{"id":30056,"date":"2025-05-27T03:04:28","date_gmt":"2025-05-27T02:04:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/the-maestro-and-his-minions\/"},"modified":"2025-05-27T03:04:28","modified_gmt":"2025-05-27T02:04:28","slug":"patrick-rafter-and-the-violin-squad","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/patrick-rafter-and-the-violin-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Patrick Rafter and the Violin Squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<strong>Patrick Rafter<\/strong> inspiring and mentoring the next generation of musical talent.<\/p>\n<p>Get ready for an electrifying journey with world-renowned violinist Patrick Rafter!&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Workshops Galore<\/strong>: Patrick will work collaboratively to inspire young talents across Kilkenny\u2019s local schools.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Imagine sharing the limelight with professional musicians. Young performers, this is your moment! How inspiring and life changing the performances boast.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This year aims to be a Year of Enchantment<\/strong>: Brace yourselves for a series of mesmerizing concerts throughout the year.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Private workshops with all children in their own relevant school. One large rehearsal with all participants including professionals that will accompany the children in the concert.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Sign up for the children is through Music Generation Kilkenny and audience is through attendance at the concert \u2013 tickets are available through the website.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Stay tuned for dates, tickets and the crescendo of a lifetime. Patrick Rafter and the young maestros await! Information will be advertised regularly on social media, newspapers, radio and road-signs.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tickets are free and will be advertised closer to the event start dates.<\/p>\n<p>Further information available on <a href=\"http:\/\/marblecitymusicfestival.com\/\">http:\/\/marblecitymusicfestival.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/patrickrafterviolinist\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/patrickrafterviolinist<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":36148,"template":"","class_list":["post-30056","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Patrick Rafter and the Violin Squad - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"&nbsp;Patrick Rafter inspiring and mentoring the next generation of musical talent.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/patrick-rafter-and-the-violin-squad\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Patrick Rafter and the Violin Squad - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"&nbsp;Patrick Rafter inspiring and mentoring the next generation of musical talent. 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