which were recorded by
the RTÉ ConTempo Quartet last spring. Katharina is delighted
to conduct the premiere of her latest orchestral piece at the
Festival, entitled Aus der Distanz.
Conductors
Ruth O'Leary
Ruth is a past pupil of St Canice’s CoEducational National School, where she
began her musical training and later attended
Loreto Secondary School, Kilkenny. She
began attending the Royal Irish Academy
of Music, Dublin, for cello lessons at the age of 9, studying
with Olwen Lewis and Gerda Marwood, in WIT. In 2003, Ruth
moved to Holland where she studied cello performance in the
Koninklijke Conservatorium, Den Haag. On returning to Ireland,
she completed a Bachelor of Education Degree in St Patrick’s
College, Drumcondra, whilst continuing her musical studies in
the Royal Irish Academy of Music with William Butt, completing
an Associate Diploma in Cello Teaching. During her time in St
Patrick’s College Ruth developed an interest in conducting and
conducted the St Patrick’s College Choir in the Cork International
Choral Festival with great success in 2008. This led her to return
to St Patrick’s College to participate in a Postgraduate Diploma
in Choral Conducting in Schools and the Community. Ruth is
now a member of the teaching staff of St Canice’s National
School and plays a huge part in St Canice’s Instrumental Music
Programme. She teaches cello to children from senior infants to
6th class level in the school, as well as tutoring chamber music
and conducting the Senior Orchestra. In 2010, Ruth started
adult cello classes in the school for any parents who wished to
join their children in their musical studies. This has provided
cellists for the newly formed adult orchestra, the Kilkenny
Gateway Orchestra.
Gearóid Grant
Gearóid Grant is a Dubliner. He graduated
with a BMus degree from University College
Dublin, and since then he has combined a
freelance career as conductor with a career in
music education. Gearóid was the conductor
of the Junior National Youth Orchestra of Ireland since it was
formed in 1980 and throughout this period has been an active
member of the Board of the NYOI. He conducted the NYOI at
the RTÉ Proms and on national television live from University
Concert Hall, Limerick on December 31st 1999 to play in the
new millennium. Gearóid celebrated 25 years as conductor and
musical director of the Rathmines & Rathgar Musical Society. He
has worked with all of the RTÉ orchestras, the Ulster Orchestra
and the Irish Chamber Orchestra. He devised the popular “They
don’t sing like they did in the old days” which has been a sellout success for the RTÉ Concert Orchestra with performances
in the Helix and at the National Concert Hall. Gearóid devised
and continues to present and conduct the acclaimed Irish
Times series ‘Music in the Classroom’ which introduces music
to 30,000 Irish children annually, with 24 performances at the
National Concert Hall in Dublin and in major venues around
Ireland. The programme is developed in conjunction with RTÉ,
The Irish Times and the Department of Education. He also
conducts the Cross-Border Orchestra of Ireland and has toured
with them many times in the USA. Gearóid conducts all of
Shaun Davey’s major works, including premieres of his Relief of
Derry Symphony in 1989 and his Concerto for Uilleann Pipes and
Orchestra, performed for the first time at Greenwich Festival in
London. These works are recorded for Tara Records. He has an
extensive repertoire of Irish music. He has conducted the Irish
Film Orchestra, of which he is Associate Music Director, for many
years. Gearóid Grant is one of the outstanding personalities in
his generation in the Irish music world and makes an ongoing
and unique contribution to many areas of Ireland’s cultural life,
but nowhere more importantly than through his work training
and inspiring new generations of young musicians in the
National Youth Orchestra of Ireland.
Tom Crowley
Tom Crowley is a native of Cork. He graduated
with honours from the Cork School of Music
where he studied for a BMus with Adrian
Petcu. During his studies, Tom spent a year
on an Erasmus exchange in Bucharest where,
amongst other things, his interest in conducting was sparked.
In 2012, Tom returned to Ireland having spent three years
completing a Masters in orchestral conducting in Bucharest
where he finished first in his class. While in Romania, Tom
studied under Maesto Dumitru Goia, a disciple of the St
Petersburg school of conducting. It is in Romania that Tom had
his professional debut with the Botosani Philharmonic. He has
also conducted the National Chamber Orchestra of Moldova.
Before returning home, Tom placed 2nd in the Jeunesses
Musicales International Conducting Competition in 2012. Now
based in Cork, he happily splits his time between the violin and
conducting. Tom conducted the premiere of Inspirit by Sam
Perkin with the Concorda Chamber Orchestra in 2013. He has
formed a chamber orchestra in Cork; the Stormport Sinfonia,
with whom he has most recently recorded the soundtrack for
an Irish documentary A Doctor's Sword. He is the principal
conductor of the Cork Youth Chamber Orchestra, and works
frequently with the Quercus Ensemble in Northern Ireland.
Kitty Dalligan
Kitty Dalligan started playing music at an
early age, studying violin and viola with
renowned violinist Jaroslav Vanecek at
Dublin’s Municipal School of Music, later
known as the DIT Conservatory of Music
and Drama. She was a regular prizewinner at Feis Ceoil and
Feis Maitiú on both violin and viola. Kitty played with the RTÉ
National Symphony Orchestra and the RTÉ Concert Orchestra
before joining the teaching staff of the DIT Conservatory of
Music and Drama. She went on to teach violin and viola as well
as conducting the Preliminary, Primary and Junior Orchestras
for many years. In 2002 Kitty founded the Young Orchestral
Pops (YOPs) Orchestra. In 2011, working closely with Dublin
City Council, Kitty established the Whitefriar Strings Project,
an outreach strings programme that provides access to free
professional string tuition for local Whitefriar Street children at
St Enda’s primary school. Kitty is a member of the American
String Teachers Association (ASTA). In 2012 she was honoured
to accept an invitation by the president of ASTA to present a talk
about her work with the Whitefriar Strings Project at the ASTA
National Conference. Kitty’s awards include The Agnes O’Kane
Award from IAYO, the Superquinn Community Award, and the
Unsung Hero Award from Dublin City Council for her work and
dedication with youth orchestras and music students.
