Tuesday 2 November 2010
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Thursday 30 September 2010
Coleman Irish Music Centre
Below is a summary of the trip by pupils from last year's form VI, Catherine Crossey and Justine Heffernan. Also after the link is an account by Clara Staeler and Philippa Peters, German pupils from last year's form V.
Monday 27 September 2010
Ben Russell
Saturday 18 September 2010
The Orchestra
Sunday 12 September 2010
Music Concert
Thursday 9 September 2010
Beat obesity... with drums!
In an article in today's Irish Times Marcus Smith and Steve Draper, sports scientists, along with Clem Burke, the drummer from the band Blondie, exposed drum practice for the physical work out that it is!
Dr Smith explains 'when performing a full-length gig, 'the drummer is playing for 90 minutes, the equivalent to a football match'. Drumming for an hour can burn up to 600 calories. The exercise is intermittent so the heart rate goes up and down regularly.'
By gradually increasing the tempo of a click track played into a drummer's headphones the performer has to slowly increase effort which in turn pushes the heart into cardiovascular workout mode.
The study was undertaken as part of the Biorhythm Live event at the Science Gallery in Dublin. Rhythm is the first of three events at Biorhythm Live. The other two are Emotion and Voice.
Click here for the full article.
Saturday 4 September 2010
Choir Sine Nomine
Friday 3 September 2010
Instrument Tuition
Wednesday 1 September 2010
New School Year
Wednesday 12 May 2010
Newpark Feis
The performers will include Lingfan Gao (IV) who won first place in the U16 Piano competition with an astounding 92%! Siobhán Brady (II) came first in the U16 Classical Singing, and was also very highly commended for her Cello in the U18 Concerto Cup. Molly Buckingham (II) won first place in the U14 Singing competition. Last, but certainly not least, Antonia Esses (I) also won first place in the U14 Piano solo with a mark in the 90s.
Very well done to all who took part and especially the winners. The concert on Sunday promises to be an excellent affair.