13th Composers in the Classroom Seminar
Wednesday 28th April 2010, 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 Mary’s Secondary School, Mallow
Music Teacher: Maura McAuliffe
Scoil Mhuire Gan Smál, Blarney
Music Teacher: Maura Lucey
St. Aloysius School, Sharman Crawford Street, Cork
Music Teacher: Frances O’Callaghan
Mount Mercy College, Model Farm Road, Cork
Music Teacher: Ms Mary Mulcahy
Composers in Residence:
Irene Buckley
Ashley Keating
Louise McCarthy
Cork International Choral Festival gratefully acknowledges the support of Cork City Council and Cork County Council for Composers in the Classroom.
Previous participating schools:
2009
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
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
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