Orchestras
Cork ETB School
of Music Junior
Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: HELEN MCGRATH
LEADER: EMMA O'DRISCOLL
The Cork ETB School of Music Junior
Orchestra was founded in 2000
by Ciaran Deloughry as a gateway
orchestra to the Cork ETB School
of Music Youth Orchestra. Its aim
Violin
Emma O'Driscoll
Eilís Bracken
Joseph Buckley
Jessica Considine
Ellie Cooney-Lynch
Emma Cronin
Seda Crowdy
Eve Cunningham
Ellie Duggan
James Dunne
Robert Dunne
Gráinne Egan
Abby Fay
Lily Fay
Seán Flannery
Zoë Gibson
Liadh Hanley
Louise Hennessy
Caoimhe HickeyBarry
Giang Horan
Mel Kavanagh
Aoibhe Kelleher
Clodagh Kelleher
Lydia Landers
Emma Lynch
Conor Mackey
Fiadh Maguire
Georgina McCarthy
Young Orchestral
Pops Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: KITTY DALLIGAN
CO-LEADERS: SARAH CARROLL, LAURA CONWAY
SOLOIST: MARK LYSAGHT, UILLEANN PIPES
The Young Orchestral Pops (YOPS)
Orchestra was set up in 2002 under
the direction of Kitty Dalligan to offer
students the opportunity to play film
music, traditional music, popular
classics and newly commissioned
works. YOPs now includes both a junior
and senior orchestra. Both orchestras
rehearse once a month in the Church
Violin
Sarah Carroll
Laura Conway
Eve Brennan
Claire Brennan
Wei Ying Chang
Hannah Sophia
Cogan
Lynn Collisson
Stephen Connor
Niamh Daly
Nicole Donnelly
Aoife Fagan
Sophia Finucane
Helen Hudson
Caroline Kiersey
Mark Lysaght
Áine Marsh
Daniel Martin
Ciara McLoughlin
Sorcha McGroarty
Sarah Meaney
Sorayya Melrose
is to train young musicians with no
orchestral experience in the discipline
and skills required to participate in an
orchestra. The orchestra is part of the
progressive development of music in
the county organised by the County
Cork School of Music under the aegis
of the Cork ETB. Membership is open
to young string, wind and percussion
players who are attending lessons
with the County Cork School of Music
in centres throughout the county,
or who are resident in the county.
A concentrated rehearsal session
Hannah Moloney
Saoirse Moloney
Lottie Moynihan
Cathal Murphy
Anna Murtagh
Juliet Nyhan
Abby O'Callaghan
Denis O'Carroll
Ellen O'Connell
Sarah O'Connell
Calum O'Donnell
Eoin O'Donnell
Hanna O'Donovan
Ciara O'Driscoll
Joachim O'Driscoll
Méabh O'Flynn
Ava O'Hare
Karla O'Hare
Anna O'Sullivan
Ben O'Sullivan
Beth O'Sullivan
Laoise O'Sullivan
Katie Sheehan
Kate Thompson
Kitty Clancy
Clodagh Connolly
Ashling Cronin
Caoimhe Cronin
Eadaoin Cronin
Alison Keogh
Faridat Lahadjo
Ryan McCarthy
Laura O'Driscoll
Viola
Clara Brech
Flute
Louise Clarke
Ciara O'Donovan
Éabha Sullivan
Lucy Wallace
Cello
Saoirse Burns
of Ireland College of Education in
Rathmines, Dublin. YOPS Orchestras
have won prizes at the Wesley Music
Festival and the Arklow Music Festival.
The Senior Orchestra have completed
successful concert tours to Prague,
Krakow, Paris and Verona and are
looking forward to their next tour to
Andalucía in spring 2015. To mark the
YOPs 10th anniversary they recorded
a CD, ‘Concert Favourites’, which was
released in 2013.
YOPS keep a busy performance
schedule with an annual Christmas
concert and a performance at the
Barnardos ‘Spirit of
Christmas’
Cian O’Connor
Mairéad O’SheaScanlan
Niamh O’SheaScanlan
Jassjot Sohanpal
Ollie Smith
Gillian Tang
Ellen Tighe
Sarah Walsh
Conor Ward
is held every two to three weeks in
Coláiste Choilm, Ballincollig. Since its
inception the orchestra has given many
performances around the county. In
February 2009, the orchestra travelled
to Dublin to perform in the National
Concert Hall at the 14th Festival of
Youth Orchestras. In March 2013 the
orchestra performed at the Coole
Music Festival in Galway. The tutors
of the orchestra this year are Helen
McGrath, Conor O’Connell and Yvonne
McCarthy.
Viola
Deirdre Allen
Tilly Lyons
Michael O'Connell
Ellen Smith
Cello
Sophie Daly
Jane Donnelly
Louie Lyons
Robert O'Connell
Percussion
Luke McCarthy
Aaron O'Sullivan
fundraising
dinner.
The
YOPS
Orchestras have also performed in
the Temple Bar TradFest. In April
2015 they will give a concert in the
Civic Theatre, Tallaght. Recent joint
concerts
included
performances
with the Julianstown Junior Youth
Orchestra, Sligo Academy of Music
Junior Orchestra, Rush / Lusk Educate
Together String Project and the
Whitefriar Strings Project. The YOPS
Junior orchestra will be taking part in
the Coole Music Orchestra Festival in
March 2015.
Bláithín O’Reilly
Niamh O’Sullivan
Percussion
Darragh Meehan
Flute
Sarah Conway
Ishbel Corcoran
Laura Farnan
Aisling Finegan
Martha Knight
Ellen Morgan
Ciara O’Brien
Alice Quigley
Uilleann Pipes
Mark Lysaght
Orchestras
IAYO Festival
Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: JAMES CAVANAGH
SOLOIST: CILLIAN O'BREACHAIN, VIOLIN
For many years, Professor James
Cavanagh of the Royal Irish Academy of
Music has suggested bringing players
from member orchestras throughout
the country together to perform at the
Festival of Youth Orchestras. This year,
being the auspicious 20th, we decided
Violin
Emma Begley
Ella Berke
Molly Byrne
Yasmine Byrne
David Callaghan
Ruth Crimmins
Meadbh Damery
Saoirse Darby
Michael Deloughry
Martin Dillon
Aileen Dooley
Bethany Edgar
Niamh Gibbons
Thea Harte
Hannah Heveran
Anneliese Hogan
Kelsie Jones
Lea Martin
Ivan Mather
Maia Matthews
Eoin Meaney
Gaby Murphy
Juliette Murphy
Heather O'Dwyer
Sibeal O'Dwyer
Siobhan O'Gara
Helen O'Hara
Ellen Reilly
Owen Stafford
Tatyana Wearen
Viola
Alanah Caschera
Ellen Donohoe
Zara Kareem
Tilly Lyons
Irish Youth Wind
Ensemble
CONDUCTOR: RONAN O’REILLY
The Irish Youth Wind Ensemble was
formed in 1985 by James Cavanagh
and Colonel Fred O’Callaghan. To date,
some 1,000 young wind, brass and
percussion players have participated
in the Ensemble and have benefited
greatly by the experience. The group
meets once every year for a weeklong residential course. The course
Flute/Piccolo
Padraic Flanagan
Ruairí Kirwan
Molly Rose Lucey
Burke
Hannah McNamara
Thomas Mulligan
Sophie O’Neill
Meadhbh O’Rourke
Hayley O’Sullivan
Hannah Treanor
Oboe
Conor Cavanagh
Deidre Glavin
Ross Layden
Clarinet
Evan Clarke
Gemma Coultis
Laura Doyle
Cian Flynn
Cathal Killeen
Ciara Lineen
Fionnuala MacMahon
to go for it with the aim of having
players from 20 or more orchestras.
