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The Drake Music Project Northern Ireland is seeking new music access tutors to deliver our programme of integrated music workshops, training sessions and ensemble sessions for our 2010 – 2011 season, working on a freelance basis. Hours are very flexible, and induction training will be available.

The Drake Music Project Northern Ireland exists in order to enable people with disabilities to independently compose and perform music using access music technology

Role: Access Music Tutor
Fee: £16 per hour
Application deadline: Friday 9^th July 2010

The following skills and experience are highly desirable:

• General musical skills preferably including at least one instrument and an understanding of musical notation
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and enthusiasm for creativity.
• Experience of working in an outreach/education setting, ideally with disabled people
• A range of creative music technology skills – software and hardware
• An understanding of and experience in breaking down barriers to access, using assistive music technology (e.g. Soundbeam, MIDI Creator, I-CubeX etc.) as well as adapting mainstream music technology for access
• A willingness to learn and assimilate new skills quickly and confidently in response to new challenges
• The ability to work creatively, imaginatively, flexibly and appropriately depending on the needs of different individuals and situations

To apply please send your CV with a covering letter outlining your suitability for the role to Dr. Michelle McCormack, Project Leader of the Drake Music Project Northern Ireland, at mpj.mcormack@nulltiscali.co.uk, or post hard copy to the address below.

The Drake Music Project
UNIT 5,
RDC,
Win Business Park,
Canal Quay,
NEWRY,
Co Down, BT35 6PH

The National Campaign for the Arts is organising a series of free workshops and briefing sessions on
the National Day of Action (NDoA)
 
Each session includes:
 
Information, presentations, group discussions, networking with fellow arts workers & advocates
 
Why you need to attend:
 
Following the 2010 budget announcement last year the Arts Council received a €9 million reduction in funding from the Government. More than 300 organisations subsequently had their grant cut, some by up to 65%. A further 30 had their funding cut all together.  The Taoiseach has indicated that further cuts are coming and Minister Hanafin has publicly acknowledged cuts will be happening in her department. So we have to work together now to protect the arts, our jobs and our country’s future.  The National Day of Action on Friday 17 September 2010 is our chance to do exactly that.
 
Where & When:
 
Wed 23 June, 5pm – 6.30pm – Dublin
 
The Ark, A Cultural Centre for Children, 11a Eustace Street
Temple Bar, D2
 
Rsvp to: Marcella Corcoran – corcorankennedy@nulleircom.net
 
Thurs 24 June, 5pm – 6.30pm – Galway
 
Town Hall Theatre, Courthouse Sq, Galway
 
Rsvp to: Antonella Villani – antonella@nullaoifeonline.com
 
Fri 25 June, 5pm – 6.30pm – Cork
 
(in association with Cork Midsummer Festival 2010 – free & concession priced tickets to festival shows that evening. Details when you rsvp)
Lecture Theatre, Crawford Gallery, Emmet Place, Cork (tbc)
 
Rsvp to: Siobhan Colgan – colgansiobhan@nullgmail.com

Tribute to the Clancy Brothers & Tommy Makem

Bringing Irish songs and ballads back to one of the most popular venues in the 1980’s at The Lower Deck, Portobello, Dublin, starting on Saturday 5th June 2010 and every Saturday night will be one of Ireland’s most talented  folk bands Fiddlers Green with the best of Irish songs, music and laughter, and a performance that has not been equalled in Dublin City for many years.

The global hit song You Raise Me Up penned by Brendan Graham and Rolf Lovland will feature as the final song in the Season 1 Grand Finale of hit TV show GLEE, to be broadcast in the USA on June 8th.
 
It will be sung in the  show's final first season episode – JOURNEY TO REGIONALS – by rival Glee Club – Aural Intensity – in a programme that also features Over The Rainbow , Don't Stop Believin', To Sir With Love and Bohemian Rhapsody.
 
Glee is an American musical comedy-drama television series that airs on Fox in the United States. It focuses on a high school show choir called "New Directions", at the fictional William McKinley High School in Lima, Ohio.
 
The series won the 2010 Golden Globe Award for Best Television Series—Musical or Comedy. The show won a People's Choice Award for Favorite New TV Comedy in 2010. Its first season also earned a Peabody Award.
 
Over two million copies of Glee cast single releases have been purchased on iTunes. In 2009, the Glee cast had 25 singles chart on the Billboard Hot 100, the most by any artist since The Beatles had 31 songs in the chart in 1964
 
GLEE: The Music, Volume 3 – Showstoppers  is currently the No. 1 Album on the Billboard Album Charts, in the USA, while there are three other GLEE albums in the top 50 selling albums.GLEE: The Music, Volume 3 – Showstoppers entered the UK Charts at No. 3 this week.

This summer, Cork Campus Radio 98.3FM are offering a limited number of places to students aged 15+ to take part in a week long radio summer camp.

Throughout the course of the week, students will have the opportunity to:

• Present their own live show
• Conduct Interviews
• Learn how to use digital editing software
• Learn how to DJ like a pro
• Have full overall training in broadcast
• And much more

The radio summer camp is running from 7^th June until 23^rd August, and with the June courses already fully booked, places are filling up fast.

There is a charge of €175 for a place on one of the courses.

Full details and the online booking form can all be found at www.corkcampusradio.com

Drogheda band, The Keds, have recently signed a deal with leading US licensing company, In The Groove Music, which is resulting in numerous TV and advertising placements for the band’s music internationally.

Tracks from the band’s 2007 album, “Cloaks and Daggers”, have so far been selected for placements by MTV, NBC, RTE 2 and used in a major online ad campaign for Gatorade.

