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A FUN new series of music classes in which children will play games and compose their own pieces will open the door to a lifetime of enjoy- ing and making music, according to a local musician.
“Learning music improves lan- guage skills, maths, reasoning and spatial intelligence. However, it also should be creative and fun — this is sometimes forgotten in the way music is taught in schools and one-
to-one lessons,” said Killaloe violin- ist Diane Daly.
“The new Saturday Music Club will focus on the fun while develop- ing skills, understanding and abil- ity,’ she added.
The classes will be held in Diane’s house in the Glen — a beautiful and historic area in the foothills of the Slieve Bernagh Mountains, two miles outside Killaloe — and will involve creative games, composition, improvisation, singing, movement NOLO mebue-N ent R
Terms start in January 2008 and will run for 10 weeks. Daly is one of Ireland’s most respected violin- ists. A member of the Irish Cham- ber Orchestra, she has performed across the globe with the Academy of St Martin in the Fields, Camerata Ireland, the European Union Cham- ber orchestra, the Killaloe quartet and many others.
In recent years she has built a paral- lel career as one of the country’s lead- ing music educationalists, running workshops in a variety of settings in
Ireland and the UK. Saturday Music Club will allow her to use these skills to benefit the children of her local community, she said.
She took her first degree at the Guildhall School of Music & Drama in London and has _ post-graduate qualifications in performance, music education and community music. She is in wide demand as a teacher and workshop leader.
For further information, phone 061- 376639 or visit musicintheglen @ftml. ate