This aim has been exceeded with over
80 players from 26 orchestras from
Cork to Donegal and most places in
between getting together to rehearse
at the Royal Irish Academy of Music
for two week-ends in advance of the
Festival and at the National Concert
Hall on 7th February.
Perkin, to write a new piece that can
be performed by the Festival Orchestra
and other orchestras around the
country. Dreaming in Sign Language
has the young players putting down
their instruments to become the sound
and sight of the orchestra, humming,
clapping and signing (not singing)
along to the accompaniment of a
harpist, bass drum and solo violinist!
It’s going to be fun! Enjoy!
To celebrate this first IAYO Festival
Orchestra, we have commissioned
a young composer from Cork, Sam
Jessica McDonald
Roddie McGuinness
Laoise Murray
Cliona Ni Chochlain
Cello
Ella Brennan
Rianne Byrne
Caoimhe Callaghan
Ellen Godley
Ella Healy
Jayden Lamcellari
Aoife Lyons
Lauire Maher
Winifred Massey
Alina Mayer Whitla
Aoileann Ni Mhurchu
Aine Ni Raghallaigh
Fiachra O Cochlain
Eric Sheeran-Purcell
Double Bass
Aoife Crotty
John Harding
Ciaran Hayes
Carl Jones
Kevin Kinsella
Oboe / Cor Anglais
Molly Crossen
Ciara Jones
Niamh O'Neill
Clarinet
Aoibh Crimmins
Aoife Ferry
Cathal Flanagan
Jannika Heller
commences with sectional rehearsals
which are tutored by some of Ireland‘s
finest professional wind, brass and
percussion players. The Ensemble then
move into intensive rehearsal which
is followed by a series of concerts in
Ireland.
The ethos of the IYWE is to offer young
wind, brass and percussion players
an opportunity to study, perform
and experience music specifically
composed for the wind ensemble
medium and to present music which
otherwise would not be heard by
Callum McClintock
Ian O’Shea
Bassoon
Greg Crowley
Aisling Crotty
Shane McCarthy
Saxophone
Niall Daly
Hannah Conneely
Louis O’Carroll
French Horn
Eimear Crotty
Caoime Glavin
Emmanuel Mansuk
Cian McCarthy
Jack O’Muircheartaigh
Louise Sullivan
Trumpet
Daire Cavanagh
William Chester
Sean Donohoe
Daniel Grant
Sarah McPhillips
Erin Walsh
French Horn
Medb Brereton Hurley
Peter Mullen
Meibh O'Sullivan
Julie Ryan
Lara Sweeney
Trumpet
Ben Bradley
Leo Brychta
Aoife Garry
Nathan McDonnell
Sinead Reidy
Trombone
Jason Keating
Jason Mullen
Kieran Sharkey
Peter Thompson
Tuba
Gearoid Lynch
Harp
Fiona Gryson
Meabh McKenna
Percussion
Ritchie Burbridge
Stephen Dungan
Darragh Meehan
Niall Tedders
Cillian Dooley
Irish audiences. As a result, the Wind
Ensemble have had many world and
Irish premieres.
The IYWE have commissioned works
by Philip Martin, John Buckley, Fergus
Johnston, Jennifer Walshe and in
2007, a new work by John Kinsella.
The group have also recorded a highly
praised and well-received CD of Music
entitled: ‘Where the Wind Blows’ (after
the work by John Buckley for Wind
Ensemble of the same name).
Neasa Hill
Aaron Keenahan
Senan McBrearty
Euphonium
Conor Gaffey
Adam McGrath
Ethan O’Regan
Tuba
Jack Doherty
Cian Walsh
Double Bass
Aisling Reilly
Percussion
Manus Dennison
Stephen Fleming
Cathal Folan
Tadhg Kinsella
Sean McClintok
Siobhan O’Donnell
Awards
The Agnes O’Kane Award
The Agnes O’Kane Award is
presented at the Festival of
Youth Orchestras annually to
recognise a volunteer who
has contributed to the growth
of youth orchestras in Ireland.
The award recognises the vital
contribution that volunteers have had in the growth
of youth orchestras over the last thirty years. It is
named after the founding Honorary Administrator
and, later, Chairperson of IAYO, a committed
volunteer who contributed not only to IAYO, but to
many other causes in youth and education in Ireland.
IAYO Youth Orchestra
Achievement Awards
The aim of the Youth Orchestra Achievement Awards
is to acknowledge particular achievements by IAYO
member youth orchestras that have contributed
significantly to the development of these orchestras.
The Awards Categories are:
Development of the Youth Orchestra This award
recognises the efforts of member orchestras in
promoting the growth and development of their
orchestras through any number of means.
Special Achievement Award This award is
intended for innovative achievement that benefits a
single youth orchestra, or the entire community of
youth orchestras.
Composers
The Festival of Youth Orchestras sees world
premieres and performances of works by Irish
composers every year, many of them written
specially for the orchestras that are going to
perform them on their national stage.
the Cork Hornpipe by Leo Rowsome, the premiere
of Dreaming in Sign Language by Sam Perkin along
with a repeat performance of his Inspirit for string
orchestra and the premiere of Aus der Distanz by
Katharina Baker.
