Treehouse Music and Creativity Pack Launch
Come along and celebrate with song the launch of SongTales presents TREEHOUSE, a brand new music & creativity pack for children developed by Ceol Connected.
Event Details:
Date 13/11/22
Time 1.30-1.50p.m
Family Concert with Goitse
A sublime family concert with multi-award winning quintet Goitse.
Goitse will also be joined by young musicians from Music Generation who have been working with composer, singer & fiddle player Áine McGeeney on a new suite of music to be premiered at Tradoodle Festival.
Lullaby Leaf @ Íontas
Lullaby Leaf is a captivating, fun-filled, and immersive theatre experience created by Ceol Connected, for young children with Down Syndrome and their guardian/carer.
What is it like to live on a giant leaf?
Prepare for whooshing winds, gigantic raindrops, busy bugs, and bursts of colourful canopy in this joyful multi-sensory performance. With the gentle unfurling of a leaf, a soothing sensory world is brought to life through music and song, light, smell, movement, and touch.
Supported by Creative Ireland regions Monaghan, Cavan, Louth & Meath, Music Generation Cavan/Monaghan, Baboró International Arts Festival for Children (with support from Bank of Ireland Begin Together Arts Fund).
Lullaby Leaf at Íontas is presented as part of Tradoodle Festival Monaghan.
Shows are on Tues 15th, Wed 16th, & Thurs 17th November.
Each day has Shows at 10am, 12pm and 2.30pm.
This is a FREE event, but places MUST be booked.
Library Tour
Ceol na Síog – with Gráinne Holland
Join Gráinne Holland, accompanied by her musical friends, on a journey into the magical world of the Tuatha Dé Danann or the fairy folk. Arriving to Ireland by ship in a cloud of magical smoke, the Tuatha Dé Danann have lived here for centuries. Their stories have been passed down from generation to generation and people still leave gifts for them at fairy trees and fairy forts all over the country.
Hear the stories of the children of Lir, Balor the cyclops, the hero Lúgh Lámhfhada and the butterfly princess Étáin all accompanied by beautiful music and songs.
Thursday 10th November – MonaghAn Library
Time: 10.30am
Location: Monaghan Library
Age Range: 4-8 years
Price: Free
Booking: Contact Monaghan Town Library on 04781830
Thursday 10th November – Clones Library
Time: 1pm
Location: Clones Library
Age Range: 4-8 years
Price: Free
Booking: Contact Clones Library on 04774712
Friday 11th November – Carrickmacross Library
Time: 10.30am
Location: Carrickmacross Library
Age Range: 4-8 years
Price: Free
Booking: Carrickmacross Library on 0429661148
Friday 11th November – Castleblaney Library
Time: 1pm
Location: Castleblaney Library
Age Range: 4-8 years
Price: Free
Booking: Castleblayney Library on 0429740281
Schools Programme
TREEHOUSE – SongTales sa Spéir
Join The Whistleberries in the treetops where a toe-tapping, tale-telling, hip-shaking hooley awaits! Deeply rooted in Irish traditional music, TREEHOUSE is a unique traditional music performance for children that is sure to have everyone singing along. With mesmerising melodies on whistles, guitar, keyboard, fiddle and percussion, you can look forward to a wonderfully interactive big-band show that will have audiences of all ages hooked.
Thursday 10th November
Time: 12-1pm
Location: Garage Theatre for schools in collaboration with Music Generation
Age Range: Schools performance junior infants-2nd class
The Hill of Tunes
Music & Storytelling with Tim Doyle,With music commissioned from musician and composer Tim Doyle (uilleann pipes, whistles, concertina, violin, piano), narrator / singer Cathy Jordan and illustrator/ children’s writer, Jon Berkeley, have come together to create a wonderful performance based on ‘Hill of Tunes’, a gentle, humorous, and vivid story written by Vincent Woods. The performance will use music, illustration and screen to create an atmospheric 25 minute music-story film
Friday 11th November
Time: 12-1pm
Location: Various Schools
Songtale Presents Treehouse
in collaboration with Music Generation
Friday 11th November
Time: 12-1pm
Location: Various Schools
Age Range: Schools performance junior infants-2nd class