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Composers in the Classroom

Please note that the information below relates to the 2009 Festival. Updated information pertaining to 2010 will follow shortly.’Please continue to check this page for more’ on Seminar page and Concerts in Schools page.


 


12th Composers in the Classroom Seminar
Wednesday 29th April 2009, 10am, Millennium Hall, Cork

Admission: Free


Initiated in 1998 by the Cork International Choral Festival and the Arts Officers of Cork City and Cork County Councils, Composers in the Classroom is designed to offer music students and their teachers the opportunity to work, in their own classrooms, with professional composers throughout the school year. The scheme is designed to complement the general music studies curriculum at senior cycle and has proved of special interest to students taking the higher elective in composition in the new Leaving Certificate syllabus. In recent years, the remit of the scheme has successfully extended to include students with little or no musical training, encouraging musical creativity and experimentation. Students are required to listen to a wide range of music, analysing and discussing various elements. For the teacher, this residency provides an opportunity to work alongside a professional composer, discussing and developing approaches to creative composition in the classroom.

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The residency culminates in a seminar held as part of the Cork International Choral Festival. Compositions, created by the participating students are performed. The Composers in the Classroom Scheme is supported by the Arts Council.


This year the following schools were selected for the Composers in the Classroom scheme:

St Aloysius College, Carrigtwohill
Music Teacher: Pat Scheehan Corbett

Youghal Community School (colàiste na Trionòide)
Music Teacher: Ann Fitzgerald

Mayfield Community School
Music Teacher: Siobhàn Carne

Colàiste an Spioraid Naomh, Bishoptown
Music Teacher: Fiona O'Leary


Composers in Residence:
Irene Buckley
John Spillane
Ashley Keating

 

 

Previous participating schools:

 

2008
Presentation Secondary School, Ballyphehane - Composer: Ann Cleare
Mount Mercy College, Model Farm Rd, Cork - Composer: John Spillane
Coláiste An Chraoibhín, Fermoy - Composer: Louise McCarthy
Sacred Heart Secondary School, Clonakilty - Composer: Irene Buckley

2007
Bishopstown Community School, Bishopstown, Cork - Composer: Irene Buckley
St. Aidan's Community College, Dublin Hill, Cork - Composer: John Spillane
Loreto Secondary School, Fermoy, Co. Cork - Composer: Louise McCarthy
Coláiste Choilm, Ballincollig, Co. Cork - Composer:  Ann Cleare
Regina Mundi College - Composer: Irene Buckley

 

2006
Carrigaline Community School, Co Cork - Composer: John Spillane
Coláiste an Chroí Naofa, Carraig na bhFear, Co Cork - Composer: Irene Buckley
St Aloysius School, St. Maries of the Isle, Cork - Composer: Louise McCarthy

 

2005
Coláiste an Chraoibhín, Fermoy, Co Cork - Composer: John Spillane
Coláiste an Phiarsaigh, Glanmire, Co Cork - Composer: Irene Buckley
North Presentation Secondary School, Farranree, Cork - Composer: John Spillane
Ursuline Convent Secondary School, Blackrock, Cork - Composer: Irene Buckley

 

2004
Mayfield Community School, Cork
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál, Blarney, Co. Cork

 

2003
Regina Mundi College, Douglas, Cork
Glanmire Community College, Co. Cork
Coláiste Cholim, Ballincollig, Co. Cork
Bishopstown Community School, Cork

 

2002
Presentation Secondary School, Ballyphehane
Carrigaline Community School, Cork
St. Angela's College, Sion Hill
Coachford Community College, Macroom

 

2001
Kinsale Community School, Co. Cork
Kinsale Community School, Co. Cork
Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, Cork

 

2000
St. Aloysius College, Carrigtwohill
St. Aloysius School, Cork
St. Marys Secondary School, Mallow, Co. Cork

 

1999
Colaiste Treasa, Kanturk, Co. Cork
Loreto Convent, Youghal, Co. Cork
St. Vincents Secondary School, Cork

 

1998
Ursuline Convent, Blackrock, Cork
Loreto Secondary School, Fermoy, Co. Cork
Colaiste Choilm, Ballincollig, Co. Cork
Presentation Secondary School, Ballyphehane

 

 

 

 

Cork International Choral Festival is proudly supported by:

Arts Council of Ireland Cork City Council Failte Ireland Cork County Council Lyric FM Evening Echo Cork's 103fm & 96fm Irish Examiner

Cork International Choral Festival. Civic Trust House, 50 Pope's Quay, Cork, Ireland.
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