€245k Awarded to Artists and Groups for Musical Instruments
Music Network has announced the recipients of the 2019 Music Capital Scheme. The scheme, funded by the Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, provides funding for high-quality musical instruments for music groups and for individual artists performing at a professional level. The overall amount for 2019 is €245,440.
A total of €82,040 was awarded to nineteen artists. Among the recipients are violist Fiachra de hOra, Baroque flautist Miriam Kaczor, harper Síle Denvir, violinist Aoife Ní Bhriain, concertina player Pádraig Rynne, trumpeter David Collins, and violist Beth McNinch.
Thirty-four music groups received a total of €163,400, including Na Píobairí Uilleann, Girls Rock Dublin, Macnas, Irish Association of Youth Orchestras, Artane School of Music, Sing Out with Strings, Le Chéile Secondary School Orchestra, and Coláiste Eoin.
Commenting on the initiative, Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Josepha Madigan TD said:
The 2019 round of the Music Capital Scheme will again benefit so many deserving organisations and individuals… I see it as one of our key funding initiatives year on year. Lack of a decent instrument should not be an impediment to the development of a clearly gifted individual or indeed the development of numerous bands and groups who repay our faith tenfold through their engagement with their local communities. The social and health benefits of learning to play a musical instrument have long since been established and I am thrilled that my Department plays a part in this.
For the full list of recipients, see below. For more, visit www.musicnetwork.ie.
Music Capital Scheme 2019 Recipients
Artists
Aoife Burke
Cello
€9,000
Callum Owens
Cello
€9,000
Aoife Ní Bhriain
Violin
€6,250
Peggy Nolan
Cello
€5,942
Meadhbh O’Rourke
Flute
€5,896
John Carty
Violin
€5,500
Ultan O’Brien
Violin
€5,500
Fiachra de hOra
Viola
€4,750
Rachel Factor
Virginal
€4,187
Éadaoin Ní Mhaicín
Harp
€4,171
John Walsh
Flamenco guitar
€3,950
Pádraig Rynne
Concertina
€3,797
Beth McNinch
Viola bow
€3,100
David Collins
Rotary Bb trumpet
€2,725
Síle Denvir
Wire-strung harp
€2,500
Chien Buggle
Classical guitar
€2,350
Miriam Kaczor
Baroque flute
€1,975
Tom Portman
Lap steel guitar
€749
Alex Borwick
Moog synthesiser
€699
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Organisations
Ennis Brass Band
€18,733
City of Waterford Brass
€14,033
St Joseph’s Pipe Band
€14,024
Artane School of Music
€11,420
Macnas
€9,053
The Diarmuid Ó Cathain Cultural Centre
€7,755
Portarlington Concert Band
€7,500
St Agnes’ Community Centre for Music and the Arts
€7,085
Gardiner Street Primary School
€5,256
Clondalkin Youth Band
€5,047
Headford Music Works
€4,692
Na Píobairí Uilleann
€4,499
Presto Project
€4,281
Le Chéile Secondary School Orchestra
€4,119
St Finian’s National School Strings Project
€3,956
St Finnachta’s National School
€3,720
Cullen Pipe Band
€3,712
Coláiste Eoin
€3,612
Buíon Phíobairí Béal Átha’n Ghaorthaidh
€2,889
Foróige
€2,808
St Patrick’s Brass and Reed Band
€2,736
Music In Community
€2,571
Gardiner Street Gospel Choir
€2,547
Julianstown Youth Orchestra
€2,394
Girls Rock Dublin
€ 2,218
YMCA
€2,217
Irish Association of Youth Orchestras
€2,017
Sing Out with Strings
€1,610
Bunscoil Mhuire
€1,431
Discovery Gospel Choir
€1,340
Ossory Youth
€1,298
Masamba Samba School
€1,277
Comhaltas Athy
€801
Marist College
€749
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