Sunday 9th December 2012
Maybe it’s after being at Andre Rieu’s concert last night or
maybe it’s because I am presently listening to Beethoven’s fifth symphony, the
Emperor that I am brought back to my first significant memory of how music
impacted on my own life.
I can remember as a
child being sent from the classroom to the school hall to audition for the
choir which was called ‘The Young Dublin Singers’. I was of course delighted to be deemed worthy
and considered to have a good enough
voice to be admitted to the ranks where we were trained in rhythm, harmony and
canon.
Years later as I was collecting one of my children from a
music lesson at their music school, I
happened to notice an article on the school’s notice board about how teachers
had found a huge change for the better in the behaviour of the children who were
hitherto deemed unmanageable in a tough school in the east end of London. This free, child centered and fun based
musical training had totally transformed the lives of the children.
I also reflected on an inspirational nun by the name of Sr.
Bernadette Sweeney who had a vision of how she could bring music to her own
school and in her own words, “ To give to all what the rich can buy for money."
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