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IAYO

Irish Association of Youth O

rchestras

C e o l f h o i r n e n a n Ó g

t e n y e a r s m a k i n g m u s i c i n i r e l a n d

Hugh Maguire

PresidentIAYO

In his distinguished career, Hugh

Maguire has been leader of both

the London Symphony Orchestra

and the BBC Symphony Orchestra.

This was followed by an eight-year

period as first violin of the Allegri

String Quartet.

In 1979 he was appointed Director

of String Studies at the Britten-

Pears School for Advanced Musical

Studies at Snape, and from 1983 �–

1991 he also extended his

performing experience to Opera

and led the Royal Opera House

Orchestra, Covent Garden.

He is living near Aldeburgh and the

Maltings at Snape, devoting his time

to conducting and Chamber music

and the precious task of passing

on his valuable expertise to the

younger generation of promising

musicians from all over Europe.

Hugh was born in Dublin, and

has maintained strong ties with

his native country as Co-Founder

and Conductor of the National

Youth Orchestra of Ireland from

1970 to 1990 and latterly with

the ConCorda Chamber Music

courses for young string players.

D e a r F r i e n d s

Since 1994, it has been my privilege to be involved in thegrowth of IAYO, the Irish Association of Youth Orchestras.The exciting part of this work has been the development of anetwork of more than 60 youth orchestras in the wholeof Ireland. There are now more than 5,000 young instrumentalplayers who come together to rehearse and play in orchestraevery week. This has been journey of discovery.

We have been amazed at the talent of our young musicians,at their passion and enthusiasm for playing orchestra. Wehave enjoyed the help and support of committed parents andprofessional musicians who want to share great music withthe players in our orchestras.

We have appreciated the financial help and resources givento IAYO by enlightened funding agencies and sponsors tomake this journey possible. As we come to the end of ourtenth year, we believe that IAYO is now a strong organisation,with a clearly defined role and sense of purpose.

In 2004, Rosina Joyce was appointed as the newDirector of IAYO. Assisted by the Board and NationalExecutive Committee of IAYO, Rosina will engagewith the next generation of managers and orchestradirectors to drive this organisation forward and focuson new and exciting development projects.

Is le daoine óga na hÉireann ceol na hÉireann; ceol de ghachsaghas agusi ngach áird sa tír. Beidh orainn éisteacht le ceol anghlúin óg agus lena thuismitheoirí atá ag iarraidh ár dtraidisiúncheoil a bhronnadh orthu.

In this short tribute, we salute you and thank you for travellingthis road with us. We are very aware of the enormous amountof voluntary work which has contributed to the success of IAYO.We celebrate your achievements, your organisation, yournetwork. And above all, we celebrate our marvellous youngplayers in our youth orchestras. We have had great fun andenjoyment and a lot of great music on this journey, "but it ireally the start of a greater and more exciting journey: the bestis yet to come!"

This 10th Anniversary celebration of IAYO hasbeen produced thanks to the generosity of oursponsors, Penneys.

Agnes O’KaneChairwoman, December 2004

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It had started at Aravon, at the DublinYouth Orchestra Summer ChamberMusic Courses. I remember the visit ofSr. Concepta from the Donegal YouthOrchestra and her desire that somethingshould be done for orchestras outside ofDublin. She was deeply serious aboutthis and very persistent. Some time later,I found myself living in Cork with myfamily, - well, some of them. I had ofcourse kept in touch with my friendsin DYO and Joanna Crooks, theAdministrator of DYO, suggested thatI might be interested in runningwith this idea of forming an association. It would only involve compiling a list of youth orchestras and of interestedparties. I agreed. This would be easy.The Council of DYO very generouslysent me £200 to cover the start-upexpenses, such as postage, and I

began. I contacted Andrew Robinson,who had also moved from Dublin tobecome Director of Maoin Cheoil anChláir in Ennis, and asked if I couldhold the inaugural meeting there.He agreed, and as they say, the restis history. That Sunday meeting inEnnis remains clear in my mind formany reasons. We travelled up withSr. Concepta, who had stayedovernight in Kinsale on her journeyfrom Donegal to Ennis. She wasoutside, walking in the park, at 8.00am. Orla and Brian were bundled intothe car. We did not forget the football.

