{"id":30851,"date":"2024-06-19T03:04:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T02:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/midland-tunes-in-harmony\/"},"modified":"2024-06-19T03:04:00","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T02:04:00","slug":"midland-tunes-in-harmony","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/midland-tunes-in-harmony\/","title":{"rendered":"Midland Tunes in Harmony"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>\u201cMidland strings\u201d<\/strong>, an adult amateur string ensemble based in Tullamore are playing a few traditional tunes linked to the Midlands and especially Offaly in the Tullamore Library during Heritage week.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMidland Strings\u201d is a continuation group from the pilot project \u201cMaking music in Offaly\u201d in Aug\/Sept 2022, which was created by <strong>Adele O\u2019Dwyer<\/strong>, a renown cellist from Tullamore, and financed at the time by Music Network and Age-Friendly Ireland. Thanks to the generosity of the Tullamore Library, the Offaly Arts Council and the enthusiasm of the participants, the ensemble grew over time giving adult amateur string players in the Midlands a platform to play tunes together.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Liz Carroll<\/strong>, whose family originates from Offaly and renown fiddler player based in Chicago, has generously offered the group to play some of her compositions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>William Troy<\/strong>, a local composer from Ballyfin, is adapting the tunes to the group (violin, viola, cello and double bass)<\/p>\n<p>Please join us during <strong>Heritage Week<\/strong> on Tuesday the 20st of August 2024 from 06.30\u00a0<span> <\/span>to 7.30 pm in Tullamore library.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, please write to <a href=\"mailto:majahurley@gmail.com\">majahurley@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":30852,"template":"","class_list":["post-30851","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - 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