For you today, we have a performances of Tommy You can find out more about these composers at
by Declan Townsend, The Erry Jig by Ciarán Hope, our 20th Festival website at festival.iayo.ie
orchestral arrangements of Planxty Fanny Power and
CIARÁN HOPE
LEO ROWSOME
SAM PERKIN
KATHARINA BAKER
3pm
Performance
Cork ETB School of Music Junior Orchestra
Conductor: Helen McGrath | Leader: Emma O'Driscoll
Marche Militaire Op.51 No.1
Greensleeves
Tommy
Thriller
Franz Schubert (1797 - 1828), (arr. Bob Cerulli)
Traditional (arr. Tony Mason)
Declan Townsend (b.1938)
Rod Temperton (b.1947), (arr. Robert Longfield)
Young Orchestral Pops Orchestra
Conductor: Kitty Dalligan | Co-leaders: Sarah Carroll, Laura Conway | Soloist: Mark Lysaght, Uilleann Pipes
American Fiddle Medley
The Erry Jig
Hallelujah
Born Free
Scottish Fiddle Medley
Planxty Fanny Power
Cork Hornpipe
Traditional (arr. Bob Philips)
Ciaran Hope (b.1974)
Leonard Cohen (b.1934), (arr. Robert Longfield)
John Barry (1933 - 2011), (arr. Bruce Chas)
Traditional (arr. Bob Phillips)
Turlough O'Carolan (1670 - 1738), (arr. Leo Rowsome)
Traditional (arr. Leo Rowsome)
IAYO Festival Orchestra
Conductor: James Cavanagh | Soloist: Cillian O'Breachain, Violin
Rienzi Overture
Dreaming in Sign Language
Music from ‘Lord of the Dance’
Richard Wagner (1813 - 1883), (arr. Sandra Dackow)
Sam Perkin (b.1985)
Ronan Hardimann (b.1962), (arr. Larry Moore)
Irish Youth Wind Ensemble
Conductor: Ronan O’Reilly
Symphonic Dances
I. Renaissance Dances
II. Tango
III. Hoedown
IV. Spiritual (Bon-Odori-Uta)
V. Belly Dance
Yosuke Fukuda (b.1975)
8pm
Performance
Coole Music Youth Orchestra
Conductor: Katharina Baker | Leader: Fionnuala Fahey
Schiarazula Marazula
Aus der Distanz
Waltz No.2 from ‘Jazz Suite’
Glencottage Polka No.2
Eero Keesti (b.1959)
Katharina Baker (b.1972)
(Dedicated to Stephan Noth – with gratitude)
Dmitri Shostakovich (1906 - 1975),
(arr. Hans J. Rogoll / Katharina Baker)
Traditional (arr. Jonas Åkerlund)
St Canice's NS Senior Orchestra
Conductor: Ruth O’Leary | Leader: Katie Breen
Trepak from ‘The Nutcracker’
Dambuster's March
Bolero
Ironclad
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840 - 1893), (arr. Sandra Dackow)
Eric Coates (1886 - 1957), (arr. David Andrew)
Maurice Ravel (1875 - 1937), (arr. Fergus Sheil)
Sean O'Loughlin (b.1972), (arr. Tommy Grace)
ConCorda
Accelerando Quartet
String Quartet No.4 in C Major K157 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756 - 1791)
III. Presto
Primavera Quartet
String Quartet in F Major Op.41 No.2 Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856)
I. Allegro vivace
ConCorda String Orchestra
Conductor: Tom Crowley | Leader: Keeva O'Mahony
Inspirit
Sam Perkin (b.1985)
Commissioned by ConCorda with support from The Arts Council
Presentation of the IAYO Youth Orchestra Achievement Awards and the Agnes O'Kane Award.
The National Youth Orchestra of Ireland
Conductor: Gearóid Grant | Leader: Phoebe White | Co-Leader: Claire Austen
Symphony No.7 in D minor
Antonín Leopold Dvorák (1841 - 1904)
III Scherzo: Vivace – Poco meno mosso
IV Finale: Allegro
Orchestras
Coole Music Youth
Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: KATHARINA BAKER
LEADER: FIONNUALA FAHEY
Coole Music Youth Orchestra (CMYO)
was founded in the autumn of 2006
with fifteen young string players.
From there it has more than doubled
Alanna KennyFlaherty
Hannah Piggott
Anna Tierney
Nicola Quirke
Siobhan Quirke
Violin
Fionnuala Fahey
Caoimhe Campbell
Archie Connolly
Roisin Clancy
Ellie Edge-O’Neill
Polly Edge-O’Neill
Shonagh Farrell
Siabhra Feeney
Clidna Flaherty
Michael Foley
James Kavanagh
Viola
Nell Buckley
Joshua ConneelyBaker
Tara Lee
St Canice's NS
Senior Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: RUTH O’LEARY
LEADER: KATIE BREEN
St Canice’s Instrumental Music
Programme was founded thirty two
years ago by Regina O'Leary and
Peggy Carey. With a handful of violins
and recorders, they established what
is now the current instrumental music
programme. From humble beginnings,
the programme expanded over the
Violin
Katie Breen
Katie Byrne
Caoimhe Carroll
Cara Clune
Séan Cullen
Charlie Delahunty
Rachel Dowling
Cian Farrell
Oisín Farrell
Adam Hayes
Holly Fitzgerald
Gráinne Gogarty
Séan Keenan
Kate Lavelle
Sophie Maher
Sarah Martin
Luke Morrissey
Aisling Mullaney
Dearbhla Murphy
Ellie Murphy
Tara McGrath
Colm Noonan
Sophia O’Shea
Ellie Peters
Fainche Pryal
Nina Rebi
Liam Smyth
Hanaa Yousof
Viola
Haneefah Abu
Kate Connolly
Rachael Egan
Lillie Gleeson
Hannah Harper
Róisín Harte
Hannah Leamy
Daire Murray
Zac McHardy
its numbers and developed a mature
orchestral sound comprising strings,
woodwind
and
percussion.
The
orchestra rehearses every Saturday
at Gort Community School and has
a wealth of original and entertaining
repertoire on offer, ranging from
Vivaldi to Shostakovich and from film
music to newly composed works.
