Moyderwell Mercy Primary School

Colour My Strings

Click link below for an outline of the Programme.

https://www.youtube.com/watch

Colour My Strings

An Inclusive Violin-Based Music Education Programme

Beginning in Senior Infants or First Class,

Free of charge, for one full school year, with a subsidized Follow-On After-School Facility available in subsequent years.

This unique project began in September 2012. All Senior Infants or First Class students have taken part in a full school year of up to 30 small-group ‘free’ lessons with Ms Lucy Tanner (a professional violinist and violin teacher). Up to 20 children per year progress to the After-School Club for minimum tuition cost.

The children rent a school violin and music book. Moyderwell Mercy Primary School continues to offer this inclusive, musical experience to all children with the continued support from our patrons and supporters (Bons Secours Hospital, Lee Strand, Kerry School of Music, Hugh Culloty Music Shop), without whom this project would not successfully continue.

We hold an ‘End of Year Music Concert, which features these students, the Kerry School of Music Junior Orchestra and talented other musicians of Moyderwell Mercy Primary School.

In May 2016, our Follow-On Violin Students were assessed for the first time, through the Royal Irish Academy of Music ‘Cara’ Programme and achieve distinction.

An opportunity is offered to our fourth year students to transfer to Group Tuition at the Kerry School of Music., where they can avail of the opportunity to play in the Junior Orchestra and other ensembles.

Moyderwell Mercy Primary is committed to the on-going support of education through violin-training, regardless of socio-economic advantage or otherwise.

Our School Choir Participating in the Kerry Concerts

of the Cross-Border Peace Proms 2017

Moyderwell Takes First Royal Irish Academy of Music Exams

Ciara Mealy from The Royal Irish Academy of Music Centre in Dublin, visited our school to examine our first cohort of exam children. Well done to our Second and Third Classes who performed as a group and individually. We are very proud of your continued effort and interest in your violin studies.

Autumn 2015

The 'Colour-My-Strings' Project has begun again , for a 4th consecutive year. This inclusive, sustainable project features a free 'foundation' year for all children in First Class (60, in total) and subsidized follow-on years for 11 children in their third year. Three children in their fourth year have moved on to tuition at Kerry School of Music, while the school continues to support 6 students, who wish to continue tuition at Moyderwell.

All violins, bows, cases and books are rented to the children for the first three years for a small 'refundable' deposit, as insurance agains't any damage. Children are requested to be comitted to practice for 5 minutes, at homework time, and parents are asked to support this practice and care of violin, bow, case and music book.

We are always delighted to have parents attend their child's music session.For your child's music time with our violin teacher, please check with your child's class-teacher

For the smooth running of the class, we ask that parents

Be on time
Keep an eye on their own child and help discreetly, if needed.
Not to chat during the lessons.
Not to interrupt the violin teacher during class, as disruptions halt the natural flow of the lesson.

May 2015

Annual End-of-Year Music Concert.

The School Choir Performing from the Musical Abba.

Moyderwell Mercy Primary School were 'colouring their strings' at the annual End of Year Music Concert May 29th 2015

After 30 highly subsidized violin lessons and the use of violins free of charge,by Moyderwell Mercy

Primary School , over 30 children took to the stage with their performance, prepared by their violin

teacher, Lucy Tanner, from Kerry School of Music. They were joined by Samuel Abubaker on

Keyboard, David Fiadoru on bongo drum, Gavin Mulvihill on electric guitar and duo, Máiread Mc

Carthy and Sophie Reidy on fiddle.

The Junior Orchestra from Kerry School of Music, under the baton of Lucy Tanner,

also entertained the audience beautifully.

The School Musical Theatre Choir were out in full force for an energetic rendition of

songs from 'Abba'. Honor Hurley(Tralee Chorographer) helped the choir teachers, Karen O' Connor

and Anna-Marie O' Shea to set steps to the songs.

This is the Fourth 'Colour My Strings' Concert to be staged at the end of the school year.

The first concert at Siamsa Tire in July 2012, was the fundraiser to get the project off the

ground and help purchase violins.The school are endebted to Mr Aidan 0' Carroll, Principal of the Kerry School of Music, for his enthuastic assistance in accompaniment, instrumental arrangement and provision of orchestras for the evening. Local comedians, singers dancers also performed, and everybody gave of their support freely and generously.

All door/raffle takings for concerts in the last three yearshave helped fund tuition,as well as significent contributions from local organisations, without whom this project would be difficult to sustain.

In September 2015, the school is offering a fully free foundation year to all First Class children,

and will continue to support children on their third and fourth years of the 'Colour My Strings'

Programme. Some will graduate to the Kerry School of Music Buildings and continue

group lessons with their violin teacher, Lucy Tanner, and avail of Theory of Music Classes and Junior Orchestra Experiences.

Colour My Strings 2014-2015

Colour My Strings 2014/2015

September 2014

We have resumed violin lessons for ten Third Year students and eighteen second year students. These children have all completed the Free Colour-My-Strings Foundation Year.

We will not be offering a free foundation year to the Senior Infant Group this school year. The Free Foundation Course will be open to all First Class Children next year 2015/2016.

For an idea of the Colour-My-Strings Project, please enjoy the following utube link

https://www.youtube.com/watch

Colour My Strings 2013/2014