National Children’s Choir Workshops From The 4th – 8th Of July

The National Children’s Choir is a school-based choral experience for primary school children.  Affiliated pupils from 4th, 5th or 6th classes in Irish Primary Schools learn a common repertoire of songs in Irish, English or Latin that more than satisfies many objectives of the music programme at the senior end of the primary school.   The repertoire challenges the pupils to perform a broad programme from Bach to the Beatles.  The choir enables young people to experience the sheer joy of involvement in music and song.

Formed by Seán Creamer in 1985 to celebrate ‘European Music Year’, the choir has enjoyed tremendous success to date. Next year’s concerts (2015) will be the sixteenth in a series of bi-annual concerts.The NCC is much more than large groups of children singing magnificent music to adoring parents, families and friends on local stages and in our National Concert Hall. It is a philosophy, a way of thinking about and celebrating children’s musicality. As a movement it absorbs their energy and gives it back in multiples.

The Summer course for teachers wishing to participate in the 2017 series of concerts will take place in St Colmcille’s Junior School, Knocklyon, Dublin 16 from 4th –8th July 2016

Course application forms are now available. Please email nationalchildrenschoir@nullgmail.com to request an application form.

The National Children’s Choir has all their information available through their website.