Lucan Children s SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL ARTS AND LIBRARY SERVICES SUMMER FESTIVALS Tuesday 9 June to Saturday 13 June 2015
BOOKING INFORMATION Library Events and Library Class Visits can be booked through Lucan Library 01 621 6422 from Tuesday, May 26th 2015 General Festival Enquiries and all bookings outside of Lucan Library can be made through Artscope at 01 505 9582 or email info@artscope.ie www.southdublinlibraries.ie arts.southdublin.ie SDCCLibraries #RuailleBuaille Lucan Library Ruaille Buaille - Lucan Children s www.artscope.ie Ruaille Buaille is produced by South Dublin County Council Arts and Library Services Programme Director and Festival Co-ordinator: Artscope, Lucan The festival would like to thank illustrator and children s writer Jon Berkeley for creating the new Ruaille Buaille character. Festival Launch Party @ Lucan Library Join us for our 2015 festival launch. One big Ruaille Buaille party for all the family. The event will be launched by Deputy Mayor Liona O Toole and will feature performances by festival guests as well as a number of South Dublin young performing groups. The evening will also see the first performance of the newly formed Ruaille Buaille Mad for Trad Festival Orchestra. Meet our new festival character Ruaille Buaille who will be making a first appearance at the festival. Day Tuesday Date June 9th Time 6pm Cost FREE Lucan Children s See you all there!
Classical This year s festival welcomes the Mobile Music Machine for a host of workshops, performances and festival fun. A note from Mobile Music Machine to students; We spend our days travelling the highways and byways, all around the globe. Our primary goal is to share our passion for music with every boy girl in Ireland! This week we will be in your town and will pay you a visit. Hey Presto- we will transform the classroom into a concert hall. Sit up and listen, meet the instruments, become a conductor, sing a song, bang the drum- and let us take you on a musical adventure! We will travel across the world and far back in time to meet the composers. We involve every child in our workshops, and actively encourage questions. Ask us everything you want to know about music- How do you take the cello on a plane? What s it like to record music in a studio? Who was that Mozart fella anyway- and just what is a symphony while we re at it??? We tailor our presentation to the age of the class, and impart our knowledge in a fun and enthusiastic manner. Our goal is to let our music do the talking! We also provide your school with an advance information pack before we visit so you can make a homemade instrument for use in the workshop..we are really excited to be part of Ruaille Buaille this year Find Mobile Music Machine @ Ruaille Buaille Meet them at our Festival Launch on Tuesday Mobile Music Machine will perform at our Gala Gig with Eimear Quinn, Ruaille Buaille Voices and Divine Mercy String Orchestra on Wednesday Mobile Music Machine visit local schools on Thursday and Friday Schools & Library Workshops must book in advance... they will be popular! Join Mobile Music Machine as they celebrate Happy Birthday Mr Yeats on Saturday Applaud their hard work during festival week as they say farewell to Ruaille Buaille 2015 on KidStage @ Griffeen Park on Saturday (See calendar for details of times, venues and costs)
Jazz Thursday Be part of Jazz Thursday, an exciting series of jazz workshops and concerts that will get toes tapping and fingers snapping! Hands-on workshop performances offering an introduction to the sound world of jazz, with its catchy rhythms and improvisatory spirit. Participants will work with the ECO Jazz Quartet, the National Concert Hall s newly formed Education, Community and Outreach jazz ensemble, and will explore rhythm and melody and how to play a solo! Lucan Children s JAZZ That s new isn t it? The Eco Jazz Quartet is Shane Latimer (guitar), Nick Roth (saxophone), Sean Carpio (drums) and Dan Bodwell (Bass). Schools Jazz Concert Workshops Eco Jazz Quartet @ Lucan Library Family Jazz Coffee Hour is an opportunity to