MTV shows “The Ruins” and “Fresh Meat II” have both featured songs by the band. Songs “19 to 25”, “Break Through” and “New Day” have all been included in the shows.

 The Ked’s song, “Blue Eyes”, featured in a Season 1 episode of NBC’s drama, “Royal Pains”, which has almost 6 million viewers. Here in Ireland, “Blue Eyes” has also featured in the RTE promo for new series “Baz’s Extreme Worlds”.

The track, “So Long” is currently featuring in a major new Gatorade online ad campaign promoting the sports drink’s new G-Series range of products for athletes. The advertisements feature appearances from top international athletes such as tennis champion, Serena Williams, and soccer star, Landon Donovan.

The band are currently working on their next album which they hope to release later this year.

www.myspace.com/thekeds

“THE FACES OF MUZU.TV” – Presenters Search

Talented, ambitious candidates required to front the forthcoming online music shows

For anyone who knows they have it in them to be the next presenting superstar and loves music as much as being in front of a camera – award winning music video website MUZU.TV, is providing an outlet for your talent. MUZU.TV, which boasts the largest legal library of music videos on the Internet, is looking for the brightest and boldest personalities to front their upcoming series of online music shows conducted via The Faces of MUZU.tv presenters search.
 
The 5 flagship programs, to be recorded and developed in the studio at MUZU.TV’s Dublin based office,  will include music news platforms, review sections, performance and interview pieces from international acts as well as home grown talent – all streamed across the globe via www.muzu.tv. Applications for the MUZU.tv Presenters Search must be made via video upload to the site and be a minimum of 60 seconds in length. Successful applicants will be asked to screen test in the MUZU studios.
 
The Faces of MUZU.tv – Presenters Search

How to apply:

1. Record a Video of 60sec length or more showcasing yourself, interests, skills
2.  Visit MUZU.TV to register or via Facebook connect
3.  Upload your video on The Faces of MUZU.tv page
4. Successful applicants will be asked to screen test in the MUZU.tv Studios in Dublin
5. Videos will be viewable to other visitors and applicants to the site, so applicants should please ensure you’re happy with the content!
6. Competition Terms and Conditions

FFWD is a new programme designed to help accelerate the development of Northern Ireland’s rapidly evolving music industry.
 
Central to the FFWD programme will be a series of free admission seminars and masterclasses on hot music industry topics.
 
The first of these – ‘Sync or Sink’ – takes place on Wednesday 16th June from 2.00 pm until 5pm at the University of Ulster, York Street campus. Music Synchronisation commonly referred to as ‘Sync’ is the commercial placement of music in films, TV, computer games and advertisements etc.
 
Speakers at this event will include:
 
Kyle Lynd – music supervisor on the hugely popular TV show –  ‘Skins’
Daniel Cross – music consultant for Adidas, Reebok, Heineken, Sony, Microsoft and Rimmel
Marsha Shandur – music supervisor on Channel 4’s highly successful “The Inbetweeners.”
 
Another key element of the programme is the FFWD Mentoring Service for artists and music businesses – which offers practical advice on career and business development issues.
 
On Thursday 3rd June at a FFWD Mentoring Clinic from 4.30pm until 6pm at the Oh Yeah Music Centre, Belfast – meet some of the FFWD mentoring team:
 
Andrew Ferris & Charlene Hegarty (Smalltown America Records)
Fran Cotton (legal and business affairs specialist)
Rocky O’Reilly (Start Together studios/ Oppenheimer/ Malilbu Shark Attack)
Mark Gordon (Score Draw Music/ Skibunny)
Linley Hamilton (leading NI session musician, composer, performer)
 
To sign up for these events and to find out more about FFWD please visit www.ffwdni.com
 
The Fast Forward Programme is supported by Invest N. Ireland, the Arts Council of N. Ireland and the Department of Culture Arts and Leisure.
 
Donal Durkan, Director of Invest NI’s Life Sciences and Creative division, says:
“The music industry is by definition highly entrepreneurial and we have seen how local musicians have benefited significantly from previous support and activities which promoted music from Northern Ireland to an international audience.
 
“Many local bands from Snow Patrol to ASIWYFA are enjoying increasing success and are helping to shine the spotlight on this region’s creative capabilities across the global music arena. This new one year programme will continue to build on that work and will be followed by the development and implementation of a three to five year strategy for the industry. Our aim is to strengthen the local music sector so it can compete globally and realise its significant economic potential.”
 
Lorraine McDowell, Director of Operations, Arts Council of Northern Ireland, comments:
“The Arts Council supports all aspects of the music sector and believes that access to music-making enhances the social and cultural life of people in Northern Ireland. Over the course of the next year FFWD will work towards strengthening our local music industry by providing the vital skills needed to progress and gain recognition both at home and abroad. With additional support from DCAL, CD compilation albums will be produced as part of the programme and distributed at trade shows and events to promote NI talent.”
 
Ross Graham, FFWD Programme manager says:
“Northern Ireland continues to produce world class creative musical talent and is now developing a strong entrepreneurial base and a growing infrastructure for the sector. This programme is designed to help local artists to add business skills to their creative skills, enhance the expertise of music entrepreneurs and help promote the N.I. music sector to key music and media industry players.” 
 
 
For the further information contact info@nullffwdni.com
 
 

KCLR 96fm has received the inaugural Independent Radio Award in recognition of its ongoing support for Irish music creators.  The award was presented to John Purcell, CEO of KCLR 96fm at the Independent Broadcasters of Ireland (IBI) Annual Conference which took place in Dublin recently.

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