LSM/MGL 4th Annual Festival
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Christmas Closing Arrangements
After a whirlwind year, the Christmas break is upon us!
The office will close 22 December, from 12 noon and will reopen on Monday 9 January at 9.30am.
We would like to wish everyone a safe and happy Christmas and a wonderful New Year! See you again in January for another brilliant and exciting year!
Anneleen Lenaerts (Harp) & Dionysis Grammenos (Clarinet) Music Network Concert
In association with Laois County Council Arts Office, Music Network presents Anneleen Lenaerts, principle harpist of the Vienna Philharmonic & Dionysis Grammenos, ‘the new prince of clarinet’ in a dynamic concert in St Peter’s Church of Ireland, Portlaoise on Sunday 13 November at 7pm.
Tickets available from the Dunamaise Arts Centre, €15/€12, 057-8663355 / www.dunamaise.ie
Music Generation Laois Tionól, 4, 5 and 6 November 2016 : A national gathering for harpists and pipers across Ireland.
A weekend of workshops and performances celebrating the harp and the uilleann pipes, bringing together musicians from Sligo, Donegal, Louth, Carlow and Laois.
Tutors: Leonard Barry (Pipes), Timothy Doyle (pipes), Fionnan MacGabhann (pipes) , Gay McKeon (pipes), Paul Harrigan (pipes), Conor Day (pipes), David Power (Pipes), Siobhan Buckley (harp), Deirdre Ni Bhuachalla (harp), Ramune Sakalauskaite (harp), Jolene McLaughlin (harp), Catriona McKay (harp) and Cormac de Barra (harp)
Friday 4 November
1pm-2pm: Registration Portlaoise Youth Education Centre
2-4pm Instrumental workshops, Portlaoise Youth Education Centre
5-6pm communal music-making/ session, Portlaoise Youth Education Centre
8pm Tutor Concert, Dunamaise Arts Centre (all students are to attend and student tickets are free of charge, parents can book tickets through Dunamaise.ie/ call 057 8663355)
Saturday 5 November
9am-11am Instrumental workshops Portlaoise Youth Education Centre
11:30am-1pm Instrumental Workshops Portlaoise Youth Education Centre
2pm-4pm Harp Instrumental Worksops, Ensemble Workshop, Reed Making WorkshopPortlaoise Youth Education Centre
5-6pm Communal Music-Making/Sessions Portlaoise Youth Education Centre
8pm Concert featuring soloists plus harp ensembles Portlaoise Youth Education Centre (all students are to attend and student tickets are free of charge, open to the public, no charge however donations welcome)
10pm-11pm Student Ceilidh Portlaoise Youth Education Centre
Sunday 6 November
9am-11am Instrumental workshops Portlaoise Youth Education Centre
11:30am-1pm Instrumental Workshops Portlaoise Youth Education Centre
2pm Student Concert, programme of music made up of repertoire covered throughout TionolPortlaoise Youth Education Centre
4pm Depart
- Lunch is included
- Standards: A range of classes are available, open to recent beginners to advanced students. You must have your own instrument to participate, a limited number of harps are available for Music Generation Laois students only.
- Supervision: under 18s will be supervised during break times.
- Open to ages 7 and upwards.
- There will be an exhibition of Salvi harps at 1pm on Sunday 6 November.
Fee: €60
Booking: musicgenerationlaois@laoiscoco.ie call 057 8664176
Concerts
Friday 4 November: Some of Ireland’s finest harpists and pipers, and the Music Generation Laois Trad Orchestra with Accordionist Martin Tourish will perform as part of the opening concert of the inaugural Music Generation Laois Tionól, a national gathering for harpists and pipers across Ireland. Dunamaise Arts Centre, 8pm
Featuring Leonard Barry (Pipes), Timothy Doyle (pipes), Fionnan MacGabhann (pipes) , Gay McKeon (pipes), David Power (Pipes), Conor Day (pipes), Siobhan Buckley (harp), Ramune Sakalauskaite (harp), Jolene McLaughlin (harp), Catriona McKay (harp) Cormac de Barra (harp) and the Music Generation Laois Trad Orchestra with Martin Tourish who will perform ‘1916: Visions and Voices’ a newly commissioned work that reflects on the events of the Easter Rising.
Free admission for Tionól students, €10/€5 for general public, booking through Dunamaise.ie/ call 057 8663355)
Saturday 5 November: Student concert and the Music Generation Laois Harp Ensemble with Catriona McKay, Portlaoise Youth Education Centre, Railway St, 8pm
Concert featuring students and groups from the Tionól including the Music Generation Laois Harp Ensemble with Catriona McKay perform ‘Rising of the Harps’ a newly commissioned work created by virtuoso Scottish harpist in collaboration with the Music Generation Laois Harp Esnemble.
Free admission, donations welcome.
Sunday 6 November: Student concert, Portlaoise Youth Education Centre, 2pm
Student Concert, programme of music made up of repertoire covered throughout TionolPortlaoise Youth Education Centre
Free admission, donations welcome.
The Music Generation Laois Tionól: Harps and Pipes 2016 is funded under the Music Generation National Projects Fund.
Culture Night 2016
On Friday 16 September, Music Generation Laois, in conjunction with the Laois Arts Office, joined counties and cities across Ireland in celebrating Culture Night 2016. New Road, a traditional Irish band with Americana influences based in Sligo, with special guests Cathy Jordan (Dervish) and Leonard Podolak (The Duhks), performed in the beautiful surroundings of The Malthouse in Stradbally. Music Generation Laois also held bi-lingual bodhrán workshops with Dale McKay, in Portlaoise Youth Education Centre in Railway Street.
Speaking after the concert, Rosa Flannery, Co-ordinator of Music Generation Laois, said that The Malthouse, which is privately owned ‘is a stunning location for a concert, brimming with individuality and quirkiness, which combined with the wonderful musicians performing on the night, made for a brilliant evening’s entertainment.’ A group of young musicians, who are part of over 3000 young people in the County who participate in weekly Music Generation Laois programmes, took part in a workshop earlier in the evening with New Road and Cathy Jordan. These young musicians then joined the band for an encore on stage in The Malthouse that night, much to the delight of the audience.
Culture Night offers access to cultural institutions and cultural events free of charge, and is an opportunity to celebrate culture, creativity and the arts throughout Ireland.