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Wicklow County Arts Office and County Wicklow VEC have formed a partnership with a view to making an application to the new National Music Education Programme.  The County Development Board at their most recent December meeting have endorsed this proposal.  It is our intention to make an application in Round 1 by March 2011 if possible.  The National Music Education Programme is being developed by Music Network and Director of the Scheme Rosaleen Molloy. It exists as a result of a philanthropic donation by the donors U2 and the Ireland Funds at a total of €7 million euro.  The donors felt that with the existing pilots in Music Education such as the ones in Donegal and Ballyfermott, that Music Network would be best placed nationally to develop a service for music instrumental tuition in Ireland with this funding.  See www.musicnetwork.ie under Education for further background details.

   

There are a number of processes that the partners County Wicklow VEC and Wicklow County Arts Office must work through in order to make an application, to date we have met with musicians and music educators as well as conducting extensive research to audit current music practice in a youth context.  In addition we are exploring the structure, financing and policy approach for such an initiative in Wicklow. 

For further information contact Jenny Sherwin,

 

Arts Officer on 0404 20155 or Email: wao@wicklowcoco.ie