At that meeting in Ennis, and over thenext few months, we met all of thosewho would become committed to IAYO,and who would give so much time andexpertise to this new organisation.

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It was agreed that our first Annual GeneralMeeting would be in Cork in September1994. There was a lot to organise. I wasdelighted to meet the Cork contingent,Conor Ó Ceallacháin, from Cork YouthOrchestras, the oldest youth orchestraorganisation in Ireland, Adrian Petcu,Cork School of Music and conductor ofthe CSM Symphony Orchestra, and KayO’Sullivan, City Music College in Cork.Kay would provide the most valuableadvice and help in the years ahead asshe had much more experience than Ihad in managing organisations. Andwe would have to answer to DYO andto Joanna and Carmel Ryan for theexpenditure of their £200. During thatsummer, I met Hugh Maguire at theconferring ceremony of HonoraryDoctorates in UCC. I was aware of theenormous contribution he had made to thefoundation of the National Youth Orchestraand of his deep interest in all youth musicactivities, I asked him if he would accept anomination as IAYO President. He agreed.

Dr Geoffrey Spratt hosted our first AGM inthe Cork School of Music. We had a greatattendance, from Donegal, Galway, DublinLimerick. We elected a committee, listenedto some good music and went to lunchacross the river afterwards.

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I had a President, a Chairman, aCommittee and a new membershipleaflet. Our mission statement wasagreed. Then things became veryexciting. The members’ list suddenlybegan to grow quickly. There waslots of information to share. I neededa newsletter and NEWSNOTES wasborn. This became a vital link inbuilding the network in Ireland. I heardabout the European Association ofYouth Orchestras and I attended theirGeneral Assembly in Cambridge.A whole new world of possibilities wasrevealed. This network was bigger thanI had realised.

IAYO was now becoming the nationalorganisation for all youth orchestrasin Ireland. We needed an event or aprogramme to channel interest andresources to our new organisation.How should we do this?

Joanna Crooks suggested a Festival.In the National Concert Hall.I cautiously agreed to this great idea,but unfortunately, we had no money!We were thrilled that the Arts Councilhad given us a grant to buy awonderful photocopier.

How could we fund a Festival?

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As Joanna went ahead and madeplans, lists, flowcharts and devised thefestival, I went to see Brendan Murphyin Penneys in Cork. He advised thatI should write a very nice letter toMs Breege O’Donoghue, the Directorof Personnel in Penneys. We had animmediate and positive response.

Ms O’Donoghue had been very closelyinvolved in the successful Business2Artsinitiative. She was aware of the needsof arts organisations and willing tohelp. She has been supportive ofthis Festival ever since and is the idealsponsor for an arts organisationdealing with young people in music.Great credit is due to the Chairman,Mr. A. Ryan, to Ms. O’Donoghue andto Mr. Brendan Murphy for continuingthis wonderful support.

Now, we had to deliver a Festival inthe National Concert Hall in Dublin.I had rung the NCH from Cork to makea booking for a festival and told themthat I planned to put 8 youth orchestrason stage. They hesitated, and then rangme to politely enquire if I knew what Iwas doing. However, when I explainedthat I would have Joanna and VanessaSweeney and Kay and John O’Brienand Peigí O Ruairc and the DYOmanagement teams to assist on theday, they relaxed.

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I knew that I could depend on helpfrom treasurer Carolín Brangan. Shehad kept a close eye on us in DYO andat Aravon for many years. I knew thatCarmel Ryan and Cherry O’Keeffewould become involved in IAYO. Theydid and have been at my side at IAYOevents during these ten years.

