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Donegal Education and Training Board (ETB) is pleased to announce the appointment of Mr John McIvor as the new Manager of its music service, Donegal Music Education Partnership (DMEP). This follows the departure of its previous manager Martin McGinley last year. Originally from Letterkenny, John previously worked as the project administrator with the music service. […]
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Congratulations to four of our music service students, Donegal Music Education Partnership, including the service manager (and well-known traditional musician) Martin McGinley, who have been invited to audition for a major classical music concert after earning distinctions in their examinations with the Royal Irish Academy of Music (RIAM). They’ve been asked to send video recordings […]
There was a standing ovation for one of the biggest choral ensembles ever seen on stage in Donegal at the finale of the Donegal ETB ‘One Voice’ concert in An Grianan Theatre in Letterkenny on Tuesday night, A special set of ‘risers’ was hired in from a specialist firm in Dungannon to help the theatre […]
SOUNDWAVES IS BACK! Donegal Music Education Partnership are inviting young musicians (aged 14-19) to take part in a three day Soundwaves project led by Wall2Wall Music, which will run from Monday 15th – Wednesday 17th February ( during mid-term break) at the Regional Cultural Centre in Letterkenny. Participants will be create and Jam music together, […]
The Donegal Music Education Partner ship (DMEP) are ensuring that children and young people in the Donegal Town area get more opportunities to learn how to play music and to sing. They are holding a ‘come and try’ session featuring lots of different instruments in the Adult Education and Training Centre at Drumcliff, Donegal Town, on […]
Following the success of last year’s inaugural event Letterkenny Trad Week is once again being held from January 9th to 15th 2016. It features a feast of folk and traditional music from Ireland and Scotland that is guaranteed to chase away those post-Christmas, January blues. A very strong line-up combines legendary Irish traditional musicians like […]
1 – 2pm:- Carol singing with the Letterkenny Junior Choir, conducted by Triona Sweeney. 3 – 4pm:- Some inspirational music from the Donegal Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Victor Yélamo. Annual Family Christmas Concert, Sunday 13 December, 5pm The hugely popular annual Family Christmas Concert returns to An Grianán Theatre’s stage on the evening of Sunday […]
Tickets are now on sale for Donegal Music Education Partnerships Annual Christmas Concert in An Grianán Theatre on Sunday 13th December – a family favourite that gets more and more popular every year and so tickets will most likely sell-out fast. To avoid disappointment, book yours right away here at An Grianán Theatre or at […]
It’s National Choir Week, from the 4 – 11 October, and Donegal Education Partnership are delighted to be sending out our Letterkenny Junior Choir conductor, Triona Sweeney, to local (Letterkenny) primary schools for some cool choir workshops. Letterkenny and South Donegal Junior Choirs rehearse every Saturday from 11am to 12.30pm for young singers aged 7-13 […]
Culture Night is an annual all-island public event that celebrates culture, creativity and the arts. This year, it will take place on Friday 18th September 2015. On Culture Night, arts and cultural organisations and venues of all shapes and sizes, including the National Cultural Institutions, extend their opening hours to allow for increased access to […]