Celebrating 10 years of providing Traditional Music Tuition for All
Glengormley School of Traditional Music new term will be starting on the 2nd february 2012. Based in Edmund Rice College, Hightown Rd, Glengormley. Registration is on Thursday 26th Jan & 2nd february. This year the School is celebrating its 10th Anniversary of providing tuition in Traditional Music to the people of Newtownabbey and North Belfast. We are very proud of the success of the school and the fact that we have provided a valuable Artistic/Musicial resource to the community that has been accessed by over a 1,200 budding musicians in the last 10 years. We are regularly involved in various community events including many of a cross community nature in Newtownabbey and further afield. The standard of music being achieved by our pupils is reflected by our involvement in events like the Open House Festival and the forthcoming European Night of Culture. We are planning a number of events to mark our tenth year , including a Gala Dinner, production of a CD and various Seisuins and Concerts.
We are a completely voluntary body who are supported by the Lottery Fund via the Arts Council NI and Newtownabbey Borough Council.
This coming year there will be classes in the following instruments, Fiddle, Flute, Tin whistle, Button Accordian, Bodhran, Banjo, Mandolin and Guitar( DADGAD and classical). We are also introducing a Harp Class for beginners due to numerous requests for same. The school caters for various levels including beginners . Costs for the 15 week term which runs to the end of January 2012 are £37.50 per student £32.50 for 2nd family member / 2nd instrument and £27.50 for 3rd and subsequent family members. Registration for the new term is on the 8th September and on the 15th September prior to classes. We are grateful for the ongoing Grant support from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland which allows us to keep the costs to our students at such a relatively low and affordable level.
The new year will begin with a weekend of Music Workshops in Edmund Rice College over the weekend of the 1st and 2nd October. This is the 4th year of our weekend of musical workshops and we are hopeful that the success of the last 3 years workshops can be replicated and indeed built upon. Like last year the weekend is being funded by Newtownabbey Borough Council and we are most grateful for their ongoing support .The workshops are open to both existing students at G.S.T.M. and musicians from further afield. Classes will be available in , Fiddle, DADGAD Guitar Bodhran , Flute and Banjo/Mandolin. Donal O,Connor the famous fiddle player, TV and Radio broadcaster and recording artist will be taking the fiddle class. Lisa Murray, the renowned and exciting flute player will be taking the Flute class. We are delighted that Charlie Graham our own Bodhran teacher is taking the Bodhran class whilst we are lucky to have Stevie Dunne multi talented Traditional musician of the year taking the Banjo/Mandolin class. Finally we have taking the DADGAD Guitar workshop. . We can guarantee both an opportunity to increase participant s knowledge of and skill in Traditional Irish Music and also a great weekend of music and craic. The weekend will begin with a concert in St Endas GAA on the Friday night involving many of our own musicians and some of the teachers. It will finish with a concert in the College Hall followed by a seisuin in Fortwilliam Golf Club at 4pm on the Sunday. All are welcome.
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