Maytime Melodies Running Order and Tickets

Tickets are available for Maytime Melodies from 3rd March at the Watergate Theatre. Tickets cannot be purchased from the school or from music committee members, and all queries, ticket returns etc should be directed to the Watergate Theatre. Tickets for the concerts tend to sell very quickly so you are advised to purchase your tickets early. Tickets are priced at €10 for adults and €5 for children.

This is our major fundraiser for the music programme and we appreciate the support that parents and families continue to show us.

Please see the running order for both nights below. Further information on the concerts will issue nearer the concert dates.

Tuesday 20th May

Junior Infants Violins (Baby Bows)
1st Class Cellos (Cellorific)
Year 1 Recorder (Petit Puffs)
1st & 2nd Class Viola Group (Vital Violas)
Junior Infants Pre Twinkle 1
1st Class violins (Minims and Semibreves)
1st Class Percussion (The Allsorts)
2nd Class Percussion (GI Joes)
Double Bass Ensemble (Touch Bass)
Beginner Jazz Band (Canice’s Cubs/Beginner Wind)
Year 2 Recorder (Recorder Rhapsody)
2nd Class Pocket Trumpets
Junior Jazz Band
Junior Orchestra

Wednesday 21st May

Senior Infants Violins (Crotchets and Quavers)
Senior Infants Cellos (Cello Cherubs)
Recorder Ensemble (Junior & Senior Orchestra)
3rd Class Percussion (Glow Ninjas)
Senior Infants Pre Twinkle 2
Beginner Flutes (Tutti Flutti)
St Canice’s Concert Brass Ensemble (French horns, trombones, trumpets)
Senior French Horn Trio
Groovy Guitars
Senior Jazz Band
Senior Orchestra

By St Canices Instrumental Music Programme|2019-04-30T13:38:13+01:00March 1st, 2014|Concerts, Music|

Kilkenny Music Festival – Amended Lesson Timetable

There will be no GROUP music lessons on the week of the Kilkenny Music Festival- March 3rd to March 9th. The Festival has been extended by a day to include Tuesday, March 4th. Please check with your child’s music teacher regarding individual lessons as some teachers will want to see individual students for final rehearsals before the competitions. The timetable which involves St Canice’s students is posted here

Good luck to all our young singers and instrumentalists!

By St Canices Instrumental Music Programme|2019-04-30T13:38:13+01:00February 21st, 2014|Music|

Kilkenny Music Festival Timetable for Our Young St Canice’s Musicians

For all young St Canice’s Musicians, below are the details of the Junior element of the Kilkenny Music Festival. For more details please visit the Kilkenny Music Festival website by clicking here

Tuesday 4th March

Chamber Music

4:00pm The Peggy Carey Cup (2nd, 3rd and 4th Class)
4:45pm The Duggan Cup (5th and 6th Class)

Thursday 6th March

Wind

3:30pm Under 11 Clarinet
4:30pm Under 13 Clarinet
8:15pm Primary Saxophone

Vocal Solo

3:30pm Girls Vocal Solo (2nd, 3rd and 4th Class)
5:45pm Girls Vocal Solo (5th and 6th Class)
8:15pm Boys Vocal Solo (for unbroken voices up to 14 years)

Friday 7th March

Wind

3:30pm Under 11 Recorder
3:45pm Under 13 Recorder
3:55pm Under 10 Flute
4:10pm Under 12 Flute
4:30pm Under 14 Flute

Piano

3:30pm Under 9 Solo Piano
4:15pm Under 9 Piano Duets
4:30pm Under 11 Solo Piano
5:15pm Under 11 Piano Duets
6:00pm Under 13 Solo Piano
7:00pm Under 13 Piano Duets
7:45pm Primary Piano Recital

Saturday 8th March

Strings

9:30am Under 9 Violin
9:10am Under 11 Violin
11:00am Under 13 Violin
12:30pm Under 9 Viola
12:40pm Under 11 Viola
12:50pm Under 13 Viola
1:45pm Under 9 Cello
1:55pm Under 11 Cello
2:45 pm Under 13 Cello

By St Canices Instrumental Music Programme|2019-04-30T13:38:13+01:00February 19th, 2014|Competitions, Concerts, Music|

New Administrator for the Music Programme

The Music Programme will welcome a new Administrator in June when Ruth Walsh takes over from current Administrator, Mary Conway. Mary has been Administrator of the Instrumental Music Programme for the past 3.5 years. During that time, she oversaw the day-to-day running of the programme. Mary was responsible for computerising the financial details of the IMP as well as completing a full inventory of the instruments. She was also one of the main organisers of the very successful trip to the National Concert Hall in February 2012 where the Senior Orchestra took part in the prestigious IAYO Festival of Youth Orchestras. One of Mary’s main jobs each year was the production of the music programme timetable each September – a task which has become more onerous and complicated each year as the programme continues to grow! It is a testament to Mary’s dedication and conscientiousness that the timetable was always produced on time! We wish to thank Mary for the amazing job she has done and most particularly for her commitment to the programme, often over and beyond the call of duty. We wish her all the very best in her future endeavours.

Ruth Walsh will take over from Mary after the Maytime Melodies Concert. Ruth is a former student of Regina’s, who taught her in 5^th class. She was involved in music throughout her primary and secondary school years and is currently Leader of the newly formed St Canice’s Gateway Orchestra. Ruth has also been actively involved with Regina for the past 12 years, in helping out with weekly art classes for junior and senior infants. Regina is delighted that Ruth has agreed to take over the role which Mary has played in administering the music programme. We wish Ruth every success in her new position.

By St Canices Instrumental Music Programme|2019-04-30T13:38:13+01:00February 19th, 2014|Music|

St Canice’s Music Programme Wins National Special Achievement Award!

Saturday night was a very proud night for Regina O Leary as she accepted a Special Achievement Award from the Irish Association of Youth Orchestras (IAYO) in recognition of 30 years of music by St Canice’s Instrumental Music Programme. Minister for Children, Frances Fitzgerald, presented Regina with the award onstage at the annual Festival of Youth Orchestras Concert at the National Concert Hall in recognition of the contribution the music programme has made to the development of youth orchestras. Since the foundation of the programme in 1983, thousands of Kilkenny children have been given the opportunity to learn how to play a musical instrument and to enjoy playing music. The IAYO make two special annual awards to organisations who have made a significant and innovative contribution to the development of their youth orchestras. The Special Achievement Award was presented to the programme for a year of celebrations to mark the 30th anniversary which included the creation of our wonderful new website (by parent Kate O’Connell) and the very successful Gala Concert in the Watergate Theatre in June 2013. Speaking after the presentation of the award, Regina said the programme is a testament to the dedicated music teachers team, our wonderful and supportive principal Maria Comerford and teaching staff, the unprecedented commitment given by amazing Parents’ Committees both present and past and the gifted talented children who have passed through the doors of St Canice’s over the past 30 years. Finally she said that the young musicians of St Canice’s have given her 30 years of unimaginable joy and long may it continue!

By St Canices Instrumental Music Programme|2019-04-30T13:38:13+01:00February 10th, 2014|Competitions, Music|