The WhistleBlast Quartet – Kenneth Edge (saxophones and clarinet ), Mary Curran (French horn ), Andrew Synnott (piano ) and Nicola Cleary (regular violinist with the National Symphony Orchestra ) – will be hosting a great new music summer school for children aged seven to nine and 10 to 13 years, with or without previous musical experience or ability. The school will run from July 30 to August 3 and costs €85 per child or €75 if there are two or more. For seven to nine-year-olds it will run from 10am to 1pm, and for 10 to 13-year-olds it will run from 2pm to 5pm.
The summer school will offer an opportunity for children to creatively express themselves with their own and the quartet’s instruments during a week of energetic and professionally organised workshops which will involve chime bar and bell playing, percussion and rhythm, song writing, composition, and specialised teaching of instruments - all with an emphasis on fun and confidence building which will add up to a terrific introduction to and understanding of music. Phone 087 2247643 or email [email protected] or call Ballina Arts Centre at 096 73593.