I then went to Vincent Murphy in WOWand asked for his help to produce astunning souvenir programme. At acertain price of course for a poor artsorganisation! He agreed. We were onthe way.

This Festival has became the centralevent in the IAYO calendar, the nationalplatform for displaying excellence inyouth orchestras in Ireland. It is awonderful performance opportunityand an opportunity to listen to andto see 8 youth orchestras perform onstage. To date, 70 youth orchestrashave taken part. This is not acompetition, orchestras at all levelscan perform and they all play to theirpersonal best on the day.

We have been delighted towelcome on stage many of ourmembers and friends fromNorthern Ireland. Fr. McMullansent the orchestra fromSt Malachy’s College in Belfast,conducted byFr. Gerry Magee.Brian Agus, brought theorchestra of the South EastEducation and Library Board andDonal Doherty brought theorchestra of the WesternEducation and Library Board.

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It was not possible for me to organise

the Festival from Cork. Michele O’Brien,

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Music Courses for DYO, agreed to become

our Festival Director. With Vanessa as

Artistic Director and Trish Casey as

Treasurer the Festival was in safe hands.

John O’Brien became our Chairman and

Kay O’Sullivan continued to monitor IAYO

activities in our office in Drinan St, Cork.

In 2001/ 2002 Allin Gray

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When Allin left IAYO, we were lucky to acquire

the services of Hugh McCarthy. Hugh is a

cellist who has come up through the ranks of

youth orchestras and took the demands of the

IAYO office in his stride. He was reminded that

he had played with his orchestra in a Festival

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2001. We have been very lucky to engage

these young energetic musicians in IAYO.

Now, Rosina Joyce, our new Festival Director

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At the Festivals, we see the results of innovativeprogrammes, hear new music written especially forthe Festival, admire the new instruments and hearall about the exchanges, trips abroad and sharedconcerts. We needed to reward and publiclyacknowledge such innovation.

Once again, Penneys came to the rescue and thepresentation of the Penneys Achievement Awardsare an important part of our festival celebration.

Awards are made for Organisational Projects,Community Development Projects, New ProgrammingInitiatives, Concert Tours and Exchange Projects.

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It was quite natural for IAYO to developa Chamber Music programme. We hadseen how important and enjoyable thesummer courses at Aravon were,and how they had contributed tothe training of Dublin Youth Orchestraplayers. We asked the DYO team forhelp once again and they respondedwith their usual generosity.At the same time, Hugh and TriciaMaguire and Adrian Petcu had begunthe ConCorda course for seniorChamber Music players in Cork.

The timing was right for a nationalevent to involve all our members.Joanna Crooks and Vanessa Sweeneytravelled from Dublin, Hugh and TriciaMaguire came from the UK, I drovefrom Cork, with Orla and Brian andthe football and the boxes in the back. Our destination was Baile Chonaill,Falcarragh, Co. Donegal and we hadbooked in 21 string quartets from allover the country, that we did not know.Scary. But the Aravon formula worked,the same passion and enthusiasm toshare this music and to get themhooked on playing in string quartets

worked here also. Andrew and Jennycame from Clare, Regina O’Leary andBernadette brought a busload of playersfrom Kilkenny and Kildare. Philip Thomasbrought his group from Kerry. We werejoined by Vincent Hunt, who had beenat Aravon for many years, by CarmelGarrett from Galway and many oldfriends. It was a great gathering, agreat success.

Since then we have been to CollesSandes in Tralee, Headfort, in Co.Meath,Kilfinane in Co. Cork, and in Sligo.In 2005,we will be in Galway. ThisTravelling Workshop caters for playersat all levels and welcomes beginners toplay in string quartets for the first time.Many of them go on to attend the DYOcourses at Aravon, or the Con Tempocourses in Galway. They can join in theConCorda courses directed by HughMaguire. This has become anotheramazing journey, a journey that canlead young musicians to participation inthe West Cork Chamber Music Festival.Chamber Music days are now animportant event in the annual programmeof many of our member orchestras.