Always open for collaborations, CMYO
have worked with young orchestras
Keeley Mannion
Cello
Aleksandar Elliott
Caolainn Feeney
Alannah O’ConnorDunford
Molly Piggott
Grace Wallis
Péter Sebestyén (guest)
Double Bass
Rasmus Baker
Billy Buckley
Teresa Turner (guest)
Benny Sólyóm
Robert Sólyóm (guest)
Flute
Alba Koolenbrander
Niamh Murphy
Saxophone
Barra McMahon
Oboe
Ciara McMahon
Clarinet
Elias Beachill
Brohwyn Brennan
years with the acquisition of more
instruments, music teachers and an
ever-increasing number of enthusiastic
students! The first school orchestra,
formed in the mid 80’s, had its first
win at Feis Ceoil in 1988 and has
since gone on to win this prestigious
competition an amazing twenty-two
times.
The ethos of the programme is ‘Music
for All’ and today it caters for over
400 children. Eighteen music teachers
provide tuition in wind, string and brass
instruments as well as piano, vocal,
Tom O’Neill
Leona O’Shea
Becky Peters
Michael Raggett
Cello
Joan Akaehomen
Philip Behan
Leah Bracken
Michael Clarke
Orla Kenny
Ciara Lavelle
Niamh Moore
Asha McHardy
Jane O’Keeffe
Margaret-Mary O’Shea
Georgia Shine
Harry Shine
Naomi Trait
Robyn Walsh
from Germany and Sweden over the
years and every summer the young
musicians join up in the residential
OURchestra summer camp with their
peers from Athenry Youth Orchestra.
CMYO features regularly at the Coole
Music Orchestra Festival, the Annual
Gala Concert in Kinvara, Castalia Hall
in Kilkenny and is delighted to play
at the IAYO Festival at the National
Concert Hall for the second time.
Double Bass
David Bracken
Aaron Dorney
Sally Mullins
Robyn Murphy
David Walsh
Flute
Ruth Brannigan
Chloe Cantwell
Eva Collins
Leah Comerford
Kathy Condren
Rachel Dermody
Eva Duggan
Orla Flynn
Emily Kenny
Shalom Oyenuga
Alison Smith
Ella Trait
Piano
Eadaoin Earley
Percussion
Atreyu ConneelyBaker
Bryonie Hopper (guest)
pre-instrumental and music theory.
The Senior Orchestra is the flagship
of the programme, which includes
two orchestras, (senior and junior),
two jazz bands (senior and junior),
concert band, recorder ensemble and
chamber music ensembles. There is
also an adult music programme with
over thirty adults involved in violin and
cello tuition, who also form part of the
‘Gateway Orchestra’. This is the fifth
time St Canice’s have performed at
the IAYO Festival of Youth Orchestras.
Many thanks to the IAYO for inviting us
to perform at this very special concert!
Clarinet
DJ Delaney
Katy Hynes
Katie Wilson
Saxophone
Luke Brennan
Peter Conroy
Nick Doheny
Luca Loli
Séan Maher
French Horn
Maeve Conroy
Trumpet
Eoin Bourke
Luke Cummins de
Guzman
Lucy Harte
Trombone
Sam O’Connell
Adam Gordon
Percussion
Andrew Brennan-Smyth
Ciara Harte
Johnny Keane
Kevin Moore
Conor Wilson
Orchestras
ConCorda String
Orchestra
CONDUCTOR: TOM CROWLEY
LEADER: KEEVA O’MAHONY
ConCorda is an innovative and longestablished chamber music course
which attracts a high calibre of
international string players from all
corners of the globe, and offers talented
string players aged between 14 and 21
an inspiring and transforming musical
experience in chamber music, string
orchestra and music improvisation.
Participants study chamber music
intensively at a high level with a staff
of Irish and international tutors. As
well as members of the prestigious
Irish Chamber Orchestra, tutors have
included renowned violinist, Marc
Danel, the award winning French
quartet Quatuor Varese and Oscar
Violin
Keeva O’Mahony
Marie-Therese
Boland
Aisling Donnelly
Seamus Hickey
Kevin Jansson
Julie Leenane
Aoife Lynch
David McElroy
Fiona McEvoy
Aoife McHugh
Andrew Molloy
Ellen Murphy
Martin O’Farrell
Niamh O’Riain
Sorcha O’Riain
Jessica O’Shea
Valsecchi, an actor and mime artist,
who is in much demand across
Europe’s
most
exciting
theatre
companies.
equivalent u18 competition in 2014.
Accelerando String
Quartet
JESSICA O’SHEA (VIOLIN), MAGGIE O’SHEA
(VIOLIN), RÓISÍN DONOHOE (VIOLA),
AOIFE RODGERS (GUEST CELLO)
KEVIN JANSSON, SEAMUS HICKEY (VIOLIN),
MARK KENNY (VIOLA), ZARA FINN (CELLO)
The Accelerando String Quartet is a
group of musicians who have been
playing together for five years. They
are all students at the CIT Cork School
of Music where they meet weekly for
chamber music tuition with Adrian
Petcu. The quartet has regularly
featured in the National Concert Hall
series 'Music in the Foyer'. In Feis
Maitiú Cork 2013 they were First Prize
winners in the u15 Chamber Music
Competition and came 3rd in the
Maggie O’Shea
Claire Christine
O’Sullivan
Jenna Raggett
Kevin Ryan
Katherine Veeckman
Anna Walsh
Elizabeth Walsh
Mollie Wrafter
Viola
Cian Adams-Gibson
Denise Crowley
Amína Kareem
Mark Kenny
Tara McCarthy
Cian McBrearty
Joy Rowan Casey
Luke Rynn Cullen
The National Youth
Orchestra of Ireland
talent that Ireland has to offer, both
north and south of the border.
CONDUCTOR: GEARÓID GRANT
LEADER: PHOEBE WHITE
CO-LEADER: CLAIRE AUSTEN
NYOI programmes create opportunities
for young musicians to engage with
each other on a national level and to
perform and interact with professional
musicians and conductors. It is a
unique environment through which
they are influenced by the practice and
standards of those around them and
by their professional mentors. In 2015,
NYOI celebrates its 45th anniversary
and the musicians are excited to mark
the occasion with this performance
at IAYO’s 20th Festival of Youth
Orchestras. In December 2014, NYOI
fulfilled its goal of reviving the Touch
Since 1970, The National Youth
Orchestra of Ireland (NYOI) has
provided
professional
leadership
and inspiration to talented young
Irish musicians through intense
orchestral training and performance
opportunities of the highest standard.
