Taking Charge of Your Performance Career 2021: Practising, Listening, Performing takes place from May – July 2021. This series of nine workshops will be delivered by the world’s premier solo percussionist, Dame Evelyn Glennie (10 – 12 May), internationally renowned fiddle player Liz Knowles (31 May – 2 June) and world class pianist, composer and author Kenny Werner (31 June – 2 July). Each speaker in the series will present three workshops inviting professional performing musicians to explore new perspectives on practising, listening and performing.
A second online professional development course, Taking Charge of Your Performance Career 2021: Teaching Children, will run from 12 – 15 July, and is designed to provide tools to inspire children through music and assist musicians who want to pass on their performance skills to the next generation. This course of eight interactive workshops will be delivered by three leading experts in the fields of music education, teaching children with special educational needs and child safeguarding – Tola Custy, Dr. Denise White and Barnardos Ireland.
Commenting on the announcement, CEO of Music Network Sharon Rollston said: “We are delighted to announce the latest editions of Music Network’s Taking Charge of Your Performance Career programme. These in-depth workshops will offer participants the chance to interact with leading experts, learn from them and explore new and creative approaches to developing a professional career in music. Music Network’s mission is to make live music happen and we continue to do this by giving professional musicians the opportunity to develop skills that will help propel them forward in their careers. Taking Charge of Your Performance Career 2021 is just one of a number of ways in which Music Network is supporting musicians throughout the year.”
All of the above training opportunities will be delivered on Zoom. The ticket price for each set of three 90 minute workshops in Practising, Listening and Performing is €30, with places limited to 30 in each set. Ticket holders must be available to attend all 3 workshops presented by an individual speaker. The ticket price for Teaching Children is €65 for eight workshops over 4 days, with places limited to 16. Ticket holders must be available to attend all eight workshops. For more information or to book your place, visit www.musicnetwork.ie.
Music Network is funded by the Arts Council.
Music Network presents two new series of Taking Charge of Your Performance Career, its online professional development training programme for professional musicians, focusing on teaching children and on essential performance skills.