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The Annual General Meeting of IAYOpresented an opportunity to go andmeet and involve our members. It wasuseful to identify local needs, and meetthe managers and players.Our 2nd AGM was held in Galwayand included a Conducting Workshop,directed by John Finucane. The DYOmanagers, John and Kay O’Brien,came along to help and we formed anAGM orchestra with players from allthe orchestras in the region.

James Cavanagh directed our nextConducting Course in Thurles. Thisbecame the pattern for many years.As the IAYO network developed, weidentified the needs for String, Windand Conducting Workshops inmany areas.

In bringing our AGM and Committeemeetings to different memberorchestras, we made great demandson our Board and Executive committees.

They are to be commended for theirwillingness to travel many miles, attheir own expense, in the service of IAYO.

Members of theNational ExecutiveCommittee

Joanne Cater

Dorothy Conaghan

Joanna Crooks

Niamh Crowley

Carol Daly

Ed Dwan

Carmel Garrett

Allin Gray

Bernadette Hayden

Helen Henson

P. J. Hereward

Eileen Hudson

Vincent Hunt

Rosina Joyce

Margaret Kelly

Paul McBride

Tomás McCarthy

Mona McMahon

Sr Concepta Murphy

John O’Brien

Michèle O’Brien

Agnes O’Kane

Cherry O’Keefe

Regina O’Leary

Kay O’Sullivan

Colette Moloney

Andrew Robinson

Carmel Ryan

Michael John Ryan

Kitty Sheil

Paul Stephens

Majella Swan

Vanessa Sweeney

Candace Whitehead

How could we support ourmembers effectively?

We needed help and resources toservice the growing needs of ournetwork of youth orchestras,particularly in peripheral regions.

The Arts Council

Support from the Arts Council wascrucial at this stage. The MusicOfficers, Dermot McLaughlin andMaura Eaton were sympathetic toour needs. We had found committedteachers and parents in all areas,passionate about training youngpeople to play in ensembles andorchestras. They knew that we hadthe support of committed professionalperformers and teachers. They realisedthat we had a huge hidden subsidyof voluntary work from parents. Theirsupport and the resources they placedat our disposal at that crucial stagegave us a major boost and theconfidence to grow this organisation.The appointment of Allin Gray asIAYO Administrator was a stepforward in the management of IAYO.Allin established the network, improvedcommunications through his e zineand developmentof our website.His willingness to work for the EAYOnetwork has been appreciated by ourEuropean counterparts. It was nowtime to formalise and professionalisethis organisation. We became IAYOLtd. and a Registered Charity.

In spite of difficulties along the theway, the Arts Council has continuedto support us as the national resourceand support organisation for youthorchestras. The Resource Organisationsmanager, Ms. Claire Doyle, hasensured that our organisationalcapacity and efficiency has grownin 2004 to meet the demands of thenext stage of our development. IA

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The appointment of Joanna Crooksas General Manager of the NationalYouth Orchestra of Ireland led to avaluable collaboration on variousprojects. Joanna was in a positionto identify needs among orchestralplayers at national level. IAYO hadthe network at regional and local level.

The Arts Council and generoussponsors were helping to resourceour members. The provision of capitalgrants to purchase instruments wasvital for the success of this programme.

The Touch Bass programme initiatedby NYOI has been a resoundingsuccess and enabled players fromIAYO orchestras to attend coursesduring the residencies of the NYOIunder 18s. The number of doublebass and bassoon players comingthrough has made a very significantcontribution to youth orchestras allover Ireland. The provision by the ArtsCouncil of a new set of percussioninstruments for the IAYO regionalyouth orchestras resulted in the offerfrom NYOI to provide valuablepercussion training workshops.The Conducting Masterclasses in2003/2004 were another successfulcollaboration. The most important,and the most difficult part of aconductor training programme isto obtain access to an orchestra.