Aged between 12 and 18, its current
members
are
selected
through
competitive national auditions and
represent the best young musical
Violin
Phoebe White
Claire Austen
Marie-Therese Boland
Daire Connelly
Cathal Daly
Aisling Donnelly
Emily Jane Doyle
Cliodhna Heenan
Seamus Hickey
Kevin Jansson
Sarah Jones
Luke Kehoe-Roche
Lily Kettle
Julie Leenane
Aisling Lyons
Maria McCarthy
Anna Mitchell
Chan Mok
Andrew Molloy
Molly Murphy O’Kane
Muireann Ní
Raghallaigh
Tadhg O’Connell
Niamh O’Riain
Sorcha O’Riain
Jessica O’Shea
Maggie O’Shea
Claire O’Sullivan
Jenna Raggett
Hannah Reilly
Abbie Soon
Mark Thomas
Anna Walsh
Peter Watters
Mollie Wrafter
Viola
Maria Blake
Emily Crowley
Fiachra De HOra
Roísín Donohoe
Theodore Foley
Emma Lambkin
Cian Mac Garry
Cian McBrearty
Kellie O’Neill
Joy Rowan Casey
Luke Rynne Cullen
Cello
Alexander Brychta
Meadhbh Campbell
Grace Coughlan
Zara Finn
Eoin Hammond
Patrick Moriarty
Juliette Morrison
Zoë Nagle
Niamh O’Connor
James O’Donovan
Clodagh Reilly
Eric Sheeran-Purcell
Double Bass
Oisin McEnroe
James KeaveneyJiminez
Arno Von Kietzell
Kevin Kinsella
Jenny O’Brien
Alison O’Riordan
Stéphane Petiet
Flute
Eoin Fallon
Ruairí Kirwan
Molly Rose LuceyBurke
John Sweeney
The Primavera
String Quartet
All members of the Primavera String
Quartet are students of the CIT Cork
School of Music where they study
under the guidance of Constantin
Zanidache. They have been the
recipient of prizes in a number of
competitions including Feis Maitiú in
Cork, Feis Ceoil in Dublin and the Cork
School of Music Vanbrugh Quartet
Competition and recently played at the
opening ceremony of the European
Youth Parliament in the City Hall, Cork.
Cello
Elizabeth Boland
Grace Coughlan
Caitriona Finnegan
Zara Finn
Lucy McCabe
Claire McNamara
Patrick Moriarty
Juliette Morrison
Zoe Nagle
Niamh O'Connor
Leah Raggett
Aoife Rodgers
Eric Sheeran-Purcell
Double Bass
Daire MacMaghnuis
Oisin McEnroe
Bass residential course for rare-breed
instrumentalists aged 12-18. This is
an important development in helping
orchestras to achieve well-balanced
sections in the future. The revival of
this important project would not have
been possible without the support from
the trustees of the Richardson-Smith
Trust, which was established by NYOI’s
founder, Dr Olive Smith, in 1976. NYOI
receives annual funding from the Arts
Council and National Lottery funds
through the department of Education
and Skills. NYOI receives generous
support from private benefactors and
NYOI Friends. We are also grateful to
our media partner, The Irish Times, for
its support.
Oboe
Garreth Kelly
Ross Layden
Niamh O’Neill
Kirsty Moran
Colum Mulhall
Richard O’Dwyer
Niamh Rodgers
Clarinet
Molly Crossen
Michael John Gillen
Ian O’Shea
Emily Sullivan
Ruth Walsh
Trumpet
Christian Bauer
Jason McAuley
Senan McBrearty
Roshan O’Donnell
Bassoon
Emily Maher
Shane McCarthy
Delphi Morris
French Horn
Caoime Glavin
William Le Bas
Trombone
Ciara Lambkin
Mark McCarthy
Ethan McKnight
Percussion
Connor Chambers
For the landmark 20th year we have created a special
Festival website at festival.iayo.ie. Here you can find
information on the participating orchestras, a detailed list
of Festival Fringe events and full interviews with all of our
Festival Ambassadors. We will be adding video from today’s
performances along with photos and interviews with the
young players.
festival.iayo.ie
BRIAN O’KANE
TONY LUNDON
MICHELLE FLEMING
KATIE MCGUINNESS
“ It is wonderful to see
a continuous strength
in Ireland’s youth music
which, of course, is
so fundamentally
important to Ireland’s
future cultural life.”
“ I thought I’d become
a lawyer, but music
is what I’ve given my
professional life over
to, and it started with
the violin.”
“ Whatever the amount
of practice you have
done in preparation,
you learn so much
more in front of an
audience.”
“ It is really such
a special day and
something that Ireland
should be very proud
of.”
