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There they will meet, socialise, rehearse and play with the UYO community, teachers and young people, and the members of the HRSE. Peer to peer connections will be made by both the young people and teaching staff of the two groups. The weekend will include:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>In November 2025, a reciprocal visit will take place.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":39009,"template":"","class_list":["post-39008","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>Contemporary Cities - April 2025 - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Contemporary Cities 2025 brings together the communities of the Limerick School of Music (LSOM) and the Ulster Youth Orchestra (UYO) with the world renowned contemporary music ensemble Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble (HRSE).\" \/>\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\/contemporary-cities-april-2025\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Contemporary Cities - April 2025 - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Contemporary Cities 2025 brings together the communities of the Limerick School of Music (LSOM) and the Ulster Youth Orchestra (UYO) with the world renowned contemporary music ensemble Hard Rain Soloist Ensemble (HRSE). 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