Through the generosity of the Boardand Management of NYOI, theparticipating conductors have hadthe opportunity to conduct the NYOIduring the final day of their course.Conductor Atso Almila was in Irelandto conduct the NYOI and verygenerously agreed to come early togive the masterclasses. This opportunitywill be available again in 2005.

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The South East RegionalYouth Orchestra

By 1999 it was clear that there was aneed for a regional structure in youthorchestras in Ireland. Regional youthorchestras would be the stepping stonesbetween orchestras at local andnational level. This network of largefull symphony orchestras would meetonce ot twice a year so that the seniorplayers in each region would have theexperience of playing the symphonyorchestral repertoire with differentconductors. Sandra Dackow directedthe first Regional Workshop in Kilkenny,and this became the location for the firstRYO. The area representatives on theIAYO National Executive Committee,Regina O’Leary and BernadetteHayden, gave this initiative their fullsupport and with the twelve memberorchestras from Waterford to Kildare,they have made SERYO a success.

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The Western Regional YouthOrchestra

The initial WRYO programme workshopstook place in Esker in Co. Galway and weredirected by Adrian Petcu and Una O’Kane.Players came from member orchestras inClare, Galway, Mayo, Sligo and Donegal.They were exciting training opportunities forthe players, with challenging repertoire andthey resulted in very impressive concerts.However, due to funding problems, wewere unable to continue with this initiativein 2003/2004.In 2005, we return with new programmesand new initiatives, responding to the presentneeds of the members in the region. We willbegin an orchestral training programme forthe new NWRYO The North WesternRegional Youth Orchestra, which will bebased in Sligo, in April 2005. There aremany exciting things happening in Galwaypresently and we are hopeful that GalwayYouth Orchestras will join with the Limerickmembers to form a very strong regionalpartnership the Mid-Western RegionalYouth Orchestra. They have the numbersand the standard of playing to produce asignificant RYO which would be a greatresource for all players in the region.

We look forward to hearing more from IAYOboard member Vincent Hunt about the newMidlands Youth Orchestra Programme.

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Significantly, it was a groupof parents who wanted certainthings for their children who setup the Dublin County Orchestrafor Young Players more thantwenty years ago. They hadidentified a need in the musicallives of their children and theyjust went ahead and did it.It was a community andvoluntary effort by parents,informed by enthusiasticprofessionals, both teachers,performers and conductors.They wanted their childrento play in ensembles and inorchestra so they set up asystem of training andperformance to a standardwhich has continued to this day.

When IAYO was founded and theinitial contacts were set up in variousparts of the country, similar needswere identified. Outside of the Schoolsof Music in the cities, there were fewopportunities for young instrumentaliststo play together in ensembles ororchestras. There was a huge disparity inthe provision and access to instrumentalmusic teaching. In an isolated situation,learning an instrument can be a lonelyactivity. Playing in orchestra adds a newexciting and social dimension to thisactivity. We got to know many groupsaround the country who had achievedan amazing amount on their own.They were delighted to meet with othergroups trying to run orchestras in theirschools and communities. They knewexactly what they needed and our rolewas to help and facilitate these needs.They needed Conducting Workshopsand Orchestral Clinics, they neededaccess to new repertoire and instruments.

Thank you... to allour friends...

James CavanaghWillie DunnePaul McBrideDorly O’SullivanJim RaffertyArtemis KentHelen SheehanCarolín BranganClare O’KeeffeNoel HodgersKay O’BrienPeigí Ó RuaircAnn KitterickMeav QuinlanHazel RiordanAnna MillarPaul RyanBill PattersonCrehans Hamilton CaswellThe Arts CouncilGeraldine O’GradyJohn FinucaneGreg McAteerMr A RyanMs Breege O’DonoghueMr Brendan MurphyMichelle SmythPamela PriorMartin DruryDermot McLaughlinMaura EatonNollaig Ó FionnghaileClaire DoyleJudith WoodwardDr Judy FieldingClodagh O’BrienBrid O’SheaDesign with oomph!Trish CaseyMusicbaseNational Concert HallNational YouthOrchestra of IrelandEuropean Association ofYouth OrchestrasNational Association ofYouth Orchestras (UK)IRMA Trust

