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NEW POSITIONS FOR 2012/2013
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There is one full time position and one part time position available in the Dublin region for the academic year 2012 - 2013.
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There is one part time position available for the Cork/Limerick area from September 2012 - January 2012 to start with. This contract will be continually reviewed and will suit someone who has flexibility around working hours throughout the school year and who doesn't mind a lot of travel.
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There is also one part time position available in the Kilkenny South East and Waterford Region for the academic year 2012- 2013.
The teaching hours are generally 9am - 3.30pm with staff meetings and training sessions at various times during the year outside these hours. The person needs to be very energetic, dynamic, versatile, have great communication skills, perfect spoken English, willing to travel to different schools everyday, be flexible with changing hours and timetables, have a car, a computer, TV/DVD and printer, have some basic guitar skills, a class set of percussion instruments, extensive experience teaching large groups of children of a primary school age in the Irish education system (4-12yrs) and a strong musical background (a degree in the area is essential). A good level of spoken Irish will be seen as an advantage.
Successful candidates need to be available for unpaid training which commences on the 27th of August for three weeks and the working contract will begin on the week of the 17th September 2012.
If you are interested in this position, please contact me via email with your details and a resume to:
Catherine Dunphy
www.themagicofmusic.ie
catherine@themagicofmusic.ie
Riverside Lodge, Strawberry Beds, Dublin 20
0861066885
BOOKINGS FOR 2012/2013
The Magic of Music is currently taking bookings for the academic year 2012/2013. Bookings can be for one off day long or half day workshops, teacher inservices or a full year/term of lessons for the children. Term one is a minimum of 12 weeks while term two and three are a minimum of 8 - 10 weeks. Please contact Catherine for a booking form.
CROKE PARK HOURS
The Magic of Music has a very interesting and informative programme in place which would suit any schools who wanted to do teacher inservices as part of their Croke Park Hours. The price is very competitive and has already proved very popular amongst participating schools. Please ring Catherine for more information or to book in.
IPPN CONFERENCE JANUARY 2012 CITY WEST HOTEL
Thanks to all the principals who came over to speak to us at our stand and who partook in our IPPN free Magic of Music draw. It was lovely to meet you all. The winner of the draw was Mount Anville Primary school Dublin. We had 2 wonderful days of music there with the girls.
CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to both Gillian O'Regan and Sheila Garry on the births of their babies this academic year. Sheila had a baby girl - Laoise and Gillian had a baby boy - Harry.
BOOKINGS FOR 2011/2012
The Magic of Music is currently taking booking from schools for the academic year 2011 = 2012. To be sure of your slot on our timetables, please email us on info@themagicofmusic.ie and we'll forward you an application form NEW MAGIC OF MUSIC FACILITATORS 2011/2012
There is one full time position and one part time position available in the Dublin region for the academic year 2010 - 2011. There is one part time position available for the Clare/Limerick area from September 2011 - January 2012 to start with and there is one part time position available in the Kilkenny South East Region for the academic year 2011- 2012. The hours are 9am - 3.30pm with staff meetings and training sessions at various times during the year outside these hours. The person needs to be very energetic, dynamic, versatile, have great communication skills, perfect spoken English, willing to travel to different schools everyday, have a car, a computer, TV/DVD and printer, have some basic guitar skills, a class set of percussion instruments, extensive experience teaching children of a primary school age in the Irish education system (4-12yrs) and a strong musical background (a degree in the area is essential)
Successful candidates need to be available for training which commences on the 29th of August for four weeks and the working contract will begin on the week of the 19th September 2011.
If you are interested in this position, please contact me via email with your details and a resume to:
Catherine Dunphy
www.themagicofmusic.ie
catherine@themagicofmusic.ie
Riverside Lodge, Strawberry Beds, Dublin 20
0861066885 SAMBA DRUMS AND FUNDRAISERS
The Magic of Music has recently added Samba drumming to the programme. Through a charity fundraiser in The Laughter Lounge, we raised EUR1500 towards the cost of the drums. Many thanks to the Laughter Lounge for giving us the opportunity to run this event and thanks to all the schools and our friends and family who supported either by way of a donation or by coming on the night.
The next fundraiser will be in 'The Clubhouse Hotel' in Kilkenny on Friday 4th June. It'll be EUR25 for a table of 5 and this will include nibbles and live music all night. The Cat Laugh festival will be on in Kilkenny during that weekend so there'll be lots to do in Kilkenny city. We hope to see you there.
For more details ring Gillian on 0860873540. PERCUSSION INSTRUMENTS FOR SCHOOLS AND PH
SYSTEMS FOR ALL SCHOOL EVENTS
The Magic of Music has recently allied with a very reputed Sound Company called PH Systems. This company provide very affordable sound and lights for any school event.
http://www.thesoundco.ie/Navigator/Musicals_and_School_Shows.htm
For more information please contact Pat on phsys@indigo.ie/FAX 018711502/ PHONE 018711500
They also provide the best value in class sets of percussion instruments. The variety in these boxes cannot be matched in price by any other provider in Ireland or the UK. For more information, please contact Alan at info@thesoundco.ie/ FAX 018711502/ PHONE 018711500 IPPN CONFERENCE 2011
The Magic of Music had a stand at the IPPN conference in City West Hotel this January. It was a lovely 2 days and the team want to says thanks to all the principals who visited our stand and chatted to us about The Magic of Music programme. We would also like to say a big congratulations to the girls and teachers from Scoil Mhuire NS Choir, Clondalkin, D22 on doing such a wonderful job of opening the conference. They were helped by Magic of Music facilitator Jenny Ni Dhoibhilin and accompanied on the day by several of The Magic of Music team.