IAYO Members
Alexandra College Orchestra
Liz Foster
Alexandra College
Milltown
Dublin 6
01 497 7571
[email protected]
www.alexandracollege.ie
Cistercian College Orchestra
Gary Doherty
Mount St. Joseph's Abbey
Roscrea
County Tipperary
0505 23344
[email protected]
www.cisterciancollege.com
Association of British Orchestras
Jenny Lomas
32 Rose Street
London
WC2E 9ET
United Kingdom
0044 (0) 20 7557 6770
[email protected]
www.abo.org.uk
CIT Cork School of Music Orchestras
Joan Scannell, Head of Strings
CIT Cork School Of Music
Union Quay
Cork
021 432 6883
[email protected]
www.cit.ie/citcorkschoolofmusic
Athenry Junior and Senior Orchestras
Katharine Mac Maghnuis
Athenry Music School
Station Road
Athenry
County Galway
093 41438 / 096 75629
[email protected]
www.athenrymusicschool.net
Belvedere College Orchestra
Louise Curtin
6 Great Denmark Street
Dublin 1
01 858 6600
[email protected]
Blackrock College Orchestra
Una O'Kane
Blackrock College
Blackrock
County Dublin
01 288 8681
[email protected]
www.blackrockcollege.com
Carlow Youth Orchestra
Majella Swan
1 Larkfield
Green Lane
County Carlow
059 914 0676
[email protected]
www.carlowcollegeofmusic.ie
Cathy Desmond String School
Cathy Desmond
Ryecroft
John's Hill
Waterford City
065 686 6533
[email protected]
www.cathydesmondstringschool.com
Celbridge Concert Orchestra
Peter Byrne
26 Hawthorn View
Celbridge
County Kildare
087 281 5007
[email protected]
www.liffeyvalleyorchestra.com
Ceol na Mara
Oonagh Keogh
2 The Brook
Huntsfield
Dooradoyle
County Limerick
086 266 8428
[email protected]
www.ceolnamara.ie
Churchtown School of Music
Ann Maybin
The Village Centre
Main Street
Dundrum
Dublin 14
01 298 9185
[email protected]
www.churchtownschoolofmusic.ie
Clare Music Makers Limited
Michelle Hennessy
Nationwide House
Bank Place
Ennis
County Clare
065 684 2480 / 065 684 0500
[email protected]
www.claremusicmakers.com
Clongowes Wood College Orchestra
Philip Thomas
Clongowes Wood College
Prosperous
Naas
County Kildare
045 868202
[email protected]
www.clongowes.com
Coláiste Mhuire Orchestra
Carmel Griffin
Coláiste Muire
College Road
Ennis
County Clare
065 682 9497
[email protected]
www.colaistemuire.ie
Dorothy Conaghan
190 Seapark
Malahide
County Dublin
086 336 0448
[email protected]
ConCorda
Adrian Petcu, Joachim Roewer
ConCorda
c/o IAYO
Civic Trust House
50 Pope's Quay
Cork
021 421 5185
[email protected]
www.concorda.ie
Coole Music Youth Orchestra
Katharina Baker
Seeoma House
Cregclare
Ardrahan
County Galway
086 346 7245
[email protected]
www.coole-music.com
Cork City Music College Orchestra
Shena Shortall
City Music College
4 Drinan Street
Cork
021 431 3211
[email protected]
www.ccmc.ie
Cork Youth Orchestra
Tony Gannon
c/o Deerpark CBS
St Patrick's Road
Cork
021 450 3561
[email protected]
www.cyo.ie
County Cork VEC Youth Orchestra
Carol Daly
Yeats House
Barrack Square
Ballincollig
County Cork
021 466 5005
[email protected]
www.cocorkvec.ie
County Donegal Youth Orchestra
Angela McLaughlin
Donegal ETB
Regional Cultural Centre
Port Road
Letterkenny
074 917 6293
[email protected]
www.dmep.ie
County Kildare Youth Orchestra
Bernadette Hayden
Herbert Lodge Arts Centre
The Curragh
County Kildare
045 481598
[email protected]
County Tipperary Ryan Youth Orchestra
Michael John Ryan
20 Bank Place
Tipperary Town
County Tipperary
062 51128
[email protected]
www.ctryo.ie
County Wexford Youth Orchestra
David Creevy
County Wexford School of Music
St Marys
Summerhill
Wexford
053 914 1284
[email protected]
www.wexfordschoolofmusic.ie
Divine Mercy Senior School Orchestra
Enid Conaghan
20 St John's Park West
Clondalkin
Dublin 22
087 699 8069
[email protected]
Dublin Youth Orchestras
Wendy Arlow
102 Woodfield
Rathfarnham
Dublin 16
083 403 6030
[email protected]
www.dyo.ie
Dundalk Grammar School Orchestra
Aisling McGuire
The Crescent
Dundalk
County Louth
042 933 4459
[email protected]
www.dgs.ie
Enniscorthy Vocational College
Orchestra
Brídín Kelly
Milehouse Road
Enniscorthy
County Wexford
053 923 4185
halseyrath@eircom net
www.evc.ie
Fingal County Youth Orchestra
Jim Whelan
34 Cremore Cresent
Glasnevin
Dublin 11
01 821 6005
[email protected]
www.fingalorchestra.ie
Galway Ensemble-in-Residence:
ConTempo Quartet
Delia Monroe
The Galway Music Residency
St Mary's College
Room 219
St Mary's Road
Galway
091 586706
[email protected]
www.thegalwaymusicresidency.ie
Galway Youth Orchestra
Carmel Garrett
Rustic Gables
Knocknacarra
Galway
087 261 4357
[email protected]
www.galwayyouthorchestra.ie
High School Orchestra
Marianne White
Danum
Zion Road
Rathgar
Dublin 6
01 492 2611
[email protected]
www.highschooldublin.com
Irish Midlands Youth Orchestra
Jerry de Frates
The Lake House
Muckanagh
Strokestown
County Roscommon
087 910 1411
[email protected]
Irish Youth Harp Orchestra
Sean Brady
76 Monaleen Park
Castletroy
Limerick
061 372777
[email protected]
Irish Youth Wind Ensemble
Ronan O'Reilly / Rob O'Brien
c/o IAYO
Civic Trust House
50 Pope's Quay
Cork
021 421 5185
[email protected]
www.iywe.ie
Julianstown Youth Orchestra
Maria Sheil / Fergus Sheil
'Corbal Woods'
Corballis
Julianstown
County Meath
041 988 6712
[email protected]
www.jyo.ie
Kerry School of Music Orchestras
Aidan O'Carroll
Old Custom House
High Street
Tralee
County Kerry
066 712 5690
[email protected]
www.kerryschoolofmusic.com
Kilbride and Lakeside Music Committee
Maria O'Hara
Lamb Hill
Tinode
Blessington
County Wicklow
087 965 6257
[email protected]
Kilkenny Youth Orchestras
Marian Ryan
School of Music
Ormonde Street
Kilkenny
056 776 2969
[email protected]
www.kilkennyyouthorchestra.webs.com
IAYO Members
KSM Wexford Chamber Orchestra
Robert & Angela Mahon
Kiltra School of Music
Kiltra
Wellington Bridge
County Wexford
051 560849
[email protected]
