18.02.2013
New Course For Church Musicians Starts in Avoca
Over the last year, Church Music Dublin has been working on devising a new course mainly aimed at church musicians in parishes where resources are limited – for example where there may be no choir, no pipe organ and a small congregation. This new course Hearts & Hands & Voices will be launched in Castlemacadam Church in Avoca, County Wicklow and led by Ann Keary and Derek Verso. Over 4 sessions during March and April, participants will work together in group sessions and the more traditional one to one method for keyboard skills.
Hearts & Hands & Voices will be particularly suited to the person who plays in church occasionally and would like to improve their skills or those who would like to start playing in church. At the first session of this course, to be held on the evening of Thursday March 21, clergy are requested to come along with their church musicians when the session will look at how these two ministries interact, as well as ways of encouraging congregational singing and planning services.
The other three sessions are on Saturdays in April – 6,13 and 27 – and will concentrate on practical music making in a church setting. An application form and full details of the course, including the repertoire to be covered, is on the Church Music Dublin website: www.churchmusicdublin.org.
Further information is available from Jacqueline Mullen (hon sec) at
The total cost for entire course is €100 including refreshments. Parishes are encouraged to co sponsor a participant for this new course.