MYF Youth Ambassador Sixteen year old Daryl Ward becomes a Youth Ambassador for the Musical Youth Foundation. Daryl began learning to play the guitar via the Musical Youth Foundation ‘guitars for kids’ programme 3 years ago and was today unveiled as our first ever MYF Youth Ambassador. Not only has Daryl benefited from his experience …
Two new guitar groups open in Dublin Young people in Drimnagh received brand spanking new guitars this week from the Musical Youth Foundation. Local kids will benefit from weekly lessons, practise sessions and a host of exciting music workshops and performance experiences at the St John Bosco Youth Centre over the coming months. The Musical …
Quiz Night Join us on Thursday October 3rd upstairs in McGrattans Cafe Bar for our Bring Your Brain Power Quiz Night! How’s your general knowledge? Are you wise beyond your years? Do you have a bottomless pit for useless information? Or maybe you just have all the answers? We’re looking for 25 teams made up …
Chris is the founder and CEO of the Dublin City Soul Festival (2007 – 2014) and Musical Youth Foundation projects. He is a professional radio broadcaster and has been involved in radio since 1999, presenting popular specialist soul music shows on stations including Today FM, 4FM, Heartbeat FM and Christmas FM where he was also …
Redmond O’Hanlon MYF Board Member: Redmond is one of the founding directors of the Dublin City Soul Festival and Musical Youth Foundation projects. Based in Dublin, he is an account manager for Microsoft and has a Bachelor of Science degree in biomedical science from Kings College London as well as Master of Science in technology …
Neasa White MYF Board Member: Neasa is a native of County Laois living and working in Dublin. She’s been a core team member of the Dublin City Soul Festival since 2008, consistently demonstrating her amazing passion, loyalty and creativity by bringing the ethos of the Dublin City Soul Festival to life through her flair for …
David Whelan MYF Board Member: David is from Dublin and is a lifelong music lover with a passion for all kinds of music. With a particular interest in percussion and drums and a keen ear for music from different cultures David has been a member of various bands throughout Dublin city for 20 years. David …
Pencilin Winner Congratulations to Ger Clarke, the final winner in our WANT ME? WIN ME! Instrumental Art Prize Draw! We caught up with our lucky winner this morning at his office in Dublin 15 where StubHub volunteer Emma Jean Reay presented Ger with his awesome prize on behalf of the Musical Youth Foundation! Since launching …