www.kiltraschoolofmusic.ie
National Youth Orchestra of Ireland
Carol-Ann McKenna
Suite 33 2nd Floor
Morrison Chambers
32 Nassau Street
Dublin 2
01 616 9642 / 01 616 9638
[email protected]
www.nyoi.ie
Kylemore College Orchestra
Mona McMahon
69 Butterfield Park
Rathfarnham
Dublin 14
087 134 0652
[email protected]
www.kylemorecollege.ie
Newpark Junior Strings
Anne Moroney
Newpark Music Centre
Newtownpark Avenue
Blackrock
County Dublin
01 288 3740
[email protected]
www.newparkmusic.ie
Laois School of Music Orchestra
Nuala Kelly
Laois School of Music
Áras an Chontae
Portlaoise
County Laois
057 867 4345
[email protected]
www.laois.ie/LeisureandCulture/Arts/
LaoisSchoolofMusic/
Leeson Park School of Music
Orchestras
Lidia Jewloszewicz-Clarke
Kensington Hall
Grove Park
Rathmines
Dublin 6
01 496 7890
[email protected]
www.lpsm.ie
Limerick School of Music Orchestra
David O'Connell
Limerick School of Music
Mulgrave Street
Limerick
061 417348
[email protected]
www.limerickschoolofmusic.ie
Loreto School Orchestra Kilkenny
Jacinta Cantwell
Loreto Secondary School
Granges Road
Kilkenny
056 776 5132
086 316 8948
[email protected]
www.loretokk.ie
Mayo Concert and Youth Orchestra
Pauline Rodgers
Spencer Street
Castlebar
County Mayo
094 902 1794
[email protected]
www.mayoconcertorchestra.ie
Moate Community School Orchestra
Lorna Duignan
Community School
Moate
County Westmeath
090 648 1350
[email protected]
Music Matters
Sarah Biggins
New Inn
Ballinasloe
County Galway
0909 687515
[email protected]
Naas Youth Orchestra
Marianna Alaberdova
Naas Music School
Swans on the Green
Kilcullen Road
Naas
County Kildare
059 864 2926
[email protected]
www.naasmusicschool.com
North Wexford Youth Orchestra
Teresa Doyle
"Armonia"
Ballygarrett Little
Gorey
County Wexford
053 942 7349
[email protected]
NUI Maynooth University Chamber
Orchestra
Sebastien Petiet
37 Verschoyle Park
Saggart
County Dublin
01 708 3733
[email protected]
www.nuim.ie
OURchestra Summer Camp
Katharine Mac Maghnuis
c/o Athenry Music School
Station Road
Athenry
087 781 6811
[email protected]
Philipstown Youth Ensemble
Helen Leahy
23 Chord Road
Drogheda
County Louth
[email protected]
Redemptorist Centre of Music
Andrew Jordan
Mount St Alphonsus
South Circular Road
Limerick
061 314924
[email protected]
www.redscentreofmusic.ie
Roscommon County Youth Orchestra
Avril Carr
Roscommon County Council
Community and Enterprise Section
Courthouse
Roscommon
090 663 2541
roscommoncountyyouthorchestra
@gmail.com
www.roscommonarts.com
Royal Irish Academy of Music
William Dunne
36 - 38 Westland Row
Dublin 2
01 676 4412
[email protected]
www.riam.ie
Sligo Academy of Music
Niamh Crowley
7 Lower The Mall
Sligo
071 915 4947
[email protected]
www.sligoacademyofmusic.ie
South East Ulster Youth Orchestra
Dolores McArdle
South Eastern Music Centre
High School Campus
Belfast Road
Ballynahinch
BT24 8EH
028 9756 2030 / 9756 2989
[email protected]
www.selb.org/music
St Agnes/Scoil Colm Primary School
Orchestra
Joanna Crooks
St Agnes' Primary School
Armagh Road
Crumlin
Dublin 12
01 455 5127
[email protected]
www.stagnesmusiccrumlin.com
St Canice's I.M.P.
Gina O'Leary
St Canice's Co-Ed National School
Granges Road
Kilkenny
056 776 2150
[email protected]
www.stcanices.net
St Malachy's College Orchestra
Heather Lowry
St Malachy's College
36 Antrim Road
Belfast
BT15 2AE
0044 28 9074 8285
[email protected]
www.stmalachyscollege.com
St Michael's Primary School
Trish O'Connor
Kylemore Road
Ballyfermot
Dublin 10
01 626 3556
[email protected]
St Peter Apostle Junior School
Orla Healy
Neilstown
Clondalkin
Dublin 22
01 457 2811 / 01 457 2799
[email protected]
www.stpeterapostlejns.ie
St Peter's College Orchestra
Pat Morris
St Peter's College
Dunboyne
County Meath
01 825 2552
[email protected]
www.stpeterscc.ie
St Ultan's Orchestra
Ena Morley
St Ultan's Primary School
Cherry Orchard Avenue
Dublin 10
01 643 4599
[email protected]
www.stultans.com
St Vincent's School Orchestra
Stephen Hennessey
St Vincent's Secondary School
Seatown Place
Dundalk
County Louth
[email protected]
www.stvincentsdlk.scoilnet.ie
Summer Music in Galway
Bob and Nancy Creech
Edgewater
Seafield Road
Quilty
County Clare
Bob 086 302 5899
[email protected]
www.summermusicingalway.com
Tipperary Millennium Orchestra
Tom Cahill
24 Brookway
Clonmel
County Tipperary
085 725 3360
[email protected]
Trinity Orchestra
Kevin Bluett
Dublin University Orchestral Society
House 6
Trinity College
Dublin 2
[email protected]
www.trinityorchestra.com
Tullamore Stage School
Regina McCarthy
Durrow
Tullamore
County Offaly
057 932 1747
[email protected]
www.tullamorestageschool.ie
UCD Symphony Orchestra
Ciarán Crilly
School of Music
Newman Building
UCD Belfield
Dublin 4
01 716 3436
[email protected]
www.ucd.ie/orchestra
Ulster Youth Orchestra
Paula Klein
Cathedral Quarter Managed Workspace
109/113 Royal Avenue
Belfast
BT1 1FF
028 9027 8287
[email protected]
www.uyo.org.uk
Ursuline Secondary School Orchestra
Sr Cecilia O'Dwyer
St Angela's Academy of Music
Ursuline Convent
Thurles
County Tipperary
087 670 8431
[email protected]
www.uct.ie
Wesley College Orchestra
Paula Dowzard
Wesley College
Ballinteer
Dublin 16
01 298 7066
[email protected]
WIT Youth Orchestra
Stephen Mackey
College Street Campus
WIT
Waterford
[email protected]
www.wit.ie/schools/education/music_school
Young Dublin Symphonia
Bjarke Gundersen
Leas Cross
Swords
County Dublin
086 733 3464
[email protected]
www.youngdublinsymphonia.com
Young European Strings
School of Music
Maria Kelemen
21 The Close
Cypress Downs
Templeogue
Dublin 6W
01 490 5263
[email protected]
www.youngeuropeanstrings.com
Young Orchestral Pops
Kitty Dalligan
c/o Tom Hope
Warrenstown
Dunboyne
County Meath
087 239 0901
[email protected]
www.yops-ireland.com