PULSE Gaillimh Drum Programme
Project Name
PULSE Gaillimh Drum Programme
Project Partners
The Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB), GRETB’s Community Education Programme, Music Generation Galway County and Galway Culture Company
Role of Galway Culture Company
Partner and Funder
Strategic Aim
This project falls under our second strategic aim;
Support and Develop Place-based Cultural Programming
Project Description
PULSE is a county-wide drum training programme linking children, young people and adults within community and educational settings.
PULSE is being offered to children, young people, adults and groups attached to communities in Tuam, Clifden, Spiddal, Ballinasloe, Portumna and Athenry first and will later be broadened to encompass groups in other communities. It will also be delivered to children and young people in educational settings, at festivals and at Music Generation’s music hubs and camps at a variety of locations throughout the county. The programme is being overseen by staff from GRETB’s Music Generation and Community Education programmes.
As part of the community drum programmes, individual groups learn specific percussion parts and later as part of a large-scale collaborative performance they will unite with their counterparts from other parts of the county. It is envisaged that the amalgam will give rise to a powerful percussion performance from the extended ensemble.
These percussion programmes utilise the Gaillimh Instrument Bank which is now managed by GRETB and Music Generation as part of its legacy programme through the Galway Culture Company. The instrument bank is currently being used across a variety of contexts as part of Music Generation’s performance music education programmes with support from Galway Culture Company.
GRETB’s Community Education programme works with community groups including Men’s Sheds, women’s groups, community development groups, active retired groups, migrant, refugee and asylum seeker groups, disability groups, Traveller groups, homeless groups and LGBTQIA+ groups.
To enquire about PULSE, contact Music Generation Galway County at musicgenerationgalway@gretb.ie or 091 874557.
Projects outcomes-what we expect from this project
This project provides access to instruments and access to percussion related programmes for music-making children, young people and adults in County Galway.
A full programme of work is ongoing with expected completion in 2025.
How is this project funded
This project is funded by Galway Culture Company, which is supported by the Government of Ireland under the National Development Plan through the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
Initiated by Music Network, Music Generation is co-funded by U2, The Ireland Funds, the Department of Education and Local Music Education Partnerships (LMEPs). Galway and Roscommon Education and Training Board (GRETB) together with Galway County Council are lead funding partners of Music Generation Galway County. Additional support is provided by a number of other county-based partners.
Duration
Ongoing
Open Call
PULSE will be offered to children, young people, adults and groups attached to communities in Spiddal, Ballinasloe and Athenry from November 2023 and will be overseen by staff from GRETB’s Music Generation and Community Education programmes.
Read about the PULSE workshops here.
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