Over one hundred young musicians from Music Generation will come together at St Patrick's Festival Quarter in Collins Barracks in Dublin from 1pm on Saturday, March 19.
Music Generation’s young community of harpers, rappers, classical, folk, and traditional musicians unite to mark the premier of new Irish works and celebrate Ireland’s national emblem – The Harp.
Music Generation Mayo is part of Music Generation, Ireland’s national music education programme which gives children and young people access to high-quality performance music education.
With a mission to remove barriers of access to music and create inspiring musical experiences for children and young people, Music Generation Mayo are thrilled to collaborate with Ireland’s National Festival to create such a memorable live performance opportunity for its young participants.
Summoning a Harp Revival features The Harp Collective, a cross-county initiative made up of 52 young musicians aged 10 to 17, from Music Generation Mayo, Music Generation Louth and Music Generation Laois.
The collective will premier new work from prolific composer Michael Rooney. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to perform for a national and international audience, has been long awaited by these young musicians.
The young harpers had previously secured a performance opportunity to premier this new music at the World Harp Congress, Wales in July 2020. With the performance postponed until July 2022, the young musicians are delighted to finally showcase their efforts and to return to rehearsing together ‘in-person’ after two years of maintaining momentum and keeping the music alive.
Joined by the acclaimed harper himself, the programme will also include arrangements of previous works composed by Michael Rooney, performed by the Laois Trad Orchestra while Music Generation Mayo’s Harp Collective will take audiences on a thrilling journey of unique traditional arrangements.
