Soundwaves May 2017

SOUNDWAVES MUSIC FESTIVAL: WELCOME!

Monday, 8 May to Friday, 12 May

A word of welcome from Ms O’Sullivan

Welcome to St Kilian’s first ever Soundwaves Music Festival which will take place from Monday, 8 May to Friday, 12 May. We are very privileged and delighted to have so much participation from across the school community and from a very distinguished panel of artists who are giving of their time in the middle of busy international music schedules.

One of the Music Syllabus aims is to promote ‘a culture of creative enjoyable engagement with Music’. I am passionate that people will love music if they feel it, experience it, hear it, and never close their minds to hearing things that sound differently. Essentially, it is life experience to attune oneself to the other (whoever that may be) and accept that it may not be the same as me but will only enhance and enlarge my world view. This is what I am hoping will happen in some small way this week for all of us: to hear the other.

I would like to thank our principal, Mr John Murphy, and the dedicated staff of St Kilian’s without whose support and encouragement this would not be possible. Finally, thank you to all our wonderful fun-loving students who are coordinating and participating in all of the events.

We want to welcome you all wholeheartedly to any of the events and hope you have a fantastic time with us.

Louise O’Sullivan (Music Department, May 2017)

SOUNDWAVES MUSIC FESTIVAL: LUNCH-TIME IN ST KILIAN’S

Monday, 8 May to Friday, 12 May

Everyone is very welcome to any or all of the following activities

DAY	MONDAY	TUESDAY	WEDNESDAY	THURSDAY	FRIDAY
TIME	13.05- 14.40	13.05- 14.40	11.15-12.30	13.05- 14.40	13.05- 14. 40
EVENT	Lip Sync Battle Students, staff, parents (maybe?) Roll up, roll up ladies and gentlemen! Please sign up! Get your wigs and high heels ready!	Lunch-Time To Shine Special with guests Bjorn Jenkins (Guitar) Paul Connolly (Tin whistle) Laura O’Shea (Traditional Flute) Sylvester (Mandolin) and friends Mums Aloud, maybe!! (Parents doing instruments)	Joint Music Showcase Between selected students/groups from both St Kilian’s CS and St Fergal’s PS.	Song Contest with a very distinguished panel of adjudicators! Any budding song-writers out there among the school community? Now is your chance!	Lunch-time Rave Did you know that we have some resident and very cool DJs in our school? Well, be taken by surprise! Come along and shake it all out!
VENUE	Canteen	Canteen	Canteen	Canteen	Canteen

SOUNDWAVES MUSIC FESTIVAL: GUEST ARTISTS

Monday, 8 May to Friday, 12 May

Everyone is very welcome to any or all of the following activities

DAY	TUES	TUES	TUES
TIME	11.05-12.15	12.26-13.00	13.05-13.40
ARTISTS	Emily Beattie (Sarah Kernaghan’s daughter) Student in Temple Carraig. She’s doing workshop on technology and music with TY MUS students. Very impressive and innovative use of composition, arrangement and performance using music technology.	Tim Doyle (Uilleann Pipes) Teacher with Music Generation will do a recital/talk on the uilleann pipes and will perform different tunes representative of traditional Irish music. Tim also plays the fiddle and will be known to some students in the school.	St Kilian’s very own talented guest artists Paul Connolly (Tin whistle) Laura O’Shea (Traditional Flute) Bjorn Jenkins (Guitar) Sylvester (Mandolin) and friends *Mums Aloud!* The new parent instrumental group (Maybe!)
VENUE	Room 13	Canteen	Canteen
STUDENTS INVOLVED	TY Music Option Only	ALL Music Students if possible	EVERYONE!

SOUNDWAVES MUSIC FESTIVAL: GUEST ARTISTS (Cont’d)

Monday, 8 May to Friday, 12 May

Everyone is very welcome to any or all of the following activities

DAY	TUES	THURS	FRIDAY	FRIDAY
TIME	13.50-14.27 14.27-15.06	14.27-15.06	9.38-10.54	14.27-15.06
ARTISTS	Redmond O’Toole (Guitarist) Redmond is a professional classical guitarist. Plays an 8-string Brahms guitar like a cello. Most enjoyable repertoire.	Jordan Maher and Dylan Cassidy (Past-pupils of the school) Jordan is studying Music in BIMM. They’ll play music and Jordan will talk about the course as well.	Ross Scanlon (Past-pupil of the school and Noreen Scanlon’s son) Professional tenor with wide variety of musical styles in opera and opera theatre. He will do a Voice Masterclass with students in the school who would will be encouraged to avail of it.	Anne-Marie O’Farrell (International Harpist, soprano and composer) will perform a varied repertoire of music for harp. Her son, Steph, who is a fifth year student in secondary school will play the fast movement of Beethoven’s Moonlight on rock guitar.
VENUE	TBA 3/4 Full class groups, and music students where possible	Those interested in music performance in school	Those with vocal talent from across the school	TBA 3/4 Full class groups, and music students where possible

SOUNDWAVES MUSIC FESTIVAL: AFTER SCHOOL MUSIC CHALLENGE

Monday, 8 May to Friday, 12 May

FOR PARENTS, STUDENTS AND STAFF

Have you got a spare half an hour after school each day that week?

Have you ever felt you’d like to learn an instrument??

NOW IS YOUR CHANCE TO BE A BUDDING ROCK STAR!!

Guitar, ukelele, keyboard, drums... Students and myself are tutors!

We’re giving you ONE week to learn a few chords or rhythms.

BE IN ROOM 13 EACH DAY 15.44 (13.06 Wednesday).

It’s where it’s all happening that week!

PRIZES AND TREATS EACH DAY FOR THOSE WILLING TO GO! WE HAVE THE INSTRUMENTS. YOU JUST BRING YOURSELF… AND A FRIEND IF YOU FEEL TERRIFIED!

St. Kilian's Community School, Ballywaltrim, Bray

Soundwaves May 2017

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