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Minister Bruton announces organisations to share in €50,000 Non-mainstream Music Education Bursary Scheme 2016
The Minister for Education and Skills, Richard Bruton, TD, today announced the 25 successful grant recipients that have been awarded funding under the newly established Non-mainstream Music Education Bursary Scheme 2016.
The Department of Education and Skills introduced the €50,000 bursary scheme in February of this year, to provide a cash grant to support established, smaller-scale, non-mainstream music initiatives with limited access to other forms of public funding. A Committee for Non-mainstream Department of Education and Skills funded Music Education was established, and received over 70 applications.
St. Agnes Community Centre for Music and Arts, Crumlin and Dublin Institute of Technology Ballymun Music Programme were each awarded a grant of €10,000. 23 other bursary recipients were awarded grants of between €2,500 and €1,000.
Meeting with representatives of the two top award recipients today, Minister Bruton said “I am delighted to announce the recipients of this bursary which will help to further cultivate the talent of our young musicians, and wish to acknowledge the dedication of the organisations and volunteers who work with them.”
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Photographs of Minister Bruton meeting with representatives of the two top award recipients, and music students, will be made available by Maxwell Photography.
Successful grant recipients
A list of the 25 successful grant recipients is provided below. St. Agnes Community Centre for Music and Arts, Crumlin and Dublin Institute of Technology Ballymun Music Programme were the two top award recipients, being awarded a grant of €10,000.
3 Galway Roscommon ETB Initiative Galway €2,500
4 Kerry ETB Initiative Kerry €2,500
5 Musical Youth Foundation Wexford €2,500
6 Kiltra School of Music Wexford €2,500
7 Radhairc Ceilteach Baile Munna Dublin €2,000
8 Colour my Strings Kerry €1,000
9 Letterkenny & District Pipe Band Donegal €1,000
10 Achill Pipe Band Mayo €1,000
11 Steadfast Shoes Brass Band Monaghan €1,000
12 Mullaghboy Accordion Band Cavan €1,000
13 Rahan Comhaltas Westmeath €1,000
14 Blanchardstown Brass Band Dublin €1,000
15 HFC Concert Band Wexford €1,000
16 Carndonagh Brass Band Donegal €1,000
17 Supertones Choir Dublin €1,000
18 St. Patrick’s Brass Band Galway Galway €1,000
19 Manor Kilbride Music School Wicklow €1,000
20 Clara Town Band Offaly €1,000
21 Cullen Pipe Band Cork €1,000
22 Loch Garman Band Wexford €1,000
23 Dungarvan Brass Band Waterford €1,000
24 Clonakilty Brass Band Cork €1,000
25 Corduff Pipe Band Monaghan €1,000