Educational side of Scottish festival
The Irish Minstrels branch of Comhaltas will also perform their Donegal
Connections concert on Wednesday, January 31 in Glasgow.
The concert will feature some of the branch’s finest musicians including
Johnny Canning, Martin Hunter, Catriona McArdle Julia Reid, Katy Boyle
and Patrick Callaghan.
Every year the festival celebrates the connections that can be made through
traditional music — a theme epitomised in the unique opening concert
of Celtic Connections 2007 entitled Hands Across The Water.
During Celtic Connections 2006 over 1,500 artists performed at over 300
events in 11 venues throughout the city.
Over 100,000 attended concerts, ceilidhs, talks, late night sessions and
workshops.
Since 1998 over 100,000 children from all over Scotland have benefitted
from the education programme in an initiative designed to improve their
knowledge of their cultural heritage.
Celtic Connections 2007 will see an estimated 12,000 children enjoy 10
free schools concerts at The Glasgow Royal Concert Hall — some of
them experiencing live music for the first time at the festival.
Children can also have a go at playing traditional instruments such as
the bodhran, fiddle or whistle at any one of the 60 free workshops that
the Celtic Connections Education Programme provides.
These workshops continue throughout the year with musicians visiting schools
to teach traditional instruments, Gaelic song and Scottish step dance
to schoolchildren.
Delivered free of charge the workshops are completely inclusive, involving
young people with special needs and those who have English as a second
language.
Tickets can be booked by telephoning 0141 353 8000, or online at www.celticconnections
.com or in person at the Concert Hall box office.
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