Violinist Mairead Hickey, a recipient of this year’s Music Capital Award.

€181,350 Awarded to Musicians and Groups to Purchase New Instruments

€61,000 awarded to 13 musicians; €120,350 awarded to 19 groups.

Following the announcement in September that €181,350 was being made available under the 2015 Music Capital Scheme, the recipients of the awards have now been announced.

Thirty-two different groups and musicians were awarded a grant under the scheme, which supports the purchase of musical instruments. Funded by the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht, and administered by Music Network, this year’s recipients include violinist Mairéad Hickey who was granted €9348 to purchase a violin, Éamonn Galldubh who was awarded €4,382 for uilleann pipes, Tara Connaghan who received €1,900 to purchase a violin bow, and Phoebe White who was awarded €19,000 for a violin.

Included in the music groups are Sing Out With Strings, which is run by the Irish Chamber Orchestra and was awarded €11,292; the Castletown Accordion Orchestra which was granted €19,671; and Patrick’s Youth Pipe Band which received €15,680.

The panellists were Deirdre Moynihan (Music Network), Seamus Crimmins (Arts Council), Mark Armstrong, Liz Doherty, Angela Dorgan, Phil Ware, Laoise Kelly and Jack Lukeman.

For full results, see below.

Musicians
Phoebe White, violin €19,000
Mairéad Hickey, violin €9348.54
Siobhán Doyle, violin €7,150
Éamonn Galldubh, uilleann pipes €4,382
Samuel Comerford, Bass saxophone €4,184.46
Donnacha Costello, synthesiser €3,500
Nicole Fischer, viola bow €3,500
Miriam Kaczor, piccolo €3,000
Shane Kenrick, clarinet €2,185
Tara Connaghan, violin bow €1,900
Eoin Walsh, bass guitar €1,150
Ruairí Friel, electro-acoustic guitar €889
Brendan Maher, guitar €811

Groups
Castletown Accordion Orchestra €19,671
Patrick’s Youth Pipe Band €15,680.27
Sing Out with Strings (run by the Irish Chamber Orchestra) €11,292
Ballymore Eustace Concert Band €10,942.50
Canice’s Instrumental Music Programme €9,335
Foxford Brass & Reed Band €6,450.37
Julianstown Youth Orchestra €6,156.75
Cullen Pipe Band €5,786.32
Tipperary Regional Youth Service €5,617.69
DIT Ballymun Music Programme €5,382
CBS Concert Band €5,000
Foróige National Youth Development Organisation €4,718.10
Sligo Baroque Orchestra €3,509
The Irish Association of Youth Orchestras €3,000
Ballina Chamber Choir €1,724.25
Waterford & South Tipperary Community Youth Service €1,655
Music Together €1,559
Comhaltas Ceoltóirí Eireann Killorglin Branch €1,499
Michael’s Theatre Musical Society €1,371.75