16.04.2015
Church Music Summer School for Parish Musicians
For many years, the Irish Church Music Association has held a summer school for parish musicians. In 2015, the summer school will be organised in association with Church Music Dublin. It takes place from Thursday July 2 to Sunday July 6 in St Patrick’s College, Maynooth.
This year the theme is ‘Pilgrims for Christ’ and the repertoire will nourish all pilgrims at all stages of their journey through school and parish as active participants in Liturgy.
This summer school has been prepared with Church Music Dublin. The training needs and challenges are similar for musicians in both the Church of Ireland and Roman Catholic parishes. They look forward to learning from each other. Participants will celebrate Choral Evensong on the Saturday evening and have an ecumenical prayer around the Cross on Friday night together.
The music direction team will include Andrew Reid, director of the Royal School of Church Music (Andrew will lead sessions on music with children, and Psalmody and Hymnody); Paul Kenny, a priest of the Archdiocese of Dublin and a member of the ICMA; Marion Gaynor, Director of Music in Carlow Cathedral; Ciaran Coll, a Secondary School teacher and conductor of a Youth Choir; and Ian Callanan, a composer, arranger, score editor and worship leader.
For further details please follow this link: http://www.churchmusicdublin.org/files/summerschool/ICMA%20Brochure%202015.pdf