Programme News – Page 26 – St Canice's Music Programme

12 06, 2013

Sixth Class Farewell Concert June 11th 2013

By St Canices Instrumental Music Programme|2019-04-30T13:38:16+01:00June 12th, 2013|Concerts|

On 11th June, eight years of playing culminated in a beautiful event for our young sixth class musicians and their parents alike at the Sixth Class Farewell Concert. This Year there were 32 acts, which included individual performances and those of groups, with some of our musicians taking the stage on more than one occasion and on more than one instrument in many cases! It was a wonderful evening thoroughly enjoyed by all and was closed by a moving rendition of “Can You Feel The Love Tonight” from the Lion King. We were joined by Mayor Sean O’hAgain who presented every pupil of the programme with a certificate of achievement and as principal of the Gaelscoil Osrai, in Kilkenny, congratulated Regina, the music staff, teachers and Mrs Comerford, our principal, on the remarkable achievements of the music programme, stating it was something every school should aspire to creating. The evening concluded with drinks and food as provided by the music committee and Sixth Class parents and Domino’s pizza as a well deserved treat from the music programme for the young musicians.

10 05, 2013

Carmen Children’s Choir May 9th 2013

By St Canices Instrumental Music Programme|2019-04-30T13:38:16+01:00May 10th, 2013|Concerts|

Opera Theatre Ireland staged Carmen in the Watergate on Thursday May 9th. Eleven of our Sixth Class students sang in the Children’s Chorus and experienced the thrill of being in a professional production such as this. Well done Ella Brennan, Ruth Kent, Sinead Flynn, Kiri O’Neill, Richard Obisanya, Doireann Sloyan, Sarah Smith, Aine Trait, Jane Cass, Kate Dempsey and Alannah Kennedy.

20 03, 2013

Feis Ceoil March 19th 2013

By St Canices Instrumental Music Programme|2019-04-30T13:38:16+01:00March 20th, 2013|Competitions|

On the 19th of March our intrepid Junior and Senior Orchestras journeyed to Dublin to compete in the Feis Ceoil. The trip was taken via Liffey Valley where our young musicians enjoyed some retail therapy and lunch in the food court and then subsequently continued to the RDS for the competition. Our Junior Orchestra, directed by Margaret O Faoláin de Bhróite, played “Prelude in G” by Edward B Jurey and “Marco Takes a Walk” by Sheila Nelson, wonderfully and were victorious taking away the Peter Killian Cup. Our Senior Orchestra, directed by Ruth O’Leary, played “Dambusters March” by Eric Coates and Elgars “Nimrod” and were a close runner up to their younger friends, taking second place. This marked the twenty first time the Peter Killian Cup was brought to St Canice’s.

11 03, 2013

Kilkenny Music Festival March 6-10th 2013

By St Canices Instrumental Music Programme|2019-04-30T13:38:16+01:00March 11th, 2013|Competitions|

This year marked the fifteenth year of The Kilkenny Music Festival, the largest of its kind in the south of Ireland. With more than 70 competitions, the choral, vocal solo, and instrumental performances featured competitors from Kilkenny, Carlow, Laois, Waterford and Wexford.

The festival always brings together a wide spread of ages and talents with competitions which cater for all levels and walks of life. A final Gala concert marks the end of the festival and showcases musicians chosen by the festival adjudicators from eighty winners of the festival’s competitions to perform and have the opportunity of winning the festival’s most prestigious prizes.

This year as every year we saw a large number of our talented musicians from the music programme enter the various competitions and in many cases be highly successful. Our musicians Georgia Shine, Liam and Aoibheann Smyth, Daire Maher and Ruth Kent as well as former St Canice’s pupils, Alex Lawless, Marie Therese Boland, Jenna Raggett won their competitions and perfomed onstage in the Watergate on Gala night.

3 03, 2013

Wesley College Inter Schools Music Festival March 2nd 2013

By St Canices Instrumental Music Programme|2019-04-30T13:38:16+01:00March 3rd, 2013|Competitions|

Saturday 2nd March saw our sixth class musicians leave their standard guidance examinations and hop straight onto a bus with the other members of the Senior Orchestra bound for Wesley College Interschools Music Festival. The orchestra were determined to retain the Miller Cup which they were awarded in the same competition in 2012. A quick packed lunch was followed by a rehearsal and then the performance. The orchestra performed “Dambusters” directed by Ruth O’Leary and their superb performance rightfully earned them the bestowing of the Miller Cup. The cup was collected by Ruth Kent (leader) on behalf of the triumphant orchestra.