Students from our music education programme in Cork City hosted on a classroom Christmas concert for teachers and parents to celebrate the festive season. “Amazing to see what can be accomplished in just 3 weeks, or more precicely just a few hours of lessons from their dedicated teacher, Mr Stephen O’Dea.”said Chris Maher, Founder & …
Over 300 primary school children in Cork City to receive introductory ukelele lessons. Students from St Maries of the Isle Primary School will receive free music lessons with thanks to the Musical Youth Foundation children’s charity. Every child attending the school will have the chance to learn to play the ukelele. The introductory lessons will …
Lockdown doesn’t have to be so bad, you could learn a new skill such as playing the guitar…why not check out some quick guides from Kevin O”Byrne. All you need is a guitar to practise with and a minimum of 15 minutes a day. Step 1 – Getting to know your guitar… If you don’t …
Salesforce Cracker Day December 2nd, 2016 The Musical Youth Foundation is working with a team from Salesforce (Irish Times: voted #1 place to work in Ireland) to ensure vulnerable children in Ireland have access to life-changing music education classes. With your support we’re aiming to raise €20,000. for music education in Ireland. All funds raised …
Win a trip to New York…The Musical Youth Foundation is delighted to announce that in association with our friends at United Airlines, VistUSA.ie and Radio Nova we’re giving you and a friend the chance to win the trip of a lifetime to New York in our Big New York Competition! Spend 5 nights in luxurious …
Joe Strummer Grant for MYF The Joe Strummer Foundation awards grant to Musical Youth Foundation to provide over 100 hours of music education to children across Dublin. The generous donation will facilitate professional guitar lessons and workshops in singing, song-writing and live performance for over 100 children. The Musical Youth Foundation is delighted to announce …
August Update Greetings from Musical Youth Foundation HQ in Dublin, Ireland and Welcome to our quarterly Guitars for Kids project update. This is our chance to inform you on how we’ve invested your donations, the impact your support is having and of course any other exciting news we’ve got to share with you! While the …
April Newsletter – have you read our April Newsletter yet? Greetings from Musical Youth Foundation HQ… Welcome to the April edition of our Newsletter. This month more than ever we really need your help so please don’t dismiss this email before taking action. If you can’t afford to make a financial donation then maybe you …
Table Quiz Success On Wednesday March 5th 2015 members of our volunteer team put on a Table Quiz in McGrattans Cafe Bar on Fitzwilliam Lane to help raise much needed funds for our on-going Guitars for Kids music education programme. Over the last 3 years the Bring Your Brain Power Table Quiz has become a …
Something in the air… Lately a trip to the post box hasn’t been anything to look forward to, just the usual junk mail and bills but this morning was different! This morning there was something in the air, perhaps it’s the smell of Christmas or maybe it was just the official looking envelope – either …