TRAINING the TRAINERSwith Sandra Dackow

Our professional team of managersand conductors continued their generoussupport of IAYO. They travelled with usto our various training workshops to allparts of the country. Orchestral Training,Conducting Workshops, String TeachingWorkshops became part of our annualprogramme. Vanessa Sweeney, JimmyCavanagh, Adrian Petcu, Joanna Crooks,Carmel Ryan and Cherry O’Keeffebecame important advisers.

The following year, in 1997,we welcomedDr. Sandra Dackow to Ireland. This was amost important moment for IAYO broughtabout once again through DYO contacts.Dr. Dackow was just the right person inthe right place at the right time. Workinginternationally as an Orchestra DirectorSandra managed to fit us in betweencommitments in Australia or California.An award-winning arranger of music foryouth orchestras and a prize- winningconductor Sandra Dackow continues tobe a tireless advocate for music education.Above all, she is a great teacher and avery generous person.

We arethe futureof musicin Ireland.

We loved her visits to Ireland.She very cheerfully agreed totravel the length and breadth ofthe country for 10 days eachSeptember to give a series oforchestral clinics to our members.It was the highlight of their yearand a huge boost to local efforts.When I remember the small amountwe could pay her then, I blush.But Sandra understood. She wasgenerous with her time and adviceand understood the needs ofconductors and players She couldshow them how to teach double bassin 30 minutes and convinced all of usthat “Violas are Vital.” Her annualdebriefing became our work programmefor the following year. She visited ourFestival and advised on many aspectsof that event.Sandra encouraged Vanessa Sweeney,Kay O’Sullivan and Artemis Kent tovisit the annual Mid-West clinic inChicago in December, the showcasefor the American Music industry

There is a continuing need to train thetrainers of our youth orchestras. Thosewho teach our junior string groups needa different set of skills from those whotrain the intermediate groups or largeconcert orchestras of teenage players.We need to develop further a trainingprogramme for trainers of junior,intermediate and concert orchestras rightthrough to the full symphony orchestraexperience. Candace Whitehead andAdrian Petcu, Vanessa Sweeney, UnaO’Kane and Jimmy Cavanagh continueto help us to develop this programme.We are delighted that Sandra Dackowwill be with us in Cork for our 10thFestival. We are fully aware of thesignificant contribution that she hasmade to the youth orchestra movementin Ireland.

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As part of our continuing collaborationwith the National Youth Orchestra ofIreland, we have been delighted to availof the opportunity presented by the visitto Ireland of eminent Finnish conductor,Atso Almila, to conduct the NationalYouth Orchestra of Ireland. Atso is aprofessor at the Sibelius Academy inHelsinki and in 2003 and 2004 he hasdirected conducting masterclasses inLimerick to coincide with the residenceof the NYOI. Many of our conductorshave taken part and we are sure ofanother successful programme in July2005. Again we have been lucky tomeet a great teacher, genuinelyinterested and able to assess the needsand skills of each conducting student.

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not produce a real orchestral sound otherwise. During her first orchestral clinics,

Sandra Dackow identified our immediate need for more Double Bass, Viola and

Bassoon players. We were thrilled to receive our first capital allocation from the

Arts Council and bought our first Double Basses and Bassoons and lots of Violas.

They were placed with member orchestras immediately. Our Instrument Bank is

successful because no instrument is allowed to stay in the office. They are on loan

to our orchestras, the progress of the players is mentored closely and they are

eventually passed on to others players.

