Tag: Music Generation Laois

The grounds of Laois Music Centre will be alive with the sound of music, on Tuesday, August 31, as both Music Generation Laois and...

Music Generation Laois's Trad Summer School took place recently. From Thursday to Saturday last week, the summer school occurred in the Laois Music Centre. This was...

Music Generation Laois will receive €12,000 of funding for cross-border cultural projects under Cooperation with Northern Ireland Scheme 2021. Started in 2012 Music Generation Laois...

There was dancing, singing, laughing and smiling galore at two Laois primary schools this week. St Joseph's Girls National School in Mountmellick and The Rock...

There were scenes of great joy at two Laois nursing homes over the weekend. Members of Music Generation Laois spent two days aboard the Bandwagon...

Rath National School near Ballybrittas this week received three new harps, under the Music Network Music Capital Scheme. Rath National School established a harp...

One of the first initiatives of this year’s Cruinniu na nÓg , a national day of creativity for young people, is an Open Mic...

Music Generation Laois welcomed over 130 young harpers and pipers to Portlaoise for their 4th annual Tionól, held in Portlaoise recently. Music Generation Laois is...

This year Music Generation Laois hosts the biggest and most ambitious Tionól, residential festival to date. Reaching out to over 80 children from across the...

The Courtyard Venue in Kavanagh's Portlaoise played host to a Trad Summer School recently. The Trad Summer School was ran by Music Generation Laois. The summer...

Music Generation Laois held their annual School of Rock and Pop concert in the Dunamaise Arts Centre recently. The concert was the culmination of a...

Music Generation Laois played three concerts at three different Laois schools recently. Scoil Bhride Rathdowney, Scoil Bhride Knockmay and Rath NS were visited by the...

To kick off Laois Music Generation Laois’s 2019 season, some of the most celebrated names in traditional Irish music headed to Stradbally for a...

Music Generation Laois (MGL) hosted a performance by their students throughout Laois participating in schools-based Stampede Drumming Programmes recently. Since February, MGL students from...

Another brilliant event from Generation Music Laois. Music Generation Laois hosted a performance by The Paul McIntyre Trio in Laois Music Centre, Church Avenue, Portlaoise...

Music Generation Laois and Laois School of Music held their sixth annual music festival on Sunday, March 3 at Laois Music Centre in Portlaoise. Over...

Music Generation Laois’ annual Tionól for Harps and Pipes, now in its third year, took place in Portlaoise recently. Over 100 young musicians and 20...

Four extraordinary young musicians from Music Generation Laois lit up the stage in Monaco with their mentor Zoë Conway recently. Here, they performed for an...

On Saturday 20 of October, in St Peter's Church of Ireland Portlaoise, Triona Marshall (harp) and David Power (Uilleann Pipes), the Music Generation Laois Harp...

Members of Music Generation Laois have been given the honour to perform for leaders in education at major conference in Farmleigh House. On Monday, October...

Two talented young Laois musicians recently took centre stage at Dublin’s Bord Gáis Energy Theatre with renowned percussionist Alex Petcu. Aibhlínn Doheny (17) and Liam...

The old Scoil Mhuire primary school building in Portlaoise has been purchased by Laois County Council from Portlaoise parish - and it will be...

Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan was among the large crowd which attended the second annual Music Generation 'Music at the Malt House' event at...

The Music Generation Laois Senior Harp Ensemble did their county proud last Wednesday when they played support to the virtuosic Scottish trad duo Chris...

Music Generation Laois will host a very special event in the magnificent surrounds of the restored Malt House in Stradbally. Following the success of last...

Renowned international musicians will perform in Laois on National Harp Day as part of the Leaves Literary & Music Festival at Emo Court. Music Generation...

Music Generation Laois held their Trad Summer School from Friday 21 July to Sunday 23 July in a number of venues across Portlaoise. Laois welcomed...

Music Generation Laois performed a beautiful rendition of Carrick -a-Rede in Kavanagh's Bar & Venue last Saturday night. The young trad group performed the Cathie...

A group of talented musicians put on a jaw-dropping performance at the State Dinner in Dublin Castle last night. Music Generation Laois's Trad Orchestra, led...

School's out for Summer and to celebrate that fact, Music Generation Laois held a concert in the Heritage Hotel in Killenard last week. Numerous schools...