Clare Music Generation

Music Generation Clare is a performance music education service for children and young people in County Clare that provides opportunities for children and young people to access a range of vocal and instrumental tuition in their local area.

Within primary school settings, Music Generation Clare’s ‘Music Enrichment Programme’ enables young people to explore active music-making in the classroom and seeks to enrich musicianship in the school. The ‘Primary School Strings’ programme offers high quality group and ensemble tuition across a range of string instruments. A weekly whole school violin tuition programme, the ‘North Clare Strings Programme,’ is also provided to primary schools in the North Clare area.

A series of inclusive, collaborative workshops are offered for students at second level, with or without backgrounds in music, featuring composition, performance and the sharing of ideas, skills and instruments.

Weekly workshops provide the Learners in Youthreach services throughout Clare with an understanding of how a song is composed and explores the craft of song-writing in a positive, supportive environment.

Music Generation Clare is part of Music Generation, Ireland’s national music education programme, initiated by Music Network and co-funded by U2, The Ireland Funds and the Department of Education and Skills and locally by Clare Music Education Partnership, led by Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board in partnership with Clare County Council, University of Limerick and Clare Education Centre.