We now manage a substantial Instrument Bank, mostly of

expensive or unusual instruments. As the regional development

programme grows, we will need to place complete sets of rhythm

and percussion instruments in strategic locations, as we have done

already in Kilkenny. They are a valuable resource for our members

at regional level. We are also grateful for the intstruments that

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Our Youth Orchestra organisations operate at many levels. Training our Junior

and Intermediate orchestras to play orchestra is a very important part of our

work. Finding the right music to enhance this training is very often a difficult

task. It is vital to find the right music, written or arranged at exactly the right level

for each group. A youth orchestra can get through a lot of new music in a season.

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Through JM Ireland, our youngmusicians have been able toaccess the huge internationalnetwork of Jeunesses MusicalesInternationales and this hasraised the profile of Irish playersand orchestras at internationallevel. The work of the JM Irelandoffice has been managed byJoanna Crooks, Pat Durnin andNiamh O’Connell and they verysuccessfully hosted the GeneralAssembly of JM Internationalesin the University of Limerick in2003. This event brought IrishYouth Music of all kinds to theattention of a very largeinternational audience.

IAYO was also a founder members of theForum for Music in Ireland, and with EveO’Kelly of the Contemporary MusicCentre, Dr. Joseph Ryan of Athlone IT,Nicholas Carolan of the Traditional MusicArchive, Gerry Godley of ImprovisedMusic Company and Tom Munnelly ofUCD, I was privileged to serve on theCouncil of FMI. FMI has become a mosteffective lobbying body and public forum

for the voice of all thoseinvolved in music in Ireland. I discovered that most of theCouncil and members ofFMI were concerned withissues related to MusicEducation in Ireland. Thiswas the theme of many

FMI meetings and of importantsubmissions to Government onMusic Education provision.

The IAYO membership and networkhas actively supported the excellentresearch initiated by Music Networkfor the Feasibility Study into annational system of Local MusicEducation Services in Ireland. Thisseminal work was funded by theDepartment of Education andScience and by the Arts Counciland has given fresh hope to thosein many regions where access tomusic education is still very difficult.The member orchestras of IAYOand the teachers and parents whoresource and support them lookforward to the implementation ofthe recommendations of this studyand will assist in every way atlocal level.

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In the autumn of 1994, we discoveredthe European Association of YouthOrchestras which had been formedin the early 90’s by Norwegian,German, English and Dutch nationalassociations of Youth Orchestras.This was a very important momentfor IAYO. We applied for membershipimmediately and at Easter 1995,I attended the General Assemblyin Cambridge, UK. At this meeting Imet Anneke van Nes from theNetherlands, the President of EAYO,and Frankie Williams from theCambridgeshire Music Inspectorateand a Board member of EAYO. They were very interested indevelopments in Ireland andpromised to assist in every way.

This was just what we needed.As Anneke pointed out, there wasno need to re-invent the wheel.The EAYO network of youthorchestra organisations in Europecould point the way for our newnational association. I must haveasked the correct questions becauseI was elected to the EAYO Board.At subsequent meetings, I learneda great deal about the Europeannetworks. The EAYO Board membersof Georg Kindt from the GermanMusic Schools Association and DetlefHahlweg from Jeunesses MusicalesGermany, were extremely helpful.

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In this way, IAYO suddenly had accessto European networks of youth orchestras.music schools unions, Europa Cantat.They were equally fascinated to discoverthat so much was happening in YouthMusic in Ireland.

This close collaboration has continued.It was inevitable that IAYO should assistinthe editing and production of theEAYO Newsletter and in extending theEAYO network. EAYO is a real hands-onorganisation, working on the groundwith youth orchestras to forge links andto share information.

Touring abroad and attendinginternational Youth Orchestra Festivalsis the most popular activity of anyyouth orchestra. Since 1995, many IrishYouth Orchestras have attended festivalsin Europe, the USA and CanadaThey have also arranged exchangeswith orchestras from many countriesand have shared Ireland and Irish musicwith them. We have been privilegedto welcome many youth orchestras toIreland, and we will continue to do soin 2005. Our young musicians inorchestras have become part of awonderful international communityinvolved in youth music. They havebeen excellent cultural ambassadorsfor Ireland.

