{"id":8068,"date":"2022-04-21T15:04:30","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T14:04:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prod-creativeireland.zestydev.com\/event\/sceal-droichead-atha\/"},"modified":"2022-04-21T15:04:30","modified_gmt":"2022-04-21T14:04:30","slug":"sceal-droichead-atha","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/sceal-droichead-atha\/","title":{"rendered":"Sc\u00e9al Droichead Atha"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><span><span><span><span><span>Following on from Upstate&#8217;s success with Songtrail and The Immortals, the company wishes to explore integrating aspects from both in 2019 under the working title, Sceal Droichead Atha.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>This project would see Upstate work in association with Cathal Thornton, Independent Artist, and a number of traditional musicians to explore the stories of Drogheda\u2019s songs and their associated histories in a series of workshops and discussions. This will include inviting local community performers to participate in this research phase.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The proposal seeks to develop the research, knowledge and findings based on the material uncovered as part of the earlier musical discoveries during Songtrail (presented at Drogheda Arts Festival &amp; Fleadh Cheoil 2018) <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>In this phase, Cathal will interview the singer-songwriters of Drogheda, and bring the stories and songs they offer to the project in a workshop context with community actors Upstate has worked with over the last number of years. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The workshops will focus on participatory process to devise material in response to songs. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>Working with local historian Brendan Matthews, Cathal will investigate the cultural and <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>historical context of these songs, and share them with the groups from the community for exploration.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><span><span><span><span><span><span>The research will seek to craft a timeline of Drogheda\u2019s history told through song and music. The workshop series will seek to illustrate the feasibility of integrating the live music, and traditional songs with dramatic performance.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":26,"featured_media":8069,"template":"","class_list":["post-8068","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>Sc\u00e9al Droichead Atha - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Following on from Upstate&#039;s success with Songtrail and The Immortals, the company wishes to explore integrating aspects from both in 2019 under the working title, Sceal Droichead Atha.\" \/>\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\/sceal-droichead-atha\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Sc\u00e9al Droichead Atha - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Following on from Upstate&#8217;s success with Songtrail and The Immortals, the company wishes to explore integrating aspects from both in 2019 under the working title, Sceal Droichead Atha. 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