sit back and listen to some great music in a relaxed and informal atmosphere; an interactive family concert that everyone can enjoy Jazz Masterclass for young people Presented in association with the National Concert Hall; Education, Community and Outreach. Errigal Groove Orchestra Donegal Music Education Partnership are delighted to bring their Errigal Groove Orchestra to this year s festival. This is an exciting group of young musicians from all over County Donegal, under the direction of saxophonist Sean McCarron. Instrumentation includes soprano and tenor sax, trombone, trumpet, clarinet and flute. They play a varied repertoire of swing, popular melodies and spirituals with more than a hint of Jazz and Blues by artists such as Herbi Hancock, Jimmy Smith and George Gershwin. (See calendar for details of times, venues and costs)
Traditional This year will see the return of Daire Bracken (fiddle and member of Slide) as festival musician in residence for Ruaille Buaille week. Daire will be joined by Aimée Farrell Courtney (bodhran) and TraDITum, members of the DIT Irish Traditional Music Ensemble. TraDITum are Aimée Farrell Courtney (bodhran), Ultan O Brien (fiddle) & Robert Harvey (flute). Ruaille Buaille launches its Mad for Trad Festival Orchestra... The newly formed Mad for Trad Festival Orchestra will perform at a number of Ruaille Buaille events throughout festival week alongside Daire, Aimée, TraDITum and some very special guest artists. This orchestra is open to all young players in South Dublin County. Find them @ Ruaille Buaille Mad for Trad Festival Orchestra launches at Ruaille Buaille festival launch Have Daire, Aimée and TraDITum visit your school for fun workshops in traditional music Daire & Aimée will give masterclasses every evening at 4.30pm to our new Mad for Trad Festival Orchestra in preparation for their big gigs on Friday and Saturday Daire & Aimée will perform a very special festival family concert Upstairs@Di Bella, together with a host of very special guests Daire, Aimée, TraDITum, Mad for Trad Festival Orchestra and special surprise guests will perform on KidStage@Griffeen Park for our outdoor performance on the final day of the festival (See calendar for details of times, venues and costs)
Gala Gig A spectacular event. Don t miss this Soloist: Eimear Quinn String Quartet: Mobile Music Machine Piano: Vincent O Neill Divine Mercy String Orchestra with Enid Conaghan Choirs from Divine Mercy, St Mary s Girls NS & Scoil Áine Naofa Spoken Word: Divine Mercy with Colm Keegan Composer: Michael Fleming Conductor: Denice Doyle Following on from the success of Ruaille Buaille Voices of the previous two festivals, this year we bring together 200 Ruaille Buaille Voices, the Mobile Music Machine, a school orchestra, a poet, a composer and very special guest performer, singer Eimear Quinn, for a gala performance of music, song and spoken word. This event will feature a specially commissioned work by Michael Fleming for String Quartet, the Divine Mercy String Orchestra and Spoken Word, with text facilitated by South Dublin poet Colm Keegan. The festival will host two performances of this Gala Gig. A performance for schools during the school day and an evening performance for families, friends and supporters of the performers and of Ruaille Buaille. Lucan Children s Day Wednesday Date June 10th Time 12 noon Performance for Schools Time 7.30pm Open Performance All Welcome Cost Schools and children 2 per child / 5 adults Venue: Chinese Gospel Church, Esker House
Small Folk This year Ruaille Buaille is delighted to welcome early years music specialists Paula Phelan and Eamon Sweeney to conduct a number of workshops for our Ruaille Buaille Small Folk This is fun! Early Years Music Workshops with Eamon Workshop 1: 1 2yr old Workshop 2: 3 4yr old Bop your way through these upbeat music workshops specially created for the youngest children to participate in involving song, movement, various instruments, cuddly animals and fun! Children must be accompanied by a participating adult. Early Years Music Workshop with Paula Workshop 1: 1 2yr old Workshop 2: 2 3yr old Workshop 3: 3 4yr old Music, movement, singing, actions, puppetry, listening and playing instruments all help with many aspects of physical, mental and social development and it s FUN too! These classes will give the opportunity for carers and children to come together to make music in a relaxed environment. Musical Tots Fun, educational music class for preschool children. For 6 months 4 years and their parent/guardian. (see calendar for details of times, venues and costs) Lucan Children s
