Music Generation Longford Podcast: Recent Episodes
Music Generation Longford Podcast
A podcast from Music Generation Longford detailing all of our classes, workshops and events. This podcast aims to inspire the young people of Longford to play music in a fun environment.
Tommy Heaney from Music Generation Longford Sounds interviews local musician Ross McNerney about playing music with various bands including Brave Giant and his current band Amble and everything he has learned along the way.
In this episode of Music Generation Longford podcast we delve into the Music Generation Longford Electric Strings Symphony. On Friday, July 1st 2022, Students from Music Generation Longford Rock School performed popular rock songs with additional symphonic accompaniment. During a week-long workshop, Longford School of Rock students worked closely with musicians from a professional string ensemble to learn how to perform their favourite rock songs with big string arrangements. The workshop taught these young musicians how to perform alongside different genres. They learned how to arrange music and hone their ear to complementary styles in order to advance as professional performers. The week will ended with a concert in Backstage Theatre where they performed their arranged pieces, supported by classical musicians.
In this episode, Lorcan speaks with two of the classical musicians, Liam and Mary-Jane, on how classical music can compliment popular rock songs. He also talks to fellow musicians Lucy, Nico and Harry on what they learned during this experience.
Welcome to season two of the Music Generation Longford podcast. In this season we welcome our new podcast host; 16-year-old bass player Lorcan Taylor. In this first episode, Lorcan has a round-the-table chat with fellow School of Rock musicians Patrick, Tilly and Eli about being back after lockdown playing music with their friends, what musicians they are inspired by and how much they are looking forward to the School of Rock LIVE show this Saturday.
A very Merry Christmas from Music Generation Longford to everyone! We recorded music videos for our music hubs across the county and wanted to post the audio from the videos (which are on our youTube channel and social media accounts). W hope you enjoy some Christmas music from Drumlish Music Hub, Granard Ukulele Hub, Ballymahon Trad Hub and Longford School of Rock.
In this episode, we shine a spotlight on our Music Educator and renowned Uilleann Piper Noel Carberry. Noel is a legend in the music world and we are really lucky to have him deliver top-class Uilleann Pipe lessons in Longford. Noel chats all about growing up in a musical house hold, stories from touring the world playing music and what advice he would give to young people starting out on their musical journey.
In this episode, we head along to the Cruthú Arts Festival where David Crowe delivered an African Drumming Workshop in Longford's Temperance Hall. We spoke to Eli and Mac about what they learned at the workshop. We also hear from David Crowe and Cruthú Arts Festival chairperson Gene Rhatigan about the importance of music in the local community.
In this episode of the Music Generation Longford podcast, we speak with original founder of Longford School of Rock, Shane Crossan, who tells us about the legacy of the school and some memorable moments over the years. We also speak to Music Development Officer of Music Generation Longford, Mary-Jane Sweeney, about the ongoing work Music Generation is doing in Longford and the exciting take over of School of Rock. Finally, we hear from one of our Music Educators, Laura O’Gara, who taught with School of Rock for a number of years and who will now manage it alongside David Crowe. She tells us about some of her memorable moments and what she’s most looking forward to about the future of Longford School of Rock.
Music: Lordy Lordy by Brave Giant used with permission
In this episode of the Music Generation Longford podcast, we shine a spotlight on Longford musician Aidan Gray. Aidan is an incredibly accomplished musician who started playing bass guitar at the age of 15. Since then, his band Reprisal had nationwide success with slots at numerous gigs and festivals including Electric Picnic. They also received a lot of radio play and had quite a loyal fanbase. He went through the Longford School of Rock as a student and went on to become a teacher there and now works as a Music Educator with Music Generation Longford. Not only that, but he has just qualified with a BA in Jazz and Contemporary Music Performance from DCU. Aidan is an example of a Longford musician that young people can really aspire to.
Our spotlight episodes were inspired by ‘Possible Selves in Music’, which is the outcome of a research partnership between Music Generation and St Patrick’s College Drumcondra (DCU), which took place from 2013 to 2015.
During that time, the researches undertook in-depth, in-the-field engagement with the partnerships involved in Music Generation at local level. Their research sought to investigate how the programme is enabling thousands of children and young people to reach their potential and experience transformation through music.
The title of the research comes from the idea that when children and young people connect with music, they begin to imagine their possible future self and this leads to real transformation in their self-development.
Over the course of the podcast, we will shine a spotlight on a variety of Longford musicians who are an inspiration and true example of 'possible future selves'.
Welcome to the first ever Music Generation Longford podcast. In this episode, we speak with Longford County Librarian, Mary Reynolds, about what's happening during this year's Cruinniú na N'Óg!We also hear from Music Generation Longford's Music Educators David, Ray, Gary and Noel about what young people can look forward to over the course of the week!
Music: Lordy Lordy by Brave Giant used with permission