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** NEW FOR TERM TWO **
Junior Certificate Music Theory
Dara Black will teach Music Theory for the Junior Certificate on Saturdays. Group and Individual classes will be available (subject to sufficient numbers). Please ring the office on 0404 42244 for more information.
Leaving Certificate Music Theory
At present, Dara teaches Music Theory for the Leaving Certificate on a Tuesday at 8.00pm. This is a group class. If the numbers are sufficient she will also teach on a Saturday. Individual lessons are also available.
Drumming & Rhythm Workshop with Dave Hingerty
This year Dave's mid-term performance workshop will be open to everyone interested in percussion. This is a FREE event and takes place on Saturday, 11 April. It will be divided into 2 groups: 7 to 12 year old & 13 to 16 year old. An Easter Egg Hunt will take place after the workshops.
Dave operates his own drum academy in Dublin and is perhaps best known for his work with The Frames as a former band member. Dave teaches Drum Kit on a Thursday at the WSMD. For more about Dave’s distinguished career to date please go to www.davehingerty.com.
Choir and Drama Course combined! Young children from 6 to 13 years will have a chance to combine Drama and Voice with this new course. The course will aim for a Drama production with more musical content at the end-of-term concert.
Violin This year we have two violin teachers. Sheila Benney, director of the Suzuki Educational Institute of Ireland will join us each Saturday for classes. Suzuki is a highly effective method of training very young children in Violin and incorporates group classes. For more about the method visit www.suzukiireland.net. Our second violin teacher is Patrycja Lesniak and she will be teaching on Wednesday evenings using the non-Suzuki method, although there are many similarities between the Suzuki and our own WSMD method for all instruments.
Advanced Theory and Theory for Leaving Certificate 2010 The Advanced Theory takes place each Tuesday night at 7pm until 8pm and is Grade 2 & Grade 3 ABRSM Curriculum. The Theory for Leaving Certificate 2010 class takes place each Tuesday at 8pm and is also for 1 hour. Both classes are taught by Dara Black. The Advanced Theory class is free to enrolled students, however, there is a small fee for the Theory for Leaving Cert 2010 class. Don't forget Music at higher level is a great way to inflate your aggregate score!
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New Teachers:
For this term we have three new teachers - Sheila Benney , Lindsey Aherne and Patrycja Lesniak.
Sheila Benney is a director of Suzuki Educational Institute of Ireland and will join us each Saturday for violin classes.
Lindsey Aherne is a voice teacher and will also be taking the Children's Choir this year on Thursdays from 5.10 to 6.00pm.
Patrycja Lesniak will be teaching the violin on Wednesdays.
We wish them all many happy years with WSMD.
STAFF CHANGE ANNOUNCEMENTS
Stella O'Connor and Leslie Dowdall will not be teaching this year.
David Creevy has changed his hours to Tue, Wed & Thurs evenings only.
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AWARDS
| Junior winners were: |
| Christiana Ahearne - piano |
age 11 |
Winner - Junior Student of the Year 2007/08 |
| Cillian Power - guitar & piano |
age 12 |
Runner-up Junior Student of the Year 2007/08 |
| Gisela Ahearne - piano |
age 12 |
Runner-up Junior Student of the Year 2007/08 |
| Medb O'Keane - piano |
age 9 |
Runner-up Junior Student of the Year 2007/08 |
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| Senior winners were: |
| Emily Fitzgerald - piano |
age 18 |
Winner - Senior Student of the Year 2007/08 |
| Slaine Power - piano |
age 16 |
Runner-up Senior Student of the Year 2007/08 |
| Olivia Carrington - violin |
age 16 |
Runner-up Senior Student of the Year 2007/08 |
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| Merit for Progress 2007/08 winners: |
| Lucy Canavan - violin |
age 11 |
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| Jessica Cox - piano |
age 10 |
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| Ava Dodd – piano |
age 11 |
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| Ailbhe Flood – violin |
age 7 |
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| Tina Geoghegan - violin |
age 14 |
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| Gordon Hind - piano |
age 11 |
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| Adam Lawler – piano |
age 12 |
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| Matteo McGuinness - violin |
age 6 |
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| Dean O'Gorman - guitar |
age 11 |
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| Neil O'Gorman - guitar |
age 12 |
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| Shiun Power - piano |
age 13 |
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| Daire Reardon - guitar |
age 8 |
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| Elise Sheerin - piano |
age 8 |
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| Richard Winters - piano |
age 10 |
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| Ana Yague - piano |
age 10 |
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New Course:
ShantiCeol©
Pre-instrumental Classes
This is the result of many years teaching young
children and offers something new and effective.
Shanti is the Sanskrit word for peace and it was
chosen because we feel that music and yoga are
a pathway to peace.
Each of the courses is designed to segue into
the next chronological year, building on and developing
the course content from 18 months to 7 years.
The course begins with parent and toddler education.
The goal is to awaken the child's interest in
music; to stimulate use of the voice and rhythmic
movement and to increase the child's emotional
stability through music (Parent and child bonding).
Each course follows a series of modules and each
module contains a theme. The first theme is Teddies.
The course will follow teddy through a typical
day.
Parents will learn how to use music for simple
activities surrounding meal times and getting
ready for bed.
Ages 3 - 5 focuses on elements of music, specifically
pulse in music, pitch (high/low) and dynamics.
The themes are taken from core curriculum ideas
such as plants and animals and the four seasons.
The Material covered in the age 3-4 course will
be revisited from a different educational angle
during the age 4 - 5 course.
The 6 - 7 years course is all about the rudiments
of literacy, improvisation and performance. Each
module is 10 weeks long and will end with a performance
for parents.
This is a new approach incorporating yoga postures
and philosophy into music education. Each 50 minute
class will contain song and dance, use a marvelous
array of musical instruments and will contain
a small art project to make the course varied
and interesting to the children plus providing
a visual culmination of their time with us here
at the Wicklow School of Music & Drama.
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Kodaly Society of Ireland
www.kodaly-ireland.com
Kodály believes that music, with singing
in the focus,
has a liberating effect on the mind and increases
a child's ability to deal better with all the
other subjects of the school curriculum.
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The Mozart Effect
www.mozarteffect.com
The Power of Music in Health, Education & Wellbeing.
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 Sound
Therapy & Brain Technologies - www.thelisteningprogram.com
For information on the benefits of
classical music for the developing brain.
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Supplies: Charles Byrne of
Dublin are offering a 10% discount off the sale
of recommended books and accessories including
metronomes, music stands, foot stools, manuscript,
instruments and more…Order forms are available
- goods delivered to the school to save you the
trek to Dublin!
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| Term
Two 2008/2009 dates to remember… |
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Two fees cover the period from 5 January to 23 May 2009 |
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| Mid-Term Break |
Monday, 16 February - Saturday, 21 February inclusive
Classes resume the week beginning 23 February |
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| Performance
Workshop |
Week 12 - beg. 30 March
Teachers will be organising a group
performance of all their students in lieu
of that evening's lesson. Parents are encouraged
to attend. |
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| Easter Break |
Monday, 6 April - Saturday, 18 April
Classes resume the week beginning 20 April
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| End-of-term Concerts |
Week 16
Friday, 15 May & Saturday, 16 May at 6.30pm
Sunday, 17 May at 3.00pm |
End-of-term |
Saturday, 23 May |
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Other Useful
Links
www.musicnetwork.ie
www.nch.ie
Check out the Children's Outreach Programme
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