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Tommy Heaney from Music Generation Longford Sounds interviews local musician Ross McNerney about playing music with various bands including Brave Giant and his current band Amble and everything he has learned along the way. 

In this episode of Music Generation Longford podcast we delve into the Music Generation Longford Electric Strings Symphony. On Friday, July 1st 2022, Students from Music Generation Longford Rock School performed popular rock songs with additional symphonic accompaniment. During a week-long workshop, Longford School of Rock students worked closely with musicians from a professional string ensemble to learn how to perform their favourite rock songs with big string arrangements. The workshop taught these young musicians how to perform alongside different genres. They learned how to arrange music and hone their ear to complementary styles in order to advance as professional performers. The week will ended with a concert in Backstage Theatre where they performed their arranged pieces, supported by classical musicians.

In this episode, Lorcan speaks with two of the classical musicians, Liam and Mary-Jane, on how classical music can compliment popular rock songs. He also talks to fellow musicians Lucy, Nico and Harry on what they learned during this experience. The episode also includes the full audio from the concert. 

Welcome to season two of the Music Generation Longford podcast. In this season we welcome our new podcast host; 16-year-old bass player Lorcan Taylor. In this first episode, Lorcan has a round-the-table chat with fellow School of Rock musicians Patrick, Tilly and Eli about being back after lockdown playing music with their friends, what musicians they are inspired by and how much they are looking forward to the School of Rock LIVE show this Saturday. 

A very Merry Christmas from Music Generation Longford to everyone!  We recorded music videos for our music hubs across the county and wanted to post the audio from the videos (which are on our youTube channel and social media accounts). W hope you enjoy some Christmas music from Drumlish Music Hub, Granard Ukulele Hub, Ballymahon Trad Hub and Longford School of Rock.

In this episode, we shine a spotlight on our Music Educator and renowned Uilleann Piper Noel Carberry. Noel is a legend in the music world and we are really lucky to have him deliver top-class Uilleann Pipe lessons in Longford. Noel chats all about growing up in a musical house hold, stories from touring the world playing music and what advice he would give to young people starting out on their musical journey. 

In this episode, we head along to the Cruthú Arts Festival where David Crowe delivered an African Drumming Workshop in Longford's Temperance Hall. We spoke to Eli and Mac about what they learned at the workshop. We also hear from David Crowe and Cruthú Arts Festival chairperson Gene Rhatigan about the importance of music in the local community.