The WhistleBlast Quartet – Ken Edge (saxophone and clarinet ), Mary Curran (French horn ), Síle Daly (oboe and cor Anglais ), and Andrew Synnott (piano ) – start off their 2012 series of outreach/recital programmes with a three-day concert/workshop project with the children of Culleens National School, Ballina, on January 11, 12, and 13.
Every child in the school will participate in concerts and workshops during this visit, which will include performances of Peter And The Wolf and an interactive concert specifically designed for primary school children. At the end of this project the quartet will perform its new winter concert which includes Saint Saen’s Danse Macabre, Harry Potter, Stravinsky Dances, and more. This free family concert takes place on Friday January 13 at 6pm in Ballina Arts Centre. Children from fifth class in Culleens National School will end the concert with a performance of a short piece they will have composed with the quartet.
