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Grace Coughlan

Grace is a Transition Year student at Loreto Secondary School Fermoy, County Cork, a member of the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland, Cork Youth Orchestra, the Cork School of Music Symphony Orchestra and ConCorda.

Vincent Varley

 On the developments of the Festival…As I deal with each of the orchestras each year I think one of the best changes I’ve seen is the introduction of primary school...

Ronan O’Reilly

Ronan O’Reilly studied piano, oboe, organ and composition at the College of Music in Dublin. He is a conductor, teacher, arranger, performer and music copyist for both RTÉ orchestras. As...

ConCorda

ConCorda offers talented string players aged between 14 and 21 an inspiring and transforming musical experience in chamber music, string orchestra and music improvisation. Participants study chamber music intensively at...

Michelle Fleming

With each concert, you grow in confidence and you grow as a musician. Whatever the amount of practice you have done in preparation, you learn so much more in front...