IAYO Vice-Chairman, CandaceWhitehead, is now a member of theEAYO Board. Allin Gray, former IAYOAdministrator, remains actively involvedas EAYO webmaster.

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Fringe Festival: Music from Galway13 February 2005 2 pm Half Moon Theatre, CorkGalway Youth OrchestraNUI Galway Chamber OrchestraYoung Headford Players

South East Regional Youth Orchestra18th - 20th March 2005Kilkenny College, KilkennyDirector: Paul Ezergalis

North West Regional Youth Orchestra19th - 20th March 2005SligoDirector: Candace Whitehead

North East Secondary School’s Outreach Programme14th April 2005Venue t.b.c Director: Dorothy Conoghan

National Chamber Music Workshop30th April - 2nd May 2005GalwayIn association with the ConTempo StringQuartet and Galway Youth Orchestra

NYOI / IAYO Conducting Masterclasses6th - 9th July 2005Mary Immaculate College, LimerickDirector: Atso Almila

Irish Youth Wind Ensemble5th -14th August 2005In association with the IAYODirector: James Cavanagh

ConCorda 18th - 26th AugustKilkenny College, KilkennyIn association with the IAYODirector: Hugh Maguire

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South East Regional Youth Orchestra29th October - 2nd November 2005Kilkenny College, Kilkenny

North West Regional Youth Orchestra3rd - 5th November 2005Sligo

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Due to the continuing support of the ArtsCouncil and our sponsors, Penneys, wecan plan with confidence to expand anddevelop our network and our projects.Our 2005 programme includes excitingnew departures. We will be more closelyinvolved in the organisation of theConCorda Chamber Music Coursesand in the Irish Youth Wind Ensemblesummer workshop. Our Regional YouthOrchestra Development programme willbe strengthened, particularly in theWestern and North Western counties.This focus will be helped by locating ournational Chamber Music Workshop inGalway in May, in association with theCon Tempo String Quartet.

A series of orchestral training workshopswill be given in many areas at the requestof our member orchestras. And we mustcontinue to train the trainers of our youthorchestras. We will collaborate again withthe National Youth Orchestra of Irelandin providing the very popular ConductingMasterclasses in Limerick next summer.We will be able to assist in the provisionof much-needed instruments from ourInstrument Bank and at last we have theresources to develop our Music Library.We hope to pay more attention topromoting the composition of new musicfor our youth orchestras, new music whichwill be the voice of our young Irishmusicians of the new millennium.

Our Director, Rosina Joyce and the IAYOBoard and National Executive Committeehave worked extremely hard in 2004 toconsolidate the work of IAYO.

In 2005, they can look forward to andenjoy many new projects which willexpand and grow this organisation.

What an achievement!

Acknowledgements

This has been an amazing time for me,for my family and for all my friendsinvolved in Youth Music in Irelandand abroad.

I would like to thank all my friends inYouth Orchestras who have helped tobuild IAYO during these ten years.Incredibly, most of them are all stillinvolved and they are still my friendsin spite of the huge demands that havebeen made on them over the years.I hope that they will remain my friendseven if I have omitted them from thisshort tribute.I appreciate the support of the ArtsCouncil and Penneys who believedin IAYO.

Thanks to all the professional musicianswho have worked so hard with me toshare the joys of playing in orchestrawith so many young people. I want tothank all those fellow parents whobecame involved in providing musicfor so many children. It is amazingwhat this generation of parents hasdone for their children.

A special thank-you to my family,my brothers Brendan and Vincent,my husband, Philip, and my ownstring quintet, Finola (cello) Una (violin)Deirdre (violin) Orla (viola) and Brian(cello) who have made this journeywith me and IAYO.

It has been a great journey.

Agnes O’KaneChairwoman IAYODecember 2004

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