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The pack allows Fleischmann the educator to return to the classroom.

Cork City Council Arts Office is delighted to present the Education Pack ‘Meet the Professor’ as part of the Centenary celebrations of the birth of Aloys Fleischmann.

Aloys Fleischmann was one of the most influential figures in Cork during the twentieth century. This pack aims to introduce teachers and students to his significant work and legacy. The pack consists of four parts. This book provides biographical information on Aloys Fleischmann. It highlights his early years in Cork, his career as Professor of Music in University College Cork and his remarkable contribution to musical life in Cork and beyond. The accompanying CD contains material that reveals the diverse musical work which Fleischmann was involved in as a composer, researcher, organiser and educator.

The worksheets and copies of original documents are designed to facilitate engagement with aspects of Fleischmann’s story that may be linked to the Junior Cycle Curriculum. They facilitate the engagement with aspects of history, cultural understanding and, of course, music. The poster provides a visual aid to understanding the extent of Fleischmann’s influence on the culture of Ireland.

Packs have been sent to the Music and CSPE teachers of the secondary schools in Cork City.

For further information on the packs please contact the Arts Office on 021 4924298

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BEALTAINE FESTIVAL 2010

Blow the Dust Off Your Trumpet is an initiative to encourage older people who have played instruments, but had to put them aside as life made other demands on their time, to rediscover the joy and fun of playing music .  If you once played a musical instrument, but abandoned it long ago then come to the free information session in Cork City Hall on Monday 26^th April at 2pm with your instrument in tow. Whether you join in on the day, consider playing at a later stage, or just come along to listen, you are welcome.

E xperienced musicians and teachers will explain the overall project, which is broken up into days of jamming, rehearsal days and a final show; they will also welcome ideas, suggestions and questions from participants. So, blow your trumpet, flex your fingers, batter those drums, string your bow and strum that harp, for Cork wants to hear you! Performance will take place in Cork’s Millennium Hall on Friday the 28^th May at 4pm. Family and friends are welcome and admission is free.

Further information: 021 429 4736 or info@keycultural.com

Participation fee:  20 EURO

Photo Call :  City Hall at 10am on Monday 12^th,

Further information call 021 4294736 or email info@keycultural.com

The Unfinished book of Poetry 2010

Since 2005 the Arts Office of Cork City Council have been involved in a creative writing project with Cork City Libraries. During Cork2005 the European Capital of Culture the library staff conceived the idea to have a book by young people that continued on beyond the City of Culture Year. The project became ‘the Unfinished Book’ and involves creative writing workshops in local libraries with students of Cork schools each year working with professional writers and poets from Cork. The students work is published in a book which is then launched. These workshops foster creative, personal and educational development and support participants in gaining new insights into the creative art of poetry writing.

Through attending workshops with contemporary Cork poets the students get an insight into poetry and begin to break down the invisible barriers to writing their own poems. The Unfinished Book project has always been to enable young people to find their voice through creative writing. This year’s Unfinished book of poetry celebrates the voices of over 40 students from Cork City Schools.

The writers who led the workshops with the groups, and sparked and nurtured their creative expression were Billy Ramsell worked with young writers from Ashton School at the City Library , John Sexton who’s sessions were held at Tory Top Library with girls from the Presentation Girls Secondary School in Ballyphehane , Eileen Sheehan brought students from Bishopstown Community College to Bishopstown library, and , and Adam Wyeth took his writers, from Douglas Community School, to the brand new Douglas Library. These young people managed to interpret the long standing familiar themes and stories of life, love and loss with a modern relevant voice. They remind all of us to challenge ourselves and try new things we may have thought too difficult. It is when we challenge ourselves that extraordinary things are achieved.

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