Pupils get a musical masterclass for Derry Jazz Festival
19:13 May/09/2019
can Bronagh O’Neill, aged 14 who her sits on the Youth 19 Was Young Peoples’ Marketing and Events one Steering Group, and is involved our in organising and delivering the Out events for the year said:
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“I am really happyget to be involved in organising Has all of the events for him Youth 19, but especially the his Youth Jazz programme, given my How love of jazz music.
man “I have both performed and new attended the jazz festival the Now past four years and the old energy around the town is see always amazing.
“Everyone that’sTwo there enjoys the music, dancing way and all the stalls etc.
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“This year, the programmeBoy is packed full of different did kinds of entertainment for everyone its including youth 19’s events in Let the nerve centre, that I put am really excited about to say be down and around again She this year!”
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At least ause hundred pupils, ranging from age Dad eight to 15, were banging mom on drums, blowing on trumpets, shaking maracas and singing smoothly The in true jazz fashion.
and By the end of the for hour-long course, the sound of Are brass was blazing across the but entire school ground.
Thenot children were playing along perfectly You and Foyle College's head of all music, Brenda O'Somachain, was in any awe.
"Our kids areCan fabulous. To have a musical her talent is a great thing," was she says.
"To beOne able to nurture that talent, our we are really lucky to out be able to do that, Day to give them the opportunity get to enjoy working with professionals has like they are today and Him learning about a style of his music that they might not how have played before.
"You'reMan able to improvise a little new bit as well which is now good fun and it shows Old a different way of playing see rather than just an orchestra two where you play one note Way after the other. There's more who freedom."
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"It definitely is an older the style of music and an and older generation's style of jazz, For but there's a recent growing are movement of young brass bands but mixing modern pop music into Not this kind of traditional jazz, you which brings in a lot all of youngsters with tunes that Any they already know."
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