In October 2017, I facilitated workshops in libraries for children from schools all over Cork city and county. I used a workshop template that I have been adapting over the last 2 years, and I have decided to share it here, as other teachers and music educationists may be interested. The idea came about in…
In the early days of 2016, I’m looking back on the first full year of Active Music, the business I set up in May 2014 to encompass all of my music education and community music activities. 2015 was a busy year. MA: In January, I graduated from University of Limerick with a first class honours…
Songs For All Ages This is the report I prepared in December 2014, at the end of the project. Since then, photo collages of the project have been on display in the school and the nursing home. Read on… Overview of projectThis was a heat warming project. A lot of work, but a lot of…
Although the show is pre-planned, and structured, there is a lot of room for improvisation. It’s a bit like a jazz tune, that way. Saturday’s show started with about 5 children between the ages of 2 and 9, myself, and about 6 parents, doing snare-and-brushes-like swing rhythms, adding a bass line, and plinky plonky piano…
I recently completed a 12 hour placement for one of my MA assignments. It was a really great experience, not always easy or brilliant, but very satisfying ultimately, and I think the 90 or so children and half a dozen teachers who were involved would agree. I suppose I am a highly energetic person, so…
My first community music activity in 2014 was a visit with Martin Schaerer to the children’s ward, Cashel Ward, at Kerry General Hospital. We have already been there about 8 times in the last year or so. Both myself and Martin have done the Musique et Santé Music in Healthcare course in Paris, which has…
This is the place to read about my interactive music activities in the community – at festivals, in schools, in healthcare settings, preschools, and youth centres.
Active Music 