60-strong Irish Youth Wind Ensemble for Limerick

A MAJOR contemporary concert at UCH will platform on Saturday August 23, note 6.30pm, with Irish Youth Wind Ensemble comprised of “60 of Ireland’s finest young wind, brass and percussion players”.
“Many of the players are members of renowned orchestras,” reports Emma Foote from the concert hall, ”such as the National Youth Orchestra of Ireland, the Dublin Institute of Technology Wind Ensemble and the Royal Irish Academy of Music symphony and chamber orchestras.
“The musicians will be led by the talented conductor Ronan O’Reilly, who is the director of Music at the Artane School of Music/ Artane Band.
“The young players themselves are also involved in various musical activities abroad such as the British Army Band Summer Academy in Twickenham and scholarships to attend summer courses in America”.
The August 23 early evening repertoire will feature works such as ‘Extreme Beethoven’ by Johan de Meij, alongside ‘The Seventh Night of July’ by Itara Sakai, ‘Porgy and Bess Gershwinn’, James Barnes, and Alfred Reed’s ‘American Dances’.