{"id":1328,"date":"2024-10-11T19:39:16","date_gmt":"2024-10-11T19:39:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ppmta.ie\/?p=1328"},"modified":"2024-10-11T19:39:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-11T19:39:16","slug":"evelyn-grant-cork-pops-orchestra-concerts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/ppmta.ie\/?p=1328","title":{"rendered":"Evelyn Grant Cork Pops Orchestra Concerts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"http:\/\/ppmta.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cork-Pops-Musical-Stories-24.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"724\" height=\"1024\" src=\"http:\/\/ppmta.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cork-Pops-Musical-Stories-24-724x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1329\" srcset=\"http:\/\/ppmta.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cork-Pops-Musical-Stories-24-724x1024.jpg 724w, http:\/\/ppmta.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cork-Pops-Musical-Stories-24-212x300.jpg 212w, http:\/\/ppmta.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cork-Pops-Musical-Stories-24-768x1086.jpg 768w, http:\/\/ppmta.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cork-Pops-Musical-Stories-24-1086x1536.jpg 1086w, http:\/\/ppmta.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cork-Pops-Musical-Stories-24-1448x2048.jpg 1448w, http:\/\/ppmta.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/Cork-Pops-Musical-Stories-24.jpg 1684w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 724px) 100vw, 724px\" \/><\/a><figcaption>Evelyn Grant Cork Pops Orchestra Concerts promo image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Dear Teachers,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our theme this year is \u2018Stories\u2019, &#8211; not just great musical stories, but personal stories<br>of our featured musicians. Our vocalist Keith Hanley has been writing his own<br>material, and is very active on Instagram and Spotify under his artist name \u2018Hanley\u2019.<br>His popular release \u2018Pinocchio\u2019 ties in well with our Disney music selection. Now in<br>Transition Year, Rap artist, Tiny, has performed on the Late Late Toy Show, at<br>Electric Picnic and at Pukkelpop in Belgium. Tiny began his engagement with music<br>and words through the Kabin Studio in Knocknaheeny. The viral hit of the summer,<br>\u2018The Spark\u2019, was a collaboration between young participants (The Kabin Crew aged<br>9 -12) from the Kabin Studio and young people in Direct Provision in Co. Clare (The<br>Lisdoonvarna Crew.) Music producer\/arranger, Jimmy Brockie, is a first-class<br>honours graduate from the MTU Cork School Of Music with a B. Mus.degree, and<br>also holds an MA in Commercial Composition and Performance from MTU. He has<br>arranged some wonderful songs from musical theatre and film for the orchestra, as<br>well as some big pop hit tunes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>You will shortly find concert programme website links on <a href=\"http:\/\/www.corkpops.ie\">www.corkpops.ie<\/a> , which I<br>hope you will find useful in preparation for this year\u2019s Cork Pops Orchestra Concerts<br>for Schools in City Hall, Cork, November 12 th &#8211; 15 th at 10am and 12 noon. Feel free<br>to share with classes\/teachers who cannot attend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>I will also shortly upload YouTube links for the classical music pieces on the<br>programme, and links to the Classroom Resources on our own website for<br>curriculum-based introductions and performances of other pieces, which are still<br>relevant to the concert this year. There are currently 8 introductions\/performances in<br>all, featuring music of many different genres; introducing the families of orchestral<br>instruments; music technology with Rapper GMC (founder of the Kabin Studio) and<br>DJ Dashka, and our very popular vocalist Keith Hanley. The close-up shots of the<br>musicians and their instruments are particularly effective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>A special feature on our website this year will be a musical setting of a story by Pat<br>Ingoldsby, \u2018Ivan Biddycup\u2019s Ballet\u2019, written for the Cork Pops Orchestra by Marian<br>Ingoldsby, who is a lecturer in composition at SETU, Waterford.<br>The concert series has been running for over 30 years now, always evolving to stay<br>in touch with the changing times. Our central themes are simple \u2013 to makes<br>connections between the popular music that is enjoyed by our young audiences<br>today and great classical music of the past; to introduce our audiences to the<br>acoustic instruments of the orchestra and advances in music technology; to<br>encourage focussed listening and active audience participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>I hope you will find the links helpful in preparing for the concert or responding to it<br>afterwards. The concert can also be thoroughly enjoyed on its own. There is nothing<br>like live music!<br>Thank you for your continued support of the Cork Pops Orchestra Concerts for<br>Schools.<br>We look forward to seeing you in City Hall in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With best wishes,<br>Evelyn Grant<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Teachers, Our theme this year is \u2018Stories\u2019, &#8211; not just great musical stories, but personal storiesof our featured musicians. Our vocalist Keith Hanley has been writing his ownmaterial, and is very active on Instagram and Spotify under his artist name \u2018Hanley\u2019.His popular release \u2018Pinocchio\u2019 ties in well with our Disney music selection. 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