KidStage@Griffeen Park Events to suit all ages. FREE Bring Ruaille Buaille 2015 to a close with an exciting day of music events for all the family. Visit the workstations listed below and try your hand at playing an instrument, recording a song or playing the bodhran. Workshops and Demonstrations every 30 mins: Latin American Music, Song & Dance Rap Music for Toddlers Big Sing Bodhran & Percussion Boomwhackers Beatbox Face painting Outdoor Musical Theatre Hip-Hop Beats Juggling and of course meet our Crazy Conductor Ludwig Von Flugglehorn Live Gigs on KidStage every 30 mins: Mobile Music Machine Mad for Trad Festival Orchestra Music Generation South Dublin Summer SingAlong TraDITum Moley and a big festival finale with Daire & Guests Bring a picnic, take along a chair and wander your way through the musical adventures of our KidStage day out. Day Saturday Date June 13th Time 2pm-5pm Venue Griffeen Park Lucan Children s
Happy Birthday Mr Yeats Join us for the 150th birthday of W.B Yeats. Lucan Library will come alive with the poetry, readings, music, song and exhibitions of one of our favourite and most famous of Irish poets. Special guests Mobile Music Machine, Colm Keegan, poet, Jon Berkeley, illustrator, local choirs and a finale appearance by recently formed Ruaille Buaille Mad for Trad Festival Orchestra performing a specially composed piece for Mr Yeats. Mobile Music Machine Family Concert Day Saturday Date June 13th Time 10.30 Venue Lucan Library Happy Birthday Mr. Yeats Day Saturday Date June 13th Time 12 noon Venue Lucan Library
///// Tuesday 9th June //////////////////////////////// 10.30 Musical Tots Lucan Library FREE 4.30 Mad for Trad Festival Orchestra Masterclass Lucan Library FREE 6.00 Ruaille Buaille! Festival Launch Party Lucan Library FREE ///// Wednesday 10th June ////////////// 10.00 (1) & 11.00 (2) Early Years Music Workshops with Eamon Lucan Library FREE 10.00 & 11.30 Traditional Music Concert Workshops Available to Schools 2 12 noon Gala Gig (performance for schools) Chinese Gospel Church, Esker House 3 12.45 Traditional Music Concert Workshop Lucan Library FREE 4.30 Mad for Trad Festival Orchestra Masterclass Lucan Library FREE 7.30 Gala Gig (family performance) Chinese Gospel Church, Esker House 5 adults 3 children ///// Thursday 11th June /////////////////////////// 10.00 & 11.30 & 1.15 Mobile Music Machine Concert Workshops Available to Schools 2 10.00 (1) & 10.45 (2) & 11.45 (3) Early Years Music Workshops with Paula Lucan Library FREE 11.00 School Concert Workshop with Eco Jazz Quartet Church of Ireland, Lucan 2 12 noon Errigal Groove Jazz Orchestra Concert Available to Schools 2 1.15 Lunchtime Jazz @ Lucan Library Lucan Library FREE 4.00 Family Jazz Coffee Hour Concert Upstairs @ Di Bella Restaurant 3 4.30 Mad for Trad Festival Orchestra Masterclass Lucan Library FREE 5.00 Jazz Masterclass Upstairs @ Di Bella Restaurant 3 ///// Friday 12th June ///////////// 10.00 & 11.30 & 1.15 Mobile Music Machine Concert Workshops Available to Schools 2 11.30 & 1.15 Beatbox Workshops Available to Schools 2 12 noon & 1.15 Traditional Music Workshops Available to Schools 2 6.00 & 7.30 Mad for Trad Concert with Daire, Aimee and Guests Upstairs @ Di Bella Restaurant 3 ///// Saturday 13th June //////////////////////////////// 10.30 Mobile Music Machine Family Concert Lucan Library FREE 12 noon Happy Birthday Mr. Yeats Lucan Library FREE 2.00-5.00 KidStage @ Griffeen Park Griffeen Park FREE For further information: T: 01 505 9582 E: info@artscope.ie W: www.artscope.ie arts.southdublin.ie or www.southdublinlibraries.ie