SEE SCOIL MHUIRE IN ACTION
http://www.ippn.ie/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=6143:plenary-session-iii-dr-
If any school would like additional information about our programme or a principals pack, please do not hesitate to contact us on info@themagicofmusic.ie or ring Catherine on 0861066885.
Finally, thank you for entering our free draw for 2 weeks of The Magic of Music and a class set of percussion instruments. The winners were
- Christ Church National School, Waterford - Magic of Music lessons
- Scoil Naomh Bride, Enniscorthy, Wexford - Free Percussion box. (provided by PH Systems)
The Magic of Music Summer Camps 2010
The Magic of Music will be giving workshops in libaries all over Dublin city this summer. Children of all ages are welcome to join any of the sessions at no cost although the material will be geared mianly for children between 6yrs - 12 yrs ( except for Terenure library which is geared for toddlers and babies). The following is the schedule and we'd love to see you there.
July
Monday 19th July: Ballymun Library at 12.00pm and Finglas Library at 2.30pm
Tuesday 20th July: Terenure library 11am (toddler group) Phibsboro Library at 2.30pm
Wednesday 21st July: Kevin St Library 12pm Charleville Mall Library at 2.30pm Central Library at 2.30pm (2 facilitators needed for the afternoon.)
Monday 26th July: Ballyfermot Library at 12.00pm and Walkinstown Library at 2.30pm
Tuesday 27th July: Terenure library at 11am (Toddler group) Dolphin's Barn Library at 12.00pm and Inchicore Library at 2.30pm,
August
Monday 16th August at 2.30pm Marino library
Wednesday 18th August at 2.30pm in the Conference Room, Pearse Street Library & Archive.
THE MAGIC OF MUSIC IN THE NATIONAL CONCERT HALL JUNE 2010
The Magic of Music was delighted to be able to give the children involved with the programme the opportunity to sing in the National Concert Hall on the 20th and 21st June 2010. The programme was a musical journey around the world including the songs, dancing and rhythms that the children have learnt during their class time with the Magic of Music. The St. Anne's N.S. choir from Rathkeale perform a couple of songs on their own on the Sunday evening while St. John of Gods Special school choir and Our Lady of Victories BNS brass band will both perform solo on the Monday night. There was a special guest appearance from none other than Don Baker on Monday night.
The Independent newspaper ran an article on 21 June 2010 about the concert Magic of Music casts its spell on child stars
Click here to view a picture show of events in the Concert Hall
www.donbaker.ie
ONE CITY ONE BOOK
2010 is the fifth year of the Dublin: One City, One Book project, designed to encourage everyone in the city to read the same book during the month of April each year. The project promotes reading in a city which boasts one of the world's greatest literary heritages including four Nobel Laureates and is a major element of Dublin's submission to become a UNESCO City of Literature. This year the city is being asked to read Oscar Wilde's Dorian Gray. The Magic of Music are supporting this initiative by bringing one of Oscar Wilde's fairy tales, 'The Selfish Giant' to life in their classrooms all around Dublin city. Children are reading the book and then composing music using soundbeams and percussion instruments to accompany the main story line. We hope all schools involved enjoy the next couple of weeks and we welcome representatives from Dublin City Council Libraries in to view the lessons.
About One City One Book...
MAGIC OF MUSIC FACILITATORS NEEDED FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2010 /2011 - DUBLIN AREA
The Magic of Music is a highly successful music teaching programme based on all the strands of the New Primary Curriculum guidelines and it's in its sixth year of existence in over 100 schools nationwide. The programme material includes the theory of music, song singing, world music, rhythm groups, using percussion instruments, rock music, classical music, seasonal music, choirs, recorder/tin whistle tuition and much more.
There are 2 full time positions and one part time position available in the Dublin region for the academic year 2010 - 2011. The schools will be in various locations such as North and South County Dublin and the city centre. The person needs to be very energetic, dynamic, versatile, have great communication skills, perfect spoken English, willing to travel to different schools everyday, have a car, a computer, TV/DVD and printer, have some basic guitar skills, a class set of percussion instruments, extensive experience teaching children of a primary school age in the Irish education system (4-12yrs) and a strong musical background (a degree in the area is essential)
Successful candidates need to be available for training which commences on July 5th - 10th and then will resume again on the 23rd August until the start of school. Availability to be involved in summer camps will also be viewed as a bonus.
If you are interested in this position, please contact Catherine via email with your details and a resume to catherine@themagicofmusic.ie
TEACHER SUMMER COURSES
This year the Magic of Music highly acclaimed teacher's summer course will be taking place in four venues nationwide. This course is approved by the Department of Education and EPV days cn be claimed by partcicipants. Please download and application form and send it back to Catherine with the deposit to secure your place.
July 5th - 9th
1. Teachers Club, 36 Parnell Square, Dublin 1.
Lecturer Catherine Dunphy & Padraig Wallace
2. St. Francis Friary, Liberty Sty., City Centre, Cork
Lecturer Eva McMullan
3. The Clubhouse Hotel, Kilkenny
Lecturer Gillian O'Regan
August 23rd - 27th
4. Glor, Ennis, Co. Clare
Lecturer Sheila Garry
Application form for teachers for summer courses 2010 - Cork
Application form for teachers for summer courses 2010 - Dublin
Application form for teachers for summer courses 2010 - Ennis
Application form for teachers for summer courses 2010 - Kilkenny
CHRISTMAS SHOWS 2009
To hear some children preparing for their Christmas Rock Nativity follow the link
http://www.sacredheartsns.net/video/xmas_rock.html
THE BIG SING
Well done to all of The Magic of Music schools that took part in the Big Sing on November 27th. It was a great sucess and each school will get a certificate from the Guniness Book of records to show that they took part in this record breaking event.
http